Method and apparatus for providing user interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9335835-B2
Application number	US-201314011632-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2013
Priority date	Aug 27, 2012
Publication date	May 10, 2016
Grant date	May 10, 2016

Abstract

A method of providing a user interface of a portable terminal includes receiving a mode switching request into a handwriting input mode from a user during executing an application, switching into the handwriting input mode according to the mode switching request, recognizing handwritten data received from the user, converting the recognized handwritten data to data with a preset format, processing the converted data through a preset scheme and displaying a result of the processing on a touch screen.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing a user interface of a portable terminal, the method comprising:
executing a voice recognition application;
in response to receiving a request for activating a handwriting input mode while executing the voice recognition application, activating the handwriting input mode;
recognizing handwritten data received from a user via a touch screen of the voice recognition application;
transmitting, by the voice recognition application, the handwritten data in a preset format as a search word to a server;
receiving, by the voice recognition application, a search result in response to the search word from the server; and
causing the touch screen to display the search result.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request is one of an input of a hovering pattern using a touch means, an input of a touch pattern using the touch means, a click of a handwriting input button, and a click of a handwriting input menu item.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the hovering pattern is performed by maintaining a position of the touch means within a detection threshold distance from a surface of the touch screen for a preset time.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the handwritten data is displayed on an application window.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the handwritten data is converted to text data.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the handwritten data with the preset format and additional data input by the user are transmitted to the server.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the handwritten data is converted to voice data, and the voice data is transmitted to a voice recognition server.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the handwritten data is converted to first voice data, the first voice data and second voice data input by the user are transmitted to a voice recognition server.

9. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium embodied with program instructions for causing a processor to execute a method in a device, the method comprising:
executing a voice recognition application;
in response to receiving a request for activating a handwriting input mode while executing the voice recognition application, activating the handwriting input mode;
recognizing handwritten data received from a user via a touch screen of the voice recognition application;
transmitting, by the voice recognition application, the handwritten data in a preset format as a search word to a server;
receiving a search result in response to the search word from the server by the voice recognition application; and
causing the touch screen to display the search result.

10. A device comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium embodied with program instructions for causing a processor to execute a method, the method comprising:
executing a voice recognition application;
in response to receiving a request for activating a handwriting input mode while executing the voice recognition application, activating the handwriting input mode;
recognizing handwritten data received from a user via a touch screen of the voice recognition application;
transmitting, by the voice recognition application, the handwritten data in a preset format as a search word to a server;
receiving a search result in response to the search word from the server by the voice recognition application; and
causing the touch screen to display the search result.

11. A portable terminal for providing a user interface, the portable terminal comprising:
a storage unit configured to store a voice recognition application;
a touch screen configured to display input data and detect contact or hovering of a touch means; and
a controller configured to:
execute the voice recognition application;
in response to receiving a request for activating a handwriting input mode while executing the voice recognition application, activate the handwriting input mode;
recognize handwritten data received from a user via a touch screen of the voice recognition application;
transmit, by the voice recognition application, the handwritten data in a preset format as a search word to a server;
receive a search result in response to the search word from the server by the voice recognition application; and
cause the touch screen to display the search result.

12. The portable terminal of claim 11 , wherein the request is one of an input of a hovering pattern using a touch means, an input of a touch pattern using the touch means, a click of a handwriting input button, and a click of a handwriting input menu item.

13. The portable terminal of claim 12 , wherein the hovering pattern is performed by maintaining a position of the touch means within a detection threshold distance from a surface of the touch screen for a preset time.

14. The portable terminal of claim 11 , wherein the handwritten data is displayed on an application window.

15. The portable terminal of claim 11 , wherein the handwritten data is converted to text data.

16. The portable terminal of claim 11 , wherein the handwritten data is converted to voice data, and the voice data is transmitted to a voice recognition server.

17. The portable terminal of claim 11 , wherein the handwritten data in the preset format and additional data input by the user are transmitted to the server.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Yu-Jin
• Ku Han-Jun
• Jeon Han-Kyung
• Cho Seung-Hwan

Classifications

• G06F3/04883 Primary

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

• G06F2203/04108

  Touchless 2D- digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface without distance measurement in the Z direction · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G10L13/00

  Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems · CPC title

• G10L15/26

  Speech to text systems (G10L15/08 takes precedence) · CPC title