Portable device and method of changing screen of portable device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016357323-A1
Application number	US-201615172807-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 3, 2016
Priority date	Jun 8, 2015
Publication date	Dec 8, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A portable device and a screen changing method of a portable device are provided, which display a second screen corresponding to detected successive motions of first and second touches on an edge touch screen that has a main display area, and a first (or left) edge display area and a second (or right) edge display area, each of which is extended from the main display area, and displays a first screen among a plurality of screens. The device and method may further display a second screen different from a first screen among a plurality of screens corresponding to directions of detected successive motions of first and second touches on an edge touch screen that has a main display area, and a first edge display area and a second edge display area, each of which is extended from the main display area, and displays a first screen among a plurality of screens.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A portable device, comprising:
an edge touch screen that has a main display area, a left edge display area and a right edge display area, each of the left edge display area and the right edge display area being extended from the main display area, and each of the main display area, the left edge display area and the right edge display area being configured to display a first screen among a plurality of screens; and a controller configured to control a display of the first screen and a second screen different from the first screen among the plurality of screens on the edge touch screen in response to successive motions of a first touch detected on the left edge display area and successive motions of a second touch detected on the right edge display area.

2 . The portable device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to detect the successive motions of the first touch starting from a first location of the first touch detected on the left edge display area and arriving at a last location.

3 . The portable device of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to control a display of one of an initial screen and a last screen among the plurality of screens on the edge touch screen in accordance with a direction of the successive motions of the first touch and a direction of the successive motions of the second touch.

4 . The portable device of claim 2 , wherein the second screen is one of the plurality of screens displayed according to a determined order.

5 . The portable device of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to detect the direction of the successive motions of the first touch and the direction of the successive motions of the second touch by using one of an allowable slope and a setting area.

6 . The portable device of claim 2 , wherein the last location of the first touch is on one of the main display area and the first edge display area.

7 . The portable device of claim 2 , wherein a last location of the second touch is on one of the main display area and the second edge display area.

8 . The portable device of claim 5 , wherein a route of the successive motions of the first touch includes one of a straight line and a curved line.

9 . The portable device of claim 8 , wherein the last location of the first touch, of which the route of the successive motions is the curved line following a curvature of the first edge display area, is on the main display area.

10 . The portable device of claim 5 , wherein a route of the successive motions of the second touch includes one of a straight line and a curved line.

11 . The portable device of claim 10 , wherein a last location of the second touch, of which the route of the successive motions is the curved line following a curvature of the first edge display area, is on the main display area.

12 . The portable device of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to provide feedback corresponding to at least one of an arrival at the last location of the first touch successively moving or an arrival at a last location of the second touch successively moving.

13 . The portable device of claim 12 , wherein the feedback is provided as one of a visual feedback, an audible feedback, or a tactile feedback.

14 . The portable device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
control a display of a third screen different from the first screen and the second screen among the plurality of screens for a determined time before displaying the second screen different from the first screen among the plurality of screens on the edge touch screen in response to the successive motions of the first touch detected on the left edge display area and the successive motions of the second touch detected on the right edge display area.

15 . The portable device of claim 1 , wherein, the controller is further configured to:
control, when one of the detected first touch and second touch successively moves but the other is fixed, a display of the second screen different from the first screen among the plurality of screens on the edge touch screen in response to the first touch detected on the left edge display area and second touch detected on the right edge display area.

16 . A method of changing a screen of a portable device, the method comprising:
detecting successive motions of a first touch detected on a first edge display on an edge touch screen that has a main display area, the first edge display area and a second edge display area, each of the left edge display area and the right edge display area being extended from the main display area, and each of the main display area, the left edge display area and the right edge display area being configured to display a first screen among a plurality of screens; detecting successive motions of a second touch detected on the second edge display; and displaying a second screen different from the first screen among the plurality of screens on the edge touch screen in response to at least one of the detected successive motions of the first touch or the detected successive motions of the second touch.

17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
displaying one of an initial screen and a last screen among the plurality of screens on the edge touch screen in accordance with a direction of the successive motions of the first touch and a direction of the successive motions of the second touch.

18 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
providing feedback in accordance with one of the direction of the successive motions of the first touch and the direction of the successive motions of the second touch, wherein the feedback includes at least one of a visual feedback, an audible feedback, or a tactile feedback.

19 . A portable device, comprising:
an edge touch screen that has a main display area, a left edge display area and a right edge display area, each of the left edge display area and the right edge display area being extended from the main display area, and each of the main display area, the left edge display area and the right edge display area being configured to display a first screen among a plurality of screens; and a controller configured to control a determined function in accordance with a combination of a direction of successive motions of a first touch detected on the left edge display area and a direction of successive motions of a second touch detected on the right edge display area.

20 . The portable device of claim 19 , wherein the determined function includes one of:
a first function for, when the direction of the detected successive motions of the first touch and the direction of the detected successive motions of the second touch in the right edge display area correspond to a first direction, changing the first screen to an initial screen among the plurality of screens, a second function for, when the direction of the detected successive motions of the first touch and the direction of the detected successive motions of the second touch in the right edge display area correspond to a second direction, changing the first screen to a last screen among the plurality of screens, and a third function for, when the direction of the detected successive motions of the first touch and the direction of the detected successive motions of the second touch in the right edge display area correspond to a third direction, capturing the first screen.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Gu-Sul
• Kim Nam-Hoi
• Park hye-sun

Classifications

• G06F3/0412

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• G06F2203/04104

  Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger · CPC title

• G06F3/0416 Primary

  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

• G06F3/016

  Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user · CPC title