MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20110296334A1
• Filed: 04/15/2011
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Miyoung, Yun, Yeerang, Kim, Youngjun, RYU, Hyejin, Han, Seungheon
• Granted Patent: US 8,935,627 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/776
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0291 for reading, e.g. e-books constructional details of portable computers G06F1/1613
• 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 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 345/901 Electronic book with display

Abstract

A mobile terminal includes a display module displaying an electronic document screen showing at least one full page among a plurality of pages of an electronic document, and the display module receives a first input for setting a number of pages to be turned among the plurality of pages. The mobile terminal further includes a controller which sets the number of pages in response to the first input, turns the set number of pages in response to a second input received proximate to the electronic document screen, and displays a subsequent page following the set number of pages turned on the electronic document screen.

Claims

1. A method of controlling display of an electronic document in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an electronic document screen showing at least one page among a plurality of pages of the electronic document on a display of the mobile terminal;

receiving a first input for setting a number of pages to be turned among the plurality of pages via the electronic document screen;

setting the number of pages based on duration of the first input, the number of pages increasing as the duration increases;

receiving a second input for flipping through the set number of pages via the electronic document screen;

flipping through the set number of pages in response to the second input; and

displaying a subsequent page following the set number of pages flipped through on the electronic document screen.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a third input; and

displaying an image of a book corresponding to the electronic document in response to the third input,

wherein the image of the book is displayed with a thickness representative of a total number of pages of the book.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the book is displayed with indexes on at least some of the pages of the book.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the third input comprises rotating the mobile terminal about an axis that meets a threshold degree of rotation.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second input comprises a flicking or drag input that is initiated from a first point of the electronic document screen on which the first input was received.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying an indicator at a portion of the electronic document screen, the indicator indicating the number of pages to be turned.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising increasing the number of pages in the indicator at an accelerated speed when the duration of the first input is equal to or greater than a preset period of time.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an indicator at a portion of the electronic document screen, the indicator indicating a chapter of the electronic document,

wherein a plurality of chapters are sequentially displayed in the indicator until the first input is completed.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising displaying a page of a chapter that was displayed last in the indicator in response to the second input.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving an input for displaying the indicator by the chapter.

11. A method of controlling display of an electronic document in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an electronic document screen showing at least one page among a plurality of pages of the electronic document on a display of the mobile terminal;

receiving a first input comprising a first drag input in a first direction proximate to the electronic document screen, the first drag input starting from a first point and ending at a second point proximate to the electronic document screen;

displaying the electronic document screen showing N number of pages in response to the first input, wherein N is determined based on a distance between the first point and the second point, and the N number of pages are visually pulled or lifted up in real time while the first input is received such that the N number of pages are displayed in a virtual stack, each of the N number of pages being displayed individually in the virtual stack;

receiving a second input comprising a second drag input or a first flicking input in the first direction proximate to the electronic document screen, the second drag input or the first flicking input starting from the second point;

flipping through the N number of pages in response to the second input; and

displaying a subsequent page following the N number of pages flipped through on the electronic document screen,

wherein the pulled N number of pages sequentially return to their original position in the absence of the second input.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a second flicking input via the electronic document screen;

flipping through a single page from a currently displayed page in response to the second flicking input; and

displaying a previous or next page relative to the currently displayed page based on a direction of the second flicking input.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a multiple touch input, which comprises a first touch input at a third point and a second touch input at a fourth point proximate to the electronic document screen;

receiving a third flicking input, wherein the third flicking input comprises a plurality of flicking inputs and a first one of the plurality of flicking inputs is initiated subsequent to the multiple touch input from the fourth point while the first touch input remains at the third point during the third flicking input;

flipping pages sequentially in response to the third flicking input; and

displaying a page number of each of the flipped pages on a portion of each of the flipped pages, the page number changing sequentially as more pages are flipped through.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying an indicator including the N number at a portion of the electronic document screen.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising;

displaying an indicator including a page number of a page that will be displayed after the N number of pages are turned; and

displaying the page number on the subsequent page displayed on the electronic document screen.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a third input comprising a drag input in a second direction subsequent to the first input; and

returning to displaying the electronic document screen showing the at least one full page in response to the third input, stopping displaying the electronic document screen showing the N number of pages.

17. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display module configured to display an electronic document screen showing at least one full page among a plurality of pages of an electronic document, the display module receiving a first input for setting a number of pages to be turned among the plurality of pages; and

a controller configured to;

set the number of pages in response to the first input;

turn the set number of pages in response to a second input received proximate to the electronic document screen; and

display a subsequent page following the set number of pages turned on the electronic document screen.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine a duration of the first input; and

set the number of pages based on the determined duration of the first input, the number of pages increasing as the duration increases.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the second input comprises a flicking or drag input that begins from a first point of the electronic document screen on which the first input was received.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the first input comprises a first drag input in a first direction, the first drag input starting from a first point and ending at a second point proximate to the electronic document screen, wherein the number of pages is determined based on a distance between the first point and the second point, and wherein the set number of pages are visually pulled or lifted up in real time while the first input is received such that the set number of pages are displayed in a virtual stack, each of the set number of pages being displayed individually in the virtual stack.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the display module is further configured to receive a multiple touch input, which comprises a first touch input at a first point and a second touch input at a second point proximate to the electronic document screen, the display module further receiving a plurality of flicking inputs, wherein a first one of the plurality of flicking inputs is initiated subsequent to the multiple touch input from the second point while the first touch input remains at the first point during the plurality of flicking inputs,

wherein the controller is further configured to flip pages sequentially in response to the plurality of flicking inputs, and to display a page number of each of the flipped pages on a portion of each of the flipped pages, the page number changing sequentially as more pages are flipped through.