MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140155124A1
• Filed: 12/03/2013
• Published: 06/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Jieun, NA, Sungchae
• Granted Patent: US 9,706,023 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly

Abstract

A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes displaying at least one portion of a plurality of display items on a touchscreen of the mobile terminal; selecting at least one filtering condition; determining, via a controller of the mobile terminal, whether each of a plurality of the display items matches the selected filtering condition; discriminately displaying at least one first display item matching the selected filtering condition from at least one second display item not matching the selected filtering condition among the plurality of the display items as a result of the determining step; and in response to a touch scroll command, scrolling the at least one first display item at a first speed and scrolling the at least one second display item only displayed on the touchscreen at a second speed lower than the first speed.

Claims

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

displaying at least one portion of a plurality of display items on a touchscreen of the mobile terminal;

selecting at least one filtering condition;

determining, via a controller of the mobile terminal, whether each of the plurality of the display items matches the selected filtering condition;

discriminately displaying at least one first display item matching the selected filtering condition from at least one second display item not matching the selected filtering condition among the plurality of the display items as a result of the determining step; and

in response to a touch scroll command, scrolling the at least one first display item at a first speed and scrolling the at least one second display item only displayed on the touchscreen at a second speed lower than the first speed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the at least one condition comprises:

displaying a menu bar including a plurality of available filtering conditions; and

selecting the at least one filtering condition from the menu bar.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

displaying a scroll bar movable on a track in a first direction for scrolling the plurality of display items based on a touch and drag of the scroll bar; and

displaying the menu bar based on a touch and drag of the scroll bar in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

changing at least one of a shape and color of the scroll bar based on a number of the at least one first display item.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the track includes an indicator corresponding to a location at which the at least one first display item is arranged.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of the display items include a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to a plurality of images, respectively.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one filtering condition includes at least one of time created information of the plurality of the images, place information related to the plurality of the images and character information on characters included in the plurality of the images.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein when the selecting step selects a plurality of filtering conditions, the method further comprises:

applying a different visual effect to each first display item based on a number of matched conditions among the plurality of the selected filtering conditions.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one filtering condition is determined by a text input by a user.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a layer including the at least one first display item overlapping the plurality of the display items.

11. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a touchscreen configured to display at least one portion of a plurality of display items; and

a controller configured to;

receive a selection of at least one filtering condition;

determine whether each of the plurality of the display items matches the selected filtering condition,

discriminately display at least one first display item matching the selected filtering condition from at least one second display item not matching the selected filtering condition among the plurality of the display items as a result of the determination, and

in response to a touch scroll command, scrolling the at least one first display item at a first speed and scrolling the at least one second display item only displayed on the touchscreen at a second speed lower than the first speed.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display a menu bar including a plurality of available filtering conditions, and

receive the selection of the at least one filtering condition from the menu bar.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display a scroll bar movable on a track in a first direction for scrolling the plurality of display items based on a touch and drag of the scroll bar, and

display the menu bar based on a touch and drag of the scroll bar in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to:

change at least one of a shape and color of the scroll bar based on a number of the at least one first display item.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the track includes an indicator corresponding to a location at which the at least one first display item is arranged.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the plurality of the display items include a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to a plurality of images, respectively.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the at least one filtering condition includes at least one of time created information of the plurality of the images, place information related to the plurality of the images and character information on characters included in the plurality of the images.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein when the selection of the at least one condition includes a plurality of filtering conditions, the controller is further configured to:

apply a different visual effect to each first display item based on a number of matched conditions among the plurality of the selected filtering conditions.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the at least one filtering condition is determined by a text input by a user.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display a layer including the at least one first display item overlapping the plurality of the display items.