PROPERTY MODIFICATION OF AN APPLICATION OBJECT

• US 20130215044A1
• Filed: 02/24/2012
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kwon, Arim, Hwang, Hoyoung, Ahn, Shinhui, Kim, Moonkyung, Seol, Namgung, Kim, Miyoung
• Granted Patent: US 9,348,509 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method, system, and device for controlling a mobile device with a touch screen are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a mobile terminal comprises a display unit configured to display an object associated with an application, a sensing unit configured to sense a touch on the object, and a controller. The controller is configured to execute the application in response to a first type of touch on the object and execute an edit mode to modify property data of the object in response to a second type of touch applied to the object.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit configured to display an object associated with an application;

a sensing unit configured to sense a touch on the object; and

a controller configured to;

execute the application in response to a first type of touch on the object; and

execute an edit mode to modify property data of the object in response to a second type of touch applied to the object.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the second type of touch comprises a long press touch, and wherein the controller is further configured to execute the edit mode upon a release of the long press touch.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to switch a state of the object so that the object becomes movable across the display unit upon sensing the long press touch, and to execute the edit mode if the position of the object is not altered upon the release of the long press touch.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to control the display unit to display an edit screen to modify the property data of the object if an additional touch which is different from the long press touch is sensed within a predetermined time upon the release of the long press touch.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to control the display unit to display a notification information notifying a possible use of the edit screen on the display unit upon the release of the long press touch, and wherein the notification information is in at least one of a sound, a vibration, or an image.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is configured to display the image which corresponds to the notification information overlapped with at least portion of the object or in a vicinity of the object.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to execute the application if the first type of touch is sensed on a region on the object other than the image which corresponds to the notification information, and to display the edit screen on the display unit if the additional touch is sensed on the image which corresponds to the notification information.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the display unit is configured to control the display unit to display additional objects, and the controller is configured to execute a second application associated with a second object when the first type of touch is sensed on the second object during the edit mode of the object.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to terminate the edit mode of the object and to execute an edit mode of the second object when the second type of touch is sensed on the second object during the edit mode of the object.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the object comprises an image region and a text region, and wherein the controller is configured to control the display unit to display the edit screen to change at least one of an image, a size, a color, a text, a font, or a sound of the object during the edit mode of the object.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the edit screen is operable to display a plurality of images, and the controller is configured to replace the object with one of the plurality of images if said one of the plurality of images is selected.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the plurality of images are arranged on the display unit based on their frequency of use or a degree of their association with the application which corresponds to the object.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the edit screen comprises a plurality of categories which correspond to at least one of the image, the size, the color, the text, the font, or the sound of the object, and wherein the at least one of the image, the size, the color, the text, the font, or the sound of the object is configured using the plurality of categories.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to implement the property data of the object when at least one of the plurality of categories is newly configured in response to an input thereof.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to control the display unit to display an update of the property data of the object on a preview screen when the at least one of the plurality of categories for the object is newly configured through the edit screen.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller is configured to control the display unit to display a control region on the preview screen for modifying at least one of the sound or the size of the object.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the property data of the object comprises data associated with the at least one of the image, the size, the color, the text, the font, or the sound of the object, and wherein the controller is configured to change property data of objects whose applications are related to the application associated with the object and a property data of an object associated with each application selected by a user when the property data of the object is changed based on the user input.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the edit screen comprises an icon with an input window for receiving the image of the object directly from a user, and wherein the controller is configured to assign an image which corresponds to image data as the image of the object when the image data is entered via the input window based on selection of the icon.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the edit screen comprises an icon to access images included in a photo album stored in a memory, and wherein the controller is configured to control the display unit to display the images in response to a selection of the icon and configure one of the images selected by a user among the images as the image of the object.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 19, the controller is configured to control the sensing unit to detect a facial image from the image selected by the user using an image recognition algorithm, and provide a guide image for selecting the facial image on a region which corresponds to the facial image.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 20, wherein the controller is configured to search for at least one image which includes another facial image which corresponds to the facial image, and to control the display unit to display data of the at least one image.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 19, wherein the controller is configured to display an edit screen for selecting a region on an image selected by the user from the photo album as the image of the object.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 19, wherein the controller is configured to generate a moving image using a plurality of images if the plurality of images are selected from the photo album and to assign the moving image as the image of the object.

24. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit configured to display an object associated with an application;

a sensing unit configured to sense a touch on the object; and

a controller configured to;

generate a control command for executing a function related to the object upon release of the touch on the object, wherein the control command is operable either to execute the application or execute an edit mode to modify property data of the object based on duration of the touch.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 24, wherein the controller is configured to execute the edit mode if the touch last more than a predetermined time, to control the display unit to display a plurality of images if the edit mode is executed, and to assign one of the plurality of images as the image of the object in response to selection thereof.