Electronic apparatus and method for displaying contents thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHa-na Kim, Soo-hong Kim
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes a display and a processor for controlling the display. In response to the electronic apparatus operating in a first operating mode, the processor displays a content screen including a background image layer with a rear background image of the electronic apparatus and an object layer with a graphic object in the display. In response to receiving a convert command to convert to a second operating mode, the processor decreases a resolution of the content screen displayed in the display and adds a content layer including a content image enlarged gradually from a region of the content screen to the an entirety of the content screen.
Claims15
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- based on the electronic apparatus being operated in a first operating mode, control the display to display a first layer comprising a rear background image of the electronic apparatus and a graphic object, and
- based on receiving a convert command to convert to a second operating mode, control the display to add a content layer that includes a content image enlarged gradually from a region of the displayed first layer to an entirety of a screen of the display, wherein the rear background image remains displayed while the content image is gradually enlarging,
- wherein the processor is further configured to remove the rear background image from the display based on the content layer being enlarged to be of equal size to the entirety of the screen of the display,
- wherein the first layer further comprises a shadow image, and
- wherein the processor is further configured to, based on receiving the convert command to convert to the second operating mode, remove the shadow image.
A method for displaying contents of an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:
- displaying, based on the electronic apparatus being operated in a first operating mode, a first layer comprising a rear background image of the electronic apparatus and a graphic object;
- based on receiving a convert command to convert to a second operating mode, adding a content layer that includes a content image enlarged gradually from a region of the displayed first layer to an entirety of a screen of a display,
- wherein the rear background image remains displayed while the content image is gradually enlarging;
- and
- removing the rear background image from the display based on the content layer being enlarged to be of equal size to the entirety of the screen of the display,
- wherein the first layer further comprises a shadow image,
- wherein the method further comprises, based on the first operating mode being converted to the second operating mode, removing the shadow image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.