Electronic apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDong-heon LEE, Jung-geun KIM, Sung-hyun JANG, Jae-kwon KIM
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Abstract
A control method of an electronic apparatus is provided, including displaying a pointing graphical user interface (GUI) which performs a pointing function in a pointing control mode, converting the pointing GUI into a four-directional GUI to control four-directional movement of a predetermined object and changing to the four-directional control mode when a predetermined event occurs, and controlling the four-directional movement of the predetermined object according to manipulation of the four-directional GUI.
Claims18
A control method of an electronic apparatus which supports a pointing control mode and a four-directional control mode, the control method comprising:
- displaying a pointing graphical user interface (GUI) which performs a pointing function in the pointing control mode on a display;
- converting the pointing GUI into a four-directional GUI to control four-directional movement of a predetermined object, and changing to the four-directional control mode when a predetermined event occurs;
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- controlling the four-directional movement of the predetermined object according to manipulation of the four-directional GUI.
An electronic apparatus which supports a pointing control mode and a four-directional control mode, the electronic apparatus comprising:
- a display which displays a pointing graphical user interface (GUI) which performs a pointing function in the pointing control mode;
- a user interface which receives a command;
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- a controller which converts the pointing GUI into a four-directional GUI to control four-directional movement of a predetermined object and changes to the four-directional control mode when a predetermined event occurs, and controls the four-directional movement of the predetermined object according to manipulation of the four-directional GUI.
A method of controlling a graphical user interface (GUI) on an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:
- displaying one of a pointing graphical user interface (GUI) and a four-directional graphical user interface (GUI) on a display of the electronic apparatus according to a motion received by a user;
- controlling a movement of one of the pointing GUI and the four-directional GUI to select an item on the display according to a motion received by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.