Mobile communication terminal having multiple displays and a data processing method thereof

• US 8,194,043 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2006
• Issued: 06/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: British Telecommunications PLC (BT Group PLC)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cheon, Jee-Young, Park, Yeon-Woo, Lee, Sang-Hyuck
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Nitin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shapiro, Leonid
• Application Number:
  US11/535,471
• Publication Number:
  US 20070075915A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,079 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-179, 345 11- 13
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 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: 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 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• 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

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal includes a display unit comprising a plurality of displays, one of which being formed as a touch panel, and a controller for analyzing a signal inputted through the touch panel to determine whether movement distance of data satisfies pre-set conditions, and outputting a control signal for displaying the corresponding data through a different display region according to the corresponding result.

Claims

1. A method of selecting and moving at least one graphical object among graphical objects shown in multiple display regions, the method comprising:

detecting, via a single touch sensitive display unit, a touch input at a first location on a first display region of the touch sensitive display unit resulting in selection of a graphical object from the first display region of the touch sensitive display unit;

detecting, via the touch sensitive display unit, a drag input from said first location resulting in movement of the selected graphical object, wherein detecting the drag input is based on a drag distance from said first location to a second location on the first display region;

changing displayed locations of said graphical object on the first display region based on the drag distance;

changing displayed locations of said graphical object on the second display region based on the drag distance;

wherein the second display region is graphically adjacent the first display region on the touch sensitive display unit, and

providing a visual indicator along an edge of the first display region or along an edge of the second display region on the touch sensitive display unit to indicate that the first display region and the second display region are attached to each other in a graphically continuous manner.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed locations of the graphical object on the first display region, on the second display region, or on both the first display region and the second display region, are based on the drag distance with respect to a pre-set length.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed locations of the graphical object on the the first display region and for the second display region are further based on a direction of the drag input.

4. The method of 3, wherein the displayed locations of the graphical object on the first display region and the second display region are further based on a drag movement velocity.

5. An apparatus that supports selecting and moving at least one graphical object among graphical objects shown in multiple display regions, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver configured for transmitting and receiving signals via a wireless communications network;

a memory configured for storing data related to the signals and information related to graphical objects;

a single touch sensitive display unit comprising a first display region and a second display region; and

a processor configured for cooperating with the memory and the touch sensitive display unit in order to;

detect, via the touch sensitive display unit, a touch input at a first location on the first display region of the touch sensitive display unit resulting in selection of a graphical object from the first display region of the touch sensitive display unit,

detect, via the touch sensitive display unit, a drag input from said first location resulting in movement of the selected graphical object, wherein detecting the drag input is based on a drag distance from said first location to a second location on the first display region;

change displayed locations of said graphical object on the first display region based on the drag distance;

change displayed locations of said graphical object on the second display region based on the drag distance;

wherein the second display region is graphically adjacent the first display region on the touch sensitive display unit, and

provide a visual indicator along an edge of the first display region or along an edge of the second display region on the touch sensitive display unit to indicate that the first display region and the second display region are attached to each other in a graphically continuous manner.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the displayed locations of the graphical object on the first display region, on the second display region, or on both the first display region and the second display region, are based on the drag distance with respect to a pre-set length.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the displayed locations of the graphical object on the first display region and for the second display region are further based on a direction of the drag input.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the displayed locations of the graphical object on the first display region and for the second display region are further based on a drag movement velocity.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals via a wireless communications network;

a memory configured to store data related to one or more icons;

a single touch sensitive screen configured to display at least one left side display area and at least one right side display area to achieve a side-by-side image layout; and

a processor configured to cooperate with the memory and the touch sensitive screen in order to display graphical outputs on the left and right side display areas by;

detecting, via the touch sensitive screen, a touch drag input resulting in movement of at least one touch selected icon, wherein detecting the touch drag input is based on a drag distance with respect to a threshold length;

providing updated graphical outputs on the left side display area of the touch sensitive screen to display the movement of the touch selected icon based on the drag distance; and

providing updated graphical outputs on the right side display area of the touch sensitive screen to display the movement of the touch selected icon based on the drag distance,

wherein the right side display area is graphically adjoined with the left side display area on the side-by-side image layout on the touch sensitive screen, and

providing a visual indicator along an edge of the left side display area, along an edge of the right side display area, or along edges of both the left and right side display areas to indicate that the left side display area and the right side display area are graphically adjoined on the side-by-side image layout.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the graphical outputs are provided on the left side display area, on the right side display area, or on both the left side display area and the right side display area are based on the drag distance with respect to the threshold length.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein providing the graphical outputs for the left side display area and for the right side display area is further based on a direction of the drag input.

12. The apparatus of 11, wherein providing the graphical outputs for the left side display area and for the right side display area is further based on a drag velocity.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a display unit configured to provide outputs to a user and to receive touch contacts from the user, said display unit configured to display a first screen portion and a second screen portion, said first screen portion having a first display area and a second display area,

wherein a first set of graphical icons are displayed on the first screen portion and a second set of graphical icons are displayed on the second screen portion; and

a controller configured to cooperate with the display unit in order to cause,

detecting of an initial finger touch contact from the user applied at a particular spot on the first display area of the first screen portion resulting in selection of at least one graphical icon among the first set of graphical icons;

detecting of a continued finger touch contact from the user applied from the particular spot on the first display area of the first screen portion, the continued finger touch contact being a dragging motion performed with respect to the selected graphical icon from the particular spot towards a particular direction along the first display area;

displaying of the selected graphical icon as being moved with respect to the second display area, or moved with respect to the second display portion, or moved with respect to both the second display area and the second display portion due to the detected continued finger touch contact, based on a threshold length on the first display area for the dragging motion; and

providing of a visual indicator that exists along an edge of the first display area, along an edge of the second display area, or along edges of both the first and second display areas, to indicate that the first display area and the second display area exist side-by-side to each other.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said controller is configured to cooperate with the display unit in order to cause displaying of the selected graphical icon based on the detected continued finger touch contact exceeding the threshold length.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein said controller is configured to cooperate with the display unit in order to cause displaying of the selected graphical icon based on the detected continued finger touch contact not exceeding the threshold length.