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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Hui Chul Yang, Seoul, KR;
Nho Kyung Hong, Seoul, KR;
Jin Young Jeon, Seoul, KR;
Tae Young Kang, Uijeongbu-si, KR;
In Won Jong, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method for providing a graphical user interface on a display of a device includes displaying a photograph image on the display of the device, detecting a touch on the display, providing a plurality of control guides at a location corresponding to the touch over the displayed photograph image, in response to detecting the touch, detecting a first drag in a first direction corresponding to a first one of the plurality of control guides provided on the display, removing the plurality of control guides from the display in response to detecting the first drag, detecting a second drag in a second direction different from the first direction of the first drag and corresponding to a second one of the plurality of control guides, the second drag is performed while maintaining touch on the display after the first drag is performed, adjusting a display characteristic of the photograph image corresponding to the second one of the plurality of control guides corresponding to the second drag, and displaying the photograph image having the adjusted display characteristic on the display in response to detecting the second drag.