METHOD FOR DISPLAYING BACKGROUND SCREEN IN MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20140047382A1
• Filed: 10/17/2013
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Young-Jun
• Granted Patent: US 9,791,996 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/800
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• 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 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations

Abstract

A method for displaying a background screen in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes resizing at least one of a plurality of background screens according to a first input, displaying at least one of the at least one resized background screen, detecting a second input, and transitioning among the resized background screens based on the detected second input, wherein the background screens respectively include an icon.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a background screen in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

resizing at least one of a plurality of background screens according to a first input;

displaying at least one of the at least one resized background screen;

detecting a second input; and

transitioning among the resized background screens based on the detected second input;

wherein the background screens respectively include an icon.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting of the second input comprises:

detecting an orientation of the mobile terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, when the at least one background screen is resized, the icon included in each of the resized background screens is resized and displayed within the corresponding resized background screen.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein at least one of the resized background screens comprises an icon among the resized and displayed icons that is emphatically displayed.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the emphatically displayed icon corresponds to at least one of:

an icon selected or executed equal to or more than a predefined number of times;

an icon which has been most recently selected or executed at a time point when the input occurs; and

an icon preset to be emphatically displayed in a background screen which includes the emphatically displayed icon.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when one of the resized background screens is selected, transitioning to the background screen corresponding to the selected resized background screen.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the transitioning to the background screen comprises:

setting the background screen corresponding to the selected resized background screen as a current background screen; and

displaying the current background screen.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when a third input is input while the resized background screens are displayed, stopping the displaying of the resized background screens.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the resized background screens are displayed with a background element to distinguish the resized background screens from a current background screen.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the detecting of the orientation of the mobile terminal comprises:

detecting a motion of the mobile terminal.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the detecting of the motion of the mobile terminal comprises:

detecting a tilting of the mobile terminal.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform the method of claim 1.

13. A mobile terminal apparatus for displaying a background screen, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit configured to display at least one resized background screen to a user;

an input unit configured to receive input from the user; and

a controller configured to resize at least one of a plurality of background screens when a first input is input, to display at least one of the at least one resized background screen, to detect a second input, and to transition among the resized background screens based on the second input,

wherein the background screens respectively include an icon.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the second input corresponds to an orientation detected by using a sensor unit.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein, when the at least one background screen is resized, the icon included in each of the resized background screens is resized and displayed within the corresponding resized background screen.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein at least one of the resized background screens comprises an icon among the resized and displayed icons that is emphatically displayed.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the emphatically displayed icon corresponds to at least one of:

an icon selected or executed equal to or more than a predefined number of times;

an icon which has been most recently selected or executed at a time point when the predefined key input occurs; and

an icon preset to be emphatically displayed in a background screen which includes the emphatically displayed icon.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein, when one of the resized background screens is selected, the controller transitions to the background screen corresponding to the selected resized background screen.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein, when the controller transitions to the background screen, the controller sets the background screen corresponding to the selected resized background screen as a current background screen, and controls the display unit to display the current background screen.

20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein, when a third input is input when the resized background screens are displayed, the controller controls to stop display of the resized background screens.

21. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the resized background screens are displayed with a background element to distinguish the resized background screens from a current background screen.

22. A method for displaying a user interface in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a current background screen;

detecting a first input;

resizing at least one of a plurality of background screens upon detection of the first input;

displaying at least one of the at least one resized background screen;

detecting a second input; and

transitioning among each of the resized background screens based on the second input,

wherein each of the plurality of background screens have at least one icon associated therewith.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein, the detecting of the second input comprises:

detecting an orientation of the mobile terminal.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the detecting of the orientation of the mobile terminal comprises:

detecting a motion of the mobile terminal.