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20090049411 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL PORTABLE DEVICE BASED ON GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A method and apparatus capable of inputting various commands, such as rotating, touching, and clicking commands, in an integrated manner in order to select a displayed menu via a rotatable input interface having a sensor. The method includes moving through a menu displayed on a screen of the portable device in response to a rotation signal generated by a rotatable input interface included in the portable device; searching a plurality of lower lists included in the menu by using a sensor included in the input interface, in response to a direction signal indicating one direction; and selecting a desired item from the menu or the searched lower lists in response to an execution signal generated by the input interface. | 02-19-2009 |
20090064047 | HYPERLINK SELECTION METHOD USING TOUCHSCREEN AND MOBILE TERMINAL OPERATING WITH HYPERLINK SELECTION METHOD - A method of selecting one of a plurality of hyperlinks of a webpage viewed on a touchscreen of a mobile terminal is provided. A hyperlink selection method using a touchscreen includes detecting an occurrence of a touch event in which a touch point on the touchscreen displaying a webpage including a plurality of hyperlinks is touched, determining a number of hyperlinks involved in the touch event, displaying icons corresponding to the hyperlinks if the number of hyperlinks involved in the touch event is greater than or equal to two, and selecting an icon in response to movement of the touch point to one of the displayed icons. | 03-05-2009 |
20100110229 | Terminal having photographing function and display method for the same - Provided are a terminal having a photographing function and a displaying method for the terminal. The displaying method includes generating a plurality of process images by processing an original image, which is an image shown through a lens of the terminal, several times using different setup information each time, and displaying the generated plurality of process images on a plurality of buttons. Accordingly, even when a user is not proficient with how to obtain a high quality photograph by setting setup information, such as a focus, exposure, etc. and with operating the buttons, the user can select a process image, which seems to be the most preferable to the user, from among the process images, and thus the user can easily find the optimum setup information with a simple button operation. | 05-06-2010 |
20110083103 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING GUI USING MOTION AND DISPLAY APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - A method for providing a Graphic User Interface (GUI) and a display apparatus applying the same are provided. According to the method, a screen on a specific face is displayed on a Three Dimensional (3D) GUI, and if a user's manipulation is inputted when the screen of the specific face is displayed, a screen of at least one of adjoining face that corresponds to a direction of the user's manipulation, is displayed. As a result, a user is able to select a desired menu with increased ease and convenience. | 04-07-2011 |
20120017176 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING A MENU - A method and apparatus for displaying a menu. The method includes displaying a menu page including menu items on a menu region of a display; allocating an information region on a portion of the menu region; dividing and reconfiguring the menu page in units of small pages according to a size of a reduced menu region caused by a simultaneous display of the information region and the menu page; and displaying the reconfigured menu page on the reduced menu region. | 01-19-2012 |
20120047441 | UPDATE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - An update management method and apparatus therefor are provided, the update management method including the operations of storing one or more pieces of update information related to at least one channel from a plurality of channels in a storage unit of a user terminal; and displaying the one or more pieces of update information in the related at least one channel. | 02-23-2012 |
20120088489 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PORTABLE TERMINAL - Provided is an apparatus and method for controlling a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a contact sensing unit which senses an area of an external surface of the portable terminal contacted by a user as the user holds the portable terminal, a recognizing unit which recognizes a function mode of the portable terminal based on information about the contacted area sensed by the contact sensing unit, and a control unit which changes the portable terminal to a function mode recognized by the recognizing unit. Since a function mode of the portable terminal is controlled according to the way a user holds the portable terminal, convenience of changing a function mode of the portable terminal is provided through a single manipulation. | 04-12-2012 |
20120124513 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE CAPABLE OF INTUITIVELY EDITING AND BROWSING FOLDER - Provided is a method and apparatus for displaying a user interface by displaying a first screen including at least one icon and a second screen including a first region obtained by reducing the size of the first screen 3-Dimensionally depending on an input of a user to edit or browse a folder, and a second region displaying folder content. | 05-17-2012 |
20120162213 | THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISPLAY TERMINAL APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An operating method of a three dimensional (3D) display terminal apparatus includes displaying a plurality of objects with different degrees of perceived depths, and changing display state of the plurality of objects according to a user's manipulation. The user's manipulation includes a plurality of touch modes which are perceived as different depths corresponding to the degrees of perceived depths, and the plurality of touch modes include a direct touch mode and a near touch mode. As a result, the terminal apparatus is operated with increased ease. | 06-28-2012 |
20120176403 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDITING TOUCH DISPLAY - A method and an apparatus are provided for editing a display of a touch display apparatus. A first screen including at least one object is displayed. An object on the first screen is designated. The touch display apparatus is converted to an edit mode for editing the display, when the object is designated. When a movement of the touch display apparatus is detected, the first screen is converted into a second screen according to at least one of a degree and a direction of the movement. The designated object is displayed on the second screen. | 07-12-2012 |
20120194507 | MOBILE APPARATUS DISPLAYING A 3D IMAGE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LAYERS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A mobile apparatus is provided including a display unit which displays layers in different depth degrees from each other and displays a plurality of layers which are arranged in a depth direction of a screen in | 08-02-2012 |
20130021279 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method of providing feedback in a portable terminal by displaying a three dimensional screen, determining whether a user input in the three dimensional screen is detected; extracting a disparity of a specific content or a specific content output area layer corresponding to the detected user input, determining at least one of an intensity of feedback and a pattern of feedback corresponding to the extracted disparity, and providing feedback according to the at least one of the determined intensity of feedback and pattern of feedback. | 01-24-2013 |
20140115537 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING GUI USING MOTION AND DISPLAY APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - A method of displaying a three-dimensional (3D) graphical user interface (GUI) on a mobile phone, including controlling, by a processor of the mobile phone, a display of the mobile device to display a first face of a 3D GUI, the first face comprising a GUI menu of the GUI, and a second face of the 3D GUI, the second face comprising image information of the GUI; detecting, by a sensor of the mobile phone, a physical slanting of the mobile phone; and displaying the image information of second face of the 3D GUI as being slanted to correspond to the physical slanting. | 04-24-2014 |
