Apparatus including multiple touch screens and method of changing screens therein

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10228728-B2
Application number	US-201213370985-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 10, 2012
Priority date	Feb 10, 2011
Publication date	Mar 12, 2019
Grant date	Mar 12, 2019

Abstract

An apparatus and method of changing screens using multiple touch screens. The method includes displaying a first screen in a first touch screen; displaying a second screen in a second touch screen; detecting multiple touches in the first touch screen; detecting continuous movements of the multiple touches from the first touch screen to the second touch screen; and changing the second screen of the second touch screen in response to the continuous movements of the multiple touches.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of changing screens in an apparatus including multiple touch screens, the method comprising:
displaying a first image associated with a first application on a first touch screen;
displaying a second image associated with a second application on a second touch screen;
detecting a first touch on at least two objects among a plurality of objects in the first image;
selecting a first object among the at least two objects based on at least one of a predefined order or attributes of each of the at least two objects;
detecting continuous movements of the first touch from the first touch screen to the second touch screen;
changing the second image associated with the second application to a third image associated with the first application on the second touch screen while maintaining displaying of the first image including the plurality of objects in the first touch screen, wherein the third image includes additional information related to information represented by the first object and contents of the additional information is different from contents of information represented by the plurality of objects included in the first image, and wherein the contents of the additional information provides a function related to information represented by the first object;
detecting a second touch in the second touch screen while the third image associated with the first application is displayed on the second touch screen;
detecting continuous movements of the second touch from the second touch screen to the first touch screen; and
changing the third image associated with the first application to the second image associated with the second application,
wherein the first application is different from the second application.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the continuous movement includes one of a drag & drop gesture and a flick gesture.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the continuous movements of the first touch begin in the first touch screen, pass through a space formed between the first touch screen and the second touch screen, and arrive in the second touch screen.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising at least one of the first touch screen and the second touch screen providing feedback in response to the arrival of the first touch in the second touch screen.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the feedback includes at least one of visual feedback, auditory feedback, and tactile feedback.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein detecting continuous movements utilizes a time interval, areas, or directions in which the first touch are detected in the second touch screen.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first screen is used to display a screen image including a plurality of items, at least one of the plurality items relating to a multiple-touch setting used to set at least one parameter associated with multiple touches.

8. An apparatus comprising:
a first touch screen;
a second touch screen; and
a control unit configured to:
display, on the first touch screen, a first image associated with a first application,
display, on the second touch screen, a second image associated with a second application,
detect a first touch on at least two objects among a plurality of objects in the first image,
select a first object among the at least two objects based on at least one of a predefined order or attributes of each of the at least two objects,
change the second image associated with the second application to a third image associated with the first application in the second touch screen while maintaining displaying of the first image including the plurality of objects in the first touch screen, in response to detecting the first touch in the first touch screen and continuous movements of the first touch from the first touch screen to the second touch screen, wherein the third image includes additional information related to information represented by the first object and contents of the additional information is different from contents of information represented by the plurality of objects included in the first image, and wherein the contents of the additional information includes at least one region for providing a function related to information represented by the first object,
detect a second touch in the second touch screen while the third image associated with the first application on the second touch screen,
detect continuous movements of the second touch from the second touch screen to the first touch screen, and
change the third image associated with the first application to the second image associated with the second application,
wherein the first application is different from the second application.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the continuous movement comprises one of:
a drag & drop gesture; and
a flick gesture.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the control unit detects arrivals of the first touch in the second touch screen using a time interval, areas, or directions in which the first touch are detected.

Assignees

• Seo Joon Kyu
• Kim Hyun Jin
• Lee Ju Youn
• Park Min Kyu
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Joon-Kyu
• Kim Hyun-Jin
• Lee Ju-Youn
• Park Min-Kyu

Classifications

• G06F3/04886

  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 · CPC title

• G06F1/1647 Primary

  including at least an additional display (G06F1/1692 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F1/1616 Primary

  with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position · CPC title