Method for displaying background image in mobile communication terminal

• US 20070132783A1
• Filed: 12/13/2006
• Published: 06/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwang, Byeong-Cheol, Lim, Dok-Shin, Ahn, Yu-Mi
• Application Number:
  US11/638,599
• Publication Number:
  US 20070132783A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• 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

Provided is a method for displaying a background image in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes storing a predetermined image as background image depending on user'"'"'s selection, storing position information of vertical screen frame and horizontal screen frame on the background image, and setting the background image; displaying an image of a region associated with the vertical screen frame among the background image, as background image, in response to a request for displaying a display screen of the mobile communication terminal in vertical direction; and displaying an image of a region associated with the horizontal screen frame among the background image, as background image, in response to a request for displaying the display screen of the mobile communication terminal in horizontal direction.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a background image in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising steps of:

storing a predetermined image as a background image depending on user'"'"'s selection, storing position information of vertical screen frame and horizontal screen frame on the background image, and setting the background image;

displaying an image of a region associated with the vertical screen frame among the background image, as a background image, in response to a request for displaying a display screen of the mobile communication terminal in vertical direction; and

displaying an image of a region associated with the horizontal screen frame among the background image, as a background image, in response to a request for displaying the display screen of the mobile communication terminal in horizontal direction.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of setting the background image comprises:

displaying a predetermined image selected by user from a plurality of images previously stored in the mobile communication terminal, and a selection region frame on the image;

moving and displaying the selection region frame in response to pressing of a direction key;

checking whether any one side of the selection region frame is overlapped with any one side constituting an edge of the predetermined image;

when the overlapped side is a vertical side, enabling the vertical screen frame, and moving and displaying an image within the selection region frame depending on direction key pressed by the user;

when the overlapped side is a horizontal side, enabling the horizontal screen frame, and moving and displaying an image within the selection region frame depending on a direction key pressed by the user; and

storing an image of a region selected by the selection region frame among the predetermined image as the background image, in response to user'"'"'s input for setting completion, storing the position information of the vertical screen frame and the horizontal screen frame on the background image, and setting the background image.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of setting the background image comprises:

displaying a predetermined image selected by user from a plurality of images previously stored in the mobile communication terminal, and a selection region frame on the image;

moving and displaying the selection region frame depending on direction key pressed;

in response to a user'"'"'s request, enabling the vertical screen frame, and moving and displaying an image within the selection region frame depending on a direction key pressed by user;

in response to a user request, enabling the horizontal screen frame, and moving and displaying an image within the selection region frame depending on a user'"'"'s press of direction key; and

storing an image of a region selected by the selection region frame among the predetermined image as the background image, in response to user'"'"'s input for setting completion, storing the position information of the vertical screen frame and the horizontal screen frame on the background image, and setting the background image.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the vertical screen frame indicates the region that is substantially displayed on the display screen as the background image in vertical display screen display mode, among the region of the predetermined image selected by the selection region frame, and is constructed to, in the vertical display screen display mode, have the same vertical side to horizontal side ratio as a vertical side to horizontal side ratio of the display screen and have a possible greatest size within the selection region frame, and the horizontal screen frame indicates the region that is substantially displayed on the display screen as the background image in horizontal display screen display mode, among the region selected by the selection region frame, and is constructed to, in the horizontal display screen display mode, have the same vertical side to horizontal side ratio as the vertical side to horizontal side ratio of the display screen and have a possible greatest size within the selection region frame.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a vertical display request and a horizontal display request of the display screen of the mobile communication terminal are determined depending on whether, when an liquid crystal display (LCD) mounted unit of constituent units of the mobile communication terminal is rotated with respect to a predetermined axis, its rotation angle belongs to preset vertical display screen setting range or horizontal display screen setting range.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the vertical display request and horizontal display request of the display screen of the mobile communication terminal are determined depending on user'"'"'s input.