Mobile communication terminal and information display method thereof

• US 8,934,943 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2010
• Issued: 01/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Hyun Ho, Kim, Yung Hee
• Primary Examiner(s): Behnamian, Shahriar
• Application Number:
  US12/898,598
• Publication Number:
  US 20110018833A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,561 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 455/158.4, 455/158.5, 379/93.19, 379/916, 345173-178
• US Class Current: 455/566
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 379/916 Touch screen associated with telephone set

Abstract

An information display method in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes displaying information on a display unit of the mobile terminal, generating a scrolling start signal, and scrolling the information with a positive acceleration based on the generated scrolling start signal.

Claims

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

displaying a list of a plurality of items on a display area of a touchscreen of the mobile terminal, wherein a first item of the plurality of items is displayed in a middle of the list horizontally such that a cover of the first item can be displayed on the list horizontally, and other items of the plurality of items are displayed in a left and right of the middle of the list at an angle such that a portion of a cover of each item can be displayed on the list; and

displaying a second item in a middle of the list horizontally such that a cover of the second item can be displayed on the list horizontally in response to a first touching operation for scrolling of the list;

wherein the first item is moved to a direction related to the first touching operation and is displayed at an angle such that a portion of the cover of the first item can be displayed on the list, and

wherein the first item is displayed with an enlarged size when it is displayed in the middle of the list compared to a size of the first item when it is not displayed in the middle of the list.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second touching operation on the cover of the first item, wherein the cover of the first item comprises a first information corresponding to the first item; and

displaying second information corresponding to the first item displayed in the middle of the list, the second information being different from the first information.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

removing the first information from the touchscreen when the second information is displayed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of items includes at least one of an image, an album and a music file.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the scrolling the list includes scrolling the list with a gradually increasing scrolling speed.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

controlling the scrolling speed in accordance with at least one of a strength, a moving distance, and a duration of a touch signal through the touchscreen.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

stopping the scrolling of the list at an end point corresponding to a scrolling stop signal when the scrolling stop signal is received while scrolling the list,

wherein the first item of which the first information is displayed corresponds to the end point when the scrolling of the list is stopped.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the scrolling speed is gradually decreased towards the end point.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first touching operation is a dragging operation or a flicking operation on the touchscreen.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first touching operation is a dragging operation on a scroll bar displayed on the touchscreen.

11. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a touchscreen configured to display a list of a plurality of items on a display area, wherein a first item of the plurality of items is displayed in a middle of the list horizontally such that a cover of the first item can be displayed on the list horizontally, and other items of the plurality of items are displayed in a left and right of the middle of the list at an angle such that a portion of a cover of each item can be displayed on the list; and

a controller configured to display a second item in a middle of the list horizontally such that a cover of the second item can be displayed on the list horizontally in response to a first touch operation for scrolling of the list,

wherein the first item is moved to a direction related to the first touching operation and is displayed at an angle such that a portion of the cover of the first item can be displayed on the list, and

wherein the first item is displayed with an enlarged size when it is displayed in the middle of the list compared to a size of the first item when it is not displayed in the middle of the list.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a second touching operation on the displayed first information, wherein the cover of the first item comprises a first information corresponding to the first item, and to display second information corresponding to the one item displayed in the middle of the list, the second information being different from the first information.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the first information disappears from the touchscreen when the second information is displayed.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the plurality of items includes at least one of an image, an album and a music file.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to scroll the list with a gradually increasing scrolling speed when a scrolling start signal is received corresponding to the first touching operation.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to control the scrolling speed in accordance with at least one of a strength, a moving distance, and a duration of a touch signal through the touchscreen.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to stop the scrolling of the list at an end point corresponding to a scrolling stop signal when the scrolling stop signal is received while scrolling the list, and

wherein the first item of which the first information is displayed corresponds to the end point when the scrolling of the list is stopped.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the scrolling speed is gradually decreased towards the end point when the scrolling stop signal is received when scrolling the list.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the first touching operation is a dragging operation or a flicking operation on the touchscreen.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the first touching operation is a dragging operation on a scroll bar displayed on the touchscreen.