# US 2014/0157182 A1 · Method and apparatus for executing function executing command through gesture input > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0157182 A1 - Document ID: US20140157182A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/095,025 - Filed: 2013-12-03 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-03 - Inventors: Jungsoo KIM - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140157182A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract There are provided a method and an apparatus for executing a function executing command through a gesture input, and more particularly, a method and an apparatus for executing a function executing command by recognizing a gesture input performed in a text input field displayed on a touch screen display. The method for executing a function executing command through a gesture input includes displaying a keyboard window for inputting text and a text input field for displaying the text inputted by the keyboard window on a touch screen display; recognizing a gesture input performed in the text input field; and executing a function executing command corresponding to the gesture input only when the text displayed in the text input field is not selected. A user can intuitively execute function executing commands by recognizing a gesture input in a text input field with ease when the function executing command is input through a touch screen display. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for executing a function executing command through a gesture input, the method comprising: displaying a keyboard window for inputting text and a text input field for displaying the text inputted by the keyboard window on a touch screen display; recognizing a gesture input performed in the text input field; and executing a function executing command corresponding to the gesture input only when the text displayed in the text input field is not selected, wherein the text input field for displaying the input text and the keyboard window for inputting the text are formed in different areas from each other, a display area hidden by a menu window or an icon on the touch screen display is minimized, the gesture input is a drag input, and the function executing command is a command for replacing a command corresponding to the menu window or the icon of an application being currently run. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the function executing command is one of commands including a menu window calling command, an information sending command, a contact information attaching command, a file attaching command, a decorating command, an emoticon inserting command, a message deleting command, a useful sentences adding command, a spam number registering command, a recipient adding command, a unread displaying command, a moving command, a user adding command, a printing command, a user designating command, and a setting changing command. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein in the recognizing of the gesture input, a gesture input performed from an upper area, a lower area, a left area, or a right area of the text input field is recognized. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein in the recognizing of the gesture input, a gesture input performed from an upper right area, a lower right area, an upper left area, or a lower left area of the text input field is recognized. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein an image representing that the gesture input is able to be performed is displayed in each of the areas of the text input field. ### Claim 6 An apparatus including a touch screen display, the apparatus comprising: a display that displays an image; a touch screen display that recognizes a gesture input; and a processor that changes the gesture input to a function executing command, wherein the display displays a keyboard window for inputting text and a text input field for displaying the text inputted by the keyboard window on the touch screen display, the touch screen display recognizes the gesture input performed in the text input field, the processor executes the function executing command corresponding to the gesture input only when the text displayed in the text input field is not selected, a display area hidden by a menu window or an icon on the touch screen display is minimized, the gesture input is a drag input, and the function executing command is a command for replacing a command corresponding to the menu window or the icon of an application being currently run. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the function executing command is one of commands including a menu window calling command, an information sending command, a contact information attaching command, a file attaching command, a decorating command, an emoticon inserting command, a message deleting command, a useful sentences adding command, a spam number registering command, a recipient adding command, a unread displaying command, a moving command, a user adding command, a printing command, a user designating command, and a setting changing command. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the touch screen display that recognizes the gesture input recognizes a gesture input performed from an upper area, a lower area, a left area, or a right area of the text input field. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the touch screen display that recognizes the gesture input recognizes a gesture input performed from an upper right area, a lower right area, an upper left area, or a lower left area of the text input field. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein an image representing that the gesture input is able to be performed is displayed in each of the areas of the text input field. ### Claim 11 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein an image representing that the gesture input is able to be performed is displayed in each of the areas of the text input field. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein an image representing that the gesture input is able to be performed is displayed in each of the areas of the text input field.