DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, MOBILE TERMINAL OF USING THE SAME AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF

• US 20100194686A1
• Filed: 07/11/2008
• Published: 08/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Logicplant
• Original Assignee: Logicplant
• Inventors: Shim, Jae Bum
• Application Number:
  US12/669,484
• Publication Number:
  US 20100194686A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/157
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04892 Arrangements for controlling cursor position based on codes indicative of cursor displacements from one discrete location to another, e.g. using cursor control keys associated to different directions or using the tab key arrangements for controlling cursor position based on coordinate signals G06F3/038

Abstract

The present invention relates to a display control method and a mobile terminal using the method, which can promptly move a pointing cursor between entities, and can easily move the pointing cursor to an arbitrary location on the screen. The display control method according to the present invention displays a user interface and a pointing cursor, if a movement key for moving the pointing cursor is pressed for a period of time greater than a preset period of time, the indication location of the pointing cursor is moved to correspond to the manipulation direction of the movement key. In contrast, if the movement key is pressed for a period of time equal to or less than the preset period of time, the indication location of the pointing cursor is moved to an entity close to the pointing cursor in the manipulation direction of the movement key.

Claims

1. A display control method for a mobile terminal, comprising:

displaying a user interface and a pointing cursor;

if a movement key for moving the pointing cursor is pressed for a period of time greater than a preset period of time, moving an indication location of the pointing cursor to correspond to a manipulation direction of the movement key for the period of time during which the movement key is pressed; and

if the movement key is pressed for a period of time equal to or less than the preset period of time, moving the indication location of the pointing cursor to an entity close to the pointing cursor in a manipulation direction of the movement key.

2. The display control method according to claim 1, wherein, when the indication location of the pointing cursor is moved to the close entity, display is performed such that a movement track of the pointing cursor appears.

3. The display control method according to claim 1, wherein the entity includes a menu item and a selection item.

7. A processor-readable recording medium for storing a program for executing the display control method for the mobile terminal according to claim 1 in a processor.

8. A processor-readable recording medium for storing a program for executing the display control method for the mobile terminal according to claim 2 in a processor.

9. A processor-readable recording medium for storing a program for executing the display control method for the mobile terminal according to claim 3 in a processor.

4. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit configured to display a user interface and a pointing cursor;

a movement key configured to move the pointing cursor; and

a control unit configured such that, when the movement key is pressed for a period of time greater than a preset period of time, an indication location of the pointing cursor is moved to correspond to a manipulation direction of the movement key for the period of time during which the movement key is pressed, and such that, when the movement key is pressed for a period of time equal to or less than the preset period of time, the indication location of the pointing cursor is moved to an entity close to the pointing cursor in a manipulation direction of the movement key.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 4, wherein the control unit performs display such that, if the indication location of the pointing cursor is moved to the close entity, a movement track of the pointing cursor appears.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 4, wherein the movement key is one of a joystick, a touch pad, a trackball, a pointing stick, a finger mouse, and a direction key.