Touch event-driven display control system and method for touchscreen mobile phone

• US 8,411,041 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2008
• Issued: 04/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Heui Jin, Kim, Jung Min, Oh, Kyung Ho, Beock, Jong Han
• Primary Examiner(s): Mengistu, Amare
• Assistant Examiner(s): ZUBAJLO, JENNIFER L
• Application Number:
  US12/070,107
• Publication Number:
  US 20080198141A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,873 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 715/702, 715/863, 715788-801
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A touch event-driven display control system and method for a touchscreen mobile phone is provided to control the information display by onscreen touch manipulation. An information display method for a touchscreen-enabled device according to the present invention includes detecting a touch on an information region of a touchscreen, determining a type of the touch and processing display of information item according to the type of touch.

Claims

1. An information display method for a touchscreen-enabled device, comprising:

detecting a touch on an information region of a touchscreen having a plurality of regions;

determining a type of the touch from at least two or more types of touch, extracting a direction and an indication value of the type of touch, and determining a next information item on the basis of the direction and an indication value of the type of touch, and replacing the information item with the new information item in the information region; and

processing display of information item according to the type of touch;

wherein the touchscreen is configured to perform respectively different functions in at least two regions of the plurality of regions of the touchscreen that simultaneously display respective applications and perform respectively different functions in response to a same type of touch event occurring on said at least two regions of the touchscreen, wherein the same type of touch event on a first information window of the touchscreen changes a display of information into another application information, and on a second information window causes a display of the second window to disappear from the touchscreen, and

wherein a respective indication value for each type of touch is mapped and checked by a control unit for a current information item, and information to be displayed is determined by the control unit on a basis of an ordered arrangement and not by an arithmetic increment or decrement of the indication value.

2. An information display method for a touchscreen-enabled mobile phone comprising:

displaying a standby mode screen having a plurality of regions including an information region presenting an information item set by a user;

detecting a touch event from at least three different types of touch events on the information region;

extracting a direction and an indication value of the touch;

determining a next information item on the basis of the direction and indication value of the touch event; and

replacing the information item with the new information item in the information region;

wherein the touchscreen is configured to perform respectively different functions in at least two regions of the plurality of regions in response to a same type of touch event on different regions of the touchscreen,

wherein a respective indication value for each type of touch is mapped and checked by a control unit for a current information item, and information to be displayed is determined by the control unit on a basis of an ordered arrangement and not by an arithmetic increment or decrement of the indication value.

3. The information display method of claim 2, wherein the touch event is a flick event.

4. The information display method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining a direction of the flick event;

moving the information item to a display region of the plurality of regions of the touchscreen when a direction of the flick event is upward or downward; and

replacing the information item with another information item depending on the direction when a direction of the flick event is left or right.

5. The information display method of claim 4, further comprising:

detecting a flick event on the information item in the display region; and

replacing the information item with another information item in response to a direction of the flick event.

6. An information display method for a touchscreen-based mobile phone, comprising:

displaying a first information item in a first region of a plurality of regions of the touchscreen and an icon representing an application in a second region of the touchscreen;

detecting a touch event on the touchscreen from at least three different types of touch events;

moving and/or changing the first information item depending on a direction of the flick event, when a first-type touch event comprises a flick event on the first information item;

displaying, if a second-type touch event comprises a tap event on the icon, a second information item provided by the application;

wherein a third-type touch event includes both the flick event and the tap event;

wherein a particular type of touch event is configured to perform respectively different functions in at least two regions of the plurality of regions that simultaneously display respective applications and perform respectively different functions in response to a same type of touch event occurring on said at least two regions of the touchscreen wherein the same type of touch event on the first information window of the touchscreen changes a display of information into another application information, and on the second information window causes a display of the second window to disappear from the touchscreen, and

wherein a respective indication value for each type of touch event is mapped and checked by a control unit for a current information item, and information to be displayed is determined by the control unit on a basis of an ordered arrangement and not by an arithmetic increment or decrement of the indication value.

7. The information display method of claim 6, wherein displaying a second information comprises:

removing the first information item and presenting the second information item in the first region in response to the tap event.

