Electronic device and method of controlling the electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10437429-B2
Application number	US-201715812644-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2017
Priority date	Nov 14, 2016
Publication date	Oct 8, 2019
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019

Abstract

An electronic device includes a touch interface and a processor configured to identify a current touch displacement while a touch gesture of a user is received through the touch interface, to identify an action corresponding to a current state of the electronic device and the identified current touch displacement, and to perform a task according to the identified action.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving a touch gesture of a user;
identifying a current touch displacement while the touch gesture is received;
identifying an action corresponding to a current state of the electronic device and the identified current touch displacement based on a ratio of a full touch displacement to the current touch displacement, wherein the current state of the electronic device is a factor displayed on the electronic device; and
performing a task according to the identified action.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a function corresponding to the factor is a reminder function, and
wherein the performing the task comprises setting a reminder to be provided after a time proportional to the ratio elapses.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the touch gesture of the user comprises receiving the touch gesture from among a plurality of objects provided on an application execution screen, and
wherein the performing the task comprises setting a reminder with respect to a function provided by an application after a time proportional to the ratio elapses to be provided with respect to a selected object.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the action comprises:
identifying a first action in response to the ratio being less than a predetermined first ratio;
identifying a second action in response to the ratio being larger than or equal to the predetermined first ratio and less than a predetermined second ratio; and
identifying a third action in response to the ratio being larger than or equal to the predetermined second ratio.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing the task comprises:
in response to the touch gesture being ended, performing a task corresponding to the identified action.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the touch gesture is a swipe gesture, and
wherein the identifying the action comprises identifying an action corresponding to a direction of the swipe gesture, the current state, and the current touch displacement.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the action comprises identifying an action corresponding to a speed of the touch gesture, a direction of the touch gesture, the current state, and the current touch displacement.

8. A method of controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving a touch gesture of a user with respect to a push mode setting function provided on an application execution screen;
identifying a current touch displacement while the touch gesture is received;
identifying an action corresponding to a current state of the electronic device and the identified current touch displacement based on a ratio of a full touch displacement to the current touch displacement, wherein the current state of the electronic device is a factor displayed on the electronic device, and wherein identifying the action comprises:
identifying a first action in response to the ratio being less than a predetermined first ratio, wherein the first action is a mute mode,
identifying a second action in response to the ratio being larger than or equal to the predetermined first ratio and less than a predetermined second ratio, wherein the second action is a sound mode, and
identifying a third action in response to the ratio being larger than or equal to the predetermined second ratio, wherein the third action is a sound and vibration mode; and

performing a task according to the identified action.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a user interface (UI) indicating the identified action.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
displaying a user interface (UI) indicating the identified action.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the performing the task comprises:
in response to the touch gesture being ended, performing a task corresponding to the identified action.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the touch gesture is a swipe gesture, and
wherein the identifying the action comprises identifying an action corresponding to a direction of the swipe gesture, the current state, and the current touch displacement.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the identifying the action comprises identifying an action corresponding to a speed of the touch gesture, a direction of the touch gesture, the current state, and the current touch displacement.

14. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a touch interface; and
a processor configured to:
identify a current touch displacement while a touch gesture of a user is received through the touch interface,
identify an action corresponding to a current state of the electronic device and the identified current touch displacement based on a ratio of a full touch displacement to the current touch displacement, wherein the current state of the electronic device is a factor displayed on the electronic device, and
perform a task according to the identified action.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein a function corresponding to the factor is a reminder function, and
wherein the processor is further configured to set a reminder to be provided after a time proportional to the ratio elapses.

16. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to, in response to the touch gesture being received from one of a plurality of objects provided on an application executed screen displayed through the display, set a reminder with respect to a function provided by the application after a time proportional to the ratio elapses to be provided with respect to a selected object.

17. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to identify a first action in response to the ratio being less than a predetermined first ratio, identify a second action in response to the ratio being larger than or equal to the predetermined first ratio and less than a predetermined second ratio, and identify a third action in response to the ratio being larger than or equal to the predetermined second ratio.

18. The electronic device of claim 14 ,
wherein the processor is further configured to provide a user interface (UI) indicating the identified action through the display.

19. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform a task corresponding to the identified action in response to the touch gesture being ended.

20. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a touch interface; and
a processor configured to:
identify a current touch displacement while a touch gesture of a user is received through the touch interface, wherein the touch gesture is received with respect to a push mode setting function provided by an application execution screen displayed through the display;
identify an action corresponding to a current state of the electronic device and the identified current touch displacement based on a ration of a full touch displacement to the current touch displacement, wherein the current state of the electronic device is a factor displayed on the electronic device, and wherein to identify the action, the processor is further configured to:
identify a first action in response to the ratio being less than a predetermined first ratio, wherein the first action is a mute mode,
identify a second action in response to the ratio being larger than or equal to the predetermined first ratio and less than a predetermined second ratio, wherein the second action is a sound mode, and

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Soni Amit Kumar
• Kaulgud Vishnupriya Surendranath
• Iyer Sowmya Radhakrishnan
• Mukherjee Debayan
• Chaurasia Rahul Kumar

Classifications

• G06F3/04847

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

• H04L51/046

  Interoperability with other network applications or services · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

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

• G06F3/0482 Primary

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

• G06F3/017 Primary

  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