Method for providing graphical user interface (GUI), and multimedia apparatus applying the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11042260-B2
Application number	US-201815901170-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2018
Priority date	Feb 5, 2008
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

A method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to receive a user command on a touch screen, and a multimedia apparatus using the same. The method for providing a GUI includes determining whether an enlargement command for a GUI item is received, and enlarging the GUI item. Therefore, it is possible to enable a user to operate the GUI item more correctly, and to provide the superior visual effect when the GUI item is operated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a touch screen display; and
a control unit configured:
to control the touch screen display to display a video image corresponding to a content with a progress bar corresponding to the content to provide playback position information of the content, using a position indicator of the progress bar;
to change a playback part of the content in response to a user touch-drag of touching the position indicator and dragging the position indicator along the progress bar; and
to replace the progress bar with an enlarged progress bar without changing a display location on the touch screen display of the position indicator in response to a long user touch maintained for more than a predetermined time at a location of the touch screen display where the position indicator of the progress bar is displayed, and
to change a playback part of the content in response to a user touch-drag, following the long user touch, of the position indicator along the enlarged progress bar,

wherein a length of the content corresponding to the progress bar is longer than a length of the content corresponding to the enlarged progress bar.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the enlarged progress bar is displayed in response to the long user touch without requiring a further user input following the long user touch.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the progress bar corresponds to an entire length of the content, the enlarged progress bar corresponds to a part of the entire length of the content.

4. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the enlarged progress bar corresponding to the part of the content has a finer resolution than the progress bar corresponding to the entire length of the content.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to cause a respective section of the progress bar to be highlighted before changing to the enlarged progress bar, in response to the long user touch.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control unit further causes audio information and/or video information to be output to notify that the long user touch has been received when changing to the enlarged progress bar.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control unit further controls the touch screen display to display the enlarged progress bar together with the content that has been displayed with the progress bar prior to reception of the long user touch when changing to the enlarged progress bar.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control unit further controls the touch screen display to display the enlarged progress bar with a changed visual appearance compared with the progress bar.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the progress bar includes a first image and the enlarged progress bar includes a second image.

10. A method of displaying a progress bar on a touch screen display of a display apparatus providing a touch interface, the method comprising:
displaying a video image corresponding to a content with the progress bar corresponding to the content to provide playback position information of the content which is currently being reproduced, using a position indicator of the progress bar;
changing a playback part of the content in response to a user touch-drag of touching the position indicator and dragging the position indicator along the progress bar;
replacing the progress bar with an enlarged progress bar without changing a display location on the touch screen display of the position indicator in response to a long user touch maintained for more than a predetermined time at a location of the touch screen display where the position indicator of the progress bar is displayed; and
changing a playback part of the content in response to a user touch-drag, following the long user touch, of the position indicator along the enlarged progress bar;
wherein a length of the content corresponding to the progress bar is longer than a length of the content corresponding to the enlarged progress bar.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the enlarged progress bar is displayed in response to the long user touch without requiring a further user input following the long user touch.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the progress bar corresponds to an entire length of the content, the enlarged progress bar corresponds to a part of the entire length of the content.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the enlarged progress bar corresponding to a section of the content has a finer resolution than the progress bar corresponding to the entire length of the content.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising highlighting a respective section of the progress bar before changing to the enlarged progress bar, in response to the long user touch.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising outputting audio information and/or video information to notify that the long user touch has been received when changing to the enlarged progress bar.

16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising displaying the enlarged progress bar together with a same content that had been displayed with the progress bar prior to reception of the long user touch after changing to the enlarged progress bar.

17. The method of claim 10 , further comprising displaying the enlarged progress bar with a changed visual appearance compared with the progress bar.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon which, when executed by a processor of a display apparatus having a touch screen display, causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
displaying a video image corresponding to a content with a progress bar corresponding to the content to provide playback position information of the content which is currently being reproduced, using a position indicator of the progress bar;
changing a playback part of the content in response to a user touch-drag of touching the position indicator and dragging the position indicator along the progress bar;
replacing the progress bar with an enlarged progress bar without changing a display location on the touch screen display of the position indicator in response to a long user touch maintained for more than a predetermined time at a location of a touch screen display where the position indicator of the progress bar is displayed; and
changing a playback part of the content in response to a user touch-drag, following the long user touch, of the position indicator along the enlarged progress bar;
wherein a length of the content corresponding to the progress bar is longer than a length of the content corresponding to the enlarged progress bar.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Chan-Ho
• Hwangbo Kyoung-Nyo
• Kim Mi-Kyoung

Classifications

• G06F3/0481 Primary

  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

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F3/04847 Primary

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

• G06F3/04817 Primary

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