User terminal device and displaying method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10698564-B2
Application number	US-201615290431-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2016
Priority date	Nov 30, 2015
Publication date	Jun 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 30, 2020

Abstract

A user terminal device includes a touch screen including a main display area and an auxiliary display area including a curved portion extending from the main display area, and a processor configured to, in response to an input for moving an icon displayed on the main display area to the auxiliary display area, control the touch screen to display the icon on the auxiliary display area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A user terminal device comprising:
a touch screen comprising:
a main display area; and
an auxiliary display area comprising a curved portion extending from the main display area; and
a processor configured to:
in response to a first user command for moving a first icon that is displayed on the main display area to the auxiliary display area being input while a user interface of an application is displayed in the main display area:
determine that a function icon registration command is input and register the first icon as a function icon for the application that is displayed in the main display area, and
control the touch screen to display the function icon on the auxiliary display area; and

in response to a second user command for selecting the function icon that is displayed on the auxiliary display area being input, execute the application that is displayed in the main display area,

wherein the auxiliary display area comprises a left auxiliary display area and a right auxiliary display area, and the processor is further configured to, in response to an input of a touch gesture in both the left auxiliary display area and the right auxiliary display area moving toward the main display area, close the application that is currently being displayed.

2. The user terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to, in response to the application being executed, control the touch screen to display a plurality of function icons that are registered with respect to the executed application on the auxiliary display area.

3. The user terminal device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to, in response to a number of the plurality of function icons that are registered with respect to the application being more than a predetermined number, control the touch screen to display the plurality of function icons arranged according to a predetermined standard on the auxiliary display area.

4. The user terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the function icon is at least one of an emoticon that is input in a text input area of the auxiliary display area, a special character, a predetermined character set, and a function key to perform a function.

5. The user terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the touch screen to display at least one of a virtual keyboard and a handwriting input area on the main display area.

6. The user terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the function icon corresponds to a predetermined event.

7. The user terminal device of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to, in response to an input on the auxiliary display area, change the function icon displayed on the auxiliary display area to another function icon and display the changed function icon.

8. The user terminal device of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the touch screen to display at least one of a virtual keyboard and a handwriting input area on a predetermined area of the main display area, and to display the function icon on the auxiliary display area that is nearest to the at least one of the virtual keyboard and the handwriting input area.

9. A displaying method of a user terminal device comprising a touch screen, the touch screen comprising a main display area and an auxiliary display area comprising a curved portion extending from the main display area, the method comprising:
in response to a first user command for moving a first icon that is displayed on the main display area to the auxiliary display area being input while a user interface of an application is displayed in the main display area:
determining that a function icon registration command is input and register the first icon as a function icon for the application that is displayed in the main display area, and
displaying the function icon in the auxiliary display area; and

in response to a second user command for selecting the function icon that is displayed on the auxiliary display area being input, executing the application that is displayed in the main display area,
wherein the auxiliary display area comprises a left auxiliary display area and a right auxiliary display area, and in response to an input of a touch gesture in both the left auxiliary display area and the right auxiliary display area moving toward the main display area, closing the application that is currently being displayed.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the displaying comprises, in response to the application being executed, displaying a plurality of function icons that are registered with respect to the executed application on the auxiliary display area.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kapoor Parichay
• Kumar Mehul
• Kim Sun-Hwa
• Kim Jin-Sung
• Kim Hwakyung
• Agarwal Pankaj

Classifications

• G06F3/04855

  Interaction with scrollbars · CPC title

• G06F2203/0381

  Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer · CPC title

• G06F3/04817 Primary

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

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