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1. Further function information Func which is equal to or different from the function information output in the background at the time of the leftward rotation may be output in the portion of the background exposed according to the rotation of the image Further the portable terminal may activate the user func tion explained in the function information Func when the image has rotated more than a particular angle for example an angle between 60 degrees and 90 degrees based on the section of the background Also the portable terminal may display the rotation quantity of the image according to the speed and the distance of the touch drag event and may restore the image into the original state in which the back ground is not exposed when the touch event is released before the rotation of the image exceeds a preset threshold angle US 8 910 068 B2 11 FIG 8 illustrates a screen for describing an effect accord ing to movement of an item in a screen interface according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention Referring to FIG 8 the display unit 141 of the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a title area 13 and a list area 15 As shown the list area 15 includes one or more menu items in a predetermined arrangement In this state if the user of the portable terminal generates a touch event within a predetermined range in which a scroll does not occur based on a particular item as
2. in the form of text or image on the exposed background For example if the 14512 item has 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 6 been pre set to be deleted when the List2 item moves right ward the portable terminal may output first function infor mation for reporting the deletion of the List2 item in the form of a text such as deletion or delete or an image having a meaning of deletion such as an image or icon of a wastebasket In the meantime as shown in the screen 123 the user of the portable terminal may drag the image corresponding to the List2 item leftward after appointing the List2 item Then similar to the screen 121 the portable terminal may provide an effect of appointment to the List2 item and an effect of movement of the List2 item according to the touch event of the user At this time the portable terminal may output second function information Func2 which enables the user to rec ognize a result of the movement of the List2 item on the background of the image corresponding to the List2 item which is exposed according to the leftward movement of the List2 item That is the portable terminal may output a description ofa user function which is executed according to the leftward movement ofthe List2 item in the form of text or image on the exposed background For example if the List2 item has been pre set to be ed
3. when the display unit 140 is a touch screen the data area may store a user input given through the touch screen Especially when a touch event relating to a particular item occurs the data area of the present invention may store the types of user functions to be executed For example the data area may store information linking a par ticular item to at least one user function from among various user functions including delete edit transfer and draw up When there are multiple items the data area may store one or more user functions to be executed according to the touch event in relation to the multiple items in the form of a table The control unit 160 supports initialization of each element of the portable terminal When the initialization has been completed the control unit 160 can control signal flow for providing a user function according to the present invention for each element In more detail in a state in which one or more items are scrollably arranged in the display unit 141 when a particular item is appointed and a predetermined touch event then occurs within a range in which a scroll does not occur the control unit 160 may refer to table stored in the data area Further the control unit 160 may notify the user function to be executed by the user s setting in relation to the appointed item in the form of text information an icon image information or sound information as described above Therea
4. 13 and a list area 15 As shown the list area 15 includes one or more menu items in a predetermined arrangement In this state if the user ofthe portable terminal generates a touch event within a predetermined range in which a scroll does not occur based on a particular item as described above the portable terminal can activate a user function set for the particular item At this time the portable terminal provides a pre set effect according to a touch event provided for the particular item by the user For example on an assumption that the user has appointed the List2 item and has generated a second touch event of leftward move ment for example a leftward touch drag event on a touch panel corresponding to the area in which the particular item has been output the portable terminal can change at least one of the color and shape of a predetermined part of the List2 item according to the occurrence of the touch drag event Specifically the portable terminal may display a shape in which a boundary part of the image corresponding to the List2 item is turned over or stripped off in a direction following the progression of the touch drag event When the US 8 910 068 B2 7 List2 item has a rectangular shape the height difference between the right end of the image corresponding to the List2 item and the background gradually increases while the right end of the image corresponding to the List2 item moves le
5. crumpling of paper Also when the image rotates as shown in FIG 7 the processing unit 130 may output an audio signal corresponding to a sound of air friction Moreover the audio processing unit 130 may output an audio signal proper for each image change which may be set by a designer or newly set or changed by the user Further the audio process ing unit 130 may output a voice signal reporting the user function That is when a predetermined touch event relating to a particular item occurs within a range in which a scroll does not occur the audio processing unit 130 may output a voice signal reporting a user function to be executed due to the touchevent For example when a leftward touch drag event in relation to a particular item occurs the audio processing unit 130 may output a voice signal reporting the user function set 20 30 35 40 45 50 55 65 14 for the particular item for example saying delete under the control of the control unit 160 The touch screen 140 includes a display unit 141 and a touch panel 143 The touch screen 140 may have a construc tion in which the touch panel 143 is located in front of the display unit 141 The size of the touch screen 140 may be determined by the size of the touch panel 143 The display unit 141 displays various menu items of the portable terminal information input by the user and infor mation provided to the user That is the display unit 141 may provide v
6. terminal may require an operation for determining if the menu includes additional items beyond the menu items arranged in the list area 15 To this end the user may touch a predetermined portion of the list area 15 and then generate a touch event in a predetermined direction for example in the vertical direction During this process the user of the portable terminal may touch a prede termined item for example the area including the item List2 in the list area 15 Further the user of the portable terminal can appoint the List2 item in order to activate a particular user function based on the List2 item from among the items displayed in the list area 15 In order to appoint the List2 item the user of the portable terminal may generate a touch event for example a touch down event in the touch panel area in which corresponding items are arranged Then the portable terminal can provide a particular effect such as particular color or shape for discriminating the appointed item from the item before the appointment or from the other items as shown in the screen 103 That is in order to discriminate the image of the List2 item from the other items the portable terminal may display the image of the List2 item in a particular color in an inverted state or with a highlight along the rim ofthe image When the portable terminal provides a keypad the user of the portable terminal may use a direction key ora number ke
7. the appointed particular item from a background of the image and moving the image toward another end oppo site to said one end while exposing the background and gradually increasing a height between said one end and the background so that the image is turned over in a direction in which the touch drag event progresses separating one end of the image corresponding to the appointed particular item from a background of the image and rolling the image toward another end oppo site to said one end while exposing the background so that the image is rolled in a direction in which the touch drag event progresses gradually removing at least one of a color or a shape of at least a part of the image corresponding to the appointed particular item instantly removing at least one of a color or a shape of at least a part of the image corresponding to the appointed particular item crumpling a part of the image from one end thereof to a current position of the touch drag event and displaying a preset image on the background when the touch drag event has progressed beyond a threshold rotating the image about an axis by moving one side of the image backward into the background and an opposite side of the image forward out of the background so that a height of said one side gradually increases and a height of said opposite side gradually decreases and dividing the image into at least two areas and moving the divided areas in different directions
