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US 8,806,380 B2Granted
Digital device and user interface control method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMin-jeong Moon, Young-mi Kang, Young-sun Kim, Joon-kyu Seo, Yoon-ji Kim
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Abstract
A digital device and a UI control method thereof are provided. A user interface (UI) generator generates a UI, a controller controls the UI generator to generate a UI which includes a menu area to display a list of contents for a sub-category from one or more sub-categories and a scroll bar to display information on the respective sub-categories, and a display unit displays the generated UI.
Claims18
A digital device comprising:
- a user interface (UI) generator which generates a UI;
- a controller which controls the UI generator to generate a UI which includes a menu area to display a list of contents for each sub-category of one or more sub-categories and a scroll bar to display information on respective sub-categories of the one or more sub-categories;
- and
- a display unit which displays the generated UI,
- wherein the UI generator divides the scroll bar to generate a plurality of areas corresponding to the respective sub-categories, and
- when one of the plurality of areas corresponding to the respective sub-categories is selected by a user input, the controller controls a cursor to be positioned on one of contents included in the sub-category corresponding to the selected area,
- wherein the cursor is moved between the scroll bar and the menu area corresponding to the user input, and a selected portion of the divided scroll bar area and a selected portion of the menu area are highlighted when the cursor is placed on the respective selective portions.
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A method of controlling a user interface (UI) of a digital device, the method comprising:
- generating a user interface;
- displaying a list of contents for each sub-category of one or more sub-categories in a menu area of the UI;
- displaying a scroll bar which displays information on respective sub-categories of the one or more sub-categories on the UI,
- dividing the scroll bar to generate a plurality of areas corresponding to the respective sub-categories, and
- selecting one of the scroll bar and the menu area by using a cursor which is movable between the scroll bar and the menu area;
- wherein when one of the plurality of areas corresponding to the respective sub-categories is selected by a user input, controlling a cursor to be positioned on one of contents included in the sub-category corresponding to the selected area, and
- a selected portion of the divided scroll bar area and a selected portion of the menu area are highlighted when the cursor is placed on the respective selective portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.