Mobile terminal and image control method thereof

• US 8,966,393 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2011
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optis Cellular Technology LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jang, Se-Yoon, Kim, Mee-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): ABDUL-ALI, OMAR R
• Application Number:
  US13/314,050
• Publication Number:
  US 20120075347A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,175 Days
• Field of Search: 715/801, 715/863
• US Class Current: 715/801
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1624 with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display
• 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 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to connect to the Internet to receive a Web page, a display unit configured to display the Web page, and a controller configured to receive an input signal corresponding to a selection of at least one image included in the displayed Web page, to hide or un-hide the selected at least one image, and to reconfigure and display the reconfigured Web page such that an image region where the selected at least one image is located is reduced and other regions of the Web page are increased when the selected at least one image is hid.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to connect to the Internet to receive a web page comprising at least one image and at least one object area;

a display unit configured to display the web page;

a sensing unit configured to sense an orientation of the mobile terminal; and

a controller configured to;

present the web page according to the orientation of the mobile terminal;

change a size of an image on the web page presented on the display unit in response to a touch applied to effect a change in the size of the image; and

rearrange an object area positioned adjacent to the image on the web page presented on the display unit in response to the change in the size of the image,

wherein the size of the image presented on the display unit is increased or decreased in response to the touch applied to change the size of the image.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a vibration unit configured to generate a vibration effect in response to an input associated with the image.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the vibration effect is generated when an object is approaching the image.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the vibration gets stronger as the object gets closer to the image.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the vibration effect is generated if the image is of a particular type.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the vibration effect is generated when the touch applied to effect the change in the size of the image exceeds a threshold size.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to store the image in response to an input selecting thereof.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display a menu on the display unit in response to a touch input on the image.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the touch input is maintained for a predetermined amount of time.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the touch input comprises a long touch input.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the object area positioned adjacent to the image comprises a text region on the web page.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein a size of the text region is increased when the size of the image is decreased.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein an additional text is inserted into the text region when the size of the text region is increased.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein text in the text region is magnified when the size of the image is decreased.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein a size of the text region is decreased when the size of the image is increased.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein a part of text in the text region is removed when the size of the text region is decreased.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein a size of text in the text region is reduced when the size of the image is increased.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a camera.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the camera is implemented on at least one of a front side or a rear side of the mobile terminal.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a microphone.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 20, wherein the microphone is implemented at a bottom center of a front side of the mobile terminal.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising an antenna.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a GPS module.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising an interface unit.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 24, wherein the interface unit is configured using at least one of a wired/wireless data port, a card socket, audio input/output ports, or video input/output ports.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 25, wherein the card socket is used to couple a memory card, a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, a user identity module (UIM) card, or a removable user identity module (RUIM) card.

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

connecting to the Internet to receive a web page;

displaying the web page on a display unit of the mobile terminal;

sensing an orientation of the mobile terminal;

presenting the web page according to the orientation of the mobile terminal;

changing a size of an image on the web page presented on the display unit in response to a touch applied to effect a change in the size of the image; and

rearranging an object area positioned adjacent to the image on the web page presented on the display unit in response to the change in the size of the image,

wherein the size of the image presented on the display unit is increased or decreased in response to the touch applied to change the size of the image.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising displaying a menu in response to a touch input on the image.