Method for providing user interface for each user and device applying the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKa-won Cheon, Pil-seung Yang, Yeo-jun Yoon, Kuk-hyun Han
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are a method and device for providing a user interface that displays an icon indicating that a user has approached, if the user approaches an approach recognition area, and displays a personalized area allocated to the user, if a manipulation to select the icon is input. Accordingly, the user uses the device simply by approaching the device without going through an extra log-in process, so that the user can use the device more easily.
Claims16
A method for providing a user interface for each user of a display apparatus comprising a display, the method comprising:
- detecting whether a user approaches an approach recognition area;
- displaying a Graphic User Interface (GUI) indicating that the user has approached the approach recognition area in response to the user approaching the approach recognition area;
- and
- displaying a personalized area, which is usable a screen area allocated to the user, in response to a manipulation to select the GUI being inputted,
- wherein a position where the GUI is displayed varies according to a direction in which the user approaches.
A display apparatus comprising:
- an approach recognition unit which detects whether a user approaches an approach recognition area;
- a display unit which displays an input image;
- and
- a controller which, controls the display unit to display a Graphic User Interface (GUI) indicating that the user has approached the approach recognition area in response to the user approaching the approach recognition area, and controls the display unit to display a personalized area, which is a usable screen area allocated to the user, in response to a manipulation to select the GUI being inputted,
- wherein a position where the GUI is displayed varies according to a direction in which the user approaches.
A method for providing a user interface for each user of a display apparatus comprising a display, the method comprising:
- detecting whether a user approaches an approach recognition area;
- displaying a specific Graphic User Interface (GUI) in response to the user approaching the approach recognition area;
- detecting a user's movement within the approach recognition area;
- and
- moving the specific GUI on a screen according to the user's movement in response to the user's movement being detected,
- wherein the GUI is displayed in a different position according to a direction in which the user approaches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.