METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OBJECTS OF A USER INTERFACE

• US 20110289423A1
• Filed: 05/02/2011
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Jung-a, KIM, Yoo-tai, SEONG, Hye-young, LEE, Dong-heon
• Application Number:
  US13/098,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20110289423A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling objects of a user interface (UI) are provided. The method and apparatus simultaneously hide and move a selected object to a bottom of a UI when the object is encrypted, thereby not visually exposing the encrypted object to a third person, displaying, through the UI the encrypted object on a predetermined screen, directory or folder, and rearranging unselected objects to fill a space created when the selected object is hidden and moved.

Claims

1. A method of controlling an object, the method comprising:

displaying a user interface comprising at least one display region having at least one object;

receiving selected input of a target object from a user;

displaying a control menu in response to receiving the selected input of the target object;

receiving input of a control instruction from the user;

in response to receiving the control instructions from the user, hiding the target object and moving the target object to the bottom of the display region; and

rearranging unselected objects to fill a space created when the target object is hidden.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the control instruction comprises a gesture implemented by a user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the gesture implemented by the user comprises at least one of a flick, a dragging, a click, a tag, a touch, and a touch and hold.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the object comprises at least one of an icon, a content, a list, and a bar.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving the target object positioned in the display region comprises moving the target object to a previously displayed region of the user interface.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a program, wherein the program, when executed by a processor of a computer, causes the computer to implement the method of claim 1.

6. A method of controlling an object, the method comprising:

displaying a user interface comprising at least one display region including at least one object;

receiving from a user, input of a control instruction corresponding to a target object hidden from a user;

performing authentication with respect to displaying the target object; and

displaying the target object in a selected display region.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the authentication is performed using at least one of a fingerprint of the user, a password, and a certificate.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the control instruction comprises a gesture.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the gesture comprises at least one of a flick, a dragging, a click, a tag, a touch, and a touch and hold.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the selected display region is a previously displayed region of the user interface, and the gesture is a flick on a portion of the previously displayed region or a touch on the portion of the previously displayed region for a predetermined period of time.

11. An apparatus of controlling an object, the apparatus comprising:

an input unit for receiving a selection of a target object by a user,

a display controller which displays a user interface comprising at least one display region having at least one object, the said controller displaying a control menu corresponding to the selected input of the target object; and

an object controller which hides the target object corresponding to a control instruction input from the user;

the object controller moving the object in the display region so as not to be visible to a third party, and rearranging unselected objects to fill a space created when the target object is hidden.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control instruction comprises a gesture.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the gesture comprises at least one of a flick, a dragging, a click, a tag, a touch, and a touch and hold.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the object comprises at least one of an icon, a content, a list, and a bar.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the object controller moves the target object to a previously displayed region of the user interface.

16. An apparatus of controlling an object comprising:

a display controller which displays a user interface comprising at least one display region including at least one object;

an input unit which receives a selection of a target object by a user;

an object controller which receives from the user input unit a control instruction corresponding to the selected target object;

the object controller configured to control display of the selected target object;

an authentication unit which performs authentication with respect to the display of the target object; and

an object implementation unit which implements display of the target object,

the object controller controlling the target object to be displayed in a selected display region based on an authentication result by the authentication unit.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the authentication is performed using at least one of a fingerprint, a password, and a certificate.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the control instruction comprises a gesture.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the gesture comprises at least one of a flick, dragging, a click, a tag, a touch, and a touch and hold.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the selected display region is a previously displayed region of the user interface, and the gesture is a flick on a portion of the previously displayed region or a touch on the portion of the previously displayed region for a predetermined period of time.