MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20110059733A1
• Filed: 09/07/2010
• Published: 03/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Son, Joohee, Kim, Jonghwan
• Granted Patent: US 8,959,458 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1624 with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes displaying, on a display module of the mobile terminal, a first screen corresponding to a current operating mode and including a plurality of objects relevant to the current operating; receiving an input signal indicating a screen reconfiguration event has occurred on the mobile terminal, the screen reconfiguration event including at least one of a predefined movement of a main body of the mobile terminal and a blow signal being obtained by blowing onto the mobile terminal; and reconfiguring, via a controller on the mobile terminal, the first screen by removing at least one of the plurality of objects that do not meet a predefined screen reconfiguration condition from the first screen, and displaying a second screen obtained by the reconfiguration of the first screen on the display module based on the received input signal.

Claims

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

displaying, on a display module of the mobile terminal, a first screen corresponding to a current operating mode and including a plurality of objects relevant to the current operating;

receiving an input signal indicating a screen reconfiguration event has occurred on the mobile terminal, said screen reconfiguration event including at least one of a predefined movement of a main body of the mobile terminal and a blow signal being obtained by blowing onto the mobile terminal; and

reconfiguring, via a controller on the mobile terminal, the first screen by removing at least one of the plurality of objects that do not meet a predefined screen reconfiguration condition from the first screen, and displaying a second screen obtained by the reconfiguration of the first screen on the display module based on the received input signal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second screen includes objects that meet the predefined screen reconfiguration condition.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

applying at least one of a screen effect, a sound effect and a haptic effect in connection with reconfiguring the first screen.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

changing at least one of a size, shape and color of objects included in the second screen.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the input signal is generated based on a motion sensor including in the mobile terminal detecting the movement of the main body.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a prompt for setting the predefined screen reconfiguration condition in advance.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an icon indicating that the first screen can be reconfigured.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying the predefined screen reconfiguration condition according to a number of screen reconfiguration events performed.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first screen corresponds to one of a) a list of contacts, b) a list of calls, c) a list of messages or emails, and d) a list of multimedia files.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the second screen respectively corresponds to one of a) a list of favorite or added contacts, b) a list of frequent or predetermined number of calls, c) a list of predetermined received or sent messages or emails, and d) a list of predetermined multimedia files.

11. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display module configured to display a first screen corresponding to a current operating mode and including a plurality of objects relevant to the current operating;

an input unit configured to receive an input signal indicating a screen reconfiguration event has occurred on the mobile terminal, said screen reconfiguration event including at least one of a predefined movement of a main body of the mobile terminal and a blow signal being obtained by blowing onto the mobile terminal; and

a controller configured to reconfigure the first screen by removing at least one of the plurality of objects that do not meet a predefined screen reconfiguration condition from the first screen, and to control the display module to display a second screen obtained by the reconfiguration of the first screen on the display module based on the received input signal.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the second screen includes objects that meet the predefined screen reconfiguration condition.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 11, further comprising:

an output unit configured to apply at least one of a screen effect, a sound effect and a haptic effect in connection with reconfiguring the first screen.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to change at least one of a size, shape and color of objects included in the second screen.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the input signal is generated based on a motion sensor including in the mobile terminal detecting the movement of the main body.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to provide a prompt for setting the predefined screen reconfiguration condition in advance.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display module to display an icon indicating that the first screen can be reconfigured.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to modify the predefined screen reconfiguration condition according to a number of screen reconfiguration events performed.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the first screen corresponds to one of a) a list of contacts, b) a list of calls, c) a list of messages or emails, and d) a list of multimedia files.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 19, wherein the second screen respectively corresponds to one of a) a list of favorite or added contacts, b) a list of frequent or predetermined number of calls, c) a list of predetermined received or sent messages or emails, and d) a list of predetermined multimedia files.