Input apparatus, display apparatus and control method thereof

• US 20140340323A1
• Filed: 05/14/2014
• Published: 11/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JANG, Bong-ki
• Granted Patent: US 9,671,892 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control

Abstract

An input apparatus, a display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The input apparatus includes a communication transceiver which is configured to communicate with the display apparatus; a touch sensor which is configured to receive a touch input; and a controller which is configured to divide an input area of the touch sensor into a plurality of areas, and in response to the touch sensor receiving a touch input that ends in at least one setting area of the plurality of areas, sense a change in one of coordinate values X and Y with respect to the received touch input, and control the communication transceiver to transmit a command to the display apparatus corresponding to the sensed change.

Claims

1. An input apparatus of a display apparatus, the input apparatus comprising:

a communication transceiver which is configured to communicate with the display apparatus;

a touch sensor which is configured to receive a touch input; and

a controller which is configured to divide an input area of the touch sensor into a plurality of areas, and in response to the touch sensor receiving a touch input in at least one setting area of the plurality of areas, sense a change in one of coordinate values X and Y with respect to the received touch input, and control the communication transceiver to transmit a command to the display apparatus corresponding to the sensed change.

2. The input apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting area comprises a first area, a second area, a third area, and a fourth area located respectively at a top, a bottom, a left and a right side of the input area.

3. The input apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to sense an increase or decrease in the coordinate value X in response to the touch sensor receiving a touch input in the first area or the second area.

4. The input apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to sense an increase or decrease in the coordinate value Y in response to the touch sensor receiving a touch input in the third area or the fourth area.

5. The input apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to control the communication transceiver to transmit a command for moving a web page to a previous page in response to the touch sensor receiving a touch input in the first area, or to a next page in response to the touch sensor receiving a touch input in the second area, and control the communication transceiver to transmit a command for scrolling the web page up in response to the touch sensor receiving a touch input in the third area, or for scrolling the web page down in response to the touch sensor receiving a touch input in the fourth area.

6. The input apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to control the communication transceiver to transmit a command for moving a setting menu of the display apparatus in response to the touch sensor receiving a touch input in the first area, the second area, the third area, or the fourth area.

7. The input apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage which is configured to store setting information of the setting area,

wherein the controller is configured to sense a change in one of the coordinate values X and Y in response to the touch sensor receiving the touch input in a setting area, according to the setting information of the setting area.

8. The input apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the touch input comprises a drag input that comprises a press on the input area of the touch sensor, a move across the input area while maintaining pressure in the input area of the touch sensor, and releasing the press at a touch point at an end of the move, and the controller is configured to sense a change in one of the coordinate values X and Y corresponding to the setting information of the setting area comprising the touch point of the press.

9. The input apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the setting area further comprises a fifth area, a sixth area, a seventh area, and an eighth area which are located respectively at corners of the input area, each of the fifth to eighth areas being formed by overlapping portions of two of the first to fourth areas which adjoin the area.

10. The input apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input area further comprises at least one normal area, and the controller senses a change in both the coordinate values X and Y in response to the touch sensor receiving a touch input in the normal area.

11. The input apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the normal area is located at a center of the input area.

12. The input apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the normal area further comprises a fifth area, a sixth area, a seventh area, and an eighth area which are located respectively at corners of the input area, each of the fifth to eighth areas being formed by overlapping portions of two of the first to fourth areas which adjoin the area.

13. A display apparatus comprising:

a display which is configured to display an image thereon;

a communication transceiver which is configured to communicate with an input apparatus comprising a touch sensor which is configured to receive a touch input; and

a controller that is configured to control the communication transceiver to receive a command from the input apparatus corresponding to a change in one of coordinate values X and Y in response to the touch sensor receiving a touch input in at least one setting area of a plurality of areas into which an input area of the touch sensor is divided, and control the display to display an image thereon corresponding to the received command.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the received command corresponds to an increase or decrease in one of the coordinate values X and Y of the setting area at which the received touch input ends.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the display is configured to display a web page thereon, and the controller is configured to control the display to move the web page to a previous page in response to the communication transceiver receiving a command for decreasing the coordinate value X, or a next page in response to a received command for increasing the coordinate value X, or to scroll the web page up in response to the communication transceiver receiving a command for increasing the coordinate value Y, or to scroll the web page down in response to the communication transceiver receiving a command for decreasing the coordinate value Y.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the display is configured to display a setting menu of the display apparatus, and the controller is configured to control the display to move and display the setting menu corresponding to a command for increasing or decreasing one of the coordinate values X and Y.

