TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110105192A1
• Filed: 09/14/2010
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kwak, Jeongmin, Jung, Sungon, Park, Booil, Lee, Namsu
• Granted Patent: US 8,627,236 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/06 Topological mapping of higher dimensional structures onto lower dimensional surfaces

Abstract

Disclosed is a mobile terminal and a control method thereof capable of displaying an image or data in a particular object shape. When an image list is displayed and then any one particular image of the list is selected, the selected image is converted into a particular preset object shape to be displayed if the selected image is a panorama-type image.

Claims

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

displaying an image list;

selecting a particular image from the image list;

converting the selected image into a particular preset object shape if the selected image is a panorama-type image; and

displaying the image converted into the particular object shape.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting whether or not an option associated with the display of the image is set;

detecting whether or not a condition corresponding to the option is satisfied if the option associated with the display of the image is set; and

applying the option to the particular object shape if the condition corresponding to the set option is satisfied.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular object shape is a three-dimensional curved shape such as circular band, polygonal band, spiral, sine wave, spherical or cylindrical shape.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the image is continuously displayed on inner and outer sides of the particular object shape.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the option comprises an option for rotating an image having the particular object shape in a particular direction.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the option for rotating the image comprises an option for rotating an image displayed with the particular object shape with a particular time interval by corresponding to time.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the option for rotating the image comprises an option for rotating an image having a portion corresponding to a particular direction to which the mobile terminal faces to be oriented in the particular direction.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the option for rotating the image comprises an option for detecting the user'"'"'s touch and flicking to rotate the image in the flicking direction.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the rotation is suspended if the user'"'"'s touch is inputted and the rotation is started if the touch is released in case of rotating the image based on the option.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the option comprises an option for multi-touching an image having the particular object shape to change the size or length thereof.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein in case of multi-touching one side of the object, a length of the one side is widened when widening an interval of the multi-touch, and a length of the one side is narrowed when narrowing an interval of the multi-touch.

12. The method of claim 2, wherein the option is provided to additionally display particular preset supplementary information to be overlapped on an inner or outer side or an image of the particular object shape.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the supplementary information comprises clock information, orientation information, phone conversation information, video phone conversation information, portrait information, phone book information, and a graphic image.

14. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit;

a touch pad configured to select an image displayed on the display unit; and

a controller configured to determine the type of the selected image, and convert into a particular preset object shape to display the image if the image is a panorama-type image.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein when an option associated with the display of the image is set, the controller applies the option to the particular object shape if a condition corresponding to the option is satisfied.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller rotates an image having the particular object shape in a particular direction according to the set option.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the controller rotates an image displayed with the particular object shape with a particular time interval by corresponding to time according to the set option.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the controller rotates an image having a portion corresponding to a particular direction to which the mobile terminal faces to be oriented in the particular direction according to the set option.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the controller detects the user'"'"'s touch and flicking to rotate the image in the flicking direction according to the set option.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller additionally displays particular preset supplementary information to be overlapped on an inner or outer side or an image of the particular object shape according to the set option.