8. the image corresponding to the List2 item may rotate leftward about a predetermined axis E while the touch event occurs in the leftward direction At this time the left part of the image may rotate backward into the background about the axis E while the right part of the image may rotate forward out of the background about the axis E so that the entire image can rotate leftward During this process in order to express a perspective the height of the left side EL of the image may gradually decrease in the leftward direction from the axis E while the height of the right side ER of the image may gradu ally increase in the rightward direction from the axis E Fur ther the portable terminal may output the function informa tion Func performed according to the changing of the image in a portion of the background which is gradually exposed according to the gradual rotation of the image of the List2 item Although the function information Func is displayed at the right side background of the image in FIG 7 it may be displayed either at the left side background of the image or at both the left side background and the right side background of the image The above description on the image rotation according to the leftward touch drag event is also applicable to a rightward touch drag event That is when the user generates a rightward touch drag event the portable terminal may display an image that rotates rightward about the axis E
9. the portable terminal can sweep move or drag the appointed List2 item within the set range Then the portable terminal activates a particular user function according to the touch event generated within the set range for the List2 item To this end the portable terminal can set a routine which enables execution of a par ticular function when a touch event satisfying a predeter mined condition occurs after appointment of an item For example the portable terminal can set functions which enable deletion of the List2 item reproduction of the List2 item execution of communication based on the List2 item edition of the List2 item etc when a prede termined touch event occurs within a set range in which a scroll does not occur in the state in which the List2 item has been appointed Such function setting may be either actually provided by a designer or directly performed by a user through an edition window The range in which a scroll does not occur and the time point for user function activation relating to the appointed item will be described later in more detail with reference to FIG 11 Further the portable terminal may provide an effect which enables the user to intuitively recognize the touch events occurring in a predetermined direction to the display unit For example when the user touches and drags the List2 item leftward the portable terminal may provide a screen displaying leftw
10. touch events the touch events include a touch down event generated by a contact between an object and the touch panel a touch up event generated when the contact is released a touch move or touch drag event generated by moving the contact ofthe touch down state in a predetermined direction and a flick event generated by mov ing the contact of the touch down state in a predetermined direction at an accelerated speed The control unit 160 iden tifies the location information and the touch event type based on the touch event transferred from the touch panel 143 identifies a particular image mapped to a corresponding posi tion of the display unit and then activates a user function linked to the image The storage unit 150 stores not only application programs necessary for the operation of functions according to embodi ments of the present invention but also a key map or menu map for the operation of a touch screen when the portable terminal includes the touch screen The key map or menu map may have various forms That is the key map may be a keyboard map a 3 4 key map a QWERTY key map or a control key map for operation and control of a currently activated application program Further the menu map may be a menu map for the control ofa currently activated application program or a menu map including various menu items pro vided by the portable terminal The storage unit 150 as described above may include a program area and a data area no
11. while exposing the background 9 The method of claim 1 further comprising at least one of exposing at least a part of the background of the image according to change of the image and outputting a voice signal describing the user function 10 The method of claim 1 wherein the range in which item scrolling does not occur has an area larger than the area of the image corresponding to the appointed particular item 11 The method of claim 10 wherein the range in which item scrolling does not occur has an area including a part of an adjacent item area when images of multiple items are arranged adjacent to each other 12 The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying items other than the particular item for which the user func tion executed for the particular item is not executed in a discriminating manner than that of the particular item 13 A portable terminal comprising a touch panel for generating a touch event according to a touch US 8 910 068 B2 21 a display unit for displaying or more scrollable items in a foreground of a screen and acontrol unit for controlling an image change of the one or more scrollable items displayed by the display unit detecting when a first touch event appointing a particular item is performed and responsive to a touch drag as a second touch event performed on the appointed item continuously from the first touch event and within a range in which item scrolling does no
12. 333951 A 2003140802 A 2008084249 A Page 2 KR 2007 080918 3 2007 H04B 1 40 KR 2007 120368 12 2007 G06F 3 048 KR 2008 0 109278 12 2008 GO06F 3 048 WO 2008 025473 Al 3 2008 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Particular Tutorial of biteSMS Short Message Tool http iphone tgbus com tutorial use 200809 20080929080743 2 shtml GOGF 3 033 cited by examiner U S Patent Dec 9 2014 Sheet 1 of 10 US 8 910 068 B2 FIG 1 weiss MUS 2 Listi3 List 103 LEFTWARD OR RIGHTWARD lt 105 gt TOUCH DRAG U S Patent Dec 9 2014 Sheet 2 of 10 US 8 910 068 B2 Bis U S Patent Dec 9 2014 Sheet 3 of 10 US 8 910 068 B2 FIG 3 U S Patent Dec 9 2014 Sheet 4 of 10 US 8 910 068 B2 U S Patent Dec 9 2014 Sheet 5 of 10 US 8 910 068 B2 U S Patent Dec 9 2014 Sheet 6 of 10 US 8 910 068 B2 FIG 7 FIG ui U S Patent Dec 9 2014 Sheet 7 of 10 US 8 910 068 B2 EG N RF UNIT CONTROL UNIT AUDIO INPUT UNIT PROCESSING UNIT C SPK 140 141 DISPLAY UNIT TOUGH PANEL 143 150 STORAGE UNIT 120 130 U S Patent Dec 9 2014 Sheet 8 of 10 US 8 910 068 B2 FIG 10 OUTP
13. 84 Al 6 2010 Machida 345 661 2010 0262928 1 10 2010 Abbott 715 769 2011 0041102 A1 2 2011 Kim 715 863 345 173 455 566 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS AU 2008 201540 1 2008 3 00 CN 201181467 Y 1 2009 CN 101384047 A 3 2009 Continued OTHER PUBLICATIONS Apple iPhone 3G User Manual Jul 11 2008 XP 007907619 Rtrvd Internet http manualsi info apple com en US iPhone User Guide pdf Rtrvd on Nov 15 2012 Continued Primary Examiner Matt Kim Assistant Examiner Hua Lu 74 Attorney Agent or Firm Cha amp Reiter LLC 57 ABSTRACT Disclosed is a portable terminal operation method and a por table terminal supporting the same that enable rapid and convenient operation of a user function in relation to a par ticular item on a touch screen The method includes output ting an area in which one or more scrollable items are arranged appointing a particular item when a first touch event occurs determining if a second touch event occurs on the appointed item within a range in which item scrolling does not occur and changing at least one of a part ofa color and a shape of an image corresponding to the appointed particular item according to the occurrence of the second touch event 19 Claims 10 Drawing Sheets US 8 910 068 B2 References Cited FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 2001069223 A 2002
14. UT SCROLLABLE ONE OR MORE ITEMS TOUCH DOWN EVENT 105 111 SUPPORT SCROLL FUNCTION IN TOUCH EVENT DIRECTION U S Patent Dec 9 2014 Sheet 9 of 10 US 8 910 068 B2 FIG 11 U S Patent Dec 9 2014 Sheet 10 of 10 US 8 910 068 B2 FIG 12 US 8 910 068 B2 1 METHOD OF OPERATING A PORTABLE TERMINAL AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME CLAIM OF PRIORITY This application claims pursuant to 35 USC 119 a prior ity to and the benefit of the earlier filing date to that Korean Patent Application No 10 2009 0043413 filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on May 19 2009 the entire con tents of which are incorporated herein by reference BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1 Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the field of portable termi nals More particularly the present invention relates to a portable terminal operation method and a portable terminal supporting the same in which a preset user function for an appointed item is activated according to a touch event occur ring 2 Description of the Related Art Portable terminals which are terminals supporting various user functions are being used in a very wide variety of fields due to the convenience in use the easiness in carrying and mobility In order to provide user functions the portable terminals employ various input methods For example a con ventional por
15. aded over a network so that the meth ods described herein can be rendered in such software using a general purpose computer or a special processor or in programmable or dedicated hardware such as an ASIC or FPGA As would be understood in the art the computer the processor or the programmable hardware include memory components e g RAM ROM Flash etc that may store or receive software or computer code that when accessed and executed by the computer processor or hardware implement the processing methods described herein In addition it would be recognized that when a general purpose computer is loaded with or accesses code that may be stored in a memory component the general purpose computer is transformed into a special purpose computer suitable for at least executing and implementing the processing shown herein Although exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail hereinabove it should be clearly understood that many variations and modifications of the basic inventive concepts herein described which may be apparent to those skilled in the art will still fall within the spirit and scope of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention as defined in the appended claims What is claimed is 1 A method performed by a portable terminal the method comprising displaying one or more scrollable items in a foreground of a screen appointing a particular item when a first touch event is perf
