Item display method and apparatus that display items according to a user gesture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9423933-B2
Application number	US-201414310477-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 20, 2014
Priority date	Sep 2, 2010
Publication date	Aug 23, 2016
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016

Abstract

An item display method and apparatus that provides an easier and faster way to locate a desired item on a display. The method and apparatus receive a user gesture on display screen, and display one or both of items of a first category and items of a second category according to the user gesture. Items of the first category and items of the second category are displayed in various ways according to associated user gestures.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
displaying on a display unit an item of a first category comprising a first arrangement of images and a first indicator associated with an ordinal identifier within the first category;
detecting, by a processor, a scroll gesture on the displayed item of the first category; and
in response to the scroll gesture, transitioning from display of an item of the first category to display of an item of a second category comprising a second arrangement of images and a second indicator associated with an ordinal identifier within the second category, and in which the transitioning occurs without additional selection of the second category when the displayed item is a last item of the first category, and
displaying another item of the first category when the displayed item is not the last item of the first category,
wherein the first indicator and the second indicator respectively indicate a quantity of items in each category and a position of the displayed item within each respective category.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the first indicator changes to the second indicator when the display unit transitions from display of the item of the first category to display of the item of the second category.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a direction of the scroll gesture corresponds to a displayed direction of the transition from displaying the item from the first category to displaying the item from the second category.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the processor controls the transition the display of the item from the first category to the display of the item from the second category when the first category has no additional items available for display.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein each respective scroll gesture of a plurality of scroll gestures detected by the processor scrolls the display to other items within the first category, and transitions the display to the item of the second category when another scroll gesture is detected after a last item in the first category is displayed.

6. An electronic device comprising:
a display unit;
an input unit; and
a processor configured to control the display unit to display an item of a first category comprising a first arrangement of images and a first indicator associated with an ordinal identifier within the first category,
detect a scroll gesture on the displayed item of the first category through the input unit, and
in response to the scroll gesture, transition from display of an item of the first category to display of an item of a second category comprising a second arrangement of images and a second indicator associated with an ordinal identifier within the second category, and in which the transition occurs without additional selection of the second category when the displayed item is a last item of the first category, and
control the display unit to display another item of the first category when the displayed item is not the last item,
wherein the first indicator and the second indicator respectively indicates a quantity of items in each category and a position of the displayed item within each respective category.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the displaying of the first indicator changes to the second indicator when the display transitions from display of the item of the first category to display of the item of the second category.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein a direction of the scroll gesture corresponds to a displayed direction of the transition from displaying the item from the first category to displaying the item from the second category.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the processor controls the transition the display of the item from the first category to the display of the item from the second category when the first category has no additional items available for display.

10. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein each respective scroll gesture of a plurality of scroll gestures detected by the processor scrolls the display to other items within the first category, and transitions the display to the item of the second category when another scroll gesture is detected after a last item in the first category is displayed.

11. A method comprising:
displaying, on a touch screen, at least one item of a first category comprising a first arrangement of images and a first indicator associated with an ordinal identifier within the first category;
receiving by a processor a scroll gesture on the displayed item; and
in response to the scroll gesture,
displaying, when the displayed item is a last item of the first category, at least one item of a second category comprising a second arrangement of images and a second indicator associated with an ordinal identifier within the second category, and displaying the at least one item of the second category immediately subsequent to displaying the last item of the first category, without additional selection of the second category, and
displaying, when the displayed item is not the last item of the first category, another item of the first category,
wherein the first indicator indicates a position of the displayed item within the respective category.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the processor controls the transition of the display of the at least one item from the first category to the display of the at least one item from the second category when the first category has no additional items available for display.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the displaying of the first indicator changes to the second indicator when the display unit transitions from display of the item of the first category to display of the item of the second category.

14. An electronic device comprising:
a touchscreen; and
a processor configured to:
control the touchscreen to display at least one item of a first category comprising a first arrangement of images and a first indicator associated with an ordinal identifier within the first category,
receive a scroll gesture on the displayed item through the touchscreen, and
in response to the scroll gesture,
control, when the displayed item is a last item of the first category, the touchscreen to display at least one item of a second category comprising a second arrangement of images and a second indicator associated with an ordinal identifier within the second category, and the display of the at least one item of the second category is immediately subsequent to displaying the last item of the first category without additional selection of the second category, and
control, when the displayed item is not the last item of the first category, the touchscreen to display another item of the first category,
wherein the indicator indicates a position of the displayed item within the respective category.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the processor controls the transition of the display of the at least one item from the first category to the display of the at least one item from the second category when the first category has no additional items available for display.

16. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the displaying of the first indicator changes to the second indicator when the display unit transitions from display of the item of the first category to display of the item of the second category.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Jin Yong

Classifications

• G06F2203/04805

  Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection · CPC title

• G06F3/0483 Primary

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

• G06F3/04883

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

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/14

  Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} · CPC title