MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110061021A1
• Filed: 04/29/2010
• Published: 03/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Choon Jae, WOO, Seung Hyun, IM, Dong Gwan, LEE, Min Jeong, JEE, Hyun Ho, KANG, Rae Hoon
• Granted Patent: US 9,600,168 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/800
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

A mobile terminal is presented. The mobile terminal includes a touchscreen configured to display at least one or more data link items, the touchscreen receiving an input for a preview of a first data link item from the at least one or more data link items, and a controller configured to control the touchscreen to display a first display window for displaying a first data associated with the first data link item on a predetermined region of the touchscreen after receiving the input for the preview of the first data link item, and further configured to adjust a size for the first display window after receiving an input associated with a size adjusting signal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touchscreen configured to display at least one or more data link items, the touchscreen receiving an input for a preview of a first data link item from the at least one or more data link items; and

a controller configured to control the touchscreen to display a first display window for displaying a first data associated with the first data link item on a predetermined region of the touchscreen after receiving the input for the preview of the first data link item, and further configured to adjust a size for the first display window after receiving an input associated with a size adjusting signal.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein each of the at least one or more data link items includes at least one of web link information, data file identification information, or menu item identification information.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, further comprising:

a wireless communication unit for accessing a website corresponding to the web link information,

wherein the touchscreen displays the accessed website as the first data in the first display window under the control of the controller.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein if the first data link item comprises the data file identification information the controller executes a data file associated with the data file identification information, and

wherein the touchscreen displays an executed image of the executed data file as the first data in the first display window under the control of the controller.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein if the first data link item comprises the menu item identification information the controller executes a menu item corresponding to the menu identification information, and

wherein the touchscreen displays an executed image of the executed menu item as the first data in the first display window under the control of the controller.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the touchscreen receives a simultaneous touch and drag input via a first pointer and a second pointer, such that a distance between the first and second pointers is modified, and

wherein the size adjusting signal comprises a size reducing signal associated with a decreasing distance between the first pointer and the second pointer or a size enlarging signal associated with an increasing distance between the first pointer and the second pointer.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the touchscreen receives a simultaneous touch and drag input via a first pointer and a second pointer, such that the a simultaneous touch and drag input decreases a distance between the first and second pointers equal to or less than a predetermined distance, and

wherein the controller stops displaying the first display window in response to the simultaneous touch and drag input.

8. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touchscreen for displaying an image associated with an executed function, the touchscreen receiving an input for an execution stop command associated with the executed function;

a memory; and

a controller for stopping the executed function and the display of the image in response to the execution stop command d, for storing re-execution information on the execution stopped functionality operation in the memory, and for controlling the touchscreen to display a re-execution indicator associated with the stopped executed function on a prescribed region of an image.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the executed function comprises at least one of a website access operation, a message write operation, a video play operation, a broadcast signal output operation, or a navigation operation.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the execution stop command input is associated with a simultaneous touch and drag action by a first pointer and a second pointer, such that a distance between the first and second pointers is decreased to be equal to or less than a predetermined distance.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the re-execution indicator is displayed as a widget or a key.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the touchscreen receives a re-execution command input via the displayed re-execution indicator, and wherein the controller re-executes the execution stopped functionality via the stored re-execution information if receiving the re-execution command input.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein if the functionality operation comprises a website access operation, the re-execution information comprises at least one of address information, representative image information, schematic information, or access stop timing information for an execution stop timing point, and

wherein the controller re-accesses an access stopped website using the re-execution information and controls the touchscreen to display a re-accessed website.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein if the functionality operation comprises a message write operation, the re-execution information comprises at least one of identification information, content information, recipient information, or write stop timing information for an execution stop timing point, and

wherein the controller controls the touchscreen to display a write window of a write-stopped message using the re-execution information.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein if the functionality operation comprises a video play operation, the re-execution information comprises at least of file information, play stop position information, or play stop time information for an execution stop timing point, and

wherein the controller plays a play-stopped video from a play stop timing point using the re-execution information.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein if the functionality operation comprises a broadcast signal output operation, the re-execution information comprises at least one of identification information, broadcast channel information, output stop position information, or output stop time information for an execution stop timing point, and

wherein the controller outputs either an output-stopped broadcast program or a random broadcast program provided on a broadcast channel via the re-execution information.

17. A method of controlling a display in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an image comprising at least one or more data link items;

receiving an input of a preview command for a first data link item among the at least one or more data link items;

displaying a first display window for displaying a first data associated with the first data link item on a prescribed region of the displayed image after receiving the preview command input; and

receiving a size adjusting input for the displayed first display window,

wherein a size of the first display window is adjusted according to the size adjusting input.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

accessing and displaying a website corresponding to the web link information after the preview command is input if the first data link item comprises web link information.

19. A method of controlling a display in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an image associated with an executed function on a display unit;

receiving an execution stop input for the executed function;

stopping the execution of the function and the display of the image associated with the executed function and storing re-execution information associated with the stopped executed function; and

displaying an re-execution indicator for the stopped execution function on a pre-determined region of the display unit.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

receiving a re-execution input for the stopped executed function via the displayed re-execution indicator; and

re-executing the stopped executed function via the stored re-execution information in response to the re-execution input.