Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same

• US 8,669,953 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2011
• Issued: 03/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Youngjin, Lee, Namsu
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Kent
• Assistant Examiner(s): ROSARIO, NELSON M
• Application Number:
  US13/171,141
• Publication Number:
  US 20120013553A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 345/169, 345/661, 345 30-111, 715200-277, 715700-867, 340/699, 340/407.2, 705 50- 79, 709201-229, 700701-866
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A mobile terminal may display a first one of a plurality of wallpapers on a touch screen, display an item on the screen, recognize a request to arrange the item, change the wallpaper displayed on the touch screen based on a determined motion of the mobile terminal, and display the item on a selected wallpaper.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory to store a plurality of wallpapers;

a touch screen;

a sensing unit to sense a motion of the mobile terminal; and

a controller configured to;

display a first one of the stored plurality of wallpapers on the touch screen;

display a specific item on the screen;

receive a request to arrange the specific item on another one of the stored plurality of wallpapers;

in response to receiving the request to arrange the item, providing an item arrangement mode;

in response to providing the item arrangement mode, change the first wallpaper displayed on the touch screen to a second one of the stored plurality of wallpapers on the touch screen based on the motion of the mobile terminal sensed by the sensing unit, wherein the second wallpaper is displayed on the touch screen without displaying the specific item on the touch screen;

change the second wallpaper displayed on the touch screen to a third one of the stored plurality of wallpapers based on another motion of the mobile terminal sensed by the sensing unit;

receive an input on the third wallpaper, the input to identify a specific location for the specific item; and

display, on the touch screen, the specific item on the third one of the stored plurality of wallpapers at the specific location.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the sensed motion includes a sensed tilting of the mobile terminal.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller determines the selected wallpaper when the wallpaper displayed on the touch screen is touched.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller periodically changes the wallpaper displayed on the touch screen based on the sensed motion of the mobile terminal, until one of the wallpapers is selected.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the sensed motion includes a tilt direction, and the controller controls, based on the tilt direction, a display sequence of the wallpapers displayed on the touch screen during the change of the wallpaper displayed on the touch screen.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the sensed motion includes a degree of a tilt, and the controller controls, based on the degree of the tilt, a display speed of the wallpapers displayed on the touch screen during the change of the wallpaper displayed on the touch screen.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller receives the request to arrange the specific item when the displayed specific item is touched on the touch screen for at least a predetermined time.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal inactivates the display of the specific item while the displayed wallpaper changes based on motion of the mobile terminal sensed by the sensing unit.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the specific location is based on a touch input to the selected third one of the stored plurality of wallpapers.

10. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touch screen;

a sensing unit to sense a motion of the mobile terminal; and

a controller configured to;

display an item on the touch screen;

receive a request to arrange the item;

display a reduced image of at least one of a plurality of wallpapers on the touch screen by displaying, on the touch screen, a perceived three-dimensional (3D) object that includes a plurality of outer faces,

display the item on the touch screen at an area outside of the perceived 3D object while displaying the perceived 3D object;

change the perceived 3D object displayed on the touch screen based on the sensed motion of the mobile terminal;

determine a selected wallpaper from the displayed 3D object;

receive a dragging input of the item from the area outside of the perceived 3D object to a selected one of the outer faces of the perceived 3D object;

display, on the touch screen, the item on the selected wallpaper on the selected one of the outer faces of the perceived 3D object.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller displays the reduced image of each of the wallpapers on each of the outer faces of the 3D object, respectively.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller changes the image of the touch screen by performing a perceived rotation of the 3D object based on the sensed motion of the mobile terminal.

13. A method of controlling a mobile terminal having a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying a first wallpaper on the screen;

displaying an item on the screen;

receiving a request to arrange the displayed item on another wallpaper;

sensing, after receiving the request, a motion of the mobile terminal;

changing the first wallpaper displayed on the screen to a second wallpaper displayed on the screen based on the sensed motion, wherein the second wallpaper is displayed on the screen without the item being displayed on the screen;

receiving a selection of the second wallpaper by a first touch input;

receiving a second touch input on the displayed second wallpaper to identify a specific location for the specific item; and

displaying the specific item on the second wallpaper after receiving the selection of the second wallpaper, wherein the specific item is displayed at the specific location of the second wallpaper corresponding to the second touch input.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein terminating the changing of the wallpaper displayed on the touch screen when the second wallpaper is selected.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising periodically changing a wallpaper displayed on the touch screen based on the sensed motion of the mobile terminal, until one of the wallpapers is selected.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the sensed motion includes a tilt direction, and changing the wallpaper displayed on the screen includes controlling a sequence in which the wallpapers are displayed on the touch screen based on the sensed tilt direction.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the sensed motion includes a degree of a tilt, and changing the wallpaper displayed on the screen includes controlling a speed at which the wallpaper displayed on the touch screen are changed based on the sensed degree of the tilt.

18. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touch screen to receive a touch input;

a sensing unit to sense a motion of the mobile terminal; and

a controller configured to display a first wallpaper on the screen and to display at least a second wallpaper on the screen in response to the touch screen receiving a first touch input with respect to a specific item displayed on the first wallpaper, wherein the displayed at least second wallpaper is provided based on the sensed motion of the mobile terminal and the at least second wallpaper is initially displayed on the touch screen without displaying the selected item on the second wallpaper displayed on the touch screen, and in response to the mobile terminal receiving a selection of the displayed second wallpaper and in response to a second touch input at a specific location of the displayed second wallpaper, the item is displayed on the selected second wallpaper displayed on the touch screen at the specific location corresponding to the second touch input.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the displayed second wallpaper is selected when a touch input of the item is released.