MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF PROVIDING MULTIPLAYER GAME AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20110300910A1
• Filed: 06/02/2011
• Published: 12/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: CHOI, KYUNGDONG
• Granted Patent: US 8,849,355 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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

Abstract

A method of controlling a mobile terminal and which includes allowing, via a wireless communication of the mobile terminal, wireless communication with at least one other terminal; displaying, via a touch screen display unit of the mobile terminal, a display screen; receiving, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a first touch input on the display screen and a second touch input on the display screen while the first touch input is touching the display screen; and executing, via the controller, a preset function based on the received first and second touch inputs.

Claims

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

allowing, via a wireless communication of the mobile terminal, wireless communication with at least one other terminal;

displaying, via a touch screen display unit of the mobile terminal, a display screen;

receiving, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a first touch input on the display screen and a second touch input on the display screen while the first touch input is touching the display screen; and

executing, via the controller, a preset function based on the received first and second touch inputs.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the display screen includes first and second sub-display screens, the first touch input is in the first sub-display screen and the second touch input is in the second sub-display screen.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the preset function includes a multi-selection function for selecting multiple items among a list of items displayed on the display screen, and the first touch input touches a first item in the list of items.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving, via the controller, a third touch input on a second item of the list of items; and

selecting, via the controller, the first and second items based on the received first, second and third touch inputs.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

in response to receiving the third touch input and selecting the second item, automatically scrolling the list of items so that a next group of items appears on the display screen; and

varying an amount by which the list of items is scrolled according to a relative distance between the selected first and second items.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

upon receiving the second touch input, dividing the first and second sub-display screens into first and second display screen, respectively; and

displaying a list of items that was displayed in the first sub-display screen in the first display screen and displaying another list of items in the second display screen.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

deleting the list of items in the first display screen in response to a touch input on the first display screen with a first directivity;

moving the list of items from the first display screen to the second display screen in response to a touch input on the first display screen with a second directivity that is opposite to the first directivity;

deleting said another list of items in the second display screen in response to a touch input on the second display screen with the second directivity; and

moving said another list of items in the second display screen to the first display screen in response to a touch input on the second display screen with the first directivity.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the display screen includes first and second sub-display screens, and the first and second touch inputs are in the first sub-display screen,

wherein the preset function includes a deletion or moving function for deleting or moving an item among a list of items displayed on the display screen when the second touch input is dragged in a predetermined direction.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the display screen is an idle screen and includes first and second sub-display screens, and the preset function includes displaying home applications that can be executed on the mobile terminal and displaying an environment settings menu for assigning different settings on the mobile terminal based on whether the first and second touch inputs are respectively in the first and second sub-display screens or both the first and second touch inputs are in the first sub-display screen.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the display screen is a camera preview display screen and the preset function includes a video recording function such that a camera function displaying the camera preview display screen is switched into video recording function for recording a video upon receiving the first and second touch inputs.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the display screen is a camera preview display screen and the preset function includes a panoramic camera function for capturing panoramic image upon receiving the first and second touch inputs, and

wherein when the second touch input is moved in a first direction, the panoramic image is captured in the first direction, and when the second touch input is moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the panoramic image is captured in the second direction.

12. The method of claim 2, wherein the display screen is a document editor screen, and the preset function includes a file attachment function for attaching at least one file to the document editor screen,

wherein upon receiving the second touch input, the method further comprises displaying the document editor screen in the first sub-display screen and said at least one file in the second sub-display screen, and

wherein when the second touch input is moved to the first sub-display screen, the method further comprises attaching said at least one file to the document editor screen.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said at least one file is attached to the document editor screen at a location corresponding to where said at least one file is moved to the in the first sub-display screen.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the display screen includes first and second sub-display screens, the first and second touch inputs are at boundaries between the first and second sub-display screens, and the preset function is an enlarging/reducing function for enlarging/reducing the first and second sub-display windows based on a dragging or flicking of the second touch input.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second touch inputs occur simultaneously on the display screen or the first touch input occurs first followed by the second touch input while the first touch input is maintained on the display screen.

16. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to allow wireless communication with at least one other terminal;

a touch screen display unit configured to display a display screen; and

a controller configured to receive a first touch input on the display screen and a second touch input on the display screen while the first touch input is touching the display screen, and to execute a preset function based on the received first and second touch inputs.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the display screen includes first and second sub-display screens, the first touch input is in the first sub-display screen and the second touch input is in the second sub-display screen.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the preset function includes a multi-selection function for selecting multiple items among a list of items displayed on the display screen, and the first touch input touches a first item in the list of items.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a third touch input on a second item of the list of items, and to select the first and second items based on the received first, second and third touch inputs.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 19, wherein the controller is further configured to automatically scroll the list of items so that a next group of items appears on the display screen, in response to receiving the third touch input and selecting the second item, and to vary an amount by which the list of items is scrolled according to a relative distance between the selected first and second items.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to divide the first and second sub-display screens into first and second display screen, respectively, upon receiving the second touch input, and to control the display unit to display a list of items that was displayed in the first sub-display screen in the first display screen and display another list of items in the second display screen.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the controller is further configured to delete the list of items in the first display screen in response to a touch input on the first display screen with a first directivity;

to move the list of items from the first display screen to the second display screen in response to a touch input on the first display screen with a second directivity that is opposite to the first directivity, to delete said another list of items in the second display screen in response to a touch input on the second display screen with the second directivity, and to move said another list of items in the second display screen to the first display screen in response to a touch input on the second display screen with the first directivity.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the display screen includes first and second sub-display screens, and the first and second touch inputs are in the first sub-display screen,

wherein the preset function includes a deletion or moving function for deleting or moving an item among a list of items displayed on the display screen when the second touch input is dragged in a predetermined direction, under control of the controller.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the display screen is an idle screen and includes first and second sub-display screens, and the preset function includes displaying home applications that can be executed on the mobile terminal and displaying an environment settings menu for assigning different settings on the mobile terminal based on whether the first and second touch inputs are respectively in the first and second sub-display screens or both the first and second touch inputs are in the first sub-display screen, under control of the controller.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the display screen is a camera preview display screen and the preset function includes a video recording function such that a camera function displaying the camera preview display screen is switched into video recording function for recording a video upon receiving the first and second touch inputs, under control of the controller.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the display screen is a camera preview display screen and the preset function includes a panoramic camera function for capturing panoramic image upon receiving the first and second touch inputs, under control of the controller, and

wherein when the second touch input is moved in a first direction, the controller is further configured to capture the panoramic image in the first direction, and when the second touch input is moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the controller is further configured to capture the panoramic image panoramic image in the second direction.

27. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the display screen is a document editor screen, and the preset function includes a file attachment function for attaching at least one file to the document editor screen,

wherein upon receiving the second touch input, the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display the document editor screen in the first sub-display screen and said at least one file in the second sub-display screen, and

wherein when the second touch input is moved to the first sub-display screen, the controller is further configured to attach said at least one file to the document editor screen.

28. The mobile terminal of claim 27, wherein the controller is further configured to attach said at least one file to the document editor screen at a location corresponding to where said at least one file is moved to the in the first sub-display screen.

29. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the display screen includes first and second sub-display screens, the first and second touch inputs are at boundaries between the first and second sub-display screens, and the preset function is an enlarging/reducing function for enlarging/reducing the first and second sub-display windows based on a dragging or flicking of the second touch input, under control of the controller.

30. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the first and second touch inputs occur simultaneously on the display screen or the first touch input occurs first followed by the second touch input while the first touch input is maintained on the display screen.