MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150370424A1
• Filed: 04/01/2015
• Published: 12/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: JOO, Jinuh, JOO, Sanghun, KIM, Eunshin
• Granted Patent: US 9,864,486 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Disclosed are a mobile terminal and controlling method thereof, by which saved image data can be effectively searched. The present invention includes a memory configured to store at least one image data, a touchscreen, and a controller outputting a thumbnail list for the stored image data on a 1^st scale through the touchscreen, the controller receiving a scroll input to the outputted thumbnail list plural times, the controller, if the scroll input received plural times meets a scale change condition, changing the 1^st scale of the outputted thumbnail list into a 2^nd scale.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory configured to store image data;

a touchscreen; and

a controller configured to;

cause the touchscreen to display a plurality thumbnail images of a thumbnail image list based on the stored image data, wherein the plurality of thumbnail images are displayed at a first scale;

scrolling the plurality of thumbnail images when a first input received at the touchscreen meets a first condition; and

changing the displayed scale of the plurality of thumbnail images from the first scale to a second scale when a second input received at the touchscreen meets a second condition.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

cause the touchscreen to terminate the displaying of the plurality of thumbnail images and display a group of prescribed image data in response to a touch gesture received at the touchscreen.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the touch gesture comprises a touch input received at a displayed location of one image of the plurality of thumbnail images and a drag input that extends from the touch input in a right-left direction.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the group of prescribed image data comprises a set of at least one image having a same attribute of the one image.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

assign the stored image data to at least one group; and

cause the touchscreen to terminate the displaying of the plurality of thumbnail images and display a group list of the at least one group when an input received at the touchscreen comprises multiple inputs collectively meeting a defined change condition.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to:

cause the touchscreen to display a preview of at least one image assigned to a group of the group list on a path of a drag input which is applied to the group of the group list.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the change condition comprises a condition and additionally meeting the first change condition during the displaying of the plurality of thumbnail images at the first scale.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first change condition comprises at least one of a receiving the first input which is a scroll input received for a number of times that is equal to or greater than a prescribed number of times or a condition that the first input is a scroll input having a speed that is equal to or greater than a prescribed speed.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a camera, wherein the controller is further configured to;

activate the camera when the displayed scale of the plurality of thumbnail images is changed from the first scale to the second scale.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a microphone, wherein the controller is further configured to;

search for a tag information of the stored image data based on a recognized voice that is received via the microphone; and

cause the touchscreen to display image data related to image data found according to the search for the tag information.

11. A method performed by a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying, on a touchscreen, a plurality thumbnail images of a thumbnail image list based on stored image data, wherein the plurality of thumbnail images are displayed at a first scale;

scrolling the plurality of thumbnail images when a first input received at the touchscreen meets a first condition; and

changing the displayed scale of the plurality of thumbnail images from the first scale to a second scale when a second input received at the touchscreen meets a second condition.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

terminating the displaying of the plurality of thumbnail images and displaying a group of prescribed image data in response to a touch gesture received at the touchscreen.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the touch gesture comprises a touch input received at a displayed location of one image of the plurality of thumbnail images and a drag input that extends from the touch input in a right-left direction.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the group of prescribed image data comprises a set of at least one image having a same attribute of the one image.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

assigning the stored image data to at least one group; and

terminating the displaying of the plurality of thumbnail images and displaying a group list of the at least one group when an input received at the touchscreen comprises multiple inputs collectively meeting a defined change condition.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

displaying, on the touchscreen, a preview of at least one image assigned to a group of the group list on a path of a drag input which is applied to the group of the group list.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the change condition comprises a condition and additionally meeting the first change condition during the displaying of the plurality of thumbnail images at the first scale.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the first change condition comprises at least one of a receiving the first input which is a scroll input received for a number of times that is equal to or greater than a prescribed number of times or a condition that the first input is a scroll input having a speed that is equal to or greater than a prescribed speed.

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

activating a camera when the displayed scale of the plurality of thumbnail images is changed from the first scale to the second scale.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

searching for a tag information of the stored image data based on a recognized voice that is received via a microphone; and

displaying, on the touchscreen, image data related to image data found according to the search for the tag information.