PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF ENLARGING AND DISPLAYING CONTENTS

• US 20150253968A1
• Filed: 01/30/2015
• Published: 09/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JOO, Sun-Woong, YUN, Young-Soo
• Application Number:
  US14/610,507
• Publication Number:
  US 20150253968A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• 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 portable terminal for and method of enlarging and displaying content are provided. The portable terminal includes a touch screen, a controller configured to cause the touch screen to display a first magnifying glass and a second magnifying glass wherein a part of the contents included in the first magnifying glass are enlarged and displayed by a first magnification ratio, a part of the contents included in the second magnifying glass are enlarged and displayed by a second magnification ratio, and a part of the contents included in an overlapping area where the first magnifying glass and the second magnifying glass overlap each other are enlarged and displayed by a third magnification ratio which is different from the first magnification ratio and the second magnification ratio.

Claims

1. A method of enlarging and displaying contents of a portable terminal, the method comprising:

displaying the contents on a touch screen;

displaying a first magnifying glass on the touch screen while enlarging and displaying a part of the contents included in the first magnifying glass by a first magnification ratio; and

displaying a second magnifying glass on the touch screen while enlarging and displaying a part of the contents included in the second magnifying glass by a second magnification ratio,

wherein a part of the contents included in an overlapping area where the first magnifying glass and the second magnifying glass overlap each other is enlarged and displayed by a third magnification ratio which is different from the first magnification ratio and the second magnification ratio.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein when the contents correspond to a moving image being reproduced by a first speed,

displaying the first magnifying glass on the touch screen while enlarging and displaying the part of the contents included in the first magnifying glass by a first magnification ratio comprises enlarging and displaying a part of the moving image included in the first magnifying glass by the first magnification ratio while reproducing the part of the moving image by a second speed which is different from the first speed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the third magnification ratio is larger than the first magnification ratio or the second magnification ratio.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein when enlarging and displaying the part of the contents by the third magnification ratio, and

when an entirety of the first magnifying glass and an entirety of the second magnifying glass overlap each other, a third magnifying glass is displayed on the touch screen, and a part of the contents included in the third magnifying glass is enlarged and displayed by the third magnification ratio.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising eliminating the second magnifying glass and the overlapping area from the touch screen in response to a user'"'"'s gesture on the second magnifying glass.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein when enlarging and displaying the part of the contents by the third magnification ratio,

when the first magnification ratio and the second magnification ratio have shapes of circles with radii having lengths of R1 and R2, respectively, and

when a straight length between a center of the first magnifying glass and a center of the second magnifying glass is smaller than a length obtained by adding the length of R1 to the length of R2, a part of the contents included in the overlapping area where the first magnifying glass and the second magnifying glass overlap each other is enlarged and displayed by the third magnification ratio.

2. A method of enlarging and displaying contents of a portable terminal, the method comprising:

displaying the contents on a touch screen;

displaying a first magnifying glass on the touch screen while enlarging and displaying a part of the contents included in the first magnifying glass by a first magnification ratio;

displaying a second magnifying glass on the touch screen while enlarging and displaying a part of the contents included in the second magnifying glass by a second magnification ratio; and

moving the second magnifying glass in response to a user'"'"'s gesture on the second magnifying glass so that the second magnifying glass overlaps the first magnifying glass,

wherein a part of the contents included in an area where the first magnifying glass and the second magnifying glass overlap each other is enlarged and displayed by a third magnification ratio which is different from the first magnification ratio and the second magnification ratio.

8. A method of enlarging and displaying contents of a portable terminal, the method comprising:

displaying the contents on a touch screen;

displaying a third magnifying glass on the touch screen while enlarging and displaying a part of the contents included in the third magnifying glass by a third magnification ratio; and

displaying a first magnifying glass and a second magnifying glass while enlarging and displaying a part of the contents included in the first magnifying glass by a first magnification ratio which is different from the third magnification ratio and enlarging and displaying a part of the contents included in the second magnifying glass by a second magnification ratio which is different from the third magnification ratio, in response to a user'"'"'s gesture,

wherein a part of the contents included in an overlapping area where the first magnifying glass and the second magnifying glass overlap each other is enlarged and displayed by the third magnification ratio.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first magnification ratio or the second magnification ratio is smaller than the third magnification ratio.

