Electronic device and method for editing content thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12566530-B2
Application number	US-202217861904-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2022
Priority date	Aug 10, 2021
Publication date	Mar 3, 2026
Grant date	Mar 3, 2026

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including at least one display panel, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the display module and the memory. The memory stores instructions causing the processor to generate content including one or more pages and at least one object being displayed on the one or more pages based on a user input, display an editing area for editing the content by using the display module, and simultaneously apply the at least one object being generated or changed based on the user input to at least one partial area of a first page and at least one partial area of a second page corresponding to the editing area in case that the at least partial areas of the first page and the second page among the one or more pages are simultaneously displayed in the editing area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a display including at least one display panel; memory storing instructions; and at least one processor operatively connected to the display and the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
receive a user input to generate or change at least one object in content, included in one or more pages, being at least partially displayed in an editing area for editing the content,
determine that the editing area includes at least partial areas respectively of a plurality of pages among the one or more pages, and
simultaneously apply the at least one object, which is generated or changed based on the user input, to at least some of the at least partial areas respectively of the plurality of pages, based on it being determined that the editing area includes the at least partial areas respectively of the plurality of pages,
wherein for at least a part of the at least one object disposed across horizontally adjacent portions of at least two of the at least partial areas respectively of the plurality of pages, the at least the part of the least one object is simultaneously applied to the horizontally adjacent portions of the at least two of the at least partial areas respectively of the plurality of pages, and wherein for at least a portion of the at least one object disposed across vertically adjacent portions of two or more of the at least partial areas respectively of the plurality of pages, the at least the portion of the least one object is simultaneously applied to the vertically adjacent portions of the two or more of the at least partial areas respectively of the plurality of pages.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
separate a first object of the at least one object into one or more minimum units corresponding to an object type of the first object, in case that the first object is disposed across adjacent portions of more than one of the at least partial areas respectively of the plurality of pages, and
wherein each of the one or more minimum units is included on an at least partial area of a page corresponding thereto.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 ,
wherein the object type is at least one of a handwriting object type, a text object type, a table object type, voice data object type, or an image object type, wherein a first minimum unit of the one or more minimum units includes a single stroke in case that the object type is the handwriting object type, wherein a second minimum unit of the one or more minimum units includes a single text in case that the object type is the text object type, wherein a third minimum unit of the one or more minimum units includes a single cell in case that the object type is the table object type, and wherein a fourth minimum unit of the one or more minimum units includes a single image in case that the object type is the image object type.

4 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
determine the page corresponding to each of the one or more minimum units based on a distance from each of at least two closest pages with respect to each of the one or more minimum units.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
display a selection area for selecting at least a part of an area corresponding to a handwriting object including one or more strokes in the editing area, in case that the at least one object includes the handwriting object, display a preview area for outputting a text object obtained by recognizing the handwriting object in the selection area, and select a location for displaying the preview area based on at least one of a size or a location of the selection area.

6 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
display two or more graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for adjusting the at least one of the size or the location of the selection area, and select the location for displaying the preview area based on locations of the two or more GUIs.

7 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
display the selection area over at least partial areas respectively of adjacent pages among the plurality of pages, in case that the area corresponding to the handwriting object is located over the at least partial areas respectively of the adjacent pages.

8 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
divide the handwriting object into one or more lines based on locations of the one or more strokes, and select at least a part of the handwriting object based on the one or more lines.

9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
arrange a location of the handwriting object based on the one or more lines.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
display a selection area for selecting at least a part of the editing area in the editing area, and display a zoom area for zooming in and displaying at least a partial area of the editing area corresponding to the selection area.

11 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
simultaneously zoom in and display the zoom area including at least a part of the at least partial areas respectively of the plurality of pages corresponding to the selection area, in case that the selection area is located over page the at least the part of the at least partial areas respectively of the plurality of pages.

12 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
display a result of the user input in the selection area corresponding to the zoom area, based on the user input received in the zoom area.

13 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
determine at least one of a size, an aspect ratio, or a location of the zoom area, based on at least one of sizes, aspect ratios, or locations of the plurality of pages disposed in the editing area.

14 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
configure reference paper information based on a first page, in case that the content is included in at least the first page and a second page among the plurality of pages, and at least one of

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Bongje
• Kwak Taewon
• Koo Yongmin
• Shin Jinsu
• Lee Jiwon
• Choi Eunji

Classifications

• G06F3/04886

  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

• G06F3/04883

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

• G06V30/347

  Sampling; Contour coding; Stroke extraction · CPC title

• G06F3/0483 Primary

  Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor · CPC title

• G06F2203/04806

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