Method for controlling display of image according to movement of mobile terminal

• US 20070075970A1
• Filed: 03/07/2006
• Published: 04/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jae-Ser, Oh, Sang-Gi
• Application Number:
  US11/368,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20070075970A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/158
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1624 with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• 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: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• 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 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• 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

Disclosed is a method for controlling the display of an image according to the movement of a mobile terminal, which includes an image enlargement/reduction, image search and display of a portion of an image according to the movement of the mobile terminal. The method employs the steps of detecting a movement of the mobile terminal during display of an image, determining whether a predetermined period of time has elapsed after detection of the movement, enlarging/reducing the image or searching images stored in the mobile terminal according to the direction of movement of the mobile terminal, if another movement is detected before elapse of the predetermined period of time, and displaying a portion of the image selected according to the direction of movement of the mobile terminal, if another movement is not detected before elapse of the predetermined period of time.

Claims

1. A method for controlling the display of an image according to the movement of a mobile terminal, which comprises the steps of:

detecting a movement of the mobile terminal during display of an image;

determining whether a predetermined period of time expires after detection of the movement;

enlarging/reducing the image or searching images stored in the mobile terminal according to the direction of movement of the mobile terminal, if another movement is detected before the predetermined period of time expires; and

displaying a portion of the image selected according to the direction of movement of the mobile terminal, if another movement is not detected before the predetermined period of time expires.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of determining whether the mobile terminal is in a movement detection mode.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the enlarging/reducing step comprises:

determining a movement direction of the mobile terminal;

enlarging the image when the mobile terminal moves backward; and

reducing the image when the mobile terminal moves forward.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the enlarging/reducing step comprises:

reducing the image when the mobile terminal moves backward; and

enlarging the image when the mobile terminal moves forward.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein said image is enlarged/reduced at a predetermined rate according to the direction of movement of the mobile terminal.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein said image is enlarged/reduced at a predetermined rate according to the direction of movement of the mobile terminal.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the searching step comprises:

detecting the movement direction;

displaying an image previous to the one currently displayed when the mobile terminal moves left; and

displaying an image next to the one currently displayed when the mobile terminal moves to the right.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein searching step comprises:

displaying an image next to the one currently displayed when the mobile terminal moves to the left; and

displaying an image previous to the one currently displayed when the mobile terminal moves to the right.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying step comprises:

determining a movement direction of the mobile terminal;

moving up on the image to an upper portion by a predetermined number of pixels and displaying the upper portion of the image when the mobile terminal moves upward;

moving down on the image to a lower portion by a predetermined number of pixels and displaying the lower portion of the image when the mobile terminal moves downward;

moving left on the image to a left portion by a predetermined number of pixels and displaying the left portion of the image when the mobile terminal moves to the left; and

moving right on the image to a left portion by a predetermined number of pixels and displaying the right portion of the image when the mobile terminal moves to the right.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the displaying step is performed in an enlarged mode of the image.

11. A method for controlling the display of an image according to the movement of a mobile terminal, the method comprises:

determining the direction of movement of the mobile terminal if the movement is detected at least two times within a predetermined period of time during display of an image;

enlarging the image if the mobile terminal moves backward; and

reducing the image if the mobile terminal moves forward.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the steps of:

reducing the image if the mobile terminal moves backward; and

enlarging the image if the mobile terminal moves forward.

13. A method for controlling the display of an image according to the movement of a mobile terminal, the method comprises the steps of:

determining the direction of movement of the mobile terminal if the movement is detected at least two times within a predetermined period of time during display of an image;

displaying an image previous to the one currently displayed if the mobile terminal moves to the left; and

displaying an image next to the one currently displayed if the mobile terminal moves to the right.

14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising the steps of:

displaying an image next to the one currently displayed if the mobile terminal moves to the left; and

displaying an image previous to the one currently displayed if the mobile terminal moves to the right.

15. A method for controlling the display of an image according to the movement of a mobile terminal, the method comprises the steps of:

determining the direction of movement of the mobile terminal if the movement is detected once within a predetermined period of time during display of an image;

moving up on the image to an upper portion by a predetermined number of pixels and displaying the portion if the mobile terminal moves upward;

moving down on the image to a lower portion by a predetermined number of pixels and displaying the portion if the mobile terminal moves downward;

moving to a left portion of the image by a predetermined number of pixels and displaying the portion if the mobile terminal moves to the left; and

moving to a right portion of the image by a predetermined number of pixels and displaying the right portion if the mobile terminal moves to the right.