Method and apparatus for displaying letters on touch screen of terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSung Pil CHO
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for displaying letters and images on a touch screen of a terminal is disclosed. When a region on the touch screen is designated, in a block, according to a touch from a user, the at least one of letters and images contained in the designated block are displayed on an area in the touch screen, as a pop up screen. Thereby, users are able to more easily recognize the at least one of the letters and images currently designated by the block.
Claims18
A method for displaying letters on a touch screen of a terminal, the method comprising:
- designating a region on the touch screen, in a block, according to a touch from a user;
- and
- displaying at least one of letters and images, contained in the designated block, on an area in the touch screen, as a pop-up screen.
An apparatus for displaying letters on a touch screen of a terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a touch screen, the touch screen including a display window for displaying a region designated in a block, as a pop-up screen, and a touch pad for detecting a drag motion according to a touch from a user;
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- a controller for performing a control operation to display at least one of the letters and images, contained in the designated block, on an area in the touch screen, as the pop-up screen.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable recording medium having computer readable program code stored therein for causing an electronic processor to display letters on a touch screen of a terminal, the computer readable program code comprising:
- a first computer readable program code for causing the computer to designate a region on the touch screen, in a block, according to a touch from a user;
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- a second computer readable program code for causing the computer to display at least one of letters and images, contained in the designated block, on an area in the touch screen, as a pop-up screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.