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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Doo-Suk Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Kwang-Weon Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Seung-Soo Woo, Suwon-si, KR;
Bo-Kun Choi, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/34 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G09G 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/003 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/1454 (2013.01); G09G 5/34 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04804 (2013.01); G09G 5/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method of controlling screens in a device are provided. The apparatus includes a display configured to include a first screen and a second screen overlapped over the first screen, and a controller configured to control display of partial information of the first screen hidden by the second screen to be viewable by changing an attribute of the second screen, upon detecting a gesture on the second screen while information is being displayed separately on the first and second screens.