Scrolling display control interface apparatuses, methods and computer-readable storage mediums

• US 9,946,450 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2015
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Naver Corporation
• Original Assignee: Naver Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Jung June, Hwang, Se Il, Yoon, Kyung Hee, Lee, Hye Deuk, Jeon, Bong Jun, Hwang, Hyun Ah
• Primary Examiner(s): Sams, Michelle L
• Application Number:
  US14/820,744
• Publication Number:
  US 20160042721A1
• Time in Patent Office: 984 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/20 Linear translation of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. panning

Abstract

A method for controlling a terminal screen includes: first displaying, on a screen of a terminal, a first function input unit and at least a portion of a page of content on a screen, the first function input unit being associated with at least a first function for the terminal; recognizing a scroll operation on the screen; and second displaying, in response to the recognizing the scroll operation on the screen, a second function input unit instead of at least a portion of the first function input unit, the second function input unit being associated with a second function for the terminal.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a terminal display, the method comprising:

first displaying, on a screen of a terminal including at least one processor and a memory, a first function input unit and at least a portion of a page of content, the first function input unit being associated with a first function for the terminal;

recognizing a scroll operation on the screen, the scroll operation including moving at least a portion of the first function input unit in a first direction with respect to at least one edge of the screen; and

second displaying, in response to the recognizing the scroll operation on the screen, a second function input unit instead of the at least the portion of the first function input unit by replacing the at least the portion of the first function input unit with the second function input unit on the screen while the at least the portion of the first function input unit continuously moves in the first direction with respect to the at least one edge of the screen, the second function input unit being associated with a second function for the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the replacing comprises:

removing the at least the portion of the first function input unit from the screen; and

inserting the second function input unit on the screen.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein

the removing removes the at least the portion of the first function input unit while the screen is continuously moving in a first direction;

and

the inserting inserts the second function input unit at a location from which the at least the portion of the first function input unit has been removed.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining that the scroll operation has stopped;

removing the second function input unit from the screen; and

displaying the at least the portion of the first function input unit on the screen.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the replacing comprises:

changing an icon representing the at least the portion of the first function input unit to an icon representing the second function input unit.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the scroll operation has stopped; and

changing the second function input unit into the at least the portion of the first function input unit in response to determining that the scroll operation has stopped.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

moving, in response to selection of the second function input unit, to one of a start and an end of the page of content such that the screen displays the one of the start and the end of the page of content at an end of the screen, the one of the start and the end of the page of content being in a direction opposite to a scroll direction of the scroll operation.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein

the one of the start and the end of the page of content is an upper end of the page of content;

and

the scroll direction is towards a lower end of the page of content.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second displaying displays the second function input unit at an end of the screen in a scroll direction of the scroll operation.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

third displaying, in response to movement of the second function input unit, the at least the portion of the first function input unit on the screen instead of the second function input unit.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

third displaying, in response to movement of the second function input unit through a touch and drag by a user, the at least the portion of the first function input unit on the screen instead of the second function input unit.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first displaying comprises:

arranging and displaying the at least the portion of the page of content in a time sequence.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting that a speed of the scroll operation exceeds a threshold speed; and

wherein

the second displaying displays the second function input unit instead of the at least the portion of the first function input unit in response recognizing the scroll operation and detecting that the speed of the scroll operation is greater than or equal to the threshold speed.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a computer device, cause the computer device to execute a method for controlling a terminal display comprising:

first displaying, on a screen of a terminal, a first function input unit and at least a portion of a page of content, the first function input unit being associated with a first function for the terminal;

recognizing a scroll operation on the screen, the scroll operation including moving a least a portion of the first function input unit in a first direction with respect to at least one edge of the screen; and

second displaying, in response to the recognizing the scroll operation on the screen, a second function input unit instead of the at least the portion of the first function input unit by replacing the at least the portion of the first function input unit with the second function input unit on the screen while the at least the portion of the first function input unit continuously moves in the first direction with respect to the at least one edge of the screen, the second function input unit being associated with a second function for the terminal.

15. An apparatus to control a terminal screen, the apparatus comprising:

a memory having computer-readable instructions stored therein; and

at least one processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to

display, on the terminal screen, a first function input unit and at least a portion of a page of content,

recognize a scroll operation on the portion of the page of content, the scroll operation including moving at least a portion of the first function input unit in a first direction with respect to at least one edge of the terminal screen; and

display, in response to recognizing the scroll operation on the portion of the page of content, a second function input unit instead of the at least the portion of the first function input unit by replacing the at least the portion of the first function input unit with the second function input unit on the terminal screen while the at least the portion of the first function input continuously moves in the first direction with respect to the at least one edge of the terminal screen.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to

replace the at least the portion of the first function input unit by removing, in response to the recognizing the scroll operation on the portion of the page of content, the at least the portion of the first function input unit from the terminal screen with the second function input unit on the terminal screen, and displaying the second function input unit on the terminal screen,

recognize that the scroll operation has stopped,

remove, in response to recognizing that the scroll operation has stopped, the second function input unit from the terminal screen, and

display the at least the portion of the first function input unit on the terminal screen.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to

replace the at least the portion of the first function input unit by changing the at least the portion of the first function input unit with the second function input unit in response to recognizing the scroll operation;

recognize that the scroll operation has stopped; and

change, in response to recognizing that the scroll operation has stopped, the second function input unit into the at least the portion of the first function input unit.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to move, in response to selection of the second function input unit, to one of a start and an end of the page of content such that the terminal screen displays the one of the start and the end of the page of content at an end of the terminal screen, the one of the start and the end of the page of content being in a direction opposite to a scroll direction of the scroll operation.

19. A method for controlling a terminal display, the method comprising:

first displaying, on a screen of a terminal including at least one processor and a memory, a first function input unit and at least a portion of a page of content, the first function input unit being associated with a first function for the terminal;

recognizing a scroll operation on the screen, the scroll operation including moving the first function input unit with the at least the portion of the page of content in a direction opposite to a scroll direction of the scroll operation;

second displaying, in response to the recognizing the scroll operation on the screen, a second function input unit instead of the at least the portion of the first function input unit by replacing the at least the portion of the first function input unit with the second function input unit on the screen, the second function input unit being associated with a second function for the terminal; and

changing the at least the portion of the first function input unit to the second function input unit in response to the first function input unit reaching an edge of the screen in the direction opposite to the scroll direction.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the changing further includes:

changing at least a first portion of the first function input unit to the second function input unit; and

removing at least a second portion of the first function input unit from the screen.