Method of displaying interface of mobile device and mobile device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10649652-B2
Application number	US-201514937434-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 10, 2015
Priority date	Nov 12, 2014
Publication date	May 12, 2020
Grant date	May 12, 2020

Abstract

Provided are a method of displaying an interface of a mobile device including a touch screen and a mobile device performing the method. The mobile device includes a touch screen having a first area and a second area. The method includes receiving, when the first and second areas are locked during a phone call state of the mobile device, an input function activation signal, and displaying, in the second area, an interface comprising a plurality of operation keys related to the phone call state, according to the received input function activation signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling a mobile device, the method comprising:
based on detecting, by the mobile device, while a main screen area and an edge area of a touch screen display of the mobile device are in a locked state due to an ongoing phone call of the mobile device, at least one of: a face moving away from the mobile device, or an earphone being inserted into the mobile device, maintaining the main screen area in the locked state, unlocking the edge area, and displaying, in the edge area, a first user interface that includes a phone call interface including a plurality of operation keys;
while the main screen area of the touch screen display is in the locked state, during the ongoing phone call, based on detecting, by the mobile device, that a pen of the mobile device is being pulled out, displaying, in the edge area, a second user interface that includes a handwriting input zone for obtaining a handwriting input; and
while the main screen area of the touch screen display is in the locked state, during the ongoing phone call, obtaining, by the mobile device, handwritten input information from a user of the mobile device performing a touch operation in the handwriting input zone in the unlocked edge area.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the main screen area is located on a front surface of the mobile device and the edge area is located on at least one side of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein an obtained memo or text touch input information is displayed in the edge area with emphasis.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of operation keys include:
at least one text key for inputting at least one of: numbers 0 to 9, text or symbols; and
at least one function key related to the ongoing phone call, wherein the at least one function key related to the ongoing phone call includes at least one of: a speaker key, a call end key or a record key.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first user interface displayed in the edge area is adjusted based on at least one of a size of the edge area, a shape of the edge area, or a location of the edge area on the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on the mobile device being set in a one-hand operation mode, frequently used operation keys from among the plurality of operation keys are distinguishably displayed in the edge area.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a direction of the first user interface displayed in the edge area changes as the mobile device rotates in a horizontal or vertical direction.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein based on the ongoing phone call being a service call for using a service including a plurality of service menus, the edge area displays a third user interface that includes at least one of text or service content corresponding to the plurality of service menus.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein
a sequence key is displayed in the edge area, and
the method further comprises performing an operation corresponding to the sequence key according to a user's input.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein information corresponding to the sequence key is transmitted to a mobile device of a calling partner.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: based on the ongoing phone call being an automatic response system (ARS) call, and a full name of service content not being able to be displayed in the edge area at the same time, causing the edge area to scroll the full name of the service content so as to move in a first direction and to be repeatedly displayed.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising: based on the user selecting one of a plurality of displayed services displayed in the edge area, changing a text key zone of the edge area to subordinate services of the selected service.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying, in the edge area, an axis hide interface, which is a slidable user interface that dynamically displays different subsets of a combination of text and function keys based on a sliding user input on an axis in the edge area.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the axis hide interface displays, based on the sliding user input performed by the user on the edge area, a new function or text key that was not being displayed.

15. A mobile device comprising:
a touch screen display having a main screen area and an edge area; and
at least one processor configured to:
based on detecting, while the main screen area and the edge area of the touch screen display are in a locked state due to an ongoing phone call of the mobile device, at least one of: a face moving away from the mobile device, or an earphone being inserted into the mobile device, maintain the main screen area in the locked state, unlock the edge area, and control the touch screen display to display, in the edge area, a first user interface that includes a phone call interface including a plurality of operation keys;
while the main screen area of the touch screen display is in the locked state, during the ongoing phone call, based on detecting that a pen of the mobile device is being pulled out, control the touch screen display to display, in the edge area, a second user interface that includes a handwriting input zone for obtaining a handwriting input; and
while the main screen area of the touch screen display is in the locked state, during the ongoing phone call, obtain handwritten input information from a user of the mobile device performing a touch operation in the handwriting input zone in the unlocked edge area.

16. The mobile device of claim 15 , wherein the main screen area and the edge area are physically separated touch screens.

17. The mobile device of claim 15 , wherein when the touch screen display is covered by a cover, the edge area corresponds to a window in the cover.

18. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program, which, when executed, controls a mobile device to:
based on detecting, while a main screen area and an edge area of a touch screen display of the mobile device are in a locked state due to an ongoing phone call of the mobile device, at least one of: a face moving away from the mobile device, or an earphone being inserted into the mobile device, maintain the main screen area in the locked state, unlock the edge area, and control the touch screen display to display, in the edge area, a first user interface that includes a phone call interface including a plurality of operation keys;
while the main screen area of the touch screen display is in the locked state, during the ongoing phone call, based on detecting that a pen of the mobile device is being pulled out, control the touch screen display to display, in the edge area, a second user interface that includes a handwriting input zone for obtaining a handwriting input; and
while the main screen area of the touch screen display is in the locked state, during the ongoing phone call, obtain handwritten input information from a user of the mobile device performing a touch operation in the handwriting input zone in the unlocked edge area.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of operation keys include at least one phone call function key related to the ongoing phone call.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sun Weiwei

Classifications

• G06F2203/04803

  Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas · CPC title

• G06F3/04886 Primary

  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

• G06F3/0481

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• H04W4/12

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

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