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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 03, 2012
Yung Kwan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yong Jin Kwon, Suwon-si, KR;
Ki Won Lee, Incheon, KR;
Ho Shin Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyo Jin Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jung Sic Sung, Yongin-si, KR;
Yung Kwan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yong Jin Kwon, Suwon-si, KR;
Ki Won Lee, Incheon, KR;
Ho Shin Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyo Jin Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jung Sic Sung, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for navigating content larger than a display screen of a terminal using a pointing device are provided. The method includes acquiring, when a pointing position is changed on a screen partially displaying a content that is larger than the screen, a current pointing position by tracking the change of the pointing position, comparing an X axis displacement and a Y axis displacement from an initial pointing position as a starting position to the current pointing position with a predefined X axis threshold value and Y axis threshold value, respectively, determining a movement direction as one of an X axis, a Y axis, and an XY (diagonal) axis directions based on the comparison result, and scrolling the content in the movement direction to display an off-screen part of the content.