USER TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140325435A1
• Filed: 04/04/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JUNG, Jong-woo, MYUNG, In-sik, RHEE, Taik-heon, CHO, Dong-bin
• Granted Patent: US 10,048,824 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/790
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour

Abstract

A user terminal device is disclosed. The user terminal device includes a display, an inputter configured to receive a user drawing manipulation, a storage configured to store an image generated by the user drawing manipulation and information of a control operation matched with at least one part of the image, and a controller configured to display a home screen composed of a plurality of display layers sequentially overlaid on the display, and display the image on at least one display layer from among the plurality of display layers. The controller may be further configured to, in response to one part of the image being selected, perform the control operation matched with the selected part. Accordingly, a user'"'"'s own home screen can be displayed.

Claims

1. A user terminal device, comprising:

a display;

an inputter configured to receive a user drawing manipulation;

a storage configured to store an image generated by the user drawing manipulation and information of a control operation matched with at least one part of the image; and

a controller configured to display a home screen composed of a plurality of display layers sequentially overlaid on the display, and display the image on at least one display layer from among the plurality of display layers,

wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to one part of the image being selected, perform the control operation matched with the selected part.

2. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the image being a background image, divide the background image into a plurality of image parts, match a plurality of control operations with each of the plurality of image parts, and store matching information in the storage, and

wherein, the controller is further configured to, in response to one image part being selected from among the plurality of image parts of the background image, perform a control operation matched with a selected image part from among the plurality of control operations.

3. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to display the background image on a bottom display layer from among the plurality of display layers.

4. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the image being a widget, display the widget on an area of a top display layer from among the plurality of display layers so as to cover remaining display layers among the plurality of display layers.

5. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the widget being divided into a plurality of image parts and a plurality of control operations which are individually matched with the plurality of image parts being selected, match the plurality of control operations with each of the plurality of image parts and store corresponding matching information in the storage.

6. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the image being an icon, display the icon on at least one display layer from among the plurality of display layers which overlays a display layer from among the plurality of display layers where a background image is displayed, and provide the home screen where the background image is combined with the icon.

7. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the image being drawn by the user drawing manipulation, display a recommended control operation information corresponding to a feature of the image, and

in response to one control operation being selected from among the recommended control information, match the selected control operation with the image.

8. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to a control operation to be matched with the image being selected before the image is drawn by the user drawing manipulation, display a reference image corresponding to the selected control operation, and in response to a user manipulation being performed to modify the reference image, match the modified reference image and the selected control operation and store corresponding matching information in the storage.

9. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to a control operation to be matched with the image being selected before the image is drawn by the user drawing manipulation, display a reference object corresponding to the selected control operation as a watermark.

10. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to a screen edition menu being selected, display a screen including a first area in which the image can be drawn by the user drawing manipulation and a second area in which a control operation to be matched with the image can be selected.

11. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a communicator configured to communicate with an external server,

wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to a sharing command being input, upload, to the external server, home screen data including the image.

12. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to a new home screen data drawn by another user being downloaded from the external server, convert the home screen based on the new home screen data.

13. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the home screen is composed of one page unit screen,

wherein the controller is further configured to enlarge or reduce a size of the home screen according to a corresponding one of a zoom-in manipulation and a zoom-out manipulation.

14. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to a scroll manipulation to scroll the home screen being detected, display the home screen by scrolling the home screen.

15. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the image, in response to the home screen being displayed on the display, is capable of being directly drawn on a surface of the display by the user drawing manipulation.

16. A device, comprising:

an inputter configured to receive a pen input;

a storage; and

a controller configured to store information of an image and a control operation, in response to the image being drawn by the pen input and the control operation to be matched with at least one part of the image being selected,

wherein the controller is further configured to provide the image to at least one page of a home screen, and in response to one part of the image being selected, perform the control operation matched with the selected part.