16. an be changed by the designer or the user To this end the portable terminal can provide an additional editing menu or screen for change of the user function Hereinafter the construction of the portable terminal will be described in more detail The RF unit 110 establishes a communication channel for voice communication and a communication channel for transmission of data image etc under the control of the control unit 160 That is the RF unit 110 may establish one or more of a voice communication channel a data communica tion channel and an image communication channel between mobile communication systems To this end the RF unit 110 includes an RF transmission unit for up converting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal and an RF reception unit for low noise amplifying and down convert ing a frequency of a received signal The RF unit 110 may be selected according to the touch event generated by the touch panel 143 under the control of the control unit 160 Espe cially the RF unit 110 of the present invention can be pro vided in the form of a menu icon or an image When the RF unit 110 together with other functions is provided in the form ofa list the portable terminal supports execution ofa function appointed by a touch event of the user as described above For example in a menu screen in which an image corresponding to the RF unit 110 is arranged together with other images ifa user selects an image corresponding to t
17. anel corresponding to the area in which the particular item has been output the portable terminal can change a predetermined part of the List2 item according to occurrence of the touch drag event Specifically the portable terminal may display a shape in which a predetermined part of the image corresponding to the List2 item is rolled in a direction following the progression of the touch drag event That is when the image of the List2 item has a rectangular shape the right end of the image of the List2 item is separated from the background and is then moved leftward At this time the right end of the image is moved a predetermined distance away from the background with a gradual increase in the height difference and the angle 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 8 between the right end of the image and the background Then the right end of the image and the part connected to the right end are sequentially rolled counterclockwise like a roll cake In other words the image of the List2 item is gradually rolled in the direction in which the touch drag event progresses As the touch drag event progresses leftward the quantity of the part rolled counterclockwise increases At this time exposed viewable area of the background which was covered by the image of the List2 item increases in pro portion to the quantity of the part rolled Further function information Func corresponding
18. ard movement and disappearance of the image allocated to the List2 item Meanwhile by using at least a part of the background of the image corresponding to the List2 item during the leftward movement of the image the portable terminal can provide a description of a user function being currently performed by the user which will be described in more detail with reference to FIG 2 FIG 2 schematically illustrates an example of a screen interface for supporting the operation of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention Referring to FIG 2 in a screen which is displaying at least one item in the list area 15 the user of the portable terminal may appoint a particular item i e the List2 item and then drag the appointed item rightward as shown in the screen 121 Then in response to the user s touch event the portable terminal can provide an effect of appointment to the List2 item and an effect of movement of the List2 item At this time the portable terminal may output first function informa tion Func1 which enables the user to recognize a result of the movement of the List2 item on the background of the image corresponding to the List2 item which is exposed according to the rightward movement of the List2 item That 1s the portable terminal may output a description of a user function which is executed according to the rightward movement ofthe List2 item
19. arious screens according to the use of the portable terminal such as a standby screen a menu screen a message input screen and a communication screen Especially the display unit 141 of the present invention outputs a screen displaying one or more scrollable items and can provide an appointment effect according to appointment ofan item in the screen an image change effect corresponding to the touch event occurring in the appointed item a background effect of the background exposed according to the image change and a screen corresponding to activation ofa particular user func tion relating to the appointed item Various screen interfaces output by the display unit 141 have been described above so a detailed description thereof will not be made here again The display unit 141 may be made by a Liquid Crystal Display LCD an Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED etc The display unit 141 may have a small size in comparison with the touch panel 143 and may be disposed under the touch panel 143 The touch panel 143 is disposed to cover the display unit 141 According to a contact or an approach of an object the touch panel 143 may generate a touch event and transfer the generated touch event to the control unit 160 At this time the touch panel 143 is arranged in the form of a matrix and transfers location information and type information ofa touch event occurring on the touch panel 143 to the control unit 160 According to the types of the
20. as soon as an input signal for a web page search occurs the portable terminal may output particular web page addresses in the form of a predetermined type of list as shown in the screen 101 The screen 101 includes an indicator area 11 disposed at the upper end ofthe screen 101 in which an icon indicating the intensity ofthe signal received by the radio frequency unit an icon indicating the alarm setting and an icon indicating the remaining battery power are arranged a title area 13 displaying a title of a menu of currently activated menu items a list area 15 displaying the currently activated menu items in a predetermined arrange ment and a control key area 17 for screen shift or menu selection According to the intention of a designer character istics of the portable terminal and or taste of the user the 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 4 indicator area 11 and the control area 17 may be omitted or partially used in the screen 101 The list area 15 displays an arrangement of multiple menu items including List1 List2 List3 List4 List5 The list area 15 may either addition ally display a predetermined area which has not been dis played in the display unit in the display unit according to a touch event occurring through the touch screen or provide a scroll function for moving the menu items displayed in the displayed part in a predetermined direction In this state the user of the portable
21. asing a height between said one end and the background so that the image is turned over in a direction in which the touch drag event progresses separating one end of the image corresponding to the appointed particular item from a background of the image and rolling the image toward another end opposite to said one end while exposing the back ground so that the image is rolled in a direction in which the touch drag event progresses kas wn 20 25 30 35 40 45 22 gradually removing east one of a color or a shape of at least a part of the image corresponding to the appointed particular item instantly removing at least one ofa color or a shape of at least a part of the image corresponding to the appointed particular item crumpling a part of the image from one end thereof to a current position the touch drag event and displaying a preset image on the background when the touch drag event has progressed beyond a threshold rotating the image about an axis by moving one side of the image backward into the background and an opposite side of the image forward out of the background so that a height of said one side gradually increases and a height of said opposite side gradually decreases and dividing the image into at least two areas and moving the divided areas in different directions while exposing the background 16 The portable terminal of claim 15 wherein the control unit cancels the change of the image accordi
22. az United States Patent US008910068B2 Patent No US 8 910 068 B2 Shin et al 45 Date of Patent Dec 9 2014 54 METHOD OF OPERATING A PORTABLE 2007 0150842 1 6 2007 Chaudhri etal 715 863 TERMINAL AND PORTABLE TERMINAL 2008 0074399 Al 3 2008 Lee 2009 0271731 1 10 2009 Linetal 715 776 SUPPORTING THE SAME 75 Inventors Hyun Kyung Shin Seoul KR Bong Won Lee Seoul KR 73 Assignee Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Yeongtong gu Suwon si Gyeonggi do KR Notice Subject to any disclaimer the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U S C 154 b by 544 days 21 Appl No 12 776 619 22 Filed May 10 2010 65 Prior Publication Data US 2010 0295805 Al Nov 25 2010 30 Foreign Application Priority Data May 19 2009 KR 10 2009 0043413 51 Int 3 048 2013 01 3 0488 2013 01 52 U S CI CPG us 3 04886 2013 01 G06F 3 04883 2013 01 USPC 715 765 715 769 715 783 715 815 715 787 715 830 58 Field of Classification Search None See application file for complete search history 56 References Cited U S PATENT DOCUMENTS 7 081 882 B2 7 2006 Sowden et al 2003 0020687 Al 1 2003 Sowden et al 2004 0100479 A1 5 2004 Nakano etal 345 700 2010 0039399 A1 2 2010 Kim 2010 0056221 A1 3 2010 2010 01416
