Method for displaying multimedia contents and mobile communications terminal capable of implementing the same

• US 7,844,301 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2006
• Issued: 11/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Yeon-Woo, Lee, Sang-Hyuck, Cheon, Jee-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Pan; Yuwen
• Application Number:
  US11/546,410
• Publication Number:
  US 20070085759A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,510 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 348/14, 379/93.23, 345/1.1, 345/1.3, 345/901, 345/903
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1692 the I/O peripheral being a secondary touch screen used as control interface, e.g. virtual buttons or sliders
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/61 wherein solid state memory is used for storing A/V content
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 : including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 : file transfer between terminals

Abstract

The invention is directed to a method of displaying multimedia data and providing multitasking features and a mobile communications terminal capable of implementing the same; and cradle for the mobile communications terminal. A mobile communications terminal includes a transceiver, a memory, a first display unit, a second display unit, a processor, a sensor to detect a rotational movement of a body, and a cradle for displaying multimedia contents is provided. The display unit can display the multimedia data in a fixed viewing angle regardless of which direction a user rotates the terminal. A method comprises the steps of displaying multimedia data playback on at least one of a first and a second display screens, displaying information related to the multimedia data, on at least a portion of the at least one of the display screens, providing multimedia control functions and/or indications to the user in a minimally intrusive manner, and displaying a multimedia playback control menu on the at least one of the two display screens.

Claims

1. A mobile communications terminal, comprising:

a memory device configured to store multimedia contents including a multimedia related image and multimedia related information corresponding to the multimedia related image;

at least two display screens including a first display screen and a second display screen;

a sensor configured to detect a first orientation of a main body of the mobile communications terminal and a second orientation of the main body that is perpendicular to the first orientation; and

a controller operatively connected to the memory device and the at least two display screens, the controller configured to control the at least two display screens to display first and second portions of the same stored multimedia related image on both the first and second display screens such that the same stored multimedia related image is expanded across the first and second display screens when the sensor detects the orientation of the main body of the mobile terminal is in the first orientation,

wherein, when the sensor detects the orientation of the main body of the mobile terminal is in the second position, the controller is further configured to reduce a size of the displayed multimedia related image to fit only on the first display screen, to change an orientation of the multimedia related image to match the second orientation of the mobile terminal, and to display the multimedia related image only on the first display screen, and the controller is further configured to change an orientation of the multimedia related information to match the second orientation of the mobile terminal and to display the multimedia related information corresponding to the multimedia related image on the second display screen, and

wherein the controller is further configured to expand the size of the multimedia related image to again be displayed on the first and second display screens when the sensor detects the orientation of the main body of the mobile terminal is in the first orientation.

2. The mobile communications terminal of claim 1, wherein the multimedia related image is an animation related to an audio file, and the multimedia related information is text or a still image related to the audio file.

3. The mobile communications terminal of claim 1, wherein the multimedia image is a video, and the multimedia related information is text or a still image related to the video.

4. A mobile communications terminal, comprising:

a memory device configured to store multimedia contents including a multimedia related image and multimedia related information corresponding to the multimedia related image;

at least two display screens including a first display screen and a second display screen;

a sensor configured to detect a first orientation of a main body of the mobile communications terminal and a second orientation of the main body that is perpendicular to the first orientation; and

a controller operatively connected to the memory device and the at least two display screens, the controller configured to control the at least two display screens to display the stored multimedia related image on the first display screen, and to display the multimedia related information corresponding to the multimedia related image on the second display screen when the sensor detects the orientation of the main body is in the first orientation,

wherein the controller is further configured to display first and second portions of the same multimedia related image on both the first and second display screens such that the same stored multimedia related image is expanded across the first and second display screens when the sensor detects the orientation of the main body is in the second orientation, and

wherein the controller is further configured to reduce a size of the multimedia related image to fit only on the first display screen, to change an orientation of the multimedia related image and the multimedia related information to match the first orientation of the mobile terminal, to display the multimedia related image on the first display screen, and to again display the multimedia related information corresponding to the multimedia related image on the second display screen when the sensor detects the orientation of the main body is in the first orientation.

5. The mobile communications terminal of claim 4, wherein the multimedia related image is an animation related to an audio file, and the multimedia related information is text or a still image related to the audio file.

6. The mobile communications terminal of claim 4, wherein the multimedia image is a video, and the multimedia related information is text or a still image related to the video.

7. A method of displaying multimedia contents for a mobile communications terminal comprising at least two display screens including a first display screen and a second display screen, the method comprising:

detecting, via a sensor included on the mobile terminal, a first orientation of a main body of the mobile communications terminal and a second orientation of the main body that is perpendicular to the first orientation;

displaying first and second portions of a same stored multimedia related image on both the first and second display screens such that the same stored multimedia related image is expanded across the first and second display screens when the sensor detects the main body of the mobile terminal is in the first orientation;

reducing a size of the displayed multimedia related image to fit only on the first display screen, changing an orientation of the multimedia related image and multimedia related information to match the second orientation of the mobile terminal, and displaying the multimedia related image on the first display screen and displaying the multimedia related information corresponding to the multimedia related image on the second display screen when the sensor detects the main body of the mobile terminal is in the second orientation; and

expanding the size of the displayed multimedia related image to again be displayed on the first and second display screens when the sensor detects the main body of the mobile terminal is in the first orientation.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the multimedia related image is an animation related to an audio file, and the multimedia related information is text or a still image related to the audio file.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the multimedia image is a video, and the multimedia related information is text or a still image related to the video.

10. A method of displaying multimedia contents for a mobile communication terminal comprising at least two display screens including a first display screen and a second display screen, the method comprising:

detecting, via a sensor included on the mobile terminal, a first orientation of a main body of the mobile communications terminal and a second orientation of the main body that is perpendicular to the first orientation;

displaying a stored multimedia related image on the first display screen, and displaying multimedia related information corresponding to the multimedia related image on the second display screen when the sensor detects the orientation of the main body is in the first orientation;

displaying first and second portions of the same multimedia related image on both the first and second display screens such that the same stored multimedia related image is expanded across the first and second display screens when the sensor detects the orientation of the main body is in the second orientation; and

reducing a size of the displayed multimedia related image to fit only on the first display screen, changing an orientation of the multimedia related image and multimedia related information to match the first orientation of the mobile terminal, and displaying the multimedia related image on the first display screen and again displaying the multimedia related information corresponding to the multimedia related image on the second display screen when the sensor detects the main body of the mobile terminal is in the first orientation.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the multimedia related image is an animation related to an audio file, and the multimedia related information is text or a still image related to the audio file.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the multimedia image is a video, and the multimedia related information is text or a still image related to the video.