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Granted Patent B2
US 10,067,617 · App. 14/837,476 · Granted Sep 4, 2018

Electronic device, method for controlling the electronic device, and recording medium

Inventors: Jae-Hong Jo (Suwon-si, KR); Ji-Yeon Han (Busan, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G06F3/044G02B27/017G02B27/0172G06F3/011G06F3/013G06F3/0412G02B2027/014G02B2027/0138
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Patent No.
US 10,067,617
App. No.
14/837,476
Granted
Sep 4, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device, a method for controlling the electronic device, and a recording medium are provided. The electronic device includes a display, a storage module, and a processor configured to detect a reference screen setting event in relation to a screen being displayed on the display module and to control the storage module to store at least part of information about the screen being displayed on the display as a reference screen information. Upon occurring of a reference screen display event, the processor controls the display to display a reference screen based on the stored reference screen information.

Claims (38)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a memory;

and

a processor, the processor being configured to:

identify that a head-mounted device, which is operatively and physically connected to the electronic device, is worn by a user,

in response to the identifying that the head-mounted device is worn by the user, display a first screen on the display,

identify that the head-mounted device is removed from the user,

in response to the identifying that the electronic device is removed from the user, store, in the memory, information for a second screen, which is different screen from the first screen, being displayed on the display at a moment of removing the electronic device from the user, the second screen being a screen according to a first eye direction of the user, and

identify that the head-mounted device is worn by the user having a second eye direction,

in response to the identifying that the head-mounted device is worn by the user having the second eye direction, display the second screen on the display based on the stored information for the second screen,

wherein the first eye direction and the second eye direction are different directions from each other.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, when the processor detects at least one user input related to the electronic device, the processor is further configured to store, in the memory, the information for the second screen being displayed on the display at the moment of detecting the at least one user input.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second screen, being displayed on the electronic device when the head-mounted device is worn by the user having the second eye direction, includes a screen shifted a predetermined viewing angle from the second screen being displayed on the electronic device at the moment of removing the electronic device from the user.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second screen, being displayed on the electronic device when the head-mounted device is worn by the user having the second eye direction, includes a history screen displayed for a predetermined time according to an eye tracking of the user, with respect to a screen being displayed on the electronic device.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein, upon receipt of a request for controlling the attribute of the second screen, being displayed on the electronic device when the head-mounted device is worn by the user having the second eye direction, the processor is further configured to control the second screen according to the received request.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second screen, being displayed on the electronic device when the head-mounted device is worn by the user having the second eye direction, includes a screen scaled up or scaled down at a predetermined rate based on the second screen being displayed on the electronic device at the moment of removing the head-mounted device from the user.

7. A method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:

identifying that a head-mounted device, which is operatively and physically connected to the electronic device, is worn by a user,

in response to the identifying that the head-mounted device is worn by the user, displaying a first screen on the display,

identifying that the head-mounted device is removed from the user,

in response to the identifying that the electronic device is removed from the user, storing, in the memory, information for a second screen, which is different screen from the first screen, being displayed on the display at a moment of removing the electronic device from the user, the second screen being a screen according to a first eye direction of the user, and

identifying that the head-mounted device is worn by the user having a second eye direction,

in response to the identifying that the head-mounted device is worn by the user having the second eye direction, displaying the second screen on the display based on the stored information for the second screen,

wherein the first eye direction and the second eye direction are different directions from each other.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

when detecting at least one user input related to the electronic device, storing the information for the second screen being displayed on the display at the moment of detecting the at least one user input.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second screen, being displayed on the electronic device when the head-mounted device is worn by the user having the second eye direction, includes a screen shifted a predetermined viewing angle from the second screen being displayed on the electronic device at the moment of removing the electronic device from the user.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second screen, being displayed on the electronic device when the head-mounted device is worn by the user having the second eye direction, includes a history screen displayed for a predetermined time according to an eye tracking of the user, with respect to a screen being displayed on the electronic device.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second screen, being displayed on the electronic device when the head-mounted device is worn by the user having the second eye direction, includes a screen scaled up or scaled down at a predetermined rate based on the second screen being displayed on the electronic device at the moment of removing the head-mounted device from the user.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions for performing at least one operation by a processor, wherein the at least one operation includes:

identifying that a head-mounted device, which is operatively and physically connected to the electronic device, is worn by a user,

in response to the identifying that the head-mounted device is worn by the user, displaying a first screen on the display,

identifying that the head-mounted device is removed from the user,

in response to the identifying that the electronic device is removed from the user, storing, in the memory, information for a second screen, which is different screen from the first screen, being displayed on the display at a moment of removing the electronic device from the user, the second screen being a screen according to a first eye direction of the user, and

identifying that the head-mounted device is worn to the user having a second eye direction,

in response to the identifying that the head-mounted device is worn by the user having the second eye direction, displaying the second screen on the display based on the stored information for the second screen,

wherein the first eye direction and the second eye direction are different directions from each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2015
From: JO, JAE-HONG; HAN, JI-YEON
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036439/0535 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0115421 · Sep 1, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160062514A1 · Mar 3, 2016