APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA TRANSMISSION IN TERMINAL

• US 20140028598A1
• Filed: 07/30/2013
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoo, Seung-Ji, Kim, Hyung-Mock
• Application Number:
  US13/954,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20140028598A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04162 for exchanging data with external devices, e.g. smart pens, via the digitiser sensing hardware
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An apparatus is configured to perform a method for controlling data transmission in a terminal, which can conveniently perform transmission by using a stylus in the terminal. The apparatus includes a touch screen unit configured to generate a transmission gesture with a stylus. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to perform a control operation to transmit relevant data when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated on the touch screen unit.

Claims

1. An apparatus for controlling data transmission in a terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a touch screen unit configured to generate a transmission gesture with a stylus; and

a controller configured to perform a control operation to transmit relevant data when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated on the touch screen unit.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to perform a control operation to store and simultaneously, transmit the relevant data, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated on the touch screen unit.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated on the touch screen unit, the controller performs a control operation to display transmission types each capable of transmitting the relevant data, and to transmit the relevant data in a transmission mode matched to a selected transmission type.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated on the touch screen unit, the controller performs a control operation to transmit the relevant data in a relevant transmission mode matched to a type of the generated transmission gesture.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated on the touch screen unit, the controller performs a control operation to transmit the relevant data in a preset transmission mode.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated on the touch screen unit, the controller performs a control operation to transmit the relevant data, for which the transmission gesture is generated among multiple data.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated in an input mode of the terminal, the controller performs a control operation to store and simultaneously transmit data entered in the input mode.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated in a music reproduction mode of the terminal, the controller performs a control operation to transmit music data which is being reproduced.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated in a data display mode of the terminal, the controller performs a control operation to transmit the relevant data, for which the transmission gesture is generated among multiple data.

10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to perform a control operation to capture image data, store the captured image data in a form of still image data and simultaneously, transmit the captured image data when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated in a preview mode of the terminal, and perform a control operation to store captured image data in a form of moving image data and simultaneously, transmit the moving image data when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated in a moving image capturing mode of the terminal.

11. A method for controlling data transmission in a terminal, the method comprising:

determining whether a transmission gesture with a stylus is generated on a touch screen unit of the terminal; and

transmitting relevant data when a transmission gesture with the stylus is generated.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein transmitting of the relevant data comprises storing and simultaneously transmitting the relevant data, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein transmitting of the relevant data comprises:

displaying transmission types each capable of transmitting the relevant data, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated; and

switching to a transmission mode matched to selected relevant transmission type and transmitting the relevant data, when the relevant transmission type is selected from among the displayed transmission types.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein transmitting of the relevant data comprises:

determining whether a preset transmission mode exists, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated; and

switching to the preset transmission mode and transmitting the relevant data, when the preset transmission mode exists.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein transmitting of the relevant data comprises transmitting the relevant data, for which the transmission gesture is generated among multiple data, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated while the multiple data are displayed.

16. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein transmitting of the relevant data comprises storing and simultaneously transmitting data entered in an input mode, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated on the touch screen unit in the input mode of the terminal.

17. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein transmitting of the relevant data comprises:

transmitting music data which is being reproduced, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated on the touch screen unit in a music reproduction mode of the terminal; and

transmitting relevant music data, for which the transmission gesture is generated on a music reproduction list, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated on the touch screen unit while the music reproduction list is displayed in the music reproduction mode.

18. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein transmitting of the relevant data comprises:

displaying multiple data in a data display mode of the terminal; and

transmitting the relevant data, for which the transmission gesture is generated among the multiple data, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated on the touch screen unit while the multiple data are displayed.

19. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein transmitting of the relevant data comprises:

capturing image data, storing the captured image data in a form of still image data and simultaneously transmitting the captured image data, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated in a preview mode of the terminal; and

storing captured image data in a form of moving image data and simultaneously transmitting the moving image data, when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated in a moving image capturing mode of the terminal.

20. A computer program comprising a non-transitory processor-readable recording medium encoded with computer-executable instructions that when executed cause a data processing system to perform:

determining whether a transmission gesture with a stylus is generated on a touch screen unit of the terminal; and

transmitting relevant data when a transmission gesture with the stylus is generated.