METHOD, APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR A SCROLLING SCREEN

• US 20150058793A1
• Filed: 08/21/2014
• Published: 02/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Ho-Young, Jang, Chul-Ho, Cho, Min-Kyung
• Granted Patent: US 10,474,344 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method for scrolling a screen on a display, the method comprising determining whether a screen is located at a scroll boundary when receiving a scrolling gesture, and adding at least one boundary effect to at least one object contained on the screen when the screen is located at the scroll boundary. An apparatus for scrolling a screen, the apparatus comprising a touch display to display the screen and receive a scrolling gesture, and a controller configured to determine whether a screen on the touch screen is located at a scroll boundary when a scrolling gesture is detected, and if the screen on the touch screen is located at the scroll boundary, add at least one boundary effect to at least one object contained on the screen.

Claims

1. A method for scrolling a screen on a display, the method comprising:

determining whether a screen is located at a scroll boundary when receiving a scrolling gesture; and

adding at least one boundary effect to at least one object contained on the screen when the screen is located at the scroll boundary.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the boudnay effect comprises at least one of a first image effect and a second image effect.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first image effect image is a light effect whose direction corresponds to a progress of the scrolling gesture.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second image effect is a shadow image effect which is added on a contour(s) of at least one object.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

identifying a current time zone among preset time zones, wherein the shadow effect has a different length for each preset time zone.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

detecting the metadata information of the at least one object displayed on the screen, wherein the shadow effect is determined based on the metadata information.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the metadata information includes a capacity of the object, and the shadow effect has a different length for each size of the capacity of the object according to the metadata information.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the metadata information comprises at least one attribute information of a quality of material of the object, a transparency of the object, and a thickness of the object, and the shadow effect has at least one attribute of a transparency and a color, the at least one attribute being set differently according to the metadata information.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the metadata information comprises at least one information of a frequency of use of the object, and a generation date of the object, and the shadow effect is set differently depending on each of the at least one information according to the metadata information.

10. The method as claimed in claim 4, comprising:

identifying an area where the shadow effect is to be displayed in the contour part of the object;

determining whether hidden information exists in the identified area where the shadow effect is to be displayed; and

displaying the hidden information so as to overlap the shadow effect, when the hidden information exists in the identified area where the shadow effect is to be displayed.

11. The method as claimed in claim 4, comprising:

determining whether hidden information exists in the object when the screen is located at the scroll boundary; and

displaying the hidden information so as to overlap a shadow of the shadow effect when the hidden information exists in the object.

12. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising adding the second image effect to an opposite end side of the scroll boundary on the screen when the screen is located at the scroll boundary.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the object comprises at least one of an icon, a widget, a text, a picture, a photograph and an electronic book.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising adding the boundary effect to at least one part of the scroll boundary.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the boundary effect is a light effect, whose direction corresponds to a progress of the scrolling gesture, on at least one part of the scroll boundary.

16. An apparatus for scrolling a screen, the apparatus comprising:

a touch screen configured to display the screen and receive a scrolling gesture; and

a controller configured to determine whether a screen on the touch screen is located at a scroll boundary when a scrolling gesture is detected, and if the screen on the touch screen is located at the scroll boundary, add at least one boundary effect to at least one object contained on the screen.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the boudnay effect comprises at least one of a first image effect and a second image effect.

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first image effect is a light effect whose direction corresponds to a progress of the scrolling gesture, from the at least one part of the scroll boundary, and the second image effect is a shadow effect which is added on a contour of the object.

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the shadow effect has a length which is set differently for each preset time zone, and the controller is configured to identify a current time zone from among preset time zones.

20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the shadow effect has at least one attribute of a length, a transparency, a color and a form, the attribute being set differently depending on metadata information.

21. The apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein the metadata information comprises at least one information of a capacity, a quality of material, a thickness, a frequency of use;

and a generation date of the object.

22. The apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the controller is configured to identify an area where the shadow effect is to be displayed in the contour part of the object when the screen on the touch screen is located at the scroll boundary, and displays hidden information so as to overlap a shadow of the shadow effect, when the hidden information exists in the identified area.

23. The apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the controller is configured to determine whether hidden information exists in the object when the controller determines that the current screen on the touch screen is located at the scroll boundary, and displays the hidden information so as to overlap a shadow of the shadow effect, when the controller determines that the hidden information exists in the object.

24. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the controller is configured to display the second image effect in an end part at an opposite side of the displayed scroll boundary on the screen, when the screen on the touch screen is located at the scroll boundary.

25. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the controller is configured to add the boundary effect to at least one part of the scroll boundary, and

wherein the boundary effect is a light effect, whose direction corresponds to a progress of the scrolling gesture, on at least one part of the scroll boundary.

26. A recording medium storing a program for operating an apparatus for displaying a screen in scrolling the screen, the apparatus comprising:

a touch screen configured to display the screen and receive a scrolling gesture; and

a controller configured to determine whether a screen on the touch screen is located at a scroll boundary when a scrolling gesture is detected, and if the current screen on the touch screen is located at the scroll boundary, display a boundary effect on the scroll boundary of at least one object displayed on the screen.

27. The recording medium as claimed in claim 26, wherein the boudnay effect comprises at least one of a first image effect and a second image effect, the first image effect being a light effect whose direction corresponds to a progress of the scrolling gesture, and the second image effect being a shadow effect added on a contour of the object.