Method for editing object with motion input and electronic device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10055395-B2
Application number	US-201414333379-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2014
Priority date	Jul 16, 2013
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

An electronic device is configured to perform a method for editing an object. The method includes determining one or more edit references with respect to one or more objects displayed on a display unit, detecting a motion input, and editing the one or more objects based on at least one of the one or more edit references and a characteristic of the motion input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying a text including one or more paragraphs;
after displaying the text, detecting a user touch input drawing a vertical indicator overlapping the text displayed on a display;
displaying, in a region in which the user touch input is inputted, the vertical indicator overlapping the text displayed on the display;
determining one or more paragraphs overlapped with at least one part of the vertical indicator among the one or more paragraphs included in the text;
detecting a motion input across the vertical indicator; and
in response to detecting the motion input across the vertical indicator, indenting, by an indentation distance, the determined one or more paragraphs based on a position of the vertical indicator and an intensity of the motion input across the vertical indicator,
wherein the indentation distance is a horizontal distance between a virtual vertical line representing left margin of the determined one or more paragraphs and the vertical indicator.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the vertical indicator comprises displaying a vertical line shaped in a straight line according to input information detected through an input unit.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the vertical indicator comprises displaying a vertical line shaped in a straight line perpendicular to a direction of the text according to input information detected through an input unit.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the one or more paragraphs comprises determining the one or more paragraphs at which a cursor is positioned.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a type of the motion input includes a motion of the electronic device.

6. An electronic device, comprising;
a display configured to:
display a text including one or more paragraphs;
after displaying the text, detect a user touch input drawing a vertical indicator overlapping the text displayed on the display;
display, in a region in which the user touch input is inputted, the vertical indicator overlapping the text displayed on the display; and

a processor configured to:
determine one or more paragraphs overlapped with at least part of the vertical indicator among the one or more paragraphs included in the text;

a motion sensor configured to detect a motion input across the vertical indicator; and
wherein the processor further configured to, in response to detecting the motion input across the vertical indicator, indent, by an indentation distance, the determined one or more paragraphs based on a position of the vertical indicator and an intensity of the motion input across the vertical indicator,
wherein the indentation distance is a horizontal distance between a virtual vertical line representing left margin of the determined one or more paragraphs and the vertical indicator.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the motion sensor includes at least one of one or more cameras, a gesture sensor, a gyro sensor, a magnetic sensor, an accelerometer, a grip sensor, a proximity sensor, a bio sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, or an ultrasonic sensor.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising an input unit configured to detect an input of a user, wherein the processor is configured to display a vertical line shaped in a straight line according to input information detected through the input unit.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising an input unit configured to detect an input of a user, wherein the processor is configured to display a vertical line shaped in a straight line perpendicular to a direction of the text according to input information detected through the input unit.

10. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the one or more paragraphs at which a cursor is positioned.

11. The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising a memory including one or more programs to be executable by the processor.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jung-Woo
• Jang Keum-Ju
• Hwang Hyung-Suk
• Choi Sook-Kyung

Classifications

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F1/1686 Primary

  the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera · CPC title

• G06F40/103

  Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents (automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191) · CPC title

• G06F1/1694

  the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer · CPC title

• H04M2250/12

  including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion · CPC title