Method for controlling icon display in mobile terminal and mobile terminal thereof

• US 9,285,986 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2010
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jeong, Kye Sook, Hwang, In Young, Choi, Mee Yeon, Jung, Hyun Suk, Ryu, Eun Jeong, Lee, Byoung Nam, Hong, Jung Seok
• Primary Examiner(s): Higgs, Stella E
• Application Number:
  US12/726,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20110099524A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,190 Days
• Field of Search: 715/840, 715/843, 715/864, 715/788, 715/798, 715/799, 715/815, 715/836, 715/838, 715/852
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• 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

The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling an icon display in a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal thereof, wherein the method comprises: generating a plurality of menu screens having a plurality of icons and displaying a first menu screen on a touch screen, the first menu screen being at least one of the plurality of menu screens; additionally displaying a set-up menu screen which is stored in a memory of the mobile terminal, the set-up menu screen including a menu icon; displaying a second menu screen if a flicking signal is generated on the first menu; and displaying an instant icon of a selected menu icon on the second menu icon if the selected menu icon of the set-up menu screen is moved to the second menu screen.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an icon display in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a first screen of a plurality of screens on a touch screen of the mobile terminal, each of the plurality of screens including a plurality of icons;

displaying a set-up menu screen different from the plurality of screens in response to selection of a displayed menu icon, wherein the set-up menu screen is stored in a memory of the mobile terminal and includes at least one application icon;

displaying a second screen of the plurality of screens on the touch screen in response to a first flicking input on the first screen, the second screen is determined based on a direction of the first flicking input, wherein the set-up menu screen stays unchanged while the first screen is changed to the second screen; and

displaying a temporary instant icon indicating an icon drop location corresponding to an application icon of the at least one application icon on at least the second screen or the set-up menu screen when the application icon is moved to the second screen according to a drag input on the application icon,

wherein the first screen further includes at least two 3-dimensional (3-D) blocks, each of the 3-D blocks comprising at least two icons, and

wherein the method further comprises;

receiving a second flicking input on one of the at least two 3-D blocks;

displaying another at least two in the one of the at least two 3-D blocks on which the second flicking input was received;

receiving a deletion input on one of the at least two 3-D blocks, the deletion input including a long touch input; and

removing the one of the at least two 3-D blocks on which the deletion input was received from the second screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of icons comprises plate-shaped 3 dimensional (3-D) icons.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the temporary instant icon in the memory of the mobile terminal as corresponding to the second screen.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the set-up menu screen is displayed in a portion of the first screen.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the set-up menu screen and the first screen are displayed separately.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a size of the temporary instant icon is different from a size of the application icon.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a shape of the temporary instant icon is different from a shape of the application icon.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the application icon is displayed in the set-up menu screen area after the temporary instant icon corresponding to the application icon is displayed on the second screen.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

removing the temporary instant icon from the second screen when the application icon is returned to the set-up menu screen according to the drag input on the application icon.

10. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory configured to store a set-up menu screen and a plurality of screens, each of the plurality of screens including a plurality of icons, wherein the set-up menu screen includes at least one application icon and is different from the plurality of screens;

a touch screen configured to display a first screen of the plurality of screens; and

a controller configured to;

control the touch screen to display the set-up menu screen in response to a selection of a displayed menu icon;

control the touch screen to display a second screen of the plurality of screens in response to a first flicking input on the first screen, the second screen is determined based on a direction of the first flicking input, wherein the set-up menu screen stays unchanged while the first screen is changed to the second screen;

control the touch screen to display a temporary instant icon indicating an icon drop location corresponding to an application icon of the at least one application icon on at least the second screen or the set-up menu screen when the application icon is moved to the second screen according to a drag input on the application icon;

control the touch screen to display the second screen further including at least two 3-dimensional (3-D) blocks, each of the 3-D blocks comprising at least two icons;

receive a second flicking input on one of the at least two 3-D blocks;

control the touch screen to display another at least two icons in the one of the at least two 3-D blocks on which the second flicking input was received;

receive a deletion input on one of the at least two 3-D blocks, the deletion input including a long touch input; and

control the touch screen to remove the one of the at least two 3-D blocks on which the deletion input was received from the second screen.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the plurality of icons comprises plate-shaped 3-D icons.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller controls the temporary instant icon to be stored in the memory as corresponding to the second screen.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the application icon comprises a 3-dimensional (3-D) icon.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the set-up menu screen is displayed in a portion of the first screen.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the set-up menu screen and the first screen are displayed separately.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein a size of the temporary instant icon is different from a size of the application icon.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein a shape of the temporary instant icon is different from a shape of the application icon.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the application icon is displayed in the set-up menu screen after the temporary instant icon corresponding to the application icon is displayed on the second screen.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to:

control the touch screen to remove the temporary instant icon on the second screen when the application icon is returned to the set-up menu screen according to the drag input on the application icon.