System and method of sharing object based on knocking input

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9483226-B2
Application number	US-201414486376-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2014
Priority date	Sep 24, 2013
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

A system and method of sharing an object based on a knocking input are provided. The method includes detecting a knocking input on sharing device, determining at least one object displayed on a screen of the sharing device based on the knocking input, and determining at least one counterpart device to share at least one object with, and sharing the at least one object with the at least one counterpart device, wherein the at least one object displayed on the screen of the sharing device is also displayed on a screen of the at least one counterpart device after being synchronized.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of sharing an object by using a device based on a knocking input, the method comprising:
detecting a knocking input on the device;
determining at least one object displayed on a screen of the device, based on the knocking input, and determining at least one counterpart device to transmit the at least one object with; and
transmitting the at least one object to the at least one counterpart device,
wherein the at least one object displayed on the screen of the device is also displayed on a screen of the at least one counterpart device after being transmitted, and
wherein the determining of the at least one object comprises:
detecting a touch input within a predetermined time period after the detecting of the knocking input, and
determining at least one object to be transmitted to the at least one counterpart device based on the touch input within the predetermined time period.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a pattern of the knocking input,
wherein the transmitting of the at least one object comprises transmitting a control signal for sharing the at least one object from the device to the at least one counterpart device and synchronizing the at least one object based on the pattern of the knocking input.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein, when the pattern of the knocking input is a first pattern, the transmitting of the at least one object comprises transmitting a control signal for synchronizing the at least one object to the at least one counterpart device.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein, when the pattern of the knocking input is a second pattern, the transmitting of the at least one object comprises transmitting a control signal for synchronizing the at least one object and a control signal which causes the at least one counterpart device to output a predetermined notification sound.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining an intensity of the knocking input,
wherein a control authority of a screen of the at least one counterpart device to receive a user input to the at least one counterpart device is changed according to the intensity of the knocking input.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein, when the intensity of the knocking input is a first certain value or greater, the transmitting of the at least one object comprises transmitting to the at least one counterpart device a control signal for suspending a screen control of the at least one counterpart device for suspending user input to the at least one counterpart device for a predetermined time period.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein, when the intensity of the knocking input is a second certain value or greater, the transmitting of the at least one object comprises transmitting to the at least one counterpart device a control signal which causes the at least one counterpart device to output a predetermined notification sound.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein, when the intensity of the knocking input is a third certain value or greater, the transmitting of the at least one object comprises transmitting to the at least one counterpart device from the device a control signal for deactivating a display function of the at least one counterpart device for a predetermined time period.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a location of the knocking input,
wherein the determining of the at least one counterpart device comprises determining at least one counterpart device included in a device group that corresponds to the location.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting of the knocking input comprises detecting the knocking input based on at least one of a pressure applied to the screen of the device by the knocking input, a pressure applied to a bezel of the device by the knocking input, a sound generated by the knocking input, and a vibration generated by the knocking input.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting of the knocking input comprises receiving a knocking input signal detected by a predetermined input device from the predetermined input device.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting of the at least one object comprises transmitting at least one of link information for downloading the at least one object and the object to the at least one counterpart device.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting of the at least one object comprises transmitting synchronization information for synchronizing the at least one object to the at least one counterpart device.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein content that is displayed on a screen of the at least one counterpart device is shared and synchronized with the device, based on a knocking input to the at least one counterpart device.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by the computer, performs the method of claim 1 .

16. A device for sharing an object based on a knocking input, the device comprising:
a user input unit configured to detect the knocking input to the device;
a display unit configured to display at least one object; and
a controller configured to determine at least one object that is displayed on the display unit, based on the knocking input, to determine at least one counterpart device to which to transmit the at least one object, and to transmit the at least one object to the at least one counterpart device,
wherein the determined at least one object is synchronized and displayed on a screen of the device and a screen of the at least one counterpart device,
wherein the user input unit is further configured to detect a touch input for a predetermined time period after the detecting of the knocking input, and
wherein the controller is further configured to determine at least one object to be transmitted to the at least one counterpart device based on the touch input detected within the predetermined time period.

17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine a pattern of the knocking input, and to transmit a control signal to the at least one counterpart device for sharing the at least one object and synchronizing the at least one object based on the pattern of the knocking input.

18. The device of claim 17 , wherein, when the pattern of the knocking input is a first pattern, the controller is further configured to transmit a control signal for synchronizing the object to the at least one counterpart device.

19. The device of claim 17 , wherein, when the pattern of the knocking input is a second pattern, the controller is further configured to transmit a control signal to synchronize the object and to transmit a control signal to instruct the at least one counterpart device to output a predetermined notification sound.

20. The device of claim 16 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine an intensity of the knocking input, and to change a control authority of a screen of the at least one counterpart device to disable a user input to the at least one counterpart device according to the intensity of the knocking input.

21. The device of claim 20 , wherein, when the intensity of the knocking input is a first certain value or greater, the controller is further configured to transmit to the at least one counterpart device a control signal to suspend a screen control of the at least one counterpart device and suspend user input to the at least one counterpart device for a predetermined time pe

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Pil-Seung
• Min Chan-Hong
• Seong Young-Ah
• Jang Say

Classifications

• G06F13/14 Primary

  Handling requests for interconnection or transfer · 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

• H04L67/06

  specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP] · CPC title

• G06F3/1454

  involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay · CPC title

• G06F3/1438 Primary

  using more than one graphics controller · CPC title