23. ch event for execution of the user function pro ceeds beyond the threshold point d or when a touch release event occurs after proceeding beyond the threshold point d the portable terminal may activate the user function set for the item The threshold point may be adaptively changed in response to the image change effect and may be changed according to the point at which the touch event has occurred More specifically when the touch drag event as shown in FIGS 1 to 5 proceeds beyond the point d as shown in FIG 12 the portable terminal may perform the user function Further the portable terminal may activate the user function when the touch drag event has proceeded up to the right end or the left end as shown in FIG 6 Further the portable terminal may activate the user function when the touch drag event proceeds beyond the rotation axis E as shown in FIG 7 Meanwhile the portable terminal may move the point d leftward or rightward with respect to the point at which the touch down event has occurred Further the portable terminal may apply the point d regardless of the point at which the touch down event has occurred Further the portable terminal may change the image as a display effect preset for occurrence of a touch drag event for activation of a user function In a state in which a touch drag event has occurred by a predetermined distance which does not exceed the point d that determines the point
24. creen in which one or more scrollable items are arranged when a particular item is appointed the portable terminal may provide a particular image that enables a user to intuitively determine if it is possible to perform a function of the particular item That is if the user appoints a particular item through a touch down event and the appointed item is an item allowing execution of one user function from among various user functions the portable terminal can dis play an effect showing that the appointed item is an item allowing execution of a user function For example the por table terminal may highlight the periphery of the item or display a character for indicating that leftward or rightward touch drag of the item is possible Further if the appointed item is an item to which no function to be executed has been allocated such as a simple phone number which is not related to a calling function or a message input function the portable terminal may display an image for notifying that execution of the function is not possible For example the portable termi nal may draw dots around the periphery ofthe item or display an indicating image within the image of the item that a func tion execution is not possible Further when the item is an item that does not allow execution of a particular function such as calling or message writing the portable terminal may display a message reporting that execution ofa function is not possible or only a
25. der to interrupt the state of appointment Further in order to perform a particular user function based on the appointed item the user may perform an operation for changing the touch down event provided to the appointed item for example the user may move drag or sweep the appointed item within a predetermined range in which a scroll does not occur FIG 1 illustrates exemplary screens for describing an operation of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention The following description is based on a portable terminal according to the present invention is a terminal equipped with a touch screen and includes a display unit for displaying a particular screen and a touch panel disposed on the display unit to detect a touch of a user Referring to FIG 1 when power is supplied to a portable terminal the portable terminal first initializes each configu ration included in the portable terminal When the initializa tion has been completed the portable can control signal flow for supporting a touch screen operation method according to the present invention To this end a user of the portable terminal can select a particular menu to output a particular screen in which at least one item provided by the portable terminal is arranged For example when contents are stored in a storage unit the user ofthe portable terminal can identify a screen interface as shown in the screen 101 through content search Further
26. described above the portable terminal can activate a user function set for the particular item At this time again as previously described the user has appointed the List2 item and has generated a touch event of leftward movement i e a leftward touch drag event on a touch panel corresponding to the area in which the particular item has been output the portable terminal can change a predetermined part of the List2 item according to occurrence ofthe touch drag event Specifically the portable terminal may display a shape in which the rectangular image of the List2 item is divided into at least two areas and the divided areas are moved in different directions while exposing the background according to the progress ofthe touch drag event Atthis time the image looks like it is being cut in halfand the halves are moved away from each other while gradually exposing the background on which function information Func as described above may be output In summary in relation to the change in at least one of the color and the shape of an image of an appointed item through screen interfaces according to embodiments of the present invention a display unit according the present invention sepa rates a side end of the image from a background of the image and moves the separated side end away from the background according to the progress of a touch drag event under the control of a control unit At this time the height difference betwee
27. e portable terminal may restore the List2 item which has been displayed in an inverted state or with a changed shape for its discrimination from the other items in the screen 103 to the initial state as in the screen 101 and simultaneously move the List2 item in the list area 15 according to the scroll function Meanwhile the event for performing the scroll function from the screen 103 to the screen 105 is not limited to the touch move or the touch drag That is the scroll function can US 8 910 068 B2 5 beperformed by a flick event occurring ina vertical direction In the meantime the movement of the list area 15 according to the scroll function may be determined by the movement distance of the touch move or touch drag the acceleration intensity of the flick event etc and a movement distance of another list area 15 according to the movement distance and the acceleration intensity may be either fixedly determined or changed by dimensions determined by a designer conditions set by a user etc In the screen 103 the user having selected the List2 item may require activation of a particular user function based on the selected item To this end as shown in the screen 107 in the state in which the List2 item has been selected the user can generate a touch event relating to the 14512 item within set range in which a scroll does not occur For example after appointing the 14512 item the user of
28. eftward touch drag event a rightward touch drag event or a leftward rightward touch drag sweep event occurs the portable ter minal may report the user function for execution of the user function Here the portable terminal may support a screen shift according to the user function For example when the user function is an editing function for editing the appointed item the portable terminal may display an editing screen which enables editing of the item Meanwhile as a result of the determination in step 5107 when the touch event has occurred in a scrollable direction for example when the touch event has occurred in the upward or downward direction the portable terminal proceeds to step 5111 in which the portable terminal can support the function of scrolling in the direction of the touch event on the appointed item Thereafter in step 113 the portable termi nal determines if the touch event has been completed As a result of the determination when there is no separate input signal for the completion the portable terminal proceeds to step 5103 and repeatedly performs the above process after step 5103 Although multiple items are arranged and are scrollable in the vertical direction in the screen interfaces described above the present invention is not limited to the described interfaces That is the portable terminal may support an interface in which multiple items are arranged and are scrollable in the horizontal direction I
29. ein the threshold is set in the image corresponding to the appointed particular item 6 The method of claim 5 wherein the threshold is located at a position which is adjusted according to a location where the touch event has occurred within an area of the image 7 The method of claim 1 further comprising canceling the change of the image according to progression of the touch drag event wherein cancellation occurs after determining at least one of 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 20 the touch drag event is cancelled before the touch drag event progresses beyond a threshold set in the image corresponding to the appointed item the touch drag event is cancelled after the touch drag event progresses beyond the threshold set in the image corre sponding to the appointed item the touch drag event progresses out of the range in which item scrolling does not occur before the touch drag event progresses beyond the threshold set in the image corresponding to the appointed item and the touch drag event progresses out of the range in which item scrolling does not occur after the touch drag event progresses beyond the threshold set in the image corre sponding to the appointed item 8 The method of claim 1 wherein changing at least one of a part ofa color or a shape of the image comprises according to progression of the touch drag event at least one of separating one end of the image corresponding to
30. er may generate a left ward touch event within a range in which a scroll does not occur after appointing the List2 item Further the portable terminal can output function informa tion Func corresponding to a user function executed accord ing to the changing of the image of the List2 item at a portion in the background which is exposed according to the changing of the image of the List2 item This function information Func may be different according to the direc tion left or right of the changing of the image and can be changed by the user or the designer FIG 4 illustrates a screen for describing an effect accord ing to movement of an item in a screen interface according to a second embodiment of the present invention Referring to FIG 4 the display unit 141 of the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a title area 13 and a list area 15 As shown the list area 15 includes one or more menu items in a predetermined arrangement therein In this state if the user of the portable terminal generates a touch event within a predetermined range in which a scroll does not occur based on a particular item as described above the portable terminal can activate a user function set for the particular item At this time as illustrated the user has appointed the List2 item and has generated a touch event of a leftward movement for example aleftward touch drag event ona touch p