17. A control method of an input apparatus of a display apparatus, the control method comprising:

receiving a touch input in at least one setting area of a plurality of areas into which an input area of a touch sensor is divided;

sensing a change in one of coordinate values X and Y in response to the receiving the touch input; and

transmitting a command to the display apparatus corresponding to the changed coordinate value.

18. The control method according to claim 17, wherein the setting area comprises a first area, a second area, a third area, and a fourth area located respectively at a top, a bottom, a left and a right side of the input area, and

the sensing the changed value comprises sensing an increase or decrease of the coordinate value X in response to receiving a touch input in the first area or the second area.

19. The control method according to claim 18, wherein the sensing the changed value comprises sensing an increase or decrease in the coordinate value Y in response to receiving a touch input in the third area or the fourth area.

20. The control method according to claim 19, wherein the transmitting the command comprises transmitting a command for moving a web page to a previous page in response to receiving a touch input in the first area, or to a next page in response to receiving a touch input in the second area, or transmitting a command for scrolling the web page up in response to receiving a touch input in the third area, or for scrolling the web page down in response to receiving a touch input in the fourth area.

21. The control method according to claim 19, wherein the transmitting the command comprises transmitting a command for moving a setting menu of the display apparatus in response to receiving a touch input in the first area, the second area, the third area, or the fourth area.

22. The control method according to claim 17, wherein the sensing the changed value comprises sensing a change in one of the coordinate values X and Y in response to receiving the touch input in a setting area according to setting information stored in advance for the setting area.

23. The control method according to claim 18, wherein the touch input comprises a drag input comprises a press on the input area of the touch sensor, a move across the input area while maintaining pressure in the input area of the touch sensor, and a release of the press at a touch point at an end of the move;

and the sensing the changed value comprises sensing a change in one of the coordinate values X and Y corresponding to the setting information of the setting area comprising the touch point of the press.

24. The control method according to claim 18, wherein the setting area further comprises a fifth area, a sixth area, a seventh area, and an eighth area which are located respectively at corners of the input area, each of the fifth to eighth areas being formed by overlapping portions of two of the first to fourth areas which adjoin the area, and the sensing the changed value comprises sensing an increase or decrease in one of the coordinate values X and Y in response to receiving a touch input in one of the fifth to eighth areas.

25. The control method according to claim 18, wherein the input area further comprises at least one normal area, and the sensing the changed value comprises sensing a change in both the coordinate values X and Y in response to receiving a touch input in the normal area.

26. The control method according to claim 25, wherein the normal area is located in a center of the input area, and the normal area further comprises a fifth area, a sixth area, a seventh area, and an eighth area which are located respectively at corners of the input area, each of the fifth to eighth areas being formed by overlapping portions of two of the first to fourth areas which adjoin the area.

27. A control method of a display apparatus which communicates with an input apparatus comprising a touch sensor configured to receive a touch input, the control method comprising:

receiving a command from the input apparatus corresponding to a change in one of coordinate values X and Y in response to receiving a touch input in at least one setting area of a plurality of areas into which an input area of the touch sensor is divided; and

displaying an image corresponding to the received command.

28. The control method according to claim 27, wherein the receiving the command comprises receiving a command corresponding to an increase or decrease in one of coordinate values X and Y according to the setting area in which the received touch input ends.

29. The control method according to claim 28, wherein the displaying the image comprises moving a web page to a previous page in response to receiving a command for decreasing the coordinate value X, or to a next page in response to receiving a command for increasing the coordinate value X;

and

scrolling the web page up in response to receiving a command for increasing the coordinate value Y, or scrolling the web page down in response to receiving a command for decreasing the coordinate value Y.

30. The control method according to claim 28, wherein the displaying the image comprises moving and displaying a setting menu of the display apparatus in response to receiving a command for increasing or decreasing one of the coordinate values X and Y.