METHOD FOR PROVIDING A UI, AND DISPLAY DEVICE ADOPTING SAME

• US 20120075231A1
• Filed: 06/04/2010
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwahk, Ji-Young, Jeon, Jin-young, Yoon, Jee-sun, Kwon, Giang-yoon, Hwang, Sang-woong
• Granted Patent: US 9,389,783 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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 for providing a (UI) and a display apparatus to which the method is applied includes displaying an onscreen keyboard on a screen; displaying a plurality of applications on the screen, selecting one of the plurality of applications on the screen as an input target application into which to enter text using the an onscreen keyboard. Consequently, a user may easily use the onscreen keyboard on the screen on which the plurality of applications are simultaneously displayed.

Claims

1. A method of providing a User Interface (UI), the method comprising:

displaying an onscreen keyboard on a screen;

displaying a plurality of applications on the screen; and

selecting one of the plurality of applications as a target application into which to enter text using the onscreen keyboard.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an indicator on the screen, the indicator indicating that the selected application is the target application of the onscreen keyboard.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying the indicator comprises displaying a line-shaped indicator that connects the selected application and the onscreen keyboard.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

in response to a receipt of a touch input for the indicator, displaying a disconnection button for entering a command to disconnect the connection between the selected application and the onscreen keyboard.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting one of the applications comprises, in response to a first manipulation of the onscreen keyboard, selecting an application that is displayed in closest vicinity to the onscreen keyboard as the target application of the onscreen keyboard.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first manipulation of the onscreen keyboard comprises touching an automatic connection button that is included in the onscreen keyboard.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting one of the applications comprises, in response to a second manipulation of the onscreen keyboard, selecting one of the plurality of applications as the target application of the onscreen keyboard in accordance with a third manipulation of the onscreen keyboard that follows the second manipulation of the onscreen keyboard.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second manipulation of the onscreen keyboard comprises touching a manual connection button that is included in the onscreen keyboard.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the third manipulation of the onscreen keyboard comprises dragging a predefined icon that is included in the onscreen keyboard and dropping the predefined icon at one of the plurality of applications, and the selecting one of the applications comprises selecting an application at which the predefined icon is dropped as the target application of the onscreen keyboard.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the third manipulation of the onscreen keyboard comprises dual-touching the onscreen keyboard and one of the plurality of applications, and selecting one of the applications comprises selecting an application dual-touched along with the onscreen keyboard as the target application of the onscreen keyboard.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the selected application and the onscreen keyboard being displayed in different orientations, changing the orientation of the onscreen keyboard or the selected application so that the onscreen keyboard and the selected application are displayed in the same orientation.

12. A display apparatus comprising:

a touch screen which receives a touch input from a user and displays an onscreen keyboard and a plurality of applications thereon; and

a controller which selects one of the plurality of applications as a target application into which to enter text using the onscreen keyboard in response to the user'"'"'s manipulation of the onscreen keyboard via the touch screen.

13. The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller controls an indicator to be displayed on the touch screen, the indicator indicating that the selected application is the target application of the onscreen keyboard.

14. The display apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller displays a line-shaped indicator that connects the selected application and the onscreen keyboard.

15. The display apparatus of claim 13, wherein in response to a user manipulation of the indicator via the touch screen, the controller controls a disconnection button for entering a command to disconnect the connection between the selected application and the onscreen keyboard to be displayed on the touch screen.

16. The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein, in response to a first manipulation of the onscreen keyboard, the controller selects an application that is displayed in closest vicinity to the onscreen keyboard as the target application of the onscreen keyboard.

17. The display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first manipulation of the onscreen keyboard comprises touching an automatic connection button that is included in the onscreen keyboard.

18. The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein, in response to a second manipulation of the onscreen keyboard, the controller selects one of the plurality of applications as the target application of the onscreen keyboard in accordance with a third manipulation of the onscreen keyboard that follows the second manipulation of the onscreen keyboard.

19. The display apparatus of claim 18, wherein the second manipulation of the onscreen keyboard comprises touching a manual connection button that is included in the onscreen keyboard.

20. The display apparatus of claim 18, wherein the third manipulation of the onscreen keyboard comprises dragging a predefined icon that is included in the onscreen keyboard and dropping the predefined icon at one of the plurality of applications, and the controller selects an application at which the predefined icon is dropped as the target application of the onscreen keyboard.

21. The display apparatus of claim 18, wherein the third manipulation of the onscreen keyboard comprises dual-touching the onscreen keyboard and one of the plurality of applications, and the controller selects an application dual-touched along with the onscreen keyboard as the target application of the onscreen keyboard.

22. The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein, in response to the selected application and the onscreen keyboard being displayed in different orientations, the controller changes the orientation of the onscreen keyboard or the selected application so that the onscreen keyboard and the selected application are displayed in the same orientation.

23. A method of providing a UI, the method comprising:

displaying a command input tool on a screen;

displaying a plurality of applications on the screen; and

selecting one of the plurality of applications as a target application into which to enter text using the command input tool in response to a user manipulation of the command input tool.

24. A display apparatus comprising:

a touch screen which receives a touch input from a user and displays a command input tool and a plurality of applications thereon; and

a controller which selects one of the plurality of applications as a target application into which to enter text using the command input tool in response to a user manipulation of the command input tool via the touch screen.