31. for activa tion of the user function when the touch drag event progresses beyond the range in which the scroll does not occur or when a touch release event such as a touch up event occurs the portable terminal may restore the changed image to the original image Further in the case where the portable 5 40 45 18 terminal is designed or set to activate the user function when the touch drag event has progressed beyond the point d and a touch release event occurs if the touch drag event progresses outside of the range in which the scroll does not occur that is outside of the area having a height of L2 even after having progressed beyond the point d the portable terminal does not activate the user function and cancel the image change effect for the item In summary the portable terminal may cancel the image change effect in at least one of the cases including when the touch drag event progresses beyond a threshold set in the image of the appointed item when the touch drag event is released after progressing beyond the threshold set in the image of the appointed item when the touch drag event goes out of a range in which the scroll does not occur before progressing beyond the threshold set in the image of the appointed item and when the touch drag event goes out of the range in which the scroll does not occur after progressing beyond the threshold set in the image of the appointed item Meanwhile in a s
32. fter when the touch event progresses beyond a thresh old for activation of the user function the control unit 160 may activate the user function based on the appointed item During this process under the control of the control unit 160 an effect relating to the appointed item may be displayed according to a preset condition FIG 10 is a flowchart for describing a method for operation of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention Referring to FIG 10 as soon as the power is supplied the portable terminal of the present invention initializes elements of the portable terminal and displays a predetermined standby screen on the display unit in step S101 During this process the portable terminal may continuously output the standby screen on the display unit even when it is activated again after transition into a sleep state due to non use thereof during a predetermined period of time Further when the display unit is activated the portable terminal may activate a touch panel according to user s setting to be ready for detec tion of a user s touch Also upon receiving an input signal generated through an input unit by a user or upon detecting activation ofa particular application program by a touch event through a touch screen pii 0 jai 5 25 40 45 50 55 65 16 the portable terminal may output a screen according to the activation of the particular application program That i
33. ftward At this time the right end of the image corresponding to the List2 item may move in a leftward and upward direction while hiding a part of another item adjacent to the List2 item for example a part of the area in which the List1 item is displayed Although the height difference between the right end of the image and the background gradually increases in the above description the present invention is not limited to this description That is the height difference between the right end of the image corresponding to the List2 item and the background may gradually increase up to a predetermined distance from the point where it is separated from the back ground and may be maintained constant Then the exposed area in the background may increase according to the leftward movement of the right end of the image of the 14512 item The movement of the right end of the image may corre spond to the touch drag event That is the distance and the speed of the movement of the right end of the image may change according to the dragged distance and the dragging speed of the touch drag event In the meantime in the changing of the image correspond ing to the List2 item according to the present invention not only can the right end of the image be separated from the background and then moved leftward but also the left end of the image may be separated from the background and then moved rightward To this end the us
34. function such as delete is allowed To this end the portable terminal may store a menu characteristic ofthe page screen on which the items are being displayed and information on the functions which can be set in relation to the items included in the page screen For example when a communication related page screen is output the portable terminal can determine if the phone numbers allocated to the items included in the output page screen are valid phone numbers and if the phone numbers are appointed by the user That is when the phone number is an incomplete number such as 1004 or 7979 oris a phone number starting from a number set by the user such as 070 the por table terminal may inhibit a touch drag on the item or may allow a function displayed on the background to be automati cally set as the particular function As described above in a portable terminal operation method and apparatus and a screen interface supporting the same according to the present invention it is possible to rapidly perform various user functions relating to an item without a screen change in a screen in which one or more items are arranged The above described methods according to the present invention can be realized in hardware or as software or com puter code that can be stored in a recording medium such as a US 8 910 068 B2 19 CD ROM an RAM a floppy disk a hard disk or a magneto optical disk or downlo
35. he RF unit 110 and generates a touch event within a range in which a scroll does not occur the portable terminal can enable execution of a preset user function based on the RF unit 110 During this process the portable terminal may output a screen necessary for a user function relating to the RF unit 110 such as a phone book screen a message input screen an e mail input screen a communication log screen and a messenger function sup porting screen The input unit 120 includes multiple input keys for receiv ing input of number or character information and multiple function keys for setting functions Further the input unit 120 generates a key signal relating to user setting and function control ofthe portable terminal and transfers the key signal to the control unit 160 When the touch screen 140 of the por table terminal is a full touch screen the input unit 120 may be omitted and replaced by the touch screen 140 The audio processing unit 130 includes a speaker SPK for reproducing audio data transmitted and received during the communication and a microphone MIC for collecting user s voiceorother audio signals during the communication While each image is changed in the screen interface as described above the audio processing unit 130 may output an audio signal corresponding to the image For example while a part of the image is crumpled as shown in FIG 6 the audio processing unit 130 may output an audio signal correspond ing to the
36. he construction of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention FIG 10 is a flowchart for describing a method for operation of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention FIG 11 illustrates screens for describing a method of acti vating a user function in a screen in which items are arranged in the form of a grid and FIG 12 illustrates a screen for describing boundary points of an item according to an embodiment of the present inven tion DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter exemplary embodiments of the present inven tion will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings In the following description a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear Terms or words used in the present specification or claims as described hereinafter should not be restrictively interpreted to have only common or literal meanings and should be interpreted to have meanings and concepts matching the tech nical idea of the present invention based on the principle that US 8 910 068 B2 3 an inventor can properly define his or her invention with a concept capable of describing the invention in the best way Therefore it should be understood that the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations illustrated in the dra
37. ited when the List2 item moves leftward the portable terminal may output sec ond function information Func2 for reporting the editing of the List2 item in the form of a text such as editing or edit or an image that may be interpreted as indication an editing operation The exposed background of the screen 121 and the exposed background of the screen 123 may have either the same color and the same shape or different colors and different shapes in order to enhance the intuitive power for discrimination thereof from execution of other user functions As described above a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention can support rapid execu tion of a user function based on an item according to a touch event occurring within a predetermined range in which a scroll does not occur in an area in which at least one item having a scroll function is disposed Therefore the user can process user function relating to a particular item within one screen and need not perform unnecessary screen shift or input signal generation Thus more convenient terminal operation is made available to the user FIG 3 illustrates a screen for describing an effect accord ing to movement of an item in a screen interface according to a first embodiment of the present invention Referring to FIG 3 a display unit 141 of the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a title area
