Method for displaying background screen in mobile terminal

• US 10,409,452 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2017
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Young-Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Weng, Pei Yong
• Application Number:
  US15/710,112
• Publication Number:
  US 20180011624A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations

Abstract

A method for displaying a background screen in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes resizing at least one of a plurality of background screens according to a first input, displaying at least one of the at least one resized background screen, detecting a second input, and transitioning among the resized background screens based on the detected second input, wherein the background screens respectively include an icon.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a screen in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

displaying, via a display including a touch screen of the mobile communication terminal, at least one background screen;

displaying at least one of a plurality of screens over the at least one background screens;

detecting a first touch input;

resizing at least two of the plurality of screens according to the first touch input, each of the plurality of screens including at least one icon, such that at least a portion of the at least one icon included in each of the at least two screens is resized within the corresponding resized screen;

displaying, via the display, at least one of the at least two resized screens over at least a portion of the displayed at least one background screen, wherein a transparency of the at least two resized screens is changed;

detecting, via the display, a second touch input; and

scrolling, via the display, among the at least two resized screens based on the detected second touch input.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when one of the at least two resized screens is selected, transitioning to a screen corresponding to the selected screen.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when a third touch input is input while the at least two resized screens are displayed, stopping the displaying of the at least two resized screens.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least two resized screens are displayed with a background element to distinguish the at least two resized screens from the at least one background screen.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the at least one of the at least two resized screens comprises:

displaying a first screen and at least a portion of at least one second screen, as at least partially overlapped with the at least one background screen.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first touch input is a touch input held for at least a predefined period of time.

7. A mobile communication terminal for displaying a background screen, the mobile communication terminal comprising:

a display including a touch screen; and

at least one processor configured to;

display at least one background screen on the display,

display at least one of a plurality of screens over the at least one background screen,

detect a first touch input,

resize at least two of the plurality of screens according to the first touch input, each of the plurality of screens including at least one icon, such that at least a portion of the at least one icon included in each of the at least two screens is resized within the corresponding resized screen,

display at least one of the at least two resized screens over at least a portion of the displayed at least one background screen on the display, wherein a transparency of the at least two resized screens is changed,

detect a second touch input, and

scroll among the at least two resized screens based on the detected second touch input.

8. The mobile communication terminal of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, when one of the at least two resized screens is selected, transition to a screen corresponding to the selected screen.

9. The mobile communication terminal of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, when a third touch input is input while the at least two resized screens are displayed, stop the displaying of the at least two resized screens.

10. The mobile communication terminal of claim 7, wherein the at least two resized screens are displayed with a background element to distinguish the at least two resized screens from the at least one background screen.

11. The mobile communication terminal of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display a first screen and at least a portion of at least one second screen, as at least partially overlapped with the at least one background screen.

12. The mobile communication terminal of claim 7, wherein the first touch input is a touch input held for at least a predefined period of time.