Display apparatus displaying user interface and method of providing the user interface

• US 9,715,339 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2014
• Issued: 07/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Shin, Eun-mee, Kang, Nam-wook, Lee, Hye-won, Bae, Joo-yoon, Jin, Young-kyu
• Primary Examiner(s): CHOI, DAVID E
• Application Number:
  US14/227,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20140298226A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,216 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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

Provided are a display apparatus capable of manipulating user interface (UI) objects included in a UI, and a method of providing the UI. The display apparatus includes a touch screen which is configured to display the UI including a plurality of UI objects and receive a user input; and a controller which is configured to determine a plurality of preset sizes corresponding to the UI objects, respectively, and a plurality of pieces of information to be displayed on the UI objects, respectively, in response to the user input, and control the touch screen to display the UI objects with the preset sizes and the plurality of pieces of information.

Claims

1. A display apparatus that provides a user interface (UI), the display apparatus comprising:

a touch screen configured to display the UI comprising a plurality of UI objects and to receive a user input on the touch screen; and

a processor configured to determine a plurality of first preset sizes of the plurality of UI objects and a plurality of first pieces of information to be displayed on the plurality of UI objects in a first phase, a plurality of second preset sizes of the plurality of UI objects and a plurality of second pieces of information to be displayed on the plurality of UI objects in a second phase, and a plurality of third preset sizes of the plurality of UI objects and a plurality of third pieces of information to be displayed on the plurality of UI objects in a third phase,

wherein the processor controls the touch screen to display a number of UI objects among the plurality of UI objects having the plurality of second preset sizes and a number of pieces of information among the plurality of second pieces of information on a first page of the UI in response to receiving a first user drag input on the touch screen in a first direction,

wherein UI objects that are not displayed on the touch screen, among the plurality of UI objects having the plurality of second preset sizes, are located on a second page of the UI which is not displayed on the touch screen,

wherein the plurality of second preset sizes are predetermined with respect to the plurality of UI objects and the plurality of second pieces of information to be displayed on the plurality of UI objects are predetermined with respect to the plurality of UI objects,

wherein the processor controls the touch screen to display a number of UI objects among the plurality of UI objects having the plurality of third preset sizes and a number of pieces of information among the plurality of third pieces of information in response to receiving a second user drag input on the touch screen in the first direction, and

wherein the processor controls the touch screen to display the number of UI objects among the plurality of UI objects having the plurality of second preset sizes and the number of pieces of information among the plurality of second pieces of information in response to receiving a third user drag input on the touch screen in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to locate the plurality of UI objects on the UI according to at least one category of the plurality of UI objects, respectively.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of UI objects comprises at least one of a widget, an application-executed screen, a menu button, a function key, and an application execution icon.

10. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor controls the touch screen to display the UI objects located on the second page of the UI which was not displayed on the touch screen in response to receiving a user drag input on the touch screen in a third direction different from each of the first direction and the second direction.

4. A method in which a display apparatus provides a user interface (UI), the method comprising:

displaying a UI comprising a plurality of first preset sizes of a plurality of UI objects and a plurality of first pieces of information displayed on the plurality of UI objects on a touch screen of the display apparatus;

receiving a first user drag input on the touch screen in a first directions;

in response to receiving the first user drag input on the touch screen, determining a plurality of second preset sizes of the plurality of UI objects and a plurality of second pieces of information to be displayed on the plurality of UI objects and displaying a number of UI objects among the plurality of UI objects having the plurality of second preset sizes and a number of pieces of information among the plurality of second pieces of information on the touch screen on a first page of the UI,

wherein UI objects that are not displayed on the touch screen, among the plurality of UI objects having the plurality of second preset sizes, are located on a second page of the UI which is not displayed on the touch screen,

wherein the plurality of second preset sizes are predetermined with respect to the plurality of UI objects and the plurality of second pieces of information to be displayed on the plurality of UI objects are predetermined with respect to the plurality of UI objects,

wherein the method further comprises;

in response to receiving a second user drag input on the touch screen in the first direction, determining a plurality of third preset sizes of the plurality of UI objects and a plurality of third pieces of information to be displayed on the plurality of UI objects and displaying a number of UI objects among the plurality of third preset sizes of the plurality of UI objects and a number of pieces of information among the plurality of third pieces of information on the touch screen, and

in response to receiving a third user drag input on the touch screen in a second direction opposite to the first direction, displaying the number of UI objects among the plurality of UI objects having the plurality of second preset sizes and the number of pieces of information among the plurality of second pieces of information on the touch screen.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

changing a plurality of positions corresponding to the plurality of UI objects on the UI according to at least one category of the plurality of UI objects, respectively.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of UI objects are divided and displayed according to the at least one category, respectively.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the plurality of pieces of information are information which correspond to a type of the plurality of UI objects, respectively.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein each type of the plurality of UI objects comprises at least one of a widget, an application-executed screen, a menu button, a function key, and an application execution icon.

11. The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises displaying, on the touch screen, the UI objects located on the second page of the UI which was not displayed on the touch screen in response to receiving a user drag input on the touch screen in a third direction different from each of the first direction and the second direction.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a program, which when executed by a computer, performs:

displaying a UI comprising a plurality of first preset sizes of a plurality of UI objects and a plurality of first pieces of information displayed on the plurality of UI objects on a touch screen of a display apparatus;

receiving a first user drag input on the touch screen in a first direction;

in response to receiving the first user drag input on the touch screen, determining a plurality of second preset sizes of the plurality of UI objects and a plurality of second pieces of information to be displayed on the plurality of UI objects and displaying a number of UI objects among the plurality of UI objects having the plurality of second preset sizes and a number of pieces of information among the plurality of second pieces of information on the touch screen on a first page of the UI,

wherein UI objects that are not displayed on the touch screen, among the plurality of UI objects having the plurality of second preset sizes, are located on a second page of the UI which is not displayed on the touch screen,

wherein the plurality of second preset sizes are predetermined with respect to the plurality of UI objects and the plurality of second pieces of information to be displayed on the plurality of UI objects are predetermined with respect to the plurality of UI objects,

wherein the program, when executed by the computer, further performs;

in response to receiving a second user drag input on the touch screen in the first direction, determining a plurality of third preset sizes of the plurality of UI objects and a plurality of third pieces of information to be displayed on the plurality of UI objects and displaying a number of UI objects among the plurality of third preset sizes of the plurality of UI objects and a number of pieces of information among the plurality of third pieces of information on the touch screen, and

in response to receiving a third user drag input on the touch screen in a second direction opposite to the first direction, displaying the number of UI objects among the plurality of UI objects having the plurality of second preset sizes and the number of pieces of information among the plurality of second pieces of information on the touch screen.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the program, when executed by the computer, further performs displaying, on the touch screen, the UI objects located on the second page of the UI which was not displayed on the touch screen in response to receiving a user drag input on the touch screen in a third direction different from each of the first direction and the second direction.