APPARATUS INCLUDING A TOUCH SCREEN UNDER A MULTIAPPLICATION ENVIRONMENT AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130125045A1
• Filed: 11/16/2012
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: SUN, Kwang-Won, KIM, Kang-Tae, KIM, Eun-Young, KIM, Chul-Joo
• Application Number:
  US13/679,146
• Publication Number:
  US 20130125045A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/788
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units

Abstract

An apparatus including a touch screen is provided. The apparatus includes the touch screen to display a first window for executing a first application and a second window for executing a second application, and a controller to detect whether a display change event for changing a screen display occurs in at least one of the first window and the second window, and to analyze the display change event in order to rotate a display direction of the at least one of the first window and the second window in which the display change event occurs.

Claims

1. An apparatus including a touch screen, the apparatus comprising:

the touch screen to display a first window for executing a first application and a second window for executing a second application; and

a controller to detect whether a display change event for changing a screen display occurs in at least one of the first window and the second window, and to analyze the display change event in order to rotate a display direction of the at least one of the first window and the second window in which the display change event occurs.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display change event corresponds to a screen reverse gesture to reverse a top side and a bottom side or reverse a left side and a right side of the at least one of the first window and the second window;

and

wherein the controller controls to rotate, by 180 degrees, at least one of screens respectively displayed on the first window and the second window according to the screen reverse gesture.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the screen reverse gesture corresponds to at least one of a drag gesture from the top side to the bottom side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, a drag gesture from the bottom side to the top side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, a drag gesture from the left side to the right side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, and a drag gesture from the right side to the left side of the at least one of the first window and the second window.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the display change event corresponds to touching a screen rotate icon included in at least one of the first window and the second window.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display change event corresponds to a screen rotate gesture to rotate the at least one of the first window and the second window, and

wherein the controller controls to rotate at least one of screens respectively displayed on the at least one of the first window and the second window according to the screen rotate gesture, and

wherein the controller controls to display the rotated screen.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the screen rotate gesture corresponds to at least one of a drag gesture from the top side to the right side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, a drag gesture from the right side to the bottom side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, a drag gesture from the bottom side to the left side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, a drag gesture from the left side to the top side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, a drag gesture from the top side to the left side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, a drag gesture from the left side to the bottom side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, a drag gesture from the bottom side to the right side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, and a drag gesture from the right side to the top side of the at least one of the first window and the second window.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the screen rotate gesture corresponds to at least one of a motion to rotate the apparatus clockwise or counterclockwise and a motion to tilt the apparatus.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller determines that the screen rotate gesture is input when an angle of the motion to rotate or the motion to tilt is greater than or equal to a threshold value, wherein the controller controls to rotate, by 90 degrees, at least one of the screens displayed on the first window and the second window clockwise or counterclockwise, and

wherein the controller controls to display the rotated screen.

9. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein, while the apparatus is in a state in which the first window is being touched, the screen rotate gesture corresponds to at least one of a motion to rotate the apparatus clockwise or counterclockwise and a motion to tilt the apparatus, and

wherein the controller controls to maintain a screen displayed on the first window to be displayed, and to rotate, by 90 degrees, a screen displayed on the second window clockwise or counterclockwise, and wherein the controller controls to display the rotated screen.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit including a lookup table including a relationship between the display change event and screen display change information corresponding to the display change event,

wherein the controller analyzes the display change event according to the lookup table.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display change event corresponds to a drag gesture that is started from at least one of a title bar of the first window and a title bar of the second window.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller rotates a display direction of a window when the display change event occurs on at least one of the first window and the second window.

13. A method of controlling an apparatus including a touch screen displaying a first window for executing a first application and a second window for executing a second application, the method comprising:

displaying the first application on the first window and the second application on the second window;

detecting whether a display change event for changing a screen display occurs on at least one of the first window and the second window;

analyzing the display change event occurring on the at least one of the first window and the second window; and

rotating a display direction of the at least one of the first window and the second window according to the analyzed display change event.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the display change event corresponds to a screen reverse gesture to reverse a top side and a bottom side or a left side and a right side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, and

wherein the rotating of the display direction comprises rotating at least one of screens respectively displayed on the first window and the second window by 180 degrees according to the screen reverse gesture.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the screen reverse gesture corresponds to a at least one of drag gesture from the top side to the bottom side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, a drag gesture from the bottom side to the top side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, a drag gesture from the left side to the right side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, and a drag gesture from the right side to the left side of the at least one of the first window and the second window.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the display change event corresponds to touching a screen rotate icon included in at least one of the first window or the second window.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the display change event corresponds to a screen rotate gesture to rotate the at least one of the first window and the second window, and

wherein the rotating of the display comprises rotating at least one of screens respectively displayed on the at least one of the first window and the second window according to the screen rotate gesture, and displaying the rotated screen.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the screen rotate gesture corresponds to at least one of a drag gesture from the top side to the right side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, a drag gesture from the right side to the bottom side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, a drag gesture from the bottom side to the left side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, a drag gesture from the left side to the top side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, a drag gesture from the top side to the left side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, a drag gesture from the left side to the bottom side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, a drag gesture from the bottom side to the right side of the at least one of the first window and the second window, and a drag gesture from the right side to the top side of the at least one of the first window and the second window.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the screen rotate gesture corresponds to at least one of a motion to rotate the apparatus clockwise or counterclockwise and a motion to tile the apparatus.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the detecting of whether the display change event occurs comprises determining that the screen rotate gesture is input when an angle of the motion to rotate or the motion to tilt is greater than or equal to a threshold value,

wherein the rotating of the display comprises rotating, by 90 degrees, at least one of the screens displayed on the first window and the second window clockwise or counterclockwise, and displaying the rotated screen.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein, while the apparatus is in a state in which the first window is being touched, the screen rotate gesture corresponds to at least one of a motion to rotate the apparatus clockwise or counterclockwise and a motion to tilt the apparatus, and

wherein the rotating of the display comprises maintaining a screen displayed on the first window to be displayed, and rotating, by 90 degrees, a screen displayed on the second window clockwise or counterclockwise and displaying the rotated screen.

22. The method of claim 13, wherein the analyzing of the display change event comprises:

analyzing the display change event according to a lookup table including a relationship between the display change event and screen display change information corresponding to the display change event.

23. The method of claim 13, wherein the display change event corresponds to a drag gesture that is started from at least one of a title bar of each of the first window and a title bar of the second window.

24. The method of claim 13, wherein the rotating of the display direction of the at least one of the first window and the second window according to the analyzed display change event comprises:

rotating a display direction of a window when the display change event occurs on at least one of the first window and the second window.