Touch sensitive device and method of touch-based manipulation for contents

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9898111-B2
Application number	US-201314011549-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2013
Priority date	Aug 27, 2012
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

A touch sensitive device allows a touch-based manipulation for contents displayed thereon. In a method, the device receives a predefined input event when a content screen is displayed on a display unit, determines whether a closed curve is formed on the display unit by the input event, and crops a specific content region defined by the closed curve.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A touch-based content manipulation method in a touch sensitive device, the method comprising:
receiving a user input while a content screen is displayed on a display unit;
determining whether the user input is a closed curve;
cropping a content region corresponding to the closed curve in the content screen based on the determining, the content region having an initial position corresponding to a location of the closed curve in the content screen;
responsive to cropping the content region, displaying the content region, the content region moved from the initial position to a predefined position of the content screen;
extracting information from the content region;
determining at least one application executable in connection with the extracted information based on a user history associated with the extracted information; and
outputting to the display unit, at least one user function item corresponding to the determined at least one application,
wherein the information comprises at least one of an image, a text, a URL, or metadata of the content region.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user input is created according to an approach of a touch pen to or a contact of the touch pen with the display unit when a pen button of the touch pen is pressed.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the user input is created according to electromagnetic induction resulting from the approach or contact of the touch pen.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cropping comprises at least one of:
if a predetermined percentage or more of a sub-content in the content screen is enclosed within the content region, obtaining an entire sub-content; and
if less than a predetermined percentage of the sub-content is enclosed within the content region, excluding the sub-content from the content region.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the outputting comprises at least one of:
disposing the at least one user function item at a bottom of the display unit;
disposing the at least one user function item in a list form near the cropped content region; and
disposing the at least one user function item around the cropped content region.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing a visual effect to a portion of the content screen, the portion excluding the cropped content region.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining includes:
determining whether at least one closed curve is formed by a trace of a touch pen from a touch starting point to a touch releasing point.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the determining further includes at least one of:
if two or more closed curves are formed by the trace, determining each plane produced by each closed curve as the content region; and
if two different closed curves which produce an internal plane within a certain plane are formed by the trace, determining a ring-shaped plane as the content region from which the internal plane is excluded.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the determining further includes:
determining a circle or ellipse as the content region, the circle or ellipse having the trace as a radius or diameter.

10. A touch-sensitive device for supporting a touch-based content manipulation, the touch-sensitive device comprising:
a display unit configured to display a content screen; and
a control unit configured to:
receive a user input while the content screen is displayed on the display unit,
perform a determination whether the user input is a closed curve,
crop a content region corresponding to the closed curve in the content screen based on the determination, the content region having an initial position corresponding to a location of the closed curve in the content screen,
display the content region, the content region moved from the initial position to a specific position of the content screen in response to cropping the content region,
extract region information from the content region,
determine at least one application executable in connection with the extracted information based on user history associated with the extracted information and
output to the display unit, at least one user function item corresponding to the determined at least one application,
wherein the region information comprises at least one of an image, a text, a URL, or metadata of the content region.

11. The touch-sensitive device of claim 10 , further comprising:
a touch pen configured to create the user input; and
a pen touch panel configured to receive the user input according to an approach of a touch pen to or a contact of the touch pen with the display unit when a pen button of the touch pen is pressed.

12. The touch-sensitive device of claim 11 , wherein the pen touch panel is further configured to receive the user input according to electromagnetic induction resulting from the approach or contact of the touch pen.

13. The touch-sensitive device of claim 10 , wherein the control unit is further configured to, if a predetermined percentage or more of a sub-content in the content screen is enclosed within the content region, obtain an entire sub-content, and if less than a predetermined percentage of the sub-content is enclosed within the content region, exclude the sub-content from the content region.

14. The touch-sensitive device of claim 10 , wherein the display unit is further configured to display at least one of:
the at least one user function item, displayed at a bottom of the display unit;
the at least one user function item, displayed in a list form near the cropped content region; and
the at least one user function item, displayed around the cropped content region.

15. The touch-sensitive device of claim 10 , wherein the display unit is further configured to provide a visual effect to a portion of the content screen, the portion excluding the cropped content region.

16. The touch-sensitive device of claim 10 , wherein the control unit is further configured to determine whether at least one closed curve is formed by a trace of a touch pen from a touch starting point to a touch releasing point.

17. The touch-sensitive device of claim 16 , wherein the control unit is further configured to, if two or more closed curves are formed by the trace, determine each plane produced by each closed curve as the content region, or if two different closed curves which produce an internal plane within a certain plane are formed by the trace, to determine a ring-shaped plane as the content region from which the internal plane is excluded.

18. The touch-sensitive device of claim 16 , wherein the control unit is further configured to determine a circle or ellipse as the content region, the circle or ellipse having the trace as a radius or diameter.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Myung Jihye
• Koh Sanghyuk
• Kim Taeyeon
• Park Hyunmi
• Lee Chihoon
• Lee Hyemi

Classifications

• G06F3/03542

  Light pens for emitting or receiving light · CPC title

• G06F3/041 Primary

  Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means · CPC title

• G06F3/14

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

• G06F3/0487 Primary

  using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser · CPC title

• G06F2203/04807

  Pen manipulated menu · CPC title