Method for displaying contents on basis of smart desktop and smart terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11221745-B2
Application number	US-201716067491-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 2, 2017
Priority date	Dec 31, 2015
Publication date	Jan 11, 2022
Grant date	Jan 11, 2022

Abstract

A content displaying method according to an embodiment includes: displaying windows allocated to users on a touch panel; displaying pieces of content input from the users on the windows; and displaying thumbnails on the windows, wherein the displaying of the thumbnails includes displaying pieces of content displayed on all windows in the thumbnails.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A content displaying method comprising:
displaying a plurality of windows allocated to each of a plurality of users on a touch panel;
obtaining pieces of content based on user inputs of each of the plurality of users;
displaying the pieces of content input from each of the plurality of users on each of the plurality of windows allocated to the plurality of users; and
displaying at least one thumbnail corresponding to each of the plurality of users on each of the plurality of windows,
wherein the displaying of the at least one thumbnail comprises displaying all of the pieces of content displayed on all of the plurality of windows in each of the at least one thumbnail,
wherein the displaying of the at least one thumbnail corresponding to each of the plurality of users comprises displaying all of the pieces of content excluding a private information which is obtained from another user,
wherein the displaying of the at least one thumbnail comprises summarizing a piece of text content, of the pieces of content, based on a font size of the piece of text content in a window, of the plurality of windows, being less than a threshold such that a length of the piece of text content in summarized form does not exceed a length threshold, and displaying the piece of text content in the summarized form in each of the at least one thumbnail,
wherein the plurality of users have different writing positions and directions with respect to the touch panel,
wherein the displaying of the at least one thumbnail comprises displaying the at least one thumbnail on a position where a user calls out the at least one thumbnail and corresponding to the user, and
wherein the method further comprises, when an external object is detected on the touch panel and the pieces of content are occluded by the external object, rearranging a layout of the occluded pieces of content based on at least one of a character continuity, a text line continuity, a paragraph continuity, a semantic continuity, and an image continuity of the occluded pieces of content, and displaying the pieces of content on areas other than an area occluded by the external object based on the rearranged layout.

2. The content displaying method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the at least one thumbnail comprises displaying the pieces of content in the at least one thumbnail by designating positions of the pieces of content according to positions of the plurality of users.

3. The content displaying method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the at least one thumbnail comprises displaying the pieces of content in the at least one thumbnail by adjusting directions of the pieces of content displayed in the at least one thumbnail according to respective directions of the plurality of windows.

4. The content displaying method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the at least one thumbnail comprises omitting a redundant area when the pieces of content are displayed in the at least one thumbnail and displaying the pieces of content in the at least one thumbnail by adjusting positions and sizes of the pieces of content.

5. The content displaying method of claim 1 , further comprising enlarging the at least one thumbnail into areas adjacent to the at least one thumbnail according to inputs of the users.

6. The content displaying method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the at least one thumbnail further comprises, when the pieces of content are updated, displaying the updated pieces of content in the at least one thumbnail.

7. A smart desktop comprising:
a memory;
a touch panel; and
a processor configured to control the touch panel,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
control the touch panel to display a plurality of windows allocated to each of a plurality of users on the touch panel,
obtain pieces of content based on user inputs of each of the plurality of users;
display the pieces of content input from each of the plurality of users on each of the plurality of windows allocated to the plurality of users,
display at least one thumbnail corresponding to each of the plurality of users on each of the plurality of windows, and
display all of the pieces of content displayed on all of the plurality of windows in each of the at least one thumbnail,
wherein the processor is further configured to display all of the pieces of content excluding a private information which is obtained from another user, and
wherein the processor is further configured to summarize a piece of text content, of the pieces of content, based on a font size of the piece of text content in a window, of the plurality of windows, being less than a threshold such that a length of the piece of text content in summarized form does not exceed a length threshold, and display the piece of text content in the summarized form in each of the at least one thumbnail,
wherein the plurality of users have different writing positions and directions with respect to the touch panel,
wherein the processor is further configured to display the at least one thumbnail on a position where a user calls out the at least one thumbnail and corresponding to the user, and
wherein the processor is further configured to, when the pieces of content are occluded by an external object, rearrange a layout of the occluded pieces of content based on at least one of a character continuity, a text line continuity, a paragraph continuity, a semantic continuity, and an image continuity of the occluded pieces of content, and display the pieces of content on areas other than an area occluded by the external object based on the rearranged layout.

8. The smart desktop of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to display the pieces of content in the at least one thumbnail by designating positions of the pieces of content according to positions of the plurality of users.

9. The smart desktop of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to display the pieces of content in the at least one thumbnail by adjusting directions of the pieces of content displayed in the at least one thumbnail according to respective directions of the plurality of windows.

10. The smart desktop of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to omit a redundant area when the pieces of content are displayed in the at least one thumbnail and display the pieces of content in the at least one thumbnail by adjusting positions and sizes of the pieces of content.

11. The smart desktop of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to enlarge the at least one thumbnail into areas adjacent to the at least one thumbnail according to inputs of the users.

12. The smart desktop of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to, when the pieces of content are updated, display the updated pieces of content in the at least one thumbnail.

13. The smart desktop of claim 7 , further comprising a sensor configured to detect the external object on the touch panel.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Fulong
• Wu Rui
• Jiang Yingying
• Luo Zhenbo
• Zhang Li

Classifications

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