User terminal device and controlling method thereof

• US 9,891,809 B2
• Filed: 04/04/2014
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jung, Jong-woo, Myung, In-Sik, Rhee, Taik-heon, Cho, Dong-bin
• Primary Examiner(s): Theriault, Steven B
• Application Number:
  US14/245,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20140325410A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,411 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 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

A user terminal device is provided. The device includes a display configured to display a screen including an object, a detector configured to detect a user drawing input which is input on the object or in an area surrounding the object, a controller configured to, in response to the user drawing input being detected, execute a program corresponding to the object and display, on the display, a screen where the user drawing input is processed as an input of the program. Accordingly, the operations of the user terminal device may be controlled conveniently.

Claims

1. A user terminal device, comprising:

a display configured to display a first screen including an icon;

a touch sensor configured to detect a user drawing input which is input on the icon or in an area surrounding the icon; and

a controller configured to, in response to the user drawing input being detected, execute an application corresponding to the icon, process the user drawing input as an input of the application, perform a function corresponding to the user drawing input from among functions provided by the application, and display, on the display, a second screen where the function is performed,

wherein the controller performs the function corresponding to the user drawing input from among the functions provided by the application in response to the user drawing input being detected while a predetermined condition is satisfied, and performs a function provided on the first screen according to the user drawing input in response to the user drawing input being detected while the predetermined condition is not satisfied,

wherein the function provided by the first screen is different from the function corresponding to the user drawing input from among the functions provided by the application.

2. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the user drawing input comprising text, display, on the display, the second screen where the text is processed as an input of the application.

3. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the icon comprising a search widget, perform a search regarding the text and display, on the display, a result of the search.

4. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the user drawing input comprising a symbol, display, on the display, the second screen where the symbol is processed as an input of the application.

5. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the icon being an icon matched with a mail application, display, on the display, a mail writing screen to transmit mail to a mail address corresponding to the text.

6. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the icon being an icon matched with a messenger application, display, on the display, messenger contents which are exchanged with another user corresponding to the text.

7. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user drawing input is input through a touch-and-drag manipulation using a user'"'"'s body or a pen.

8. A user terminal device, comprising:

a display configured to display a screen including a plurality of icons;

a touch sensor configured to detect a user manipulation on the screen; and

a controller configured to, in response to a connection line between a first icon and a second icon from among the plurality of icons being drawn according to the user manipulation, execute a first application corresponding to the first icon and a second application corresponding to the second icon in association with each other,

wherein the controller performs a predetermined first function provided by the first application according to the association, and performs a predetermined second function provided by the second application based on a performance result of the predetermined first function.

9. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to display a first screen by executing the first application corresponding to the first icon, and in response to a user manipulation being performed on the first screen, execute the second application corresponding to the second icon and display a second screen which reflects a result according to the user manipulation.

10. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to determine a content which is displayed on the first screen according to a type of the second application.

11. A controlling method of a user terminal device, comprising:

displaying a first screen including an icon;

detecting a user drawing input which is input on the icon or in an area surrounding the icon;

executing, in response to the user drawing input being detected, an application corresponding to the icon, process the user drawing input as an input of the application;

performing a function corresponding to the user drawing input from among functions provided by the application; and

displaying a second screen where the function is performed on the display,

wherein the displaying the second screen comprises;

in response to the user drawing input being detected while a predetermined condition is satisfied, performing the function corresponding to the user drawing input from among the functions provided by the application; and

in response to the user drawing input being detected while the predetermined condition is not satisfied, performing a function provided by the first screen according to the user drawing input,

wherein the function provided by the first screen is different from the function corresponding to the user drawing input from among the functions provided by the application.

12. The controlling method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the displaying the second screen further comprises, in response to the user drawing input comprising text, displaying a screen where the text is processed as an input of the application.

13. The controlling method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the displaying the second screen further comprises, in response to the icon being a search widget, performing a search regarding the text and displaying a result of the search.

14. The controlling method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the displaying the second screen further comprises, in response to the user drawing input comprising a symbol, displaying a screen where the symbol is processed as an input of the application.

15. The controlling method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the displaying the second screen further comprises, in response to the icon being an icon matched with a mail application, displaying a mail writing screen to transmit mail to a mail address corresponding to the text.

16. The controlling method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the displaying the second screen further comprises, in response to the icon being an icon matched with a messenger application, displaying messenger contents which are exchanged with another user corresponding to the text.

17. A controlling method of a user terminal device, comprising:

displaying a screen including a plurality of icons;

detecting a user manipulation on the screen; and

in response to a connection line between a first icon and a second icon from among the plurality of icons being drawn according to the user manipulation, executing a first application corresponding to the first icon and a second application corresponding to the second icon in association with each other,

wherein the executing the first application and the second application comprises performing a predetermined first function provided by the first application according to the association and performing a predetermined second function provided by the second application based on a performance result of the predetermined first function.

18. The controlling method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the executing the first application and the second application further comprises:

displaying a first screen by executing the first application corresponding to the first icon; and

executing, in response to a separate user manipulation being performed on the first screen, the second application corresponding to the second icon and displaying a second screen which reflects a result according to the separate user manipulation of the first screen.

19. The controlling method as claimed in claim 18, wherein the executing the first application and the second application further comprises:

determining a content which is displayed on the first screen according to a type of the second application.

20. A user terminal device, comprising:

a display configured to display a screen including an icon;

a touch sensor configured to detect a user drawing input which is input on the icon or in an area surrounding the icon; and

a controller configured to, in response to a first area of the icon being selected according to the user drawing input, perform a first function related to the icon, and in response to a second area of the icon being selected, perform a second function related to the icon,

wherein the first function and the second function are different functions provided by a same application corresponding to the icon.