METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING FUNCTION IN TOUCH DEVICE

• US 20150091835A1
• Filed: 12/10/2014
• Published: 04/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JEONG, Jinhong
• Granted Patent: US 9,760,269 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• 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 operating a function in a touch device capable of simultaneously changing an option and executing the function based on an input touch event during execution of a function using a function button provided in a certain mode which is executed in a touch device supporting touch based input and an apparatus thereof is provided. The method includes executing a second function associated with option setting according to a touch event input to a function button; and executing a first function allocated to the function button according to an option value set by the second function when the input touch event is released.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

memory configured to store an application; and

a controller operatively coupled with the memory, the controller configured;

to perform a function of the application based at least in part on a movement of an input received at a display unit operatively coupled with the controller; and

to perform a different function based at least in part on a release of the input.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust, as the function, at least one setting corresponding to the application based on an amount of the movement.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to perform the different function based at least in part on the at least one setting.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to change at least one visual property of the application based at least in part on the function.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to obtain the movement while the input is contacted with the display unit.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input is obtained at a specified region of a user interface of the application.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to present a button corresponding to the different function via the display unit.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to present at least one of an image and text corresponding to the function in response to the input.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to present the at least one based at least in part on a determination that the input is obtained for a duration greater than or equal to a specified value.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to perform another different function based at least in part on a determination that an axis of the movement has been changed to another axis.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the application comprises at least one of a camera application, a messenger application, a call application, a short message service application, an e-mail application, a social network service application, and a multimedia application.

12. A method comprising:

obtaining, at an electronic device, an input via a display unit operatively coupled with the electronic device;

performing a function of an application based at least in part on a movement of the input; and

performing a different function based at least in part on a release of the input.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the obtaining of the input comprises obtaining the movement while the input is contacted with the display unit.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the obtaining of the input comprises obtaining the input one of on and over a specified region of a user interface of the application, the specified region presenting information associated with the different function.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the performing of the function comprises presenting at least one of an image and text corresponding to the function in response to the input.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the performing of the function comprises changing at least one visual property of the application based at least in part on the movement.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the performing of the function comprises adjusting at least one setting of the application based at least in part on the movement.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the performing of the different function comprises performing the different function based at least in part on the at least one setting.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

performing another different function based at least in part on a determination that another input is obtained while the input is contacted with the display unit.

20. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

memory operatively coupled with the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus;

to obtain an input via a display unit operatively coupled with the processor;

to perform a function of an application based at least in part on a movement of the input; and

to perform a different function based at least in part on a release of the input.