Mobile terminal, method for controlling mobile terminal, and method for displaying image of mobile terminal

• US 9,110,564 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2011
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lim, Yookyung, Lee, Jungmin, Song, Younghoon, Hyun, Juha, Hwang, Soonjae
• Primary Examiner(s): Zarka, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): CRADDOCK, ROBERT J
• Application Number:
  US13/083,877
• Publication Number:
  US 20120113095A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,590 Days
• Field of Search: 345/629, 715/711
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04101 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04802 3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/377 for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a display unit configured to display at least a 2D (two-dimensional) object and a 3D (three-dimensional) object; and a controller configured to control the display unit to display the 2D object and the 3D object in an overlapping manner, and to change a display characteristic of at least one of the overlapping 2D object and the 3D object.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal;

a display unit configured to display at least a 2D (two-dimensional) object and a 3D (three-dimensional) object; and

a controller configured to;

control the display unit to display a plurality of objects including a first object with a first depth level, a second object with a second depth level, and a third object with a third depth level in an overlapping manner,

wherein the plurality of objects correspond to applications,

wherein the third depth level is lower than the second depth level and the second depth level is lower than the first depth level,

receive first update information of the first object and second update information of the second object through the wireless communication unit,

change at least one of the first depth level, the second depth level or the third depth level so that the first depth level is lower than the second depth level and the third depth level when the first update information is received,

change at least one of transparency of the plurality of objects when the second update information is received,

display the plurality of objects in a rolling manner upon receiving a touch input with respect to an area in which the plurality of objects overlap, and

display an un-executable object among the plurality of objects to have a smaller size than other objects of the plurality of objects, wherein the un-executable object corresponds to an application prerequisite for communication with the exterior not to be executable.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to change an original dimension of one of the plurality of objects into a different dimension.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to change the first depth level of the first object to be deeper than the second depth level or the third depth level.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to change

a transparency of one of the plurality of objects.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to tilt one of the plurality of objects to reduce an amount of overlapping between the plurality of objects.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1,

wherein the first or second update information includes at least one of first update information related to version information of the corresponding application and second update information related to contents provided to a user through the corresponding application.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to change a display position of one of the plurality of objects that has received the first or second update information, or increase a transparency of one of the plurality of objects.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to display a 3D indicator indicating the first or second update information in an overlapping manner with one of the plurality of objects that has received the first or second update information, and to change the 3D indicator differently according to whether the first or second update information is the first update information or the second update information.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the display unit includes a touch screen, and

wherein the controller is further configured to unfold at least a portion of the plurality of objects based on a touch action performed on one of the plurality of objects.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein when the touch operation is a touch action that touches a first of the unfolded plurality of objects and moves to a second of the unfolded plurality of objects, the controller is further configured to execute an application corresponding to the second of the unfolded plurality of objects.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein when the touch action is a touch and drag action, the controller is further configured to unfold the plurality of objects in a direction corresponding to a direction of the touch and drag action, and to unfold only a predetermined number of the plurality of objects based on a length of the touch and drag action.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to unfold the plurality of objects by rolling the plurality of objects based on a touch action.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to rotate an unfolded object based on a touch and drag operation performed on the unfolded object.

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

allowing, via a wireless communication unit included on the mobile terminal, wireless communication with at least one other terminal;

displaying, via a display unit included on the mobile terminal, a plurality of objects including at least a first object with a first depth level, a second object with a second depth level, and a third object with a third depth level in an overlapping manner, wherein the plurality of objects correspond to applications, and the third depth level is lower than the second depth level and the second depth level is lower than the first depth level;

receiving, via the wireless communication unit, first update information of the first object and second update information of the second object;

changing, via a controller included on the mobile terminal, at least one of the first depth level, the second depth level or the third depth level so that the first depth level is lower than the second depth level and the third depth level;

displaying, via the display unit, the plurality of objects in a rolling manner upon receiving a touch input with respect to an area in which the plurality of objects overlap; and

displaying, via the display unit, an un-executable object among the plurality of objects to have a smaller size than other objects of the plurality of objects, wherein the un-executable object corresponds to an application prerequisite for communication with the exterior not to be executable.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the changing step further comprises at least one of:

changing an original dimension of one of the plurality of objects into a different dimension;

changing a transparency of one of the plurality of objects; and

tilting one of the plurality of objects to reduce an amount of overlapping between the plurality of objects.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the first or second update information includes at least one of first update information related to version information of the corresponding application and second update information related to contents provided to a user through the corresponding application.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the changing further comprises:

changing a display position of one of the plurality of objects that has received the first or second update information, or increasing a transparency of one of the plurality of objects.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the changing step further comprises displaying a 3D indicator indicating the first or second update information in an overlapping manner with one of the plurality of objects that has received the first or second update information, and

changing the 3D indicator differently according to whether the first or second update information is the first update information or the second update information.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the display unit includes a touch screen, and

wherein the method further comprises unfolding at least a portion of the plurality of objects based on a touch action performed on one of the plurality of objects.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein when the touch operation is a touch action that touches a first of the plurality of objects and moves to a second of the plurality of objects, the method further comprises executing an application corresponding to the second of the plurality of objects.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein when the touch action is a touch and drag action, the unfolding unfolds the plurality of objects in a direction corresponding to a direction of the touch and drag action, and unfolds only a predetermined number of the plurality of objects based on a length of the touch and drag action.

22. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

rotating an unfolded object based on a touch and drag operation performed on the unfolded object.