Split screen layout controlling method and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11934622-B2
Application number	US-202217893587-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2022
Priority date	Aug 2, 2021
Publication date	Mar 19, 2024
Grant date	Mar 19, 2024

Abstract

According to an example embodiment, a method and device for controlling a screen displayed on a display is provided. The method includes: based on a layout of a split screen displayed on the display, verifying a trigger region in the split screen; based on a first input controlling a handle region of a pop-up window displayed on an upper layer of the split screen, detecting that at least a portion of the trigger region is overlaid with the pop-up window; changing the layout of the split screen based on at least one of a position of the portion of the trigger region overlaid with the pop-up window, a relative position of the handle region and a divider of the layout; and displaying a region in the split screen in which the pop-up window is to be arranged.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling a screen displayed on a display of an electronic device, the method comprising:
based on a layout of a split screen displayed on the display, verifying a trigger region in the split screen;
based on a first input controlling a handle region of a pop-up window displayed on an upper layer of the split screen, detecting that at least a portion of the trigger region is overlaid with the pop-up window;
changing the layout of the split screen based on at least one of a position of the portion of the trigger region overlaid with the pop-up window, a relative position of the handle region and a divider of the layout; and
displaying a region in the split screen in which the pop-up window is to be arranged, based on the changed layout of the split screen,
wherein the changing of the layout of the split screen comprises determining at least one window to be downsized among the windows comprising the split screen based on the relative position of the handle region and the divider of the layout, and
wherein the determining of the window to be downsized comprises determining the window to be downsized based on whether a position of the handle region is in a sub-trigger region determined based on the divider of the layout.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the changing of the layout of the split screen comprises:
determining a downsizing direction of one or more windows comprising the split screen based on the position of the portion of the trigger region overlaid with the pop-up window; and
determining at least one window to be downsized among the windows comprising the split screen based on the relative position of the handle region and the divider of the layout.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining of the downsizing direction of the split screen comprises:
determining a direction opposite to the portion of the trigger region overlaid with the pop-up window to be the downsizing direction.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
generating a new window region in which the pop-up window is to be arranged by downsizing the window to be downsized in the determined downsizing direction.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the verifying of the trigger region in the split screen comprises:
verifying the trigger region based on a splitting direction of the split screen.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the region in which the pop-up window is to be arranged comprises:
arranging the pop-up window in a displayed region in the split screen based on a second input determining a position of the pop-up window.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the arranging of the pop-up window comprises:
changing a level of a layer on which the pop-up window is displayed to a level of a layer on which the split screen is displayed.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the handle region comprises a region of at least a specified portion in the pop-up window.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the handle region is determined based on a region in the pop-up window receiving the first input.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the split screen comprises execution windows of one or more applications run on the electronic device, and the pop-up window comprises an execution window of a first application run on the electronic device.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the operations of claim 1 .

12. An electronic device comprising:
a display configured to output a screen; and
at least one processor operatively connected to the display and configured to control the screen displayed on the display and configured to:
based on a layout of a split screen displayed on the display, verify a trigger region in the split screen;
based on a first input controlling a handle region of a pop-up window displayed on an upper layer of the split screen, detect that at least a portion of the trigger region is overlaid with the pop-up window;
change the layout of the split screen based on at least one of a position of the portion of the trigger region overlaid with the pop-up window, a relative position of the handle region and a divider of the layout;
display a region in the split screen in which the pop-up window is to be arranged based on the changed layout of the split screen;
for the changing of the layout of the split screen, determine at least one window to be downsized among the windows comprising the split screen based on the relative position of the handle region and the divider of the layout; and
for the determining of the window to be downsized, determine the window to be downsized based on whether a position of the handle region is in a sub-trigger region determined based on the divider of the layout.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein, for the changing of the layout of the split screen, the processor is configured to:
determine a downsizing direction of windows comprising the split screen based on the position of the portion of the trigger region overlaid with the pop-up window; and
determine at least one window to be downsized among the windows comprising the split screen based on the relative position of the handle region and the divider of the layout.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jwa Yeonjoo
• Yang Minho
• Lim Eunsil

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

• G06F3/04847

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

• G06F2203/04803

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

• G06F1/1616 Primary

  with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position · CPC title

• H04N21/4316 Primary

  for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window · CPC title