Electronic device and method for editing content thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023051195-A1
Application number	US-202217861904-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 11, 2022
Priority date	Aug 10, 2021
Publication date	Feb 16, 2023
Grant date	—

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; a memory; and a processor operatively connected to the display and the memory, wherein 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, on the display, an editing area for editing the content, 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.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the instructions comprise instructions for separating 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 located over the at least one partial area of the first page and the at least one partial area of the second page, and wherein each of the minimum units is included on the page corresponding to each of the minimum units.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 ,
wherein the object type comprises at least parts of a handwriting object, a text, a table, voice data, and an image, wherein the minimum unit includes a single stroke in case that the object type is the handwriting object, wherein the minimum unit includes a single text in case that the object type is the text, wherein the minimum unit includes a single cell in case that the object type is the table, and wherein the minimum unit includes a single image in case that the object type is the image.

4 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the instructions comprise instructions for determining the page corresponding to each of the minimum units based on a distance from the first page and a distance from the second page with respect to each of the minimum units.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions comprise instructions for:
displaying 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 at least one object included in the content includes the handwriting object, displaying a preview area for outputting a text object obtained by recognizing the handwriting object included in the selection area, and selecting a location for displaying the preview area based on a size and/or a location of the selection area.

6 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the instructions comprise instructions for:
displaying two or more graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for adjusting the size and/or the location of the selection area, and selecting the location for displaying the preview area based on locations of the two or more graphic user interfaces.

7 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the instructions comprise instructions for displaying the selection area over the first page and the second page in case that the area corresponding to the handwriting object is located over the first page and the second page.

8 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the instructions comprise instructions for:
dividing the handwriting object into one or more lines based on locations of the one or more strokes, and selecting 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 comprise instructions for arranging a location of the handwriting object based on the one or more lines.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions comprise instructions for:
displaying a selection area for selecting at least a part of the editing area in the editing area, and displaying 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 comprise instructions for simultaneously zooming in and displaying the at least one partial area of the first page corresponding to the selection area and the at least one partial area of the second page in the zoom area in case that the selection area is located over the first page and the second page.

12 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions comprise instructions for displaying 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 comprise instructions for determining at least one of a size, an aspect ratio, and a location of the zoom area based on at least one of sizes and aspect ratios of the first page and the second page, and locations of the first page and the second page disposed in the editing area.

14 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions comprise instructions for:
configuring reference paper information based on the first page among a plurality of pages in case that the content includes the plurality of pages at least including the first page and the second page, and zooming in/out and displaying the remaining page excluding the first page among the plurality of pages based on the reference paper information.

15 . The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the reference paper information comprises at least parts of a paper specification, an aspect ratio, a horizontal length, a vertical length, and a paper direction of the first page, and scroll directions of the plurality of pages.

16 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions comprise instructions for changing a size of at least one of the first page and the second page based on an aspect ratio of the at least one display panel.

17 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the display comprises a plurality of display panels at least including a first display panel and a second display panel, wherein the processor is configured to deactivate the second display panel in case that the first display panel is activated and to deactivate the first display panel in case that the second display panel is activated, and wherein the instructions include instructions for changing at least parts of sizes of at least parts of the one or more pages, the number of pages capable of being simultaneously displayed on the editing area, and display magnifications of at least parts of the one or more pages based on size information of the activated panel between the first display panel and the second display panel.

18 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the display comprises a flexible display panel having a variable shape, wherein the processor is configured to change a screen display area of the display based on the shape of the flexible display panel, and wherein the instructions include instructions for changing at least parts of sizes of at least parts of the plurality of pages, the number of pages capable of being simultaneously displayed on the editing area, and display magnifications of at least parts the plurality of pages based on the screen display area.

19 . A method by an electronic device for editing content, the method comprising:
generating content including one or more pages and at least one object

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

• G06V30/1456 Primary

  based on user interactions · CPC title

• 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

• G06F3/0483 Primary

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