Method and apparatus for controlling content playback
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorHyoung-Suk Kong
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus are provided for controlling content in an electronic device. A gesture detection area that detects a gesture of a user is displayed, when a display unit of the electronic device is deformed during content playback. A range of the gesture detection area corresponds to a degree of the content playback. The gesture of the user is detected in the gesture detection area. The content being played is controlled in accordance with the gesture of the user.
Claims15
A method for controlling an electronic-book (e-book) in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- displaying a page of the e-book;
- detecting a deformation of a display unit of the electronic device;
- displaying a gesture detection area adjacent to the displayed page in a form of a side of an actual book in response to detecting the deformation of the display unit of the electronic device, a size of the gesture detection area being proportional to an amount of next pages or previous pages of the e-book;
- detecting a touch input of a user;
- determining, based on the touch input, a size of a touch area included within the gesture detection area in an entire area touched by the user;
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- controlling a function of the e-book according to the touch input of the user,
- wherein a turning direction of the page is preset in the gesture detection area,
- wherein when the size of the touch area is greater than or equal to a threshold, the page is turned at a speed faster than a reference speed,
- wherein when the size of the touch area is less than the threshold, the page is turned at a speed slower than the reference speed.
An apparatus for controlling an electronic-book (e-book) of an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:
- a display unit configured to be deformable and to display a page of the e-book;
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- a processor configured to:
- detect a deformation of the display unit of the electronic device;
- control the display unit to display a gesture detection area adjacent to the displayed page in a form of a side of an actual book in response to detecting the deformation of the display unit of the electronic device, a size of the gesture detection area being proportional to an amount of next pages or previous pages of the e-book;
- detect a touch input of a user;
- determining, based on the touch input, a size of a touch area included within the gesture detection area in an entire area touched by the user;
- and
- control a function of the e-book according to the touch input of the user,
- wherein a turning direction of the page is preset in the gesture detection area, and
- wherein when the size of the touch area is greater than or equal to a threshold, the page is turned at a speed faster than a reference speed,
- wherein when the size of the touch area is less than the threshold, the page is turned at a speed slower than the reference speed.
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon, which, when executed by a computer, performs:
- displaying a page of the e-book;
- detecting a deformation of a display unit of the electronic device;
- displaying a gesture detection area adjacent to the displayed page in a form of a side of an actual book in response to detecting the deformation of the display unit of the electronic device, a size of the gesture detection area being proportional to an amount of next pages or previous pages of the e-book;
- detecting a touch input of a user;
- and
- determining, based on the touch input, a size of a touch area included within the gesture detection area in an entire area touched by the user;
- controlling a function of the e-book according to the touch input of the user,
- wherein a turning direction of the page is preset in the gesture detection area, and
- wherein when the size of the touch area is greater than or equal to a threshold, the page is turned at a speed faster than a reference speed,
- wherein when the size of the touch area is less than the threshold, the page is turned at a speed slower than the reference speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.