MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20100304791A1
• Filed: 08/13/2009
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Yongdeok, Bae, Kwonhan, Kim, Jungwoo, Ahn, Hyesang
• Granted Patent: US 8,762,896 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1641 the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components G06F1/1647 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A mobile terminal comprises a first touch screen and a controller. The controller provides the first touch screen with an information region that includes at least one information item and first and second control regions for controlling a display of the information region. The controller also controls a viewing perspective of the information region in response to a first touch input for the first control region, and controls at least one of the number or type of the at least one information item in response to a second touch input for the second control region. The controller may also control the information region to have a two-dimensional or three-dimensional viewing perspective in response to the first touch input.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a first touch screen; and

a controller configured to provide the first touch screen with an information region including at least one information item and first and second control regions for controlling a display of the information region, control a viewing perspective of the information region in response to a first touch input for the first control region, and control at least one of a number and type of the at least one information item in response to a second touch input for the second control region,

wherein the controller controls the information region so that the information region has one of a two-dimensional (2D) viewing perspective or a three-dimensional (3D) viewing perspective in response to the first touch input.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein, in a case where the information region is controlled to have a 2D perspective, the controller displays the at least one information item in either a thumbnail mode or a list mode in response to the first touch input.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the first control region includes a first slider movable by the first touch input and a first bar which is a moving path of the first slider.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein, when a position of the first slider on the first bar moves, the controller changes the viewing perspective of the information region.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein, when the position of the first slider changes, the viewing perspective of the information region corresponds to one of a 2D viewing perspective or one or more 3D viewing perspectives having different virtual focuses.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein, when the position of the first slider changes, the controller changes the viewing perspective of the information region continuously or discontinuously.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5, further comprising:

a second touch screen,

wherein the controller displays detailed information of the at least one the item, included in the information region, on the second touch screen when the second touch screen is activated.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 5, further comprising:

a second touch screen,

wherein the controller provides the second touch screen with a portion of the first control region when the second touch screen is activated.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the second control region includes a second slider movable by the second touch input and a second bar which is a moving path of the second slider.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller changes at least some of the at least one information item when a position of the second slider on the second bar changes.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller changes at least some of the at least one information item in a scroll manner or a screen update manner when the position of the second slider changes.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller discontinuously changes at least some of the at least one information item when the position of the second slider changes.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second control regions includes an icon for receiving the first touch input or the second touch input, or both.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one information item includes at least one of an icon, a menu, or content including at least one of text, a still picture, or a motion picture.

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

providing a first touch screen of the mobile terminal with an information region that includes at least one information item and first and second control regions for controlling a display of the information region;

controlling a viewing perspective of the information region in response to a first touch input for the first control region; and

controlling at least one of a number or a type of the at least one information item in response to a second touch input for the second control region, wherein controlling the viewing perspective includes controlling the information region so that the information region has either a two-dimensional (2D) viewing perspective or a three-dimensional (3D) viewing perspective in response to the first touch input.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein, when the information region is controlled to have a 2D viewing perspective, controlling the viewing perspective of the information region includes displaying the at least one information item in a thumbnail mode or a list mode in response to the first touch input.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the viewing perspective of the information region corresponds to any one of a 2D viewing perspective or one or more 3D viewing perspectives having different virtual focuses.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein controlling at least one of the number or type of the at least one information item includes changing at least some of the at least one information item in response to the second touch input.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein controlling at least one of the number or type of the at least one information item includes changing at least some of the at least one information item in a scroll manner or a screen update manner.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one information item includes at least one of an icon, a menu, or content including at least one of text, a still picture, or a motion picture.