MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING A SCREEN OPERATION AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130227450A1
• Filed: 02/22/2013
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: NA, Minwook, SHIN, Jongwoo, CHOI, Kangsik, KWON, Minsoo, WANG, Jeeyeun
• Granted Patent: US 9,772,738 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264

Abstract

A mobile terminal and screen operation method for the same are disclosed. The screen operation method includes: displaying a screen containing an amorphous object that is changeable at least in part to a specific form according to an input event; receiving a generated input event; and displaying a concrete object that is generated from the amorphous object by modifying the amorphous object at least in part according to the input event.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal supporting screen operation, comprising:

a touchscreen displaying at least one of an amorphous object that is changeable according to an input event, and a concrete object that is generated by modifying the amorphous object at least in part according to the input event; and

a control unit controlling the touchscreen for outputting a screen providing the amorphous object and displaying the concrete object on the screen according to the input event.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the concrete object is ripples of concentric circles that are generated according to the input event occurring on the amorphous object.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the touchscreen displays at least one of:

ripples generated once for a touch down event and a touch release event;

multiple sets of ripples generated at a predetermined interval along a path of a touch and move gesture including drag, flick or sweep according to at least one of movement distance and movement speed thereof;

ripples generated at a portion of the screen when the screen is initially activated;

reversed ripples generated when circular waves of ripples are bounced off the boundary of the touchscreen; and

deformed ripples generated when waves of multiple sets of ripples overlap causing constructive or destructive interference.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the touchscreen updates, when a touch and move gesture including drag, flick or sweep is generated as the input event, display of the concrete object by applying at least one of a split operation and a splash operation to the amorphous object along a path of the touch and move gesture according to at least one of movement distance and movement speed thereof.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the touchscreen displays, when an input event occurs that corresponds to a touch gesture including tap, drag, flick or sweep, or to shaking, tilting or tapping of the mobile terminal, a concrete object generated by applying at least one of a scratch operation, a crack operation and a crater operation to the amorphous object according to the input event.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the touchscreen displays, when the mobile terminal is tilted, a concrete object generated by modifying the density or arrangement of the amorphous object according to leaning toward a direction of the tilting.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the amorphous object is displayed in the screen on the touchscreen and corresponds to at least one of a liquid, a gas and a solid without a definite shape.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit represents at least one of the input event and status of the concrete object as an accumulable parameter value, and controls an operation to unlock a lock function of the screen when the accumulated parameter value is greater than or equal to a preset threshold.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the screen comprises at least one of:

a base layer placed below the amorphous object or the concrete object;

a time information region to output time information; and

a weather information region to output weather information.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein at least one of the base layer, the time information region and the weather information region is displayed in a distorted form when the concrete object is output.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the screen further comprises at least one of:

a shortcut menu region to output at least one shortcut menu item;

a ticker region to output information on received data; and

a play ticker region to support playback or play control of an audio file.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the touchscreen outputs, in response to an event activating at least one of the shortcut menu region, the ticker region and the play ticker region, the activated region, and displays linear wave patterns as a concrete object according to output of the activated region.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the control unit activates, when a shortcut menu item of the shortcut menu region is moved for a predefined distance or more or at a predefined speed or more from the shortcut menu region, a user function associated with the shortcut menu item.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the screen further comprises at least one of:

a release item to support unlocking of a lock function of the screen; and

at least one information item to output received information.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the touchscreen displays at least one of:

at least one of the release item floating on the amorphous object and the information item; and

ripples of concentric circles around at least one of the release item and the information item.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls, when a touch and drag gesture is generated and moved for a predefined distance or more on the touchscreen displaying the amorphous object, an operation to generate stone skipping ripples along the path of the touch and drag gesture and to unlock a lock function of the screen.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the amorphous object corresponds to at least one of:

a liquid without a definite shape;

a gas including wind, fire, fog or vapor; and

a solid including land composed of soil, sand and gravel or a glass window displayable as a flat surface on the touchscreen.