38. n the separated side end and the background gradually increases When the separated side end ofthe image has been moved more than a predetermined distance the background is exposed and the image is turned over or ripped off in the direction in which the touch drag event progresses Also the display unit ofthe present invention may separate the right end of the image from the background and then roll the image counterclockwise In other words the image ofthe appointed item is gradually rolled in the direction in which the touch drag event progresses As the touch drag event progresses leftward the quantity of the part rolled counter clockwise increases and the exposed area of the background increases in proportion to the quantity of the part rolled Moreover under the control ofthe control unit the display unit of the present invention may remove at least one of the color or shape ofthe image allocated to a portion ofthe image of the appointed item according to the progress of the touch drag event Under the control of the control unit the display unit of the present invention may display a shape in which a predetermined portion of the image from the event start point to a current event contact point is separated from the back ground and crumpled in a predetermined shape according to the progress of a touch drag event on the image When the touch drag event has progressed over a predetermined thresh old the display unit may display a prese
39. n this case when a touch drag event occurs in the vertical direction within a range in whicha scroll does not occur the portable terminal may report a predeter mined user function and activate the user function Further when multiple items are arranged in the form of a grid as shown in the screen 201 of FIG 11 and a touch event occurs in a scrollable direction the portable terminal may support a scroll function in a scrollable direction for example in the vertical direction as shown in the screen 203 Further when the touch event occurs in an un scrollable direction for example in the horizontal direction the por table terminal supports execution of a preset user function appointed through the touch event of the user on the appointed item as shown in the screen 205 At this time the US 8 910 068 B2 17 portable terminal can provide various display effects for the appointed item and can report the user function as described above Meanwhile when the user appoints a particular item in the screen 201 the portable terminal may display an image for notifying that leftward or rightward touch drag is possible together with an effect according to the user s appointment For example the portable terminal may display an image of an arrowhead capable of appointing a direction around or within the image of the appointed item FIG 12 illustrates a screen for describing boundary points of an item according to an embodiment of the pre
40. ng to progression of the touch drag event wherein cancellation is determined by the occurrence at least one of the touch drag event is cancelled before the touch drag event progresses beyond a threshold set in the image corresponding to the appointed image the touch drag event is cancelled after the touch drag event progresses beyond the threshold set in the image corre sponding to the appointed image touch drag event progresses out of the range in which item scrolling does not occur before the touch drag event progresses beyond the threshold set in the image corre sponding to the appointed image and the touch drag event progresses out of the range in which item scrolling does not occur after the touch drag event progresses beyond the threshold set in the image corre sponding to the appointed image 17 The portable terminal of claim 15 wherein when at least a part of the background of the image is exposed accord ing to change of the image the control unit outputs a voice signal describing the user function 18 The portable terminal of claim 14 wherein the control unit activates preset different user functions according to a direction in which the touch drag event progresses 19 The portable terminal of claim 14 wherein the control unit causes items other than the particular item for which the user function executed for the particular item is not executed to be displayed in a discriminating manner than that of the
41. of the List2 item according to an occurrence of the touch drag event Specifically the portable terminal may display a shape in which a predetermined portion ofthe image corresponding to the List2 item is crumpled according to the touch drag event That is when the List2 item has a rectangular shape the image corresponding to the List2 item may be gradually crumpled leftward from the right end while the touch event occurs in the leftward direction At this time the portable terminal may gradually expose the background of the image according to the gradual crumpling of the image The speed and the shape of the image crumpled from the list area may depend on the speed and the distance ofthe touch drag event Further the crumpled part of the image may increase as the touch drag event progresses leftward That is when the touch drag event has not progressed along distance as shown in A the quantity of the crumpled part of the image is small In contrast when the touch drag event has progressed a rela tively long distance as shown in B the quantity of the crumpled part of the image may be relatively greater Further while the touch drag event is moving leftward and the event goes beyond a preset threshold or the image area of the List2 item the portable terminal may express the image of the List2 item in the form of a crumpled wad of paper as shown in C In the meantime the portable terminal may
42. on an assumption that the user has appointed the 14512 item and has generated a touch event of leftward movement for example a leftward touch drag event on a touch panel cor responding to the area in which the particular item has been output the portable terminal can change a predetermined part of the List2 item according to occurrence of the touch drag event Specifically the portable terminal may display a shape in which a predetermined portion of the image corresponding to the List2 item is removed according to the touch drag event That is when the List2 item has a rectangular shape the image corresponding to the List2 item may be gradually removed leftward from the right end while the touch event occurs in the leftward direction At this time the portable terminal may gradually expose the background of the image according to the gradual removal of the image The speed and the shape of the image removed from the list area may depend on the speed and the distance of the touch drag event An effect for appointing indicating that the removal of the image is in progress may be expressed in the portion after the removal within the background For example the right end of the image may be expressed by a waveform line as shown or the removed part of the image may be expressed as scattered sand particles gradually becoming smaller and disappearing In the meantime while the background hidden by the image corres
43. ormed on the particular item responsive to a touch drag as a second touch event per formed onthe appointed item continuously from the first touch event and within a range in which item scrolling does not occur outputting during progression of the touch drag at least one of text information icon infor mation and image information in a background of the screen in an area where the touch drag has progressed and executing a user function in response to the touch drag as the second touch event progressing beyond a threshold without receiving another touch action and changing at least one of a color and a shape of an image corresponding to the appointed item according to the occurrence of the first touch event or the second touch event wherein the at least one ofthe text information icon infor mation and image information describes the user func tion 2 The method of claim 1 wherein the executed user func tion is a function preset for the appointed particular item according to the occurrence of the second touch event 3 The method of claim 2 wherein the touch drag causes movement of a portion of the appointed particular item in at least one direction as the touch drag progresses 4 The method of claim 3 wherein the executed user function is a function selected from a plurality of different user functions that are activate able according to a direction in which the touch drag event progresses 5 The method of claim 3 wher
44. output the function information Func in the background area which is gradually exposed according to the gradual crumpling of the image of the List2 item wherein the function information Func may be expressed in the form of an icon ora particular image For example when the function information Func corresponds to deletion the portable terminal may display animageoriconofa wastebasket on the exposed background Further in order to remove the image ofthe crumpled wad the user of the portable terminal may appoint the image and drag the image into the wastebasket icon Therefore in a screen in which one or more items are arranged the user of the portable terminal can appoint a particular item and can directly perform a particular user function without a screen shift so that the user can manage the list and use the user functions in a very convenient and rapid manner Although the user s operation of touching and dragging the image into the wastebasket in order to delete the List2 item is described above the portable terminal may automati cally move the image of the crumpled wad into the waste basket and delete it even when there is a shift from the state of B to the state of C without a separate touch drag event Further when the user releases the touch drag event before exceeding the preset threshold from the state of for an 0 20 40 45 10 example
45. parent or semi transparent image At this time text infor mation or image information relating to a user function may be output on the background In result when the user of the portable terminal appoints a particular item the user can directly identify the function information displayed on the background through the transparent or semi transparent image and can touch and drag the item in the direction toward the displayed function information which enables rapid acti vation of the user function Meanwhile the time point at which the changed image is restored to the original image before the change may be determined by conditions set by a designer or a user from among a time point when the touch drag even is released before the touch drag event passes a threshold set in the image a time point after the touch drag event has passed the threshold set in the image a time point when the touch drag even is released a time point when the touch drag even is moved beyond a range in which a scroll does not occur before the touch drag event passes the threshold set in the image and a time point when the touch drag even is moved beyond the range in which a scroll does not occur As described above a screen interface for an operation of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention displays one or more items scrollable by a user and supports rapid execution of a user function based on a particular item without a screen shif
