Digital device displaying index information and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9569085-B2
Application number	US-201514594658-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2015
Priority date	Dec 12, 2014
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

A digital device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The method for controlling a digital device comprises the steps of displaying contents and a first interface scrolling the contents in a first shape; displaying a plurality of objects included in the first interface based on a first index order; detecting a first slide touch input moving in a first direction on the first interface; scrolling a plurality of contents based on the first direction; detecting a second slide touch input moving in a second direction on the first interface; displaying the first interface in a second shape; and displaying the plurality of objects included in the first interface based on a second index order.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A digital device comprising:
a display unit configured to display a plurality of contents;
a touch sensor unit configured to detect a touch input on the display unit; and
a processor configured to control the display unit and the touch sensor unit, the processor further configured to:
display a first interface for scrolling the plurality of contents in a first shape, wherein the first interface in the first shape includes a plurality of objects corresponding to the plurality of contents,
scroll the plurality of contents based on a first direction when a first slide touch input moving in the first direction is detected on the first interface, and
display the first interface in a second shape when a second slide touch input moving in a second direction is detected on the first interface in the first shape,
wherein the first interface in the second shape has a first part including at least one specified object among the plurality of objects which have been included in the first interface in the first shape and a second part including remaining objects among the plurality of objects,
wherein the first interface in the first shape is divided into the first and second parts of the first interface in the second shape at a position where the second slide touch input is detected and the remaining objects in the second part are listed consecutive to the at least one specified object in the first part, and
wherein the plurality of objects included in the first part are displayed based on a first sequence, and the plurality of objects included in the second part are displayed based on a second sequence, such that consecutive letters are adjacent to each other.

2. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein a first content corresponding to a first object is displayed when a first control input selecting the first object included in the first interface is detected and a second content corresponding to a second object is displayed when a second control input selecting the second object included in the first interface is detected, and
wherein the first direction is a moving direction from a first position where the first object is displayed to a second position where the second object is displayed, within the first interface.

3. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein the second direction is the direction moving the inside of the first interface to the outside of the first interface.

4. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of objects is thumbnail information corresponding to each of the plurality of contents, and
wherein the processor is further configured to set the first sequence based on content property of the contents.

5. The digital device according to claim 4 , wherein the content property includes at least one of an occurrence order of contents, names of contents, sizes of contents, and shapes of contents.

6. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to set the second shape of the first interface based on the second direction of the second slide touch input.

7. The digital device according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
set the second shape of the first interface based on the first position when the second slide touch input moving in the second direction is detected at the first position within the first interface.

8. The digital device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to display the at least one specified object on the first part of the first interface based on a first sequence and display the remaining objects on the second part of the first interface based on a second sequence, and
wherein the second sequence is opposite to the first sequence.

9. The digital device according to claim 8 , wherein the first part and the second part of the first interface are divided from each other based on the first position.

10. The digital device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display the first interface in the first shape, set a third position at a position corresponding to the second object, and display the plurality of objects based on the first sequence when a third slide touch input moving from the second position corresponding to the second object located in the second part to the third position located in the first part is detected.

11. The digital device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display the first interface in a third shape based on a third direction when the second slide touch input moving in the third direction is detected at a second position within the first interface in a state that the second slide touch input is not released,
wherein the third direction is the direction moving from the inside of the first interface to the outside of the first interface.

12. The digital device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
if the first interface is displayed in the second shape, scroll the plurality of contents when detecting that the second slide touch input is moved within the first interface in a state that the second slide touch input is not released.

13. The digital device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
if the first interface is displayed in the second shape,
display the first interface in the first shape when the second slide touch input is released.

14. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit includes a first display area and a second display area.

15. The digital device according to claim 14 , wherein the first display area is set on a front region of the digital device and the second display area is set on a side region of the digital device,
wherein the front region and the side region are identified from each other by at least one edge.

16. The digital device according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display the first interface on the first display area when the first interface is displayed in the first shape.

17. The digital device according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display the first part of the first interface on the first display area and display the second part of the first interface on the second display area when the first interface is displayed in the second shape.

18. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein the first sequence is at least one of a language arrangement order and a number arrangement order.

19. The digital device according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit and the touch sensor unit are one unified touch sensitive display unit.

20. A method for controlling a digital device, the method comprising:
displaying a plurality of contents and a first interface scrolling the plurality of contents in a first shape, wherein the first interface in the first shape includes a plurality of objects corresponding to the plurality of contents;
displaying the plurality of objects included in the first interface having the first shape based on a first index order;
scrolling the plurality of contents based on a first direction in response to a first slide touch input moving in the first direction on the first interface;
displaying the first interface in a second shape in response to a second slide touch input moving in a second direction on the first interface in the first shape,
wherein the first interface in the second shape has a first part in

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Sihwa
• Lee Juhwan
• Chun Sinae
• Lee Doyoung

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

• G06F3/04855 Primary

  Interaction with scrollbars · CPC title

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• H04M1/2747

  Scrolling on a display · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title