MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120081359A1
• Filed: 05/27/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: WOO, Seunghyun, LEE, Shinhae, JUNG, Hayang
• Granted Patent: US 8,760,448 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/156 Mixing image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/183 On-screen display [OSD] information, e.g. subtitles or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/305 using lenticular lenses, e.g. arrangements of cylindrical lenses
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/31 using parallax barriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/337 using polarisation multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/341 using temporal multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/361 Reproducing mixed stereoscopic images; Reproducing mixed monoscopic and stereoscopic images, e.g. a stereoscopic image overlay window on a monoscopic image background

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are provided. A method of controlling a mobile station according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises displaying a 3D user interface including at least one portion of a stereoscopic structure on a touchscreen, in which a plurality of layers including at least one icon are arranged centering on a central axis by being spaced apart from each other with a prescribed gap in-between, detecting a touch input of a first pattern via the touchscreen, and giving different 3D depths to at least one or more layers included in the 3D user interface among a plurality of the layers, respectively, and changing a position of each of a plurality of the layers according to a touch input of a second pattern in a manner of rotating centered on the central axis.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touchscreen configured to display a 3-Dimensional (3D) user interface including at least one portion of a stereoscopic structure, the 3D user interface comprising a plurality of layers arranged and centered about a central axis such that the plurality of layers are spaced apart from each other by a prescribed gap, each of the plurality of layers including at least one icon; and

a controller configured to;

control the touchscreen to display different 3D depths for at least one of the plurality of layers of the 3D user interface in order to provide a 3D stereoscopic image in response to detecting a first input; and

control the touchscreen to change a position of at least one of the plurality of layers of the 3D user interface in response to detecting a second input, the position changed by rotation centered about the central axis.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the touchscreen includes a parallax generating means configured to provide the 3D stereoscopic image by changing at least a propagation direction or a vibration direction of light.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the touchscreen to display a first of the plurality of the layers of the 3D user interface on an entire region of the touchscreen.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, further comprising a sensing unit configured to detect an inclination of the mobile terminal, wherein the controller is further configured to control the touchscreen to change a position of each of the plurality of the layers of the 3D user interface by rotation centered about the central axis in response to the detection of the inclination of the mobile terminal.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to control the touchscreen to change a direction and speed of the rotation to correspond to the detected inclination.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect a selection of at least one icon of the at least one icon of the first layer by a touch input to the touchscreen that is maintained while the inclination of the mobile terminal is detected by the sensing unit;

control the touchscreen to display a second of the plurality of layers when the mobile terminal enters a parallel state;

detect a release of the touch input from the touchscreen while the second layer is displayed on the touchscreen and the mobile terminal is in the parallel state; and

control the touchscreen to change a position of the selected at least one icon from the first layer to a prescribed region of the second layer.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to control the touchscreen to provide a visual effect to the selected at least one icon.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to:

control the touchscreen to display a touch region on a prescribed region of the touchscreen for rotating the at least one portion of the stereoscopic structure;

detect a touch of the touch region of the touchscreen; and

control the touchscreen to change a position of each of the plurality of layers of the 3D user interface by rotation centered about the central axis while the touch of the touch region is maintained.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect a selection of at least one icon of the at least one icon of the first layer by a touch input to the touchscreen that drags the selected at least one icon to the touch region;

control the touchscreen to change the position of each of the plurality of layers of the 3D user interface by rotation centered about the central axis while the touch to the dragged at least one icon is maintained;

detect a release of the touch from the dragged at least one icon; and

control the touchscreen to change a position of the selected at least one icon from the first layer to a prescribed region of a second layer displayed on the touchscreen.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to control the touchscreen to provide a visual effect to the selected at least one icon.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the touchscreen to provide a visual effect to indicate that the 3D stereoscopic image is provided on a prescribed region of the touchscreen.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first input is a touch input of a first pattern received via the touch screen.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the second input is a touch input of a second pattern received via the touchscreen.

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

displaying a 3-Dimensional (3D) user interface including at least one portion of a stereoscopic structure on a touchscreen, the 3D user interface comprising a plurality of layers arranged and centered about a central axis such that the plurality of layers are spaced apart from each other by a prescribed gap, each of the plurality of layers including at least one icon;

detecting a first input;

displaying different 3D depths for at least one of the plurality of layers of the 3D user interface in order to provide a 3D stereoscopic image on the touchscreen in response to detecting the first input;

detecting a second input; and

changing a position of at least one of the plurality of layers of the 3D user interface in response to detecting the second input, the position changed by rotation centered about the central axis.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying a first of the plurality of the layers of the 3D user interface on an entire region of the touchscreen.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

detecting an inclination of the mobile terminal via a sensing unit; and

changing a position of each of the plurality of the layers of the 3D user interface on the touchscreen by rotation centered about the central axis in response to the detection of the inclination of the mobile terminal.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising changing a direction and speed of the rotation to correspond to the detected inclination.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

detecting a selection of at least one icon of the at least one icon of the first layer by a touch input to the touchscreen that is maintained while the inclination of the mobile terminal is detected;

displaying a second of the plurality of layers when the mobile terminal enters a parallel state;

detecting a release of the touch input from the touchscreen while the second layer is displayed on the touchscreen and the mobile terminal is in the parallel state; and

changing a position of the selected at least one icon from the first layer to a prescribed region of the second layer.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising providing a visual effect to the selected at least one icon on the touchscreen.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

displaying a touch region on a prescribed region of the touchscreen for rotating the at least one portion of the stereoscopic structure;

detecting a touch of the touch region of the touchscreen; and

changing a position of each of the plurality of layers of the 3D user interface by rotation centered about the central axis while the touch of the touch region is maintained.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

detecting a selection of at least one icon of the at least one icon of the first layer by a touch input to the touchscreen that drags the selected at least one icon to the touch region;

changing the position of each of the plurality of layers of the 3D user interface by rotation centered about the central axis while the touch to the dragged at least one icon is maintained;

detecting a release of the touch from the dragged at least one icon; and

changing a position of the selected at least one icon from the first layer to a prescribed region of a second layer displayed on the touchscreen.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising providing a visual effect to the selected at least one icon on the touchscreen.

23. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying a visual effect to indicate that the 3D stereoscopic image is provided on a prescribed region of the touchscreen.

24. The method of claim 14, wherein the first input is a touch input of a first pattern received via the touchscreen.

25. The method of claim 14, wherein the second input is a touch input of a second pattern received via the touchscreen.