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US 11,893,200 B2Granted
User interface display method and apparatus therefor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSung-Jin Yoon
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Abstract
A user interface (UI) display method is provided. The UI display method includes displaying an operation window including one or more setting items on a screen, and if a first one of the setting items is inputted, causing at least a part or all of the remaining operation window part except for the first item not to be displayed on the screen.
Claims11
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a touch display;
- at least one processor;
- and
- a machine-readable storage medium storing a program including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- control the touch display to display a first screen,
- while displaying the first screen, identify an input for displaying an operation window,
- based on identifying the input, control the touch display to display the operation window on at least part of the first screen, wherein the operation window comprises at least one icon and a brightness adjusting area comprising a scroll bar and an indicator indicating a point on the scroll bar, wherein the at least one icon is for controlling at least one function of the electronic apparatus and/or for notifying at least one event occurred in the electronic apparatus, wherein a brightness of the touch display corresponds to the point on the scroll bar which is indicated by the indicator,
- while displaying the operation window on the at least part of the first screen, identify a touch drag input corresponding to the brightness adjusting area,
- adjust the brightness of the touch display based on the touch drag input, wherein a part of the operation window is not displayed so that a portion of the first screen underneath the part of the operation window is visible together with the brightness adjusting area while the brightness of the touch display is adjusted, wherein a position of the point indicated by the indicator is changed according to the touch drag input,
- while displaying the portion of the first screen underneath the part of the operation window with the brightness adjusting area, identify a release of the touch drag input, and
- based on identifying the release of the touch drag input, control the touch display to display the operation window by displaying the part of the operation window over the portion of the first screen.
8 more elements
A user interface (UI) display method comprising:
- displaying, on a touch display of an electronic apparatus, a first screen;
- while displaying the first screen, identifying an input for displaying an operation window;
- based on identifying the input, displaying, on the touch display, the operation window on at least part of the first screen, wherein the operation window comprises at least one icon and a brightness adjusting area comprising a scroll bar and an indicator indicating a point on the scroll bar, wherein the at least one icon is for controlling at least one function of the electronic apparatus and/or for notifying at least one event occurred in the electronic apparatus, wherein a brightness of the touch display corresponds to the point on the scroll bar which is indicated by the indicator;
- while displaying the operation window on the at least part of the first screen, identifying a touch drag input corresponding to the brightness adjusting area;
- adjusting the brightness of the touch display based on the touch drag input, wherein a part of the operation window is not displayed so that a portion of the first screen underneath the part of the operation window is visible together with the brightness adjusting area while the brightness of the touch display is adjusted, wherein a position of the point indicated by the indicator is changed according to the touch drag input;
- while displaying the portion of the first screen underneath the part of the operation window with the brightness adjusting area, identifying a release of the touch drag input;
- and
- based on identifying the release of the touch drag input, displaying, on the touch display, the operation window by displaying the part of the operation window over the portion of the first screen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.