Bouncing animation of a lock mode screen in a mobile communication terminal

• US 9,083,814 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2010
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Taehun, Kang, Minhun, Lee, Jungjoon, Lee, Taekon, Rhee, Jeongyoon, Choi, Younhwa, Jeon, Hyunjoo
• Primary Examiner(s): TILLERY, RASHAWN N
• Application Number:
  US12/904,081
• Publication Number:
  US 20110028186A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,735 Days
• Field of Search: 715/784, 715/863, 715/864, 715/768
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/00 Animation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

Displaying a lock mode screen of a mobile terminal is disclosed. One embodiment of the present disclosure pertains to a mobile terminal comprising a display module, an input device configured to detect an input for triggering a bouncing animation of a lock mode screen, and a controller configured to cause the display module to display the bouncing animation in response to the input for triggering the bouncing animation, where the bouncing animation comprises the lock mode screen bouncing for a set number of times with respect to an edge of the display module prior to stabilization.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touch screen; and

a controller configured to;

cause displaying of a lock screen on the touch screen;

cause displaying of at least a portion of an active screen on the touch screen in response to a dragging of the lock screen;

change a degree of a transparency of text on the lock screen according to the dragging such that the text is displayed in at least two different degrees of transparency; and

cause displaying of a bouncing animation of the lock screen after the dragging such that the lock screen bounces multiple times against a single edge of the touch screen according to a set number of times.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the displaying of the bouncing animation in response to tapping on the lock screen.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a wireless communication unit, wherein the wireless communication unit is configured to receive an incoming call.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to cause displaying of a first soft key for answering incoming call and a second soft key for ignoring the incoming call on the active screen which is laid underneath the lock screen.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to repeat the bouncing animation in response to a signal indicating a selection of the second soft key.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to stop the bouncing of the lock screen in response to a touch applied during the bouncing animation to an area on the touch screen which corresponds to an edge of the lock screen.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the lock screen is moved in a different height time the lock screen is bounced during the bouncing animation.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the set number of times is different based on whether the bouncing animation is initiated in response to the dragging or the tapping.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the lock screen to move in different heights as the lock screen bounces for the multiple times.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the controller is further configured to cause the lock screen to bounce at least twice; and

a height of a first bouncing of the lock screen is higher than a height of a second bouncing of the lock screen.

7. A method for displaying a lock mode screen of a mobile terminal comprising a touch screen, the method comprising:

displaying the lock screen on the touch screen;

displaying at least a portion of an active screen on the touch screen in response to a dragging of the lock screen;

changing a degree of a transparency of text on in the lock screen according to a the dragging such that the text is displayed in at least two different degrees of transparency; and

displaying a bouncing animation of the lock screen on the touch screen after the dragging, such that the lock screen bounces multiple times against a single edge of the touch screen according to a set number of times.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising moving the lock screen in response to an additional input applied to the input device of the mobile terminal to expose the active screen of the mobile terminal which is laid underneath the lock screen, wherein the active screen comprises an icon representing an application.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising executing the application in response to a selection of the icon representing the application.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising stopping the bouncing of the lock screen in response to a touch input applied during the bouncing animation to an edge of the lock screen.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising executing the application in response to a selection of the icon representing the application.

12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a processing program stored thereon, wherein the processing program is configured to operate a processor of a mobile terminal to perform:

displaying a lock screen on a touch screen of the mobile terminal;

displaying at least a portion of an active screen on the touch screen in response to a dragging of the lock screen;

changing a degree of a transparency of text on the lock screen according to the dragging such that the text is displayed in at least two different degrees of transparency; and

displaying a bouncing animation of the lock screen after the dragging, such that the lock screen bounces multiple times against a single edge of the touch screen according to a set number of times.

13. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touch screen; and

a controller configured to;

cause the touch screen to display a lock screen comprising at least one visual object, wherein the lock screen hides an active screen comprising at least one icon representing at least one application, widget, or content behind the lock screen;

move the displayed lock screen upward in response to a single touch and moving input applied to the lock screen in an upward direction, wherein as the lock screen moves more upward, the at least one visual object becomes more transparent such as that the at least one visual object is displayed in at least two different degrees of transparency and the active screen is increasingly exposed during the upward movement of the lock screen; and

bounce the lock screen multiple times against a bottom edge of the touch screen according to a set number of times moved lock screen is released from the touch.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the lock screen moves in different heights as the lock screen bounces for the multiple times.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the lock screen is, configured to bounce at least twice, and a height of a first bouncing of the lock screen is higher than a height of a second bouncing of the lock screen.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the visual object comprises a text.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the touch and moving input comprises a drag input.

18. A method of a mobile terminal comprising a touch screen, the method comprises:

displaying a lock screen comprising a visual object on the touch screen, wherein the lock screen hides an active screen comprising at least one icon representing at least one application, widget, or content behind the lock screen;

moving the lock screen upward in response to a single touch and moving input applied to the lock screen in an upward direction, wherein as the lock screen moves more upward, the visual object becomes more transparent such that the at least one visual object is displayed in at least two different degrees of transparency and the active screen is increasingly exposed during the upward movement of the lock screen; and

bouncing the lock screen multiple times against a bottom edge of the touch screen according to a set number of times moved lock screen is released from the touch.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the lock screen moves in different heights as the lock screen bounces for the multiple times.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising executing an application of the at least one application in response to a selection of an icon representing the application.

22. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touch screen configured to receive a first input for triggering a bouncing animation of a lock screen;

an input unit configured to receive a second input for triggering the bouncing animation of the lock screen, the input unit excluding the touch screen; and

a controller configured to;

cause displaying of the lock screen on the touch screen; and

cause displaying of the bouncing animation on the touch screen in response to the first or second input,

wherein the bouncing animation comprises the lock screen bouncing multiple times against a single edge of the touch screen according to a set number of times, and

wherein the first input comprises a dragging of the lock screen such that a degree of a transparency of text included in the lock screen is changed incrementally as the lock screen is moved farther from an origin of the dragging such that the text is displayed in at least two different degrees of transparency, and the bouncing animation is initiated in response to the dragging.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 22, wherein the second input is received via the unit positioned at a portion of a case of the mobile terminal.