Electronic device and method for controlling display in electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11093049-B2
Application number	US-202016865941-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 4, 2020
Priority date	Oct 17, 2016
Publication date	Aug 17, 2021
Grant date	Aug 17, 2021

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touchscreen, at least one processor electrically connected with the touchscreen, and a memory electrically connected with the processor. The memory may store instructions executed to enable the at least one processor to display a first window for running a first application and a second window for running a second application on the touchscreen, display a virtual keypad on a portion of the first window and a portion of the second window corresponding to a first input to a focused window of the first window and the second window, and vary a size of the virtual keypad corresponding to a second input to the virtual keypad.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a touchscreen display having a display area; and
at least one processor configured to:
while the electronic device is in a landscape orientation, display, on the touchscreen display, a first execution screen of a first application and a first execution screen of a second application side by side,
receive a first user input, on the first execution screen of the first application, to input at least one text while the first execution screen of the first application and the first execution screen of the second application are displayed side by side, and
in response to the first user input,
modify the first execution screen of the first application to a second execution screen of the first application, and
modify the first execution screen of the second application to a second execution screen of the second application, the first execution screen of the second application including a first text entry window, and

display together, on the touchscreen display, the second execution screen of the first application and the second execution screen of the second application, the second execution screen of the second application including a second text entry window.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first execution screen of the first application and the first execution screen of the second application are displayed in the landscape orientation.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display together, on the touchscreen display, the second execution screen of the first application, the second execution screen of the second application, and a virtual keypad, and
wherein the virtual keypad is displayed in the landscape orientation.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the virtual keypad is a single keypad.

5. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the virtual keypad overlaps another remaining part of the first execution screen of the first application.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first execution screen of the first application does not include a text entry window.

7. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the first user input includes a touch gesture with respect to the first execution screen of the first application.

8. An electronic device comprising:
a touchscreen display having a display area; and
at least one processor configured to:
while the electronic device is in a landscape orientation, display, on the touchscreen display, a first execution screen of a first application and a first execution screen of a second application side by side, the first execution screen of the first application and the first execution screen of the second application occupying a substantially entire display area of the touchscreen display,
receive a first user input, on the first execution screen, to input at least one text while the first execution screen of the first application and the first execution screen of the second application are displayed side by side, and
in response to the first user input,
display together, on the touchscreen display, a virtual keypad, a second execution screen of the first application, and a second execution screen of the second application, the second execution screen of the second application including a text entry window,

wherein the second execution screen of the first application, the second execution screen of the second application, and the virtual keypad substantially occupy an entire display area of the touchscreen display.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the first execution screen of the first application and the first execution screen of the second application are displayed in the landscape orientation.

10. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the virtual keypad is displayed in the landscape orientation.

11. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the virtual keypad overlaps a remaining part of the first execution screen of the first application.

12. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the first execution screen of the first application does not include a text entry window.

13. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the first user input includes a touch gesture with respect to the first execution screen of the first application.

14. An electronic device comprising:
a touchscreen display having a display area; and
at least one processor configured to:
while the electronic device is in a landscape orientation, display, on the touchscreen display, a first execution screen of a first application and a first execution screen of a second application side by side, the first execution screen of the first application not including a text entry window,
receive a first user input, on the first execution screen of the first application, to input at least one text while the first execution screen of the first application and the first execution screen of the second application are displayed side by side,
in response to the first user input,
replace the first execution screen with a second execution screen of the first application, and
replace the first execution screen of the first application with a second execution screen of the second application, the second execution screen of the second application including a text entry window, and

display together, on the touchscreen display, the second execution screen of the first application, a virtual keypad, and the second execution screen of the second application,

wherein the second execution screen of the first application, the second execution screen of the second application, and the virtual keypad substantially occupy an entire display area of the touchscreen display.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Sun-Young
• Ko Jeong-Won
• Kwon Joong-Hun
• Kim Chang-Hwan
• Nam Sang-Deuk
• Nam Seung-Wook
• Park Myoung-Soo
• Lee Kyung-Jun
• Lee Dong-Oh
• Jung Jun-Won
• Yang Hui-Chul
• LEE Hyun-Yeul
• Jeong Soojin

Classifications

• G06F2203/04803

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

• G06F2203/04806

  Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation · 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

• H03K17/98

  having a plurality of control members, e.g. keyboard · CPC title

• G06F3/1431

  using a single graphics controller · CPC title