8. The information display method of claim 7, wherein displaying a second information comprises:

displaying the first information item in a third region and the second information in the first region in response to the tap event.

9. The information display method of claim 8, wherein displaying the second information further comprises:

removing the first information item displayed in the third region after a predetermined time elapses.

10. The information display method of claim 8, wherein the second information item displayed in the third region is moved or replaced by another information item in response to a flick event.

11. The information display method of claim 8, wherein the first region is an information region for presenting the information item, the second region is an indication region for presenting at least one icon representing the application, and the third region is a display region for displaying a background image.

12. The information display method of claim 6, wherein moving and/or changing the first information item comprises:

collecting an information item provided by an application determined by a direction of the flick event; and

replacing the information item with the collected information item.

13. The information display method of claim 12, wherein moving and/or changing the first information item further comprises:

moving the first information from the first region to a third region according to an upward or downward direction.

14. The information display method of claim 13, wherein moving and/or changing the first information item further comprises:

detecting a flick event on the first event item of the third region; and

replacing the first information item with another information item in response to a direction of the flick event.

15. The information display method of claim 13, wherein moving and/or changing the first information item further comprises disappearing the first information moved to the third region after a predetermined time elapses.

16. The information display method of claim 13, wherein moving and/or changing the first information item further comprises displaying the second information item provided by the application activated by the tap event in the first region.

17. A mobile device comprising:

a display panel for displaying a graphic user interface;

a touchscreen covering the display panel for detecting a touch event from at least two or more types of touch events that occur on the display panel; and

a controller for controlling display of information items on the basis of the touch events;

and wherein the controller is configured to perform different functions in response to a same type of touch event on different areas of the touchscreen that simultaneously display respective applications and perform respectively different functions in response to a same type of touch event occurring on said at least two regions of the touchscreen;

wherein the same type of touch event on a first information window of the touchscreen changes a display of information into another application information, and on a second information window causes a display of the second window to disappear from the touchscreen, and

wherein a respective indication value for each type of touch event is mapped and checked by a control unit for a current information item, and information to be displayed is determined by the control unit on a basis of an ordered arrangement and not by an arithmetic increment or decrement of the indication value.

18. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein the controller comprises:

an event detector for detecting and analyzing the touch events;

an information changer for determining a display position of the information item and changing the information items according to the touch events; and

an information updater for updating the information presented by the information item.

19. The mobile device of claim 18, wherein the touch events are selected from the group consisting of a flick event and a tap event.

20. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the information changer determines whether the touch event is the flick event a direction of the flick event and the indication value of the information item on which the flick event is detected;

and replaces the current information item with another information item of which indication value is ordered before or after the indication value of the current information item among circularly arranged information items according to the direction of the flick event.

21. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the controller controls the display of a new information item provided by an application activated by a tap event.

22. The mobile device of claim 21, wherein the controller controls to move the current information item to another region of the display panel and display another information item activated by the tap event, in response to the tap event.

23. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the controller checks information items neighbored with the current information item in a circular manner in response to a flick event and displays one of the neighbored information items according to a direction of the flick event.

24. The mobile device of claim 23, wherein the controller controls to move and replace the information item according to a flick event;

and controls to display information item provided by an application activated according to a tab event.

25. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein the touchscreen is laminated on a surface of the display panel.

26. An apparatus for controlling a device including touchscreen, comprising:

a processor in communication with a memory, the memory including software instruction, which when accessed by the processor causes the processor to execute the steps of;

displaying a standby mode screen having an information region presenting an information item set by a user;

detecting a touch event from at least three different types of touch events on the information region;

extracting a direction and an indication value of the touch;

determining a next information item on the basis of the direction and indication value of the touch event; and

replacing the information item with the new information item in the information region;

wherein the touchscreen comprises a plurality of regions including said information region, and the controller is configured to perform different functions in response to a same type of touch event on different regions of the touchscreen;

wherein the same touch event on a first information window of the touchscreen changes a display of information into other application information, and on a second information window causes a display of the second window to disappear from the touchscreen,

wherein a respective indication value for each type of touch is mapped and checked by a control unit for a current information item, and information to be displayed is determined by the control unit on a basis of an ordered arrangement and not by an arithmetic increment or decrement of the indication value.