MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100115407A1
• Filed: 03/18/2009
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Hyoungmi, Kim, Hyolin, Jang, Gu-Ang, Chang, Jina
• Application Number:
  US12/406,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20100115407A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/708
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method of displaying in a mobile terminal includes displaying a map on a display unit, displaying at least one icon on the map, the at least one icon being linked to a certain area of the displayed map, receiving a signal for changing a scale of the map, changing the scale of the map in response to the signal and displaying the map according to the changed scale, displaying the at least one icon differently according to the changed scale of the map, wherein the at least one icon is updated when map data corresponding to the certain area is changed, the map data comprising first map data corresponding to a first time point and second map data corresponding to a second time point, and displaying a first icon corresponding to the first map data and a second icon corresponding to the second map data differently to indicate a change of the map data between the first time point and the second time point.

Claims

1. A method of displaying in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a map on a display unit;

displaying at least one icon on the map, the at least one icon being linked to a certain area of the displayed map;

receiving a signal for changing a scale of the map;

changing the scale of the map in response to the signal and displaying the map according to the changed scale;

displaying the at least one icon differently according to the changed scale of the map, wherein the at least one icon is updated when map data corresponding to the certain area is changed, the map data comprising first map data corresponding to a first time point and second map data corresponding to a second time point; and

displaying a first icon corresponding to the first map data and a second icon corresponding to the second map data differently to indicate a change of the map data between the first time point and the second time point.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein transparency of the first icon and transparency of the second icon are different from each other.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the at least one icon differently comprises:

displaying in a different size or in a different shape.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the at least one icon differently comprises:

displaying more information in the at least one icon when the map is scaled up and displaying less information in the at least one icon when the map is scaled down.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one icon is further linked to contents related to the certain area, the contents being linked to at least one of position information or time information.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

selectively displaying icons corresponding to a set time range based on the time information.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the position information comprises a position where the contents were produced or generated and the time information comprises a time point when the contents were produced or generated.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein different types of icons are displayed according to categories of contents linked to the icons.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying only icons corresponding to a selected category when one of the categories is selected for displaying.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the categories of the contents comprise multimedia and communication contents, the multimedia contents comprising:

video contents, audio contents, and pictures; and

the communication contents comprising;

details of phone calls, messages, and memos.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one icon comprises at least one of a symbol representing contents related to the certain area or a thumbnail representing the contents, the symbol being displayed when the map is displayed at a preset scale or at a scale that is smaller than the preset scale and the thumbnail being displayed when the map is displayed at a scale that is larger than the preset scale.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting contents corresponding to a selected icon when an icon is selected from the at least one displayed icon.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the contents corresponding to the selected icon are displayed in a preset size irrespective of the scale of the map.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the map data comprises an object indicated on the specific area and a name of the certain area.

15. A method of displaying in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

scaling up or down a map displayed on a display unit in response to an input received through a user input unit;

adjusting at least one of a size or shape of contents comprising position information and time information according to the scaled up or scaled down map;

displaying the adjusted contents corresponding to the position information at a position on the map;

displaying the contents according to a change in map data when the map data is changed; and

selectively displaying icons corresponding to a set time range based on the time information.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

displaying the icons differently according to categories of the contents and displaying only icons corresponding to at least one selected category when at least one category is selected from the categories.

17. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit comprising a touch screen;

a memory configured to store map data and contents comprising position information and time information; and

a controller configured to;

display a map that corresponds to the stored map data and icons on the display unit;

receive a signal for changing a scale of the map;

display the map and the icons changed in response to the signal;

display the icons differently according to changed map data when the map data is changed; and

selectively display icons corresponding to a set time range based on the time information.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to change at least one of a size or shape of each icon according to the scale of the map.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the display unit is configured to display a region for setting the time range at a portion of the display unit.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to display the icons differently according to categories of the contents corresponding to the icons.