10. A portable terminal for enlarging and displaying contents, the portable terminal comprising:

a touch screen configured to display the contents;

a controller configured to cause the touch screen to display a first magnifying glass and a second magnifying glass wherein a part of the contents included in the first magnifying glass are enlarged and displayed by a first magnification ratio, a part of the contents included in the second magnifying glass are enlarged and displayed by a second magnification ratio, and a part of the contents included in an overlapping area where the first magnifying glass and the second magnifying glass overlap each other are enlarged and displayed by a third magnification ratio which is different from the first magnification ratio and the second magnification ratio.

11. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein the touch screen receives an input of a user'"'"'s gesture on the second magnifying glass, and

the controller is configured to cause the second magnifying glass to overlap the first magnifying glass by moving the second magnifying glass in response to a user'"'"'s gesture on the second magnifying glass, and cause an enlargement and display of a part of the contents included in the overlapping area where the first magnifying glass and the second magnifying glass overlap each other by the third magnification ratio.

12. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein when the contents corresponds to a moving image being reproduced by a first speed,

the controller is configured to cause the enlargement and display of the part of the contents included in the first magnifying glass by the first magnification ratio while reproducing the part of the contents included in the first magnifying glass by a second speed which is different from the first speed.

13. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein the third magnification ratio is larger than the first magnification ratio or the second magnification ratio.

14. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein when an entirety of the first magnifying glass and an entirety of the second magnifying glass overlap each other, the controller is configured to cause the touch screen to display a third magnifying glass while enlarging and displaying a part of the contents included in the third magnifying glass by the third magnification ratio.

15. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein the touch screen is configured to receive an input of a user'"'"'s gesture on the second magnifying glass, and

wherein the controller is configured to cause the elimination of the second magnifying glass and the overlapping area from the touch screen in response to the user'"'"'s gesture on the second magnifying glass.

16. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein when the first magnifying glass and the second magnifying glass have shapes of circles with radii of R1 and R2, respectively, and when a straight length between a center of the first magnifying glass and a center of the second magnifying glass is smaller than a length obtained by adding the radius of R1 to the radius of R2, the controller is configured to cause an enlargement and display of a part of the contents included in the overlapping area where the first magnifying glass and the second magnifying glass overlap each other, by the third magnification ratio.

17. A portable terminal for enlarging and displaying contents, the portable terminal comprising:

a touch screen configured to display the contents and a third magnifying glass while enlarging and displaying a part of the contents included in the third magnifying glass, by a third magnification ratio; and

a controller configured to cause a display of a first magnifying glass and a second magnifying glass while causing an enlargement and display of a part of the contents included in the first magnifying glass by a first magnification ratio which is different from the third magnification ratio, causing an enlargement and display of a part of the contents included in the second magnifying glass by a second magnification ratio which is different from the third magnification ratio, and causing an enlargement and display of a part of the contents included in an overlapping area where the first magnifying glass and the second magnifying glass overlap each other by the third magnification ratio, in response of a user'"'"'s gesture on the third magnifying glass.

18. The portable terminal of claim 17, wherein the first magnification ratio or the second magnification ratio is smaller than the third magnification ratio.

19. A non-transitory recording medium for storing a program for enlarging and displaying contents, wherein the program performs the steps of displaying the contents on a touch screen;

displays a first magnifying glass on the touch screen while enlarging and displaying a part of the contents included in the first magnifying glass, by a first magnification ratio;

displaying a second magnifying glass on the touch screen while enlarging and displaying a part of the contents included in the second magnifying glass, by a second magnification ratio; and

enlarging and displaying a part of the contents included in an overlapping area where the first magnifying glass and the second magnifying glass overlap each other, by a third magnification ratio which is different from the first magnification ratio and the second magnification ratio.

20. A non-transitory recording medium for storing a program for enlarging and displaying contents, wherein the program performs the steps of displaying the contents on a touch screen;

displaying a third magnifying glass on a touch screen while enlarging and displaying a part of the contents included in the third magnifying glass, by a third magnification ratio;

displaying a first magnifying glass and a second magnifying glass while enlarging and displaying a part of the contents included in the first magnifying glass by a first magnification ratio which is different from the third magnification ratio and enlarging and displaying a part of the contents included in the second magnifying glass by a second magnification ratio which is different from the third magnification ratio, in response to a user'"'"'s gesture; and

displaying and enlarging a part of the contents included in an overlapping area where the first magnifying glass and the second magnifying glass overlap each other, by the third magnification ratio.