MOBILE TERMINAL AND IMAGE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100031169A1
• Filed: 03/12/2009
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optis Cellular Technology LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: JANG, Se-Yoon, KIM, Mee-Young
• Granted Patent: US 8,095,888 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1624 with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to connect to the Internet to receive a Web page, a display unit configured to display the Web page, and a controller configured to receive an input signal corresponding to a selection of at least one image included in the displayed Web page, to hide or un-hide the selected at least one image, and to reconfigure and display the reconfigured Web page such that an image region where the selected at least one image is located is reduced and other regions of the Web page are increased when the selected at least one image is hid.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to connect to the Internet to receive a Web page;

a display unit configured to display the Web page; and

a controller configured to receive an input signal corresponding to a selection of at least one image included in the displayed Web page, to hide or un-hide the selected at least one image, and to reconfigure and display the reconfigured Web page such that an image region where the selected at least one image is located is reduced and other regions of the Web page are increased when the selected at least one image is hid.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the input signal corresponds to at least one of a touching input signal corresponding to a user touching the selected at least one image, a proximity touching signal corresponding to the user moving a pointer object in proximity to the selected at least one image, and a key input corresponding to the user manipulating a key on the mobile terminal.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to save the selected at least one image based on the received input signal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the selected at least one image includes a plurality of images displayed on the Web page, and the controller is further configured to hide or un-hide the plurality of images displayed on the Web page such that image regions where the plurality of images are located are reduced and other regions of the Web page are increased.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display a substitute indicator in place of the hid at least one image.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to un-hide the selected at least one image when the substitute indicator is selected.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the other regions of the reconfigured Web page correspond to text regions such that the text regions are increased in size on the Web page.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a sensing unit configured to sensed an orientation of the mobile terminal,

wherein the controller is further configured to hide or un-hide the selected at least one image based on the sensed orientation of the mobile terminal.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to hide the selected at least one image when the sensing unit senses the orientation of the mobile terminal is in a portrait orientation, and to un-hide the selected at least one image when the sensing unit senses the orientation of the mobile terminal is in a landscape orientation.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the controller is further configured to display the hid at least one image on a sub-display unit of the terminal when hiding the at least one image on the display unit.

11. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

connecting to the Internet and receiving a Web page;

displaying the Web page;

receiving an input signal corresponding to a selection of at least one image included in the displayed Web page;

hiding or un-hiding the selected at least one image; and

reconfiguring and displaying the reconfigured Web page such that an image region where the selected at least one image is located is reduced and other regions of the Web page are increased when the selected at least one image is hid.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the input signal corresponds to at least one of a touching input signal corresponding to a user touching the selected at least one image, a proximity touching signal corresponding to the user moving a pointer object in proximity to the selected at least one image, and a key input corresponding to the user manipulating a key on the mobile terminal.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

saving the selected at least one image based on the received input signal.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the selected at least one image includes a plurality of images displayed on the Web page, and the hiding or un-hiding step hides or un-hides the plurality of images displayed on the Web page such that image regions where the plurality of images are located are reduced and other regions of the Web page are increased.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying a substitute indicator in place of the hid at least one image.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the hiding and un-hiding step un-hides the selected at least one image when the substitute indicator is selected.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the other regions of the reconfigured Web page correspond to text regions such that the text regions are increased in size on the Web page.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

sensing an orientation of the mobile terminal,

wherein the hiding and un-hiding step hides or un-hides the selected at least one image based on the sensed orientation of the mobile terminal.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the hiding and un-hiding step hides the selected at least one image when the sensing step senses the orientation of the mobile terminal is in a portrait orientation, and un-hides the selected at least one image when the sensing step senses the orientation of the mobile terminal is in a landscape orientation.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying the hid at least one image on a sub-display unit of the terminal when hiding the at least one image on the display unit.