17. A method for displaying a home screen on a user terminal device, comprising:

generating an image by a user drawing manipulation;

setting a control operation to be matched to at least one part of the image;

displaying the home screen including the image; and

performing, in response to one part of the image being selected, the control operation matched to the selected part,

wherein the home screen is composed of a plurality of sequentially overlaid display layers, and

wherein the image is displayed on at least one display layer from among the plurality of sequentially overlaid display layers.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the displaying a home screen comprises, in response to the image being a background image, displaying the background image on a bottom display layer from among the plurality of sequentially overlaid display layers.

19. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the setting the control operation comprises, in response to the image being divided into a plurality of image parts and a plurality of control operations to be individually matched with the plurality of image parts being selected, matching the plurality of control operations with each of the plurality of image parts.

20. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the displaying the home screen comprises, in response to the image being a widget, displaying the widget on an area of a top layer from among the plurality of sequentially overlaid display layers.

21. The method as claimed in claim 20, wherein the setting a control operation comprises, in response to the widget being divided into a plurality of image parts and a plurality of control operations which are to be individually matched with the plurality of image parts being selected, matching the plurality of control operations with each of the plurality of image parts.

22. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the displaying the home screen comprises, in response to the image being an icon, displaying the icon at least one display layer above a display layer, from among the plurality of sequentially overlaid display layers, where a background image is displayed, and providing the home screen where the background image is combined with the icon.

23. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the setting the control operation comprises:

in response to the image being drawn by the user drawing manipulation, displaying recommended control operation information corresponding to a feature of the image; and

in response to a control operation being selected from among the recommended control operation information, matching the selected control operation with the image.

24. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the generating the image comprises:

in response to a control operation to be matched with the image being selected before the image is drawn by the user drawing manipulation, displaying a reference image corresponding to the selected control operation; and

in response to a user manipulation being performed to modify the reference image, generating the modified reference image as the image.

25. The method as claimed in claim 17, further comprising:

in response to a control operation to be matched with the image being selected before the image is drawn by the user drawing manipulation, displaying a reference object corresponding to the selected control operation as a watermark.

26. The method as claimed in claim 17, further comprising:

in response to a screen edition menu being selected, displaying a screen including a first area in which the image can be drawn by the user drawing manipulation and a second area in which a control operation to be matched with the image can be selected.

27. The method as claimed in claim 17, further comprising:

in response to a sharing command being input, uploading, to the external server, home screen data including the image.

28. The method as claimed in claim 17, further comprising:

in response to new home screen data, corresponding to a new home screen drawn by another user, being downloaded from an external server, changing the home screen based on the new home screen data.

29. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the home screen is composed of one page unit screen, and

wherein the displaying further comprises enlarging or reducing a size of the home screen according to a corresponding one of a zoom-in manipulation and a zoom-out manipulation.

30. The method as claimed in claim 17, further comprising:

in response to a scroll manipulation to scroll the home screen being detected, displaying the home screen by scrolling the home screen.

31. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the image, in response to the home screen being displayed on a display, is capable of being directly drawn on a surface of the display by the user drawing manipulation.

32. A method for displaying a home screen on a user terminal device, comprising:

generating a drawing image by a pen input;

matching a control operation to at least one part of the drawing image;

providing the drawing image on at least one page of the home screen; and

performing, in response to the at least one part of the drawing image being selected, the control operation matched to the selected part.

33. A user terminal device, comprising:

a controller configured to generate, in response to receiving a first user input, an image corresponding to the first user input, match, in response to receiving a second user input, a control operation with the image, and perform, in response to receiving a third user input, the control operation,

wherein the first user input corresponds to a user drawing manipulation which is input on a surface of a display to draw the image, and

wherein the third user input corresponds to a user selection which is input on the surface of the display to select the image.

34. The user terminal device of claim 33, wherein the controller is further configured to divide, in response to receiving a fourth user input, the image into a first image part and a second image part, match, in response to receiving a fifth user input, a first control operation with the first image part and a second control operation with the second image part, and perform, in response to receiving a user selection which is input on the surface of the display to select one of the first image part and the second image part, one of the first control operation and the second control operation which corresponds to the selected image part.

35. The user terminal device of claim 33, further comprising the display,

wherein the display is configured to display the image, and

wherein the display is a touch screen.