# US 10,481,779 B2 · Electronic device having touch screen and function controlling method of the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,481,779 B2 - Document ID: US10481779B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/902,747 - Filed: 2018-02-22 - Published: 2018-07-05 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2007-12-20 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hui Chul Yang; Nho Kyung Hong; Jin Young Jeon; Tae Young Kang; In Won Jong - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10481779B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/04845: for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour - G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06T 11/10: Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) - H04N 23/633: {for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera} - G06T 2200/24: involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs] - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A method for providing a graphical user interface on a display of a device includes: displaying a photograph image on the display of the device; receiving a touch input made on the display; superimposedly displaying a plurality of control guides at a location corresponding to the touch input over the displayed photograph image in response to the touch input; receiving a drag input corresponding to one of the plurality of control guides displayed on the display; adjusting a display characteristic of the photograph image corresponding to the one of the plurality of control guides, in response to the drag input; and displaying the photograph image having the adjusted display characteristic on the display, wherein the display characteristic is a magnification of the photograph image. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image photographing method of an electronic device having a camera in which a plurality of applications including a camera application are installed, the method comprising: displaying a live preview image on a touch screen of the electronic device by executing the camera application of the plurality of applications, wherein the live preview image is obtained through the camera of the electronic device and is displayed for photographing an image; displaying together a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) items over the live preview image, wherein a first GUI item of the plurality of GUI items is for adjusting a visual characteristic of the live preview image and a second GUI item of the plurality of GUI items is for photographing an image; while receiving a drag associated with the first GUI item over the live preview image, adjusting the visual characteristic of the live preview image corresponding to the first GUI item and displaying the live preview image having the visual characteristic adjusted according to the drag on the touch screen; and in response to receiving a touch corresponding to the second GUI item of the plurality of GUI items, photographing an image having the visual characteristic adjusted according to the drag using the camera, wherein the first GUI item displayed over the live preview image includes an icon for indicating the visual characteristic of the live preview image. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the visual characteristic corresponding to the first GUI item of the plurality of GUI items is adjusted based on a direction of the drag. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the visual characteristic is a brightness of the live preview image. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of GUI items are symmetrically arranged with respect to the second GUI item for photographing an image. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the touch corresponding to the second GUI item of the plurality of GUI items is received while the plurality of GUI items is displayed over the live preview image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of GUI items are displayed together over the live preview image in response to receiving a touch over the live preview image. ### Claim 7 An electronic device having a camera in which a plurality of applications including a camera application are installed, the electronic device comprising: a memory storing instructions; and a processor configured to execute the stored instructions to at least: control to display a live preview image on a touch screen of the electronic device by executing the camera application of the plurality of applications, wherein the live preview image is obtained through the camera of the electronic device and is displayed for photographing an image; control to display together a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) items over the live preview image, wherein a first GUI item of the plurality of GUI items is for adjusting a visual characteristic of the live preview image and a second GUI item of the plurality of GUI items is for photographing an image; while receiving a drag associated with the first GUI item over the live preview image, control to adjust the visual characteristic of the live preview image corresponding to the first GUI item and display the live preview image having the visual characteristic adjusted according to the drag on the touch screen; and in response to receiving a touch corresponding to the second GUI item of the plurality of GUI items, control to photograph an image having the visual characteristic adjusted according to the drag using the camera, wherein the first GUI item displayed over the live preview image includes an icon for indicating the visual characteristic of the live preview image. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the visual characteristic corresponding to the first GUI item of the plurality of GUI items is adjusted based on a direction of the drag. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the visual characteristic is a brightness of the live preview image. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the plurality of GUI items are symmetrically arranged with respect to the second GUI item for photographing an image. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the touch corresponding to the second GUI item of the plurality of GUI items is received while the plurality of GUI items is displayed over the live preview image. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the plurality of GUI items are displayed together over the live preview image in response to receiving a touch over the live preview image. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing instructions including a camera application of a plurality of applications installed in an electronic device, the instructions executable by a processor of the electronic device to cause the processor to at least: control to display a live preview image on a touch screen of the electronic device by executing the camera application of the plurality of applications, wherein the live preview image is obtained through a camera of the electronic device and is displayed for photographing an image; control to display together a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) items over the live preview image, wherein a first GUI item of the plurality of GUI items is for adjusting a visual characteristic of the live preview image and a second GUI item of the plurality of GUI items is for photographing an image; while receiving a drag associated with the first GUI item over the live preview image, control to adjust the visual characteristic of the live preview image corresponding to the first GUI item and display the live preview image having the visual characteristic adjusted according to the drag on the touch screen; and in response to receiving a touch corresponding to the second GUI item of the plurality of GUI items, control to photograph an image having the visual characteristic adjusted according to the drag using the camera, wherein the first GUI item displayed over the live preview image includes an icon for indicating the visual characteristic of the live preview image. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 13, wherein the visual characteristic corresponding to the first GUI item of the plurality of GUI items is adjusted based on a direction of the drag. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 13, wherein the visual characteristic is a brightness of the live preview image. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 13, wherein the plurality of GUI items are symmetrically arranged with respect to the second GUI item for photographing an image. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 13, wherein the touch corresponding to the second GUI item of the plurality of GUI items is received while the plurality of GUI items is displayed over the live preview image. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable recording medium of claim 13, wherein the plurality of GUI items are displayed together over the live preview image in response to receiving a touch over the live preview image. ### Claim 19 An electronic device having a plurality of applications installed therein, the plurality of applications including a first application for playing back audio files and a second application for photographing images, the electronic device comprising: a camera; a memory storing instructions; and a processor configured to execute the stored instructions to at least: control to display a first plurality of GUI items on a touch screen of the electronic device by executing the first application, wherein a first GUI item of the first plurality of GUI items is for adjusting a volume of an audio file being played back based on a touch on the first GUI item, and a second GUI item of the first plurality of GUI items is for skipping to another audio file based on a touch on the second GUI item; control to display together a second plurality of GUI items over a live preview image being displayed on the touch screen of the electronic device by executing the second application, wherein a first GUI item of the second plurality of GUI items is for adjusting a visual characteristic of the live preview image and a second GUI item of the second plurality of GUI items is for photographing an image, wherein the live preview image is obtained through the camera of the electronic device and is displayed for photographing an image; while receiving a drag associated with the first GUI item of the second plurality of GUI items over the live preview image, control to adjust the visual characteristic of the live preview image corresponding to the first GUI item of the second plurality of GUI items and display the live preview image having the visual characteristic adjusted according to the drag on the touch screen; and in response to receiving a touch corresponding to the second GUI item of the second plurality of GUI items, control to photograph an image having the visual characteristic adjusted according to the drag using the camera, wherein the first GUI item displayed over the live preview image includes an icon for indicating the visual characteristic of the live preview image. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the visual characteristic corresponding to the first GUI item of the second plurality of GUI items is adjusted based on a direction of the drag. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the visual characteristic is a brightness of the live preview image. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the plurality of GUI items are symmetrically arranged with respect to the second GUI item for photographing an image. ### Claim 23 (depends on 19) The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the touch corresponding to the second GUI item of the plurality of GUI items is received while the plurality of GUI items is displayed over the live preview image. ### Claim 24 (depends on 19) The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the plurality of GUI items are displayed together over the live preview image in response to receiving a touch over the live preview image.