KEYPAD DISPLAY METHOD OF MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20100085309A1
• Filed: 04/22/2009
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Chung, Jin-Woo, Lee, Kun-Ho, Kim, Moon-Ju, Lee, Kang-E, LEE, Dong-Seok
• Application Number:
  US12/428,418
• Publication Number:
  US 20100085309A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/169
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

A mobile terminal is provided including a keypad, a controller, and a display unit. The keypad is for inputting a search expression by sequentially entering characters. The controller is configured to search a memory to detect at least one expression that includes the search expression. The display unit is configured to display the keypad. The controller is configured to detect a set of characters. The detected set of characters include a character after each search expression in the detected at least one expression. The controller is configured to control the display unit to display the detected set of characters such that characters in the detected set of characters are emphasized over characters not in the detected set of characters.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a keypad for inputting a search expression by sequentially entering characters;

a controller configured to search a memory to detect at least one expression that includes the search expression; and

a display unit configured to display the keypad,

wherein the controller is configured to detect a set of characters, the detected set of characters including a character after each search expression in the detected at least one expression,

wherein the controller is configured to control the display unit to display the detected set of characters such that characters in the detected set of characters are emphasized over characters not in the detected set of characters.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the display unit to deemphasize characters not in the detected set of characters.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to output a notification message when the detected set of characters is an empty set.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display the keypad with characters in the detected set of characters in an activated state and with characters not in the detected set of characters in a deactivated state.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to display the keypad with the characters in the detected set of characters rearranged on the keypad.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display the keypad with characters in the detected set of characters with greater illumination than characters not in the detected set of characters.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display the keypad with characters in the detected set of characters with a different font type, font size, font style, or font color than characters not in the detected set of characters.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to activate recognition on the keypad for characters in the detected set of characters and to deactivate recognition on the keypad for characters not in the detected set of characters.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display characters in the detected set of characters in a selection window separate from the displayed keypad.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to detect a new set of characters and to display the keypad emphasizing the characters in the detected new set of characters upon each character of the search expression being sequentially input.

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

sequentially receiving characters of a search expression via a keypad;

searching a memory to detect at least one expression that includes the search expression;

detecting a set of characters, the detected set of characters including a character after each search expression in the detected at least one expression; and

displaying the detected set of characters in the keypad such that characters in the detected set of characters are emphasized over characters not in the detected set of characters.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising deemphasizing characters not in the detected set of characters.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising outputting a notification message when the detected set of characters is an empty set.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying the keypad with characters in the detected set of characters in an activated state and with characters not in the detected set of characters in a deactivated state.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying the keypad with the characters in the detected set of characters rearranged on the keypad.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying the keypad with characters in the detected set of characters with greater illumination than characters not in the detected set of characters.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying the keypad with characters in the detected set of characters with a different font type, font size, font style, or font color than characters not in the detected set of characters.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising activating recognition on the keypad for characters in the detected set of characters and deactivating recognition on the keypad for characters not in the detected set of characters.

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying characters in the detected set of characters in a selection window separate from the displayed keypad.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising detecting a new set of characters and displaying the keypad emphasizing the characters in the detected new set of characters upon each character of the search expression being sequentially received.