DISPLAY APPARATUS AND USER INTERFACE PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150121286A1
• Filed: 10/29/2014
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Min-jin, KIM, Byuk-sun, KIM, Sung-gook, KIM, Yong-deok, NOH, Chang-soo
• Granted Patent: US 10,216,409 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/773
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• 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

Abstract

A method for providing a user interface (UI) includes displaying a character input UI, receiving a command to select a specific character on the character input UI, determining a character input mode from among a recommended character input mode and an accent mark character input mode based on the command, and displaying at least one of a first character input UI and a second character input UI according to the determined character input mode, wherein the first character input UI comprises recommended character items and the second character input UI comprises accent mark character items.

Claims

1. A method for providing a user interface (UI), the method comprising:

displaying a character input UI;

receiving a command to select a specific character on the character input UI;

determining a character input mode from among a recommended character input mode and an accent mark character input mode, based on the command; and

displaying at least one of a first character input UI and a second character input UI according to the determined character input mode, wherein the first character input UI comprises recommended character items and the second character input UI comprises accent mark character items.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the character input mode from among the recommended character input mode and the accent mark character input mode comprises:

determining the recommended character input mode as the character input mode in response to the command being input by successively inputting the specific character at least a preset number of times within a preset time period, and

determining the accent mark character input mode as the character input mode in response to the command being input by inputting the specific character less than the preset number of times within the preset time period.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to a recommended character item being selected from the first character input UI displayed in the recommended character input mode, inputting a recommended character that corresponds to the selected recommended character item next to the specific character, and

in response to an accent mark character item being selected from the second character input UI displayed in the accent mark character input mode, inputting an accent mark character that corresponds to the selected accent mark character item by replacing the specific character with the accent mark character.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the inputting the accent mark comprises displaying a block graphic user interface (GUI) on the specific character input to an input window in the accent mark character input mode and with the block GUI being displayed, inputting the accent mark character that corresponds to the selected accent mark character item by replacing the specific character with the accent mark character.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the at least one of the first character input UI and the second character input UI comprises, in response to a number of recommended characters or accent mark characters that correspond to the specific character being equal to or less than a preset number of items displayable on the first or the second character input UI, displaying at least one recommended character or accent mark character in the first or the second character input UI.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the at least one of the first character input UI and the second character input UI comprises:

in response to a number of recommended characters or accent mark characters that correspond to the specific character being greater than a preset number of items displayable on the first or the second character input UI, displaying a GUI indicating that at least one additional recommended character or accent mark character is not displayed in the first or the second character input UI.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises, in response to the specific character not supporting use of an accent mark, determining the character input mode to be the recommended character input mode, irrespective of the command.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the at least one of the first character input UI and the second character input UI comprises:

displaying the at least one of the first and second character input UIs in a manner of partially overlapping character items that are arranged adjacent to a character item corresponding to the specific character.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising, in response to the specific character being again selected within a preset time period in the recommended character input mode or the accent mark character input mode, changing the character input mode.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the at least one of the first character input UI and the second character input UI comprises searching at least one recommended character for the specific character based on a possibility of being input next to the specific character using a dictionary database and a user database storing therein a record of words previously used by a user, and displaying the searched at least one recommended character.

11. A display apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display a character input user interface (UI);

a user interface configured to receive a command to select a specific character on the character input UI; and

a controller configured to determine a character input mode from among a recommended character input mode and an accent mark character input mode, based on the command, and control the display to display at least one of a first character input UI and a second character input UI according to the determined character input mode, wherein the first character input UI comprises recommended character items and the second character input UI comprises accent mark character items.

12. The display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the command being input by successively inputting the specific character at least a preset number of times within a preset time period, determine the recommended character input mode as the character input mode, and in response to the command being input by inputting the specific character less than the preset number of times within the preset time period, determine the accent mark character input mode as the character input mode.

13. The display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to, in response to a recommended character item being selected from the first character input UI displayed in the recommended character input mode, input a recommended character that corresponds to the selected recommended character item next to the specific character, and in response to an accent mark character item being selected from the second character input UI displayed in the accent mark character input mode, input an accent mark character that corresponds to the selected accent mark character item by replacing the specific character with the accent mark character.

14. The display apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to control the display to display a block graphic user interface (GUI) on the specific character input to an input window in the accent mark character input mode and with the block GUI being displayed, input the accent mark character that corresponds to the selected accent mark character item by replacing the specific character with the accent mark character.

15. The display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to, in response to a number of recommended characters or accent mark characters that correspond to the specific character being equal to or less than a preset number of items displayable on the first or the second character input UI, control the display to display at least one recommended character or accent mark character in the first or the second character input UI.

16. The display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configure to, in response to a number of recommended characters or accent mark characters that correspond to the specific character being greater than a preset number of items displayable on the first or the second character input UI, control the display to display a GUI indicating that at least one additional recommended character or accent mark character is not displayed in the first or the second character input UI.

17. The display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the specific character not supporting use of an accent mark, determine the character input mode to be the recommended character input mode, irrespective of the command.

18. The display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first and the second character input UIs are displayed in a manner of partially overlapping character items that are arranged adjacent to a character item corresponding to the specific character.

19. The display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the specific character being again selected within a preset time period in the recommended character input mode or the accent mark character input mode, change the character input mode.

20. The display apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

a storage configured to store a dictionary database and a user database, the user database storing therein a record of words previously used by a user,

wherein the controller is configured to search at least one recommended character for the specific character based on a possibility of being input next to the specific character using the dictionary database and the user database, and control the display to display the searched at least one recommended character.