46. particular item
47. ponding to the List2 item is gradually exposed the portable terminal may expose the function infor mation Func which has been allocated to be output on the background At this time since the function information Func may be gradually exposed according to the quantity by which the image is removed only a part of the function US 8 910 068 B2 9 information Func may be exposed when the distance of the touch drag event is not long enough FIG 6 illustrates a screen for describing an effect accord ing to movement of an item in a screen interface according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention Referring to FIG 6 the display unit 141 of the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a title area 13 and a list area 15 As shown the list area 15 includes one or more menu items in a predetermined arrangement therein In this state if the user of the portable terminal generates a touch event within a predetermined range in which a scroll does not occur based on a particular item as described above the portable terminal can activate a user function set for the particular item At this time as illustrated the user has appointed the List2 item and has generated a touch event of leftward movement for example a leftward touch drag event on a touch panel corresponding to the area in which the particular item has been output the portable terminal can change a predetermined part
48. re apparent from the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which FIG 1 illustrates an example ofa screen for describing user function activation according to an embodiment of the present invention FIG 2 schematically illustrates an example of a screen interface for supporting the operation of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention FIG 3 illustrates a screen for describing an effect accord ing to movement of an item in a screen interface according to a first embodiment of the present invention FIG 4 illustrates a screen for describing an effect accord ing to movement of an item in a screen interface according to a second embodiment of the present invention FIG 5 illustrates a screen for describing an effect accord ing to movement of an item in a screen interface according to a third embodiment of the present invention FIG 6 illustrates a screen for describing an effect accord ing to movement of an item in a screen interface according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention FIG 7 illustrates a screen for describing an effect accord ing to movement of an item in a screen interface according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention FIG 8 illustrates a screen for describing an effect accord ing to movement of an item in a screen interface according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention FIG 9 is a block diagram illustrating t
49. s outputting an area in which one or more scrollable items are arranged when a first touch event occurs and designates a particular item determining if a second touch event occurs on the des ignated item within a range in which item scrolling does not occur and changing at least a part of a color or a shape of an image corresponding to the designated particular item according to the occurrence of the second touch event In accordance with another aspect ofthe present invention a portable terminal includes a touch panel for generating an event according to a touch a display unit for outputting a screen including an area in which one or more scrollable items are arranged and a control unit for controlling an image 0 35 40 45 50 55 2 change of the items output in the display unit wherein the control unit activates a user function linked to a particular item when a first touch event indicating the particular item occurs and a second touch event on the particular item within a range in which item scrolling does not occur In a portable terminal operation method and a portable terminal supporting the same according to the present inven tion itis possible to rapidly and conveniently perform various user functions relating to an item which a user wants without the generation of an additional input signal BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The objects features and advantages of the present inven tion will be mo
50. s when the application program is an application program including one or more scrollable items the portable terminal outputs a screen including the scrollable item or items in response to the input signal or the touch event in step 5103 Then in step 5105 when a touch down event occurs the portable terminal provides an effect capable of discriminating the item appointed by the touch down event from other items For example the portable terminal may provide various effects to an image of the appointed item in which the touch down event has been generated for example the portable terminal may paint the image with a color different from the previous color invert a shade of the image or highlights a periphery of the image Next in step S107 the portable terminal determines if the touch event has occurred in a scrollable direction As result of the determination when the touch event has occurred in an un scrollable direction the portable terminal proceeds to step 109 in which the portable terminal may perform a user function relating to the appointed item according to the gen erated touch event Here when one user function is linked to the appointed item the portable terminal can perform the user function after reporting the user function in the form of text information an icon or image or a voice signal regardless of the direction of the touch event Further when multiple user functions are linked to the appointed item and a l
51. sent inven tion Referring to FIG 12 in the list area 15 an image of an appointed item according to the present invention occupies an area having a height of L1 and an area in which the scroll is not generated has a height of L2 which is larger than L1 When the user appoints the List2 item the area having a height of L1 serves as an area for discriminating the List2 item from un appointed items and the portable terminal sets portions of the area having a height of L2 which remains after subtracting the area having a height of L1 from the area having a height of 2 as guard areas Then if the touch event of the user of the portable terminal occurs in an area outside of the area having a height of L2 for example in the List1 area or List3 area outside of the area having a height of L2 the portable terminal recognizes the occurred touch event as atouch event for scrolling and supports activation of the scroll function According to the activation of the scroll function the portable terminal releases the appointed state of the item and restores the appointed item to its original state before the appointment Meanwhile when a leftward or rightward touch drag event occurs within a range in which the scroll is not generated the portable terminal may provide an effect of changing the image of the touch event for execution of a user function while notifying the user function as described above Further when the tou
52. t image Further according to the progress of the touch drag event the display unit of the present invention may display a shape in which a part of the image may move backward around a predetermined portion ofthe image which serves as a central axis while decreasing a height of an end of the backward moving part and the other part of the image may rotate forward around the same predetermined portion of the image 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 12 as the central axis while increasing a height of an end of the forward moving part under the control of the control unit Moreover under the control ofthe control unit the display unit ofthe present invention may display a shape in which the image of the item is divided into at least two areas and the divided areas are moved in different directions according to the progress ofthe touch drag event thereby showing a split ting of the image Meanwhile a screen interface of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention can provide not only the image changes as described above but also a wider variety ofimage changes For example although FIG 5 shows an image change of gradually removing the color and the shape of the image according to the touch drag event it is possible to remove only the color of the image so that the item has a transparent or semi transparent image and the user can identify the background ofthe image through the trans
53. t occur outputting at least one of text information icon information and image information in a background of the screen in an area where the touch drag has progressed and for chang ing at least one of a color and a shape of an image corresponding to the appointed item according to the occurrence of the first touch event or the second touch event wherein the at least one of the text information icon infor mation and image information describes a user function to be automatically performed without another touch action responsive to the touch drag progressing beyond a threshold 14 The portable terminal of claim 13 wherein the first touch event is a touch down event making contact with the touch panel and the touch drag of the second touch event moves a contact point of the touch down event in a predeter mined direction within the range in which item scrolling does not occur while maintaining the touch down event 15 The portable terminal of claim 14 wherein the control unit changes a color or a shape of an image corresponding to the appointed particular item according to progression of the touch drag event and the control unit performs according to progression of the touch drag event at least one of separating one end of the image corresponding to the appointed particular item from a background of the image and moving the image toward another end opposite to said one end while exposing the back ground and gradually incre