20140167929 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES IN HOME NETWORK SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for controlling groups of devices in a home network system are provided. The method includes receiving a request message for executing a first operation mode from a mobile station through the Internet, reading a control list stored for the first operation mode, in order to determine home devices associated with the first operation mode and in order to determine functions of the home devices, in response to the request message, transmitting control commands, instructing the home devices to execute the functions, to the home devices, respectively, according to the control list, and reporting the results of execution of the functions, according to the control commands, to the mobile station. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172378 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING FLOOR PLAN OF BUILDING - An apparatus and a method for creating a floor plan of a building using a program that supports an editing operation of an interior structural drawing are provided. The method includes receiving a request of a user from a User Interface (UI) unit, searching at least one of a DataBase (DB) and an external DB, which is accessible through a communication unit, based on the basic layout information to obtain at least one recommended interior structural drawing, providing the at least one recommended interior structural drawing through the UI unit, editing the interior structural drawing selected by the user based on extended layout information. | 06-19-2014 |
20140195982 | PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING DISPLAY BUTTONS AND METHOD OF INPUTTING FUNCTIONS USING DISPLAY BUTTONS - A portable terminal having display buttons for displaying images corresponding to specific functions through keys pressed by a user, and a method of inputting functions of the portable terminal using the display buttons. The portable terminal includes: a controller which receives signals corresponding to a user key pressed from the plurality of input buttons and outputs image data to be displayed on each of the plurality of input buttons using the received signals; and a plurality of buttons for inputting a key from a user and outputting a signal corresponding to the key pressed, and for receiving the image data from the controller and displaying the received image data. Accordingly, by using the display buttons for displaying variable images corresponding to specific functions as well as an essential function of inputting keys from a user when a specific function is input in the portable terminal such as a cell phone, a plurality of functions can be input with only a limited number of buttons, providing speed and convenience to the user for function input. | 07-10-2014 |
20140306885 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PORTABLE TERMINAL - Provided is an apparatus and method for controlling a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a contact sensing unit which senses an area of an external surface of the portable terminal contacted by a user as the user holds the portable terminal, a recognizing unit which recognizes a function mode of the portable terminal based on information about the contacted area sensed by the contact sensing unit, and a control unit which changes the portable terminal to a function mode recognized by the recognizing unit. Since a function mode of the portable terminal is controlled according to the way a user holds the portable terminal, convenience of changing a function mode of the portable terminal is provided through a single manipulation. | 10-16-2014 |
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20140172123 | USER TERMINAL APPARATUS, NETWORK APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A network apparatus including a communicator to perform communication with a plurality of devices and a user terminal apparatus to control the plurality of devices is provided. A controller generates control signals to control the plurality of devices based on a user command received from the user terminal apparatus, and controls the communicator to transmit the control signals to the plurality of devices; wherein, in response to a predetermined control pattern to sequentially control the plurality of devices being detected, the controller generates and transmits macro information which corresponds to the detected control pattern to the user terminal apparatus. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172556 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE ADVERTISEMENT DATA BASED ON DEVICE INFORMATION AND OPERATIONAL INFORMATION OF APPARATUSES - A method provides advertisement data including obtaining device information and operational information from one or more user apparatuses, transmitting the obtained device information and the obtained operational information to an advertisement data providing server, receiving advertisement data selected by the advertisement providing server on a basis of the obtained device information and the obtained operational information transmitted to advertisement providing server, and transmitting the received advertisement data to an advertisement data display device, wherein the obtained operational information is information on a use pattern of the one or more user apparatuses. | 06-19-2014 |
20140380234 | USER TERMINAL AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, CONTROL DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND CONTROL SYSTEM OF CONTROLLED DEVICE - A user terminal and a driving method thereof, a control device and a driving method thereof, and a control system of a controlled device are provided. The user terminal includes: a communication interface configured to communicate with a plurality of controlled devices which are operated based on individually set setting values; a user interface configured to receive an adjustment value for collectively controlling the plurality of controlled devices as a group; and a controller configured to individually adjust each of the setting values based on a ratio which relates to the received adjustment value, and to control the plurality of controlled devices based on the adjusted setting values. | 12-25-2014 |
20150188724 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND CONTROLLING METHODS THEREOF - A display apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and controlling methods are provided. The display apparatus includes: a communicator to communicate with a terminal apparatus or a relay server in order to receive collected status information about at least one peripheral device from the terminal apparatus, a display unit to display a user interface (UI) screen; and a controller to generate a control UI for controlling the at least one peripheral device or a security UI for monitoring a peripheral space through the at least one peripheral device based on the status information about the at least one peripheral device and based on whether a communication with the terminal apparatus is possible, thereby controlling a home device t in real time according to a communication status with the terminal apparatus. | 07-02-2015 |
20150192939 | HOME SERVER FOR CONTROLLING NETWORK AND NETWORK CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND HOME NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A home server, method, and system are provided. The method includes receiving user request information from a user terminal; collecting characteristic information of an environment in which the home server is provided; predicting a driving condition for driving a device in the home network so that the characteristic information matches the user request information; transmitting the driving condition to the user terminal; and controlling the at device according to the driving condition in response to receiving a confirm command for the driving condition from the user terminal. | 07-09-2015 |