Mobile communication terminal and method therefore

• US 20070171236A1
• Filed: 01/23/2006
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Perttula, Paavo
• Granted Patent: US 8,514,244 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• 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: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

Method in a mobile communications device, comprising: providing foreground picture data, providing background picture data, displaying the background and foreground picture data according to determined first positions and amounts on said display unit, receiving direction data, determining, based on the received direction data, a second position and amount of the background picture data and foreground picture data to display, respectively, wherein the relative change of position of the background picture data is different from the relative change of position of the foreground picture data. Also disclosed is a mobile communications device.

Claims

1. Method in a mobile communications device, comprising:

providing foreground picture data,

providing background picture data,

determining a first position and amount of the picture background data to display on a display unit in the mobile communications device,

determining a first position and amount of the foreground picture data to display on the display unit in the mobile communications device,

displaying the background and foreground picture data according to the determined first positions and amounts on said display unit,

receiving direction data, from an input device in the mobile communications device, defining a direction of movement of said displayed amount of foreground picture data on said display unit,

determining, based on the received direction data, a second position and amount of the background picture data to display,

determining, based on the received direction data, a second position and amount of the foreground picture data to display,

wherein the second position associated with the background picture data corresponds to a first displacement in or opposite said direction of movement relative to the first position;

and the second position associated with the foreground picture data corresponds to a second displacement in said direction of movement relative to the first position,

wherein the relative change of position of the background picture data is different from the relative change of position of the foreground picture data.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein the second position associated with the background picture data corresponds to a first displacement in said direction of movement relative to the first position.

3. Method according to claim 1, wherein the first distance is shorter than the second distance.

4. Method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the background and foreground picture data according to the determined second positions and amounts.

5. Mobile communications device comprising:

a display unit,

a control unit adapted to

provide foreground picture data,

provide background picture data,

determine a first position and amount of the background picture data to display on the display unit,

determine a first position and amount of the foreground picture data to display on the display unit,

the display unit is adapted to display the background and foreground picture data according to the determined first positions and amounts,

the control unit is adapted to receive direction data, from an input unit in the mobile communications device, the direction data defining a direction of movement of said displayed amount of foreground picture data on said display unit,

wherein said control unit is adapted to

determine, based on the received direction data, a second position and amount of the background picture data to display, the second position associated with the background picture data corresponds to a first displacement in or opposite said direction of movement relative to the first position;

determine, based on the received direction data, a second position and amount of the foreground picture data to display, the second position associated with the foreground picture data corresponds to a second displacement in said direction of movement relative to the first position,

wherein the relative change of position of the background picture data is different from the relative change of position of the foreground picture data.

6. Mobile communications device according to claim 5, wherein the second position associated with the background picture data corresponds to a first displacement in said direction of movement relative to the first position.

7. Mobile communications device according to claim 5, wherein the first distance is shorter than the second distance.

8. Mobile communications device according to claim 5, wherein the display unit is adapted to display the background and foreground picture data according to the determined second positions and amounts.