TOUCH AND NON-CONTACT GESTURE BASED SCREEN SWITCHING METHOD AND TERMINAL
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1. A method for controlling a terminal, comprising:
- detecting, by touch input on a touchscreen display, a selection of at least one object from a plurality of objects on the touchscreen display;
detecting, by a sensor, a non-contact gesture input while the touch input is maintained on the selected at least one object; and
switching, in response to the non-contact gesture input, display of one or more of the plurality of objects based on a shape of an object used to generate the non-contact gesture input while the selected at least one object is stationarily displayed at a position where the touch input is maintained,wherein a number of switching operations is based on the shape of the object expressing the number independently from movement of the non-contact gesture input.
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Abstract
A touch and gesture input-based control method for a mobile terminal or handheld display is provided for facilitating the switching operation between for an object in response to a gesture input subsequent to a touch input. The method includes detecting a touch input; selecting at least one object corresponding to the touch input; detecting a gesture input; and performing switching corresponding to the gesture input in a state where the object is held at a position of the touch input. The invention permits paging through lists of documents or icons, etc., while retaining the display of the held object on the touch screen.
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1. A method for controlling a terminal, comprising:
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detecting, by touch input on a touchscreen display, a selection of at least one object from a plurality of objects on the touchscreen display; detecting, by a sensor, a non-contact gesture input while the touch input is maintained on the selected at least one object; and switching, in response to the non-contact gesture input, display of one or more of the plurality of objects based on a shape of an object used to generate the non-contact gesture input while the selected at least one object is stationarily displayed at a position where the touch input is maintained, wherein a number of switching operations is based on the shape of the object expressing the number independently from movement of the non-contact gesture input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 27, 28)
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16. (A terminal comprising:
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an input unit configured to detect touch inputs and a non-contact gesture input; a display unit configured to display a screen; and
a control unit configured to;detect by a touch input selection of at least one object of a plurality of objects displayed on the display unit, detect, by a sensor of the input unit, the non-contact gesture input while the touch input is maintained on the selected at least one object, and switch, in response to the non-contact gesture input, display of one or more of the plurality of objects other than the selected at least one object based on a shape of an object used to generate the non-contact gesture input while the selected at least one object is stationarily displayed at a position where the touch input is maintained, wherein the control unit determines a number of switching operations based on the shape of the object expressing the number independently from movement of the non-contact gesture input. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30)
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