Method and electronic device for controlling scroll speed of content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10310722-B2
Application number	US-201414472261-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2014
Priority date	Aug 28, 2013
Publication date	Jun 4, 2019
Grant date	Jun 4, 2019

Abstract

A method in an electronic device includes displaying at least a part of the a plurality of contents on a screen, determining a content of interest based on weights of each of the contents, and adjusting a speed of scrolling the plurality of the contents upon detecting the content of interest being displayed on the screen. An electronic device includes one or more processors configured to display at least a part of the a plurality of contents on a screen, determine a content of interest on based on weights of each of the contents, and adjust a speed of scrolling the plurality of the contents upon detecting the content of interest being displayed on the screen when scrolling the contents. Other embodiments also are disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for displaying a map on an electronic device, comprising:
displaying a first part of the map at a first map scale on a screen while a map application is executed;
in response to receiving a touch input for shrinking the first part of the map, displaying a second part of the map at a second map scale, the second map scale being smaller than the first map scale, the second part including the first part;
determining whether the second part of the map includes a location of interest, wherein the location of interest is a specific location at which the electronic device acquired an image, wherein the specific location was, by the electronic device, designated as the location of interest; and
in response to determining that the second part of the map includes the location of interest, adjusting a speed for shrinking the second part of the map.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
restoring the speed to a previous speed when the location of interest disappears from the screen.

3. An electronic device comprising:
a display; and
one or more processors configured to:
control the display to display a first part of a map at a first map scale on a screen while a map application is executed;
in response to receiving a touch input for shrinking the first part of the map, control the display to display a second part of the map at a second map scale, the second map scale being smaller than the first map scale, the second part including the first part;
determine whether the second part of the map includes a location of interest, wherein the location of interest is a specific location at which the electronic device acquired an image, wherein the specification location was, by the electronic device, designated as the location of interest; and
in response to determining that the second part of the map includes the location of interest, adjust a speed for shrinking the second part of the map.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein one or more processors is further configured to restore the speed to a previous speed when the location of interest disappears from the screen.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Ho-Young
• Joo Jin-Hyung
• Tae Eun-Ju
• Won Sung-Joon

Classifications

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/0487 Primary

  using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G06F3/04847 Primary

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title