54. t shown The program area may store an Operation System OS for booting the portable terminal and operating each element of the portable terminal and application programs for reproduc ing various files such as an application program for support ing a communication function of the portable terminal a web US 8 910 068 B2 15 browser for access to an Internet server an MP3 application program for reproducing other sound sources an image out put application program for reproducing a photograph etc and a moving image reproducing application program Espe cially the program area of the present invention includes a touch operation program for supporting the touch function and the touch operation program includes a control routine for scrolling at least one item currently displayed on the screen according to the touch event generated for the scroll function a control routine for activating a user function hav ing been set in the appointed item according to generation of a touch event in a direction that does not cause a scroll and other control routines necessary for other touch operations Further the program area may include a change routine of an image corresponding to the appointed item according to a generated touch event The data area in which data generated according to use of the portable terminal is stored may store phone book infor mation at least one icon according to a widget function and various contents Further
55. t when the user gener ates a touch event on the particular item in a preset range in which a scroll does not occur Meanwhile the display effect provided when a touch event Occurs on an item appointed by a user within a predetermined range in which a scroll does not occur may be either applied to all the items displayed on one screen in an uniform manner or may be applied to each item individually The above description discusses screen interfaces for an operation according to an embodiment of the present inven tion Hereinafter the construction of a portable terminal for supporting the screen interface will be described in detail FIG 9 is a block diagram illustrating the construction of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention Referring to FIG 9 the portable terminal includes a Radio Frequency RF unit 110 an input unit 120 an audio process ing unit 130 a touch screen 140 a storage unit 150 and a control unit 160 A portable terminal having the construction described above according to the present invention can support direct execution without an additional screen shift of a user func tion for a particular item appointed by a user according to a touch event occurring in a predetermined range in which a scroll does not occur in an area in which one or more scrol US 8 910 068 B2 13 lable items are arranged The user function is a function that can be supported by the particular item and c
56. table terminal allows input of predetermined letters or numbers through a keypad etc which is disposed at one side of the portable terminal Further the portable termi nal inevitably has a limited size in order to secure its portabil ity Especially in order to secure a display unit having a proper size a small sized portable terminal may support a touch screen having a touch panel disposed in a display unit without a keypad In the meantime the conventional portable terminals require various input and output conditions for execution of user functions provided by the terminals For example in order to activate a user function based on a particular item a user of a conventional terminal may generate an input signal for the activation of a menu screen the identification of the activated menu screen for the selection of a desired item or for selection of a user function to be executed based on the selected item Therefore the conventional portable terminal is problematic in that it requires the execution of repetitive and unnecessary steps for use of a particular user function SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a portable terminal opera tion method and a portable terminal supporting the same which enables rapid and convenient operation of a user func tion in relation to a particular item on a touch screen In accordance with an aspect of the present invention a method of operating a portable terminal include
57. to a user function executed according to the changing of the image of the List2 item may be output at a portion in the background Although the above description employs a leftward touch drag event as an example the present invention is not limited to the described event That is the portable terminal of the present invention may change a predetermined portion of the image corresponding to the List2 item according to the touch drag event occurring rightward wherein the predeter mined portion may be a left end or a left portion Further function information Func which is the same as or differ ent from the function information displayed on the right portion of the background may be displayed on the left portion of the background FIG 5 illustrates a screen for describing an effect accord ing to movement of an item in a screen interface according to a third embodiment of the present invention Referring to FIG 5 the display unit 141 of the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a title area 13 and a list area 15 As shown the list area 15 includes one or more menu items in a predetermined arrangement therein In this state if the user of the portable terminal generates a touch event within a predetermined range in which a scroll does not occur based on a particular item as described above the portable terminal can activate a user function set for the particular item At this time
58. when the user performs a touch up event the por table terminal may restore the original image of the List2 item while uncrumpling the crumpled image FIG 7 illustrates a screen for describing an effect accord ing to movement of an item in a screen interface according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention Referring to FIG 7 the display unit 141 of the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a title area 13 and a list area 15 As shown the list area 15 includes one or more menu items in a predetermined arrangement In this state if the user of the portable terminal generates a touch event within a predetermined range in which a scroll does not occur based on a particular item as described above the portable terminal can activate a user function set for the particular item At this time as illustrated the user has appointed the List2 item and has generated a touch event corresponding to a leftward movement i e a leftward touch drag event on a touch panel corresponding to the area in which the particular item has been output the portable terminal can change a predetermined part of the List2 item according to occurrence of the touch drag event Specifically the portable terminal may display a shape in which the image corresponding to the List2 item rotates around a predetermined axis within an allocated area That is when the List2 item has a rectangular shape
59. wings are only the most exemplary embodiments of the present invention and cannot represent all the technical ideas of the present invention and can be replaced by various equivalents or modifications at the time of the present application The appointment described below implies the indication and touch of a particular item such as a menu item a content item or a communication log which is being output to the display unit and may correspond to a state just before execu tion ofa particular user function based on the particular item After appointing a particular item output to a display unit a user of the portable terminal can perform generation of an additional input signal for example generation of a touch event within a predetermined area defined by the portable terminal in order to activate a particular user function based on the particular item The state in which a particular item has been appointed may continue when an input signal pro vided to the particular item is maintained and may be inter rupted when the provided input signal is removed or when an additional input signal is provided after the removal of the initially provided signal For example the user may continu ously perform a first touch event for example a touch down event in the area in which the particular item is output in order to appoint the particular item or may remove the touch down event that is may generate a touch up event in or
60. y ofthe keypad in order to appoint the item Meanwhile as described above in order to identify the additional items provided by the corresponding menu in the screen 103 the user of the portable terminal may generate a touch event for the scrolling function That is the user ofthe portable terminal may perform a touch down event in a pre determined portion for example the List2 item of the list area 15 as shown in the screen 103 and then move a finger etc upward or downward as shown in the screen 105 Then in response to the occurrence ofthe touch down event in the list area 15 and the following upward or downward touch move or touch drag event in the state in which the touch down event is maintained the portableterminal may identify the events as an input signal for execution of the scroll function Then as shown in the screen 105 the portable terminal performs the scroll function and then changes the screen ofthe list area 15 In other words the portable terminal displays additional items which have not been displayed in the list area 15 on the display unit and removes the previous items which have been displayed in the list area 15 for example the items having been displayed on the upper or lower part of the list area 15 from the screen While performing the scroll func tion the portable terminal may cancel the effect being pro vided according to the touch of the List2 item in the screen 103 In other words th

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