18. A screen operation method for a mobile terminal, comprising:

displaying a screen containing an amorphous object that is changeable according to an input event;

detecting the input event; and

displaying a concrete object that is generated from the amorphous object by modifying the amorphous object at least in part according to the input event.

19. The screen operation method of claim 18, wherein displaying a concrete object comprises displaying ripples of concentric circles that are generated according to the input event occurring on the amorphous object.

20. The screen operation method of claim 19, wherein displaying the concrete object comprises at least one of:

displaying ripples generated once for a touch down event and a touch release event;

displaying multiple sets of ripples generated at a predetermined interval along a path of the touch and move gesture including drag, flick or sweep according to at least one of movement distance and movement speed thereof;

displaying ripples at a portion of the screen when the screen is initially output according to an event activating the screen;

displaying reversed ripples generated when circular waves of ripples are bounced off the boundary of a touchscreen; and

displaying deformed ripples generated when waves of multiple sets of ripples overlap to thereby cause constructive or destructive interference.

21. The screen operation method of claim 18, wherein displaying the concrete object comprises at least one of:

updating, when a touch and move gesture including drag, flick or sweep is generated as an input event, display of the concrete object by applying at least one of a split operation and a splash operation to the amorphous object along the path of the touch and move gesture according to at least one of movement distance and movement speed thereof;

displaying, when an input event occurs that corresponds to a touch gesture including tap, drag, flick or sweep, or to shaking, tilting or tapping of the mobile terminal, the concrete object generated by applying at least one of a scratch operation, a crack operation and a crater operation to the amorphous object according to the input event; and

displaying, when the mobile terminal is tilted, the concrete object generated by modifying the density or arrangement of the amorphous object according to leaning toward a direction of tilting.

22. The screen operation method of claim 18, wherein displaying a screen comprises displaying at least one of a liquid, a gas and a solid without a definite shape as the amorphous object in the screen on the touchscreen.

23. The screen operation method of claim 18, further comprising:

representing at least one of the input event and status of the concrete object as an accumulable parameter value; and

unlocking a lock function of the screen when the accumulated parameter value is greater than or equal to a preset threshold.

24. The screen operation method of claim 18, further comprising at least one of:

displaying a base layer placed below the amorphous object or the concrete object;

displaying a time information region at a portion of the screen to output time information; and

displaying a weather information region at a portion of the screen to output weather information.

25. The screen operation method of claim 24, wherein at least one of the base layer, the time information region and the weather information region is displayed in a distorted form when the concrete object is output.

26. The screen operation method of claim 18, further comprising at least one of:

displaying a shortcut menu region at a portion of the screen to output at least one shortcut menu item;

displaying a ticker region at a portion of the screen to output information on received data; and

displaying a play ticker region at a portion of the screen to support playback or play control of an audio file.

27. The screen operation method of claim 26, further comprising at least one of:

outputting, in response to an event activating at least one of the shortcut menu region, the ticker region and the play ticker region, the activated region, and displaying linear wave patterns as a concrete object according to output of the activated region; and

activating, when a shortcut menu item of the shortcut menu region is moved for a predefined distance or more or at a predefined speed or more from the shortcut menu region, a user function associated with the shortcut menu item.

28. The screen operation method of claim 18, further comprising at least one of:

displaying a release item at a portion of the screen to support unlocking of a lock function of the screen; and

displaying at least one information item at a portion of the screen to output received information.

29. The screen operation method of claim 28, further comprising at least one of:

displaying at least one of the release item and the information item afloat on the amorphous object; and

displaying ripples of concentric circles around at least one of the release item and the information item.

30. The screen operation method of claim 18, further comprising at least one of:

receiving a touch and drag gesture that is moved for a predefined distance or more on the touchscreen displaying the amorphous object; and

generating stone skipping ripples along the path of the touch and drag gesture and unlocking a lock function of the screen.

31. The screen operation method of claim 18, wherein the amorphous object corresponds to at least one of a liquid without a definite shape, a gas including wind, fire, fog or vapor, and a solid including land composed of soil, sand and gravel or a glass window displayable as a flat surface on the touchscreen.