METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ICON DISPLAY IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF

• US 20110099524A1
• Filed: 03/17/2010
• Published: 04/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jung, Hyun Suk, Lee, Byoung Nam, Hwang, In Young, Choi, Mee Yeon, Hong, Jung Seok, Jeong, Kye Sook, Ryu, Eun Jeong
• Granted Patent: US 9,285,986 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/843
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04802 3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling an icon display in a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal thereof, wherein the method comprises: generating a plurality of menu screens having a plurality of icons and displaying a first menu screen on a touch screen, the first menu screen being at least one of the plurality of menu screens; additionally displaying a set-up menu screen which is stored in a memory of the mobile terminal, the set-up menu screen including a menu icon; displaying a second menu screen if a flicking signal is generated on the first menu; and displaying an instant icon of a selected menu icon on the second menu icon if the selected menu icon of the set-up menu screen is moved to the second menu screen.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an icon display in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

generating a plurality of menu screens, each of the plurality of menu screens having a plurality of icons;

displaying at least a first menu screen of the plurality of menu screens on a touch screen;

displaying a set-up menu screen which is stored in a memory of the mobile terminal, the set-up menu screen including a menu icon;

displaying a second menu screen of the plurality of menu screens if a flicking signal is generated on the displayed at least a first menu screen; and

displaying an instant icon of the menu icon on the second menu screen if the menu icon is moved to the second menu screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of icons comprises plate-shaped 3 dimensional (3-D) icons.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the second menu screen if the flicking signal is generated on the displayed at least a first menu screen comprises determining the second menu screen based on a direction of the flicking signal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the at least a first menu screen comprises discretely displaying the at least a first menu screen over at least two 3-D blocks, such that each of the icons of the at least a first menu screen is fully displayed at a corresponding one of the at least two 3-D blocks.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising stopping the display of the at least a first menu screen over the 3-D blocks if a deletion command signal is generated on one of the 3-D blocks by a user.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising rotating the 3-D blocks if a flicking signal is generated on one of the 3-D blocks.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying, for a certain time period, the instant icon on the second menu screen if the menu icon is positioned to border between the second menu screen and the set-up menu screen.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the instant icon in the memory of the mobile terminal as corresponding to the second menu screen.

9. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory configured to store a set-up menu screen including a menu icon and to store a plurality of menu screens, each of the plurality of menu screens including a plurality of icons;

a touch screen configured to display a first menu screen of the plurality of menu screens; and

a controller configured to control the touch screen to display the first menu screen display a second menu screen of the plurality of menu screens if a flicking signal is generated on the first menu screen, and to display an instant icon of the menu icon on the second menu screen if the menu icon is moved to the second menu screen.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the plurality of icons comprises plate-shaped 3-D icons.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller controls the touch screen to display the second menu screen based on a direction of the flicking signal.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller controls the touch screen to display the set-up menu screen and to display, for a certain period, the instant icon on the second menu screen if the menu icon is positioned to border between the second menu screen and the set-up menu screen.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller controls the instant icon to be stored in the memory as corresponding to the second menu screen.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller controls the touch screen to discretely display the first menu screen over at least two 3-D blocks, such that each of the icons of the first menu screen is fully displayed at a corresponding one of the at least two 3-D blocks.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the controller controls the touch screen to stop the display of the first menu screen over the 3-D blocks if a deletion command signal is generated on one of the 3-D blocks by a user.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the controller controls the touch screen to rotate the 3-D blocks if a flicking signal is generated on one of the 3-D blocks.

17. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory configured to store a set-up menu screen including a menu icon and to store a plurality of menu screens, each of the plurality of menu screens including a plurality of icons, wherein the menu icon is a 3-D icon;

a touch screen configured to display a first menu screen of the plurality of menu screens; and

a controller configured to control the touch screen to display the first menu screen display a second menu screen of the plurality of menu screens if a flicking signal is generated on the first menu screen, and to display an instant icon of the menu icon on the second menu screen if the menu icon is moved to the second menu screen.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the plurality of icons comprises plate-shaped 3-D icons.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller controls the touch screen to display the second menu screen based on a direction of the flicking signal.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller controls the touch screen to display the set-up menu screen and to display, for a certain period, the instant icon on the second menu screen if the menu icon is positioned to border between the second menu screen and the set-up menu screen.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller controls the instant icon to be stored in the memory as corresponding to the second menu screen.