Apparatus and method of copying and pasting content in a computing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016299680-A1
Application number	US-201415100488-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 17, 2014
Priority date	Jan 10, 2014
Publication date	Oct 13, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method of copying content in a computing device includes detecting a gesture of an input tool which selects content to be copied that is displayed on a display of the computing device while the input tool operates within a sensing range of a proximity sensor of the computing device, and automatically copying the selected content to a clipboard in response to detecting removal of the input tool from within the sensing range of the proximity sensor.

First claim

1 . A method of copying content in a computing device, the method comprising:
detecting a gesture of an input tool which selects content to be copied that is displayed on a display of the computing device while the input tool operates within a sensing range of a proximity sensor of the computing device; and copying the selected content to a clipboard in response to detecting removal of the input tool from within the sensing range of the proximity sensor.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting a content copy start gesture of the input tool while an interface of an application is displayed on the display of the computing device; and providing the application in a content selectable state in response to the detecting of the content copy start gesture.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the content copy start gesture of the input tool comprises a long press motion or a double tap motion input using the input tool.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising cutting the selected content from the application in response to the detecting of the removal of the input tool from within the sensing range of the proximity sensor.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the copying of the selected content to the clipboard further comprises displaying an image depicting an adjusted size of the selected content at a predetermined location on the display of the computing device.

6 . A method of pasting content in a computing device, the method comprising:
detecting a gesture of an input tool which operates within a sensing range of a proximity sensor of the computing device while an interface of an application, to which content copied to a clipboard is to be pasted, is displayed on a touch sensitive display of the computing device; switching a state of the application from a normal state in which a paste gesture of the input tool is disabled to a paste ready state in which the paste gesture of the input tool is enabled, in response to the detecting of the gesture of the input tool which operates within the sensing range of the proximity sensor; and pasting the content copied to the clipboard at a target location in the application in response to detecting the paste gesture of the input tool at the target location in the application.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the detecting of the gesture of the input tool comprises detecting an editing gesture of the input tool for editing an area to which the content copied to the clipboard is to be pasted in the application while the input tool operates within the sensing range of the proximity sensor.

8 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising displaying an image, depicting an adjusted size of the content copied to the clipboard, at a predetermined location on the touch sensitive display.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising providing a visual effect in which the image depicting the adjusted size of the content copied to the clipboard flies from the predetermined location on the touch sensitive display to the target location in the application to which the content is to be pasted, in response to the detecting of the paste gesture of the input tool.

10 . A computing device comprising:
a proximity sensor; a touch sensitive display; a memory configured to store instructions: and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to detect a gesture of an input tool which selects content to be copied that is displayed on a the touch sensitive display of the computing device while the input tool operates within a sensing range of a proximity sensor of the computing device; and copy the selected content to a clipboard in response to detecting removal of the input tool from within the sensing range of the proximity sensor.

11 . The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to detect a content copy start gesture of the input tool while an interface of the application is displayed on the touch sensitive display, and provide the application in a content selectable state in response to the detecting of the content copy start gesture.

12 . The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the content copy start gesture of the input tool comprises a long press motion or a double tap motion of the input tool.

13 . The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to cut the selected content from the application in response to the detecting of the removal of the input tool from within the sensing range of the proximity sensor.

14 - 15 . (canceled)

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Polyulya Yuriy
• Peteichuk Aleksandra
• Koshkina Olesya
• Kupchanko Stanislav

Classifications

• G06F40/166

  Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting · CPC title

• G06F9/451

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

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