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US 11,360,665 · App. 16/993,649 · Granted Jun 14, 2022

Electronic device and operation method of expanding writing input area

Inventors: Soyoung Jung (Suwon-si, KR); Sunyoung Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jooyoun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Hyunsoo Yuk (Suwon-si, KR); Heuijin Kwon (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G06F3/04886G06F3/0484G06F40/114
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Patent No.
US 11,360,665
App. No.
16/993,649
Granted
Jun 14, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device having an electronic board function and an operation method thereof. The electronic device includes: a display; a touch input interface; a memory storing at least one instruction; and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction stored in the memory to: display a writing area in a display area of the display; detect a predefined touch input in the writing area; and based on detecting the predefined touch input, reduce the writing area, display the reduced writing area in at least first part of the display area and provide an extended area in at least second part of the display area, the extended area being configured to receive a writing input continuing from the reduced writing area to the extended area.

Claims (56)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

a touch input interface;

a memory storing at least one instruction; and

a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction stored in the memory to:

display a writing area in a display area of the display;

detect a predefined touch input in the writing area;

identify a parameter value corresponding to the predefined touch input, the parameter value corresponding to the predefined touch input comprising at least one of a duration time of the predefined touch input, a pressure corresponding to the predefined touch input, or a number of times of the predefined touch input;

determine a size of an extended area according to the parameter value, and

based on detecting the predefined touch input, reduce the writing area, display the reduced writing area in at least first part of the display area and provide the extended area having the size determined according to the parameter value in at least second part of the display area, the extended area being configured to receive a writing input continuing from the reduced writing area.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the predefined touch input comprises at least one of a touch input for a first predefined time or more in the writing area, a touch input made repeatedly for a second predefined time in the writing area, or a touch input of which pressure exceeds a threshold value in the writing area.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

provide a user interface for confirming whether the extended area is to be provided in the display area in response to the detection of the predefined touch input; and

based on receiving a user input in the user interface, provide the extended area.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

based on the detection of the predefined touch input, reduce the writing area in each page among a plurality of pages included in a document, wherein a first page among the plurality of pages is an execution target of a current touch input, and

provide the extended area by applying the extended area to the plurality of pages in the document.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

based on the detection of the predefined touch input, reduce the writing area included in a current page among a plurality of pages in a document, the current page being an execution target of a current touch input, and

provide the extended area by applying the extended area to the current page.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to, based on the detection of the predefined touch input, reduce an object area related to a location of the predefined touch input in the writing area, and provide the extended area by applying the extended area to the object area.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

identify a location of the predefined touch input;

determine a reference point with respect to the location of the predefined touch input; and

reduce the writing area based on the reference point and provide the extended area at a location where a space is generated in the display area.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to detect the predefined touch input in an edge area of the writing area,

wherein the edge area is positioned on at least one of a right edge, a left edge, an upper edge, or a lower edge of the writing area.

9. An operation method of an electronic device, the operation method comprising:

displaying a writing area in a display area of a display of the electronic device;

detecting a predefined touch input in the writing area;

identifying a parameter value corresponding to the predefined touch input, the parameter value corresponding to the predefined touch input comprising at least one of a duration time of the predefined touch input, a pressure corresponding to the predefined touch input, or a number of times of the predefined touch input;

determining a size of an extended area according to the parameter value; and

based on detecting the predefined touch input, reducing the writing area, displaying the reduced writing area in at least first part of the display area and providing the extended area having the size determined according to the parameter value in at least second part of the display area, the extended area being configured to receive a writing input continuing from the reduced writing area.

10. The operation method of claim 9 , wherein the predefined touch input comprises at least one of a touch input for a first predefined time or more in the writing area, a touch input made repeatedly for a second predefined time in the writing area, or a touch input of which pressure exceeds a threshold value in the writing area.

11. The operation method of claim 9 , further comprising:

providing a user interface for confirming whether the extended area is to be provided in the display area in response to the detection of the predefined touch input; and

based on receiving a user input in the user interface, providing the extended area.

12. The operation method of claim 9 , further comprising:

based on the detection of the predefined touch input, reducing the writing area in each page among a plurality of pages included in a document, wherein a first page among the plurality of pages is an execution target of a current touch input, and

providing the extended area by applying the extended area to the plurality of pages in the document.

13. The operation method of claim 9 , further comprising:

based on the detection of the predefined touch input, reducing the writing area included in a current page among a plurality of pages in a document, the current page being an execution target of a current touch input, and

providing the extended area by applying the extended area to the current page.

14. The operation method of claim 9 , further comprising, based on the detection of the predefined touch input, reducing an object area related to a location of the predefined touch input in the writing area, and providing the extended area by applying the extended area to the object area.

15. The operation method of claim 9 , further comprising:

identifying a location of the detected predefined touch input;

determining a reference point with respect to the location of the predefined touch input; and

reducing the writing area based on the reference point and providing the extended area at a location where a space is generated in the display area.

16. The operation method of claim 9 , further comprising detecting the predefined touch input in an edge area of the writing area,

wherein the edge area is positioned on at least one of a right edge, a left edge, an upper edge, or a lower edge of the writing area.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for performing an operation method of an electronic device, by a processor, the operation method comprising:

displaying a writing area in a display area of a display of the electronic device;

detecting a predefined touch input in the writing area;

identifying a parameter value corresponding to the predefined touch input, the parameter value corresponding to the predefined touch input comprising at least one of a duration time of the predefined touch input, a pressure corresponding to the predefined touch input, or a number of times of the predefined touch input;

determining a size of an extended area according to the parameter value; and

based on detecting the predefined touch input, reducing the writing area, displaying the reduced writing area in at least first part of the display area and providing the extended area having the size determined according to the parameter value in at least second part of the display area, the extended area being configured to receive a writing input continuing from the reduced writing area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2020
From: JUNG, SOYOUNG; KIM, SUNYOUNG; KIM, JOOYOUN; YUK, HYUNSOO; KWON, HEUIJIN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0106646 · Aug 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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