Apparatus and method for displaying data using afterimage effect in mobile communication terminal

• US 20060171360A1
• Filed: 11/18/2005
• Published: 08/03/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Dong-Woo, Kim, Dong-Sub, Kim, Hak-Yeol
• Application Number:
  US11/281,716
• Publication Number:
  US 20060171360A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/335
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0414 Vertical resolution change
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/005 forming an image using a quickly moving array of imaging elements, causing the human eye to perceive an image which has a larger resolution than the array, e.g. an image on a cylinder formed by a rotating line of LEDs parallel to the axis of rotation
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3611 Control of matrices with row and column drivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/22 Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

An apparatus and method for displaying data using an afterimage effect in a mobile communication terminal are provided where a display unit having an LCD displays data according to an input operation signal, and a control unit outputs the operation signal to the display unit so as to scale the data according to a size of the LCD provided in the display unit, divide the scaled data in a specified horizontal or vertical unit, sequentially display the divided data, and repeatedly display the data.

Claims

1. An apparatus for displaying data using an afterimage effect in a mobile communication terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit comprising an LCD for displaying the data according to an operation signal; and

a control unit for outputting the operation signal to the display unit;

wherein the data is scaled according to a size of the LCD, the scaled data is divided in at least one of a horizontal and a vertical unit, the divided data is sequentially displayed, and the data is repeatedly displayed.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a sensor for detecting motion of the mobile communication terminal, wherein if the sensor detects a horizontal movement of the mobile communication terminal, the control unit divides the data in the specified horizontal unit, and if the sensor detects a vertical direction of the mobile communication terminal, the control unit divides the data in the specified vertical unit.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a memory for storing at least one of:

afterimage-display data information comprising color information of the output data, data information outputted from the display unit, and data position information for showing display provided by the afterimage effect in a position set in a matrix space; and

afterimage-display environment information comprising brightness information of light outputted from the display unit, unit information for dividing the data in a predetermined unit and displaying the data on the display unit, and motion sample information for outputting the divided data in a specified pattern;

wherein the control unit controls the memory to display the data sequentially and repeatedly according to the at least one of the afterimage-display data information and the afterimage-display environment information.

4. An apparatus for displaying data using an afterimage effect in a mobile communication terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit comprising an LCD for displaying the data according to an operation signal;

a sensor for detecting motion repeated in a specified pattern; and

a control unit for outputting the operation signal to the display unit;

wherein the data is scaled according to a size of the LCD, the scaled data is divided in a specified unit, the divided data is sequentially displayed, and the data is repeatedly displayed; and

wherein the control unit receives a variation value of moving position information from the sensor to compensate for and display the output data according to the varied position information.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a memory for storing afterimage-display data information comprising data information outputted from the display unit, color information of the data to be output, and data position information for showing display provided by the afterimage effect in a position set in a matrix space;

wherein the control unit controls the memory to sequentially and repeatedly display the data in accordance with the afterimage-display data information stored in the memory.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a memory for storing afterimage-display environment information comprising brightness information of light outputted from the display unit, unit information for dividing the data in predetermined unit and displaying the data on the display, and motion sample information for outputting the divided data in a specified pattern;

wherein the control unit controls the memory to display the data sequentially and repeatedly in accordance with the afterimage-display environment information stored in the memory.

7. A method for displaying data using an afterimage effect in a mobile communication terminal comprising an LCD, the method comprising the steps of:

when performing an afterimage displaying function, scaling the data according to a size of the LCD;

dividing the scaled data in at least one of horizontal and vertical unit;

sequentially displaying the divided data according to a predetermined time; and

repeatedly displaying the data.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of dividing the scaled data comprises the steps of:

if a horizontal direction of the mobile communication terminal is detected, dividing the data in a specified horizontal unit; and

if a vertical direction of the mobile communication terminal is detected, dividing the data in a specified vertical unit.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the data is displayed in accordance with afterimage-display data information comprising data information outputted from the display, color information of the data to be outputted, and data position information for showing display provided by the afterimage effect in a position set in a matrix space.

10. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the data is displayed in accordance with afterimage-display environment information comprising brightness information of light outputted from the LCD, unit information for dividing the data in predetermined unit and displaying the data on the LCD, and motion sample information for outputting the divided data in a specified pattern.

11. A method for displaying data using an afterimage effect in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

when performing an afterimage displaying function, scaling the data according to a size of an LCD;

dividing the scaled data in at least one of horizontal and vertical unit;

displaying the divided data sequentially according to a predetermined time;

displaying the data repeatedly;

if a moving position is varied while the data is repeatedly displayed, comparing a variation value of the moving position with a critical variation value of a moving position; and

if the variation value of the moving position is less than the critical variation value of the moving position, compensating for the sequentially displayed data in accordance with varied position information, and displaying the data.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising the step of newly displaying the data without compensating for the sequentially displayed data if the variation value of the moving position is larger than the critical variation value of the moving position.