Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 9,501,214 B2
• Filed: 01/02/2014
• Issued: 11/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Koo, Bonjoon, Shin, Kwangsu, Lee, Jungbin, Lee, Jungsun, Kim, Sangsoo
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Mong-Thuy
• Application Number:
  US14/146,615
• Publication Number:
  US 20140194164A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,055 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 348/36
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a memory configured to store data; a touchscreen display; and a controller configured to: display a first portion of a panoramic file selected from the memory, said panoramic file having a display size greater than that of the touchscreen display, and scroll automatically the panoramic file in at least one direction so as to display another portion of the panoramic file.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory configured to store data;

a touchscreen display; and

a controller configured to;

display a first portion of a panoramic file selected from the memory, said panoramic file having a display size greater than that of the touchscreen display,

automatically scroll the panoramic file in at least one direction so as to display another portion of the panoramic file,

display a secret message included in the panoramic file together with a content of the panoramic file while the panoramic file is automatically scrolled,

when the scrolling of the panoramic file is stopped, stop displaying the secret message and display an option for editing the secret message, and

display a mini-map on the touchscreen display displaying an entire portion of the panoramic file and a frame region indicating where the displayed first portion exists within the entire portion of the panoramic file along with the displayed first portion.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the mobile terminal is tilted in a first direction, the controller is configured to increase a scrolling speed of the panoramic file, and

wherein if the mobile terminal is tilted in a second direction, the controller is configured to decreased the scrolling speed of the panoramic file.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein a degree of an increment or a decrement of the scrolling speed corresponds to an inclination of the mobile terminal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to stop scrolling of the panoramic file in response to a preset input.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to display a portion of the panoramic file which is displayed when the preset input is received after stopping the scrolling of the panoramic file.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display a thumbnail image of an entire portion of the panoramic file on the touchscreen display along with the displayed first portion.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display the first portion of the panoramic file when the mobile terminal is positioned in a portrait mode and display an entire portion of the panoramic file when the mobile terminal is positioned in a landscape mode.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to display at least one edit option for editing the panoramic file when the mobile terminal is positioned in the portrait mode and not display the at least one edit option when the mobile terminal is positioned in the landscape mode.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the first portion displayed in the portrait mode corresponds to a predetermined center portion of the panoramic file when displayed in the landscape mode.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display a first option for changing a non-panoramic file stored in the memory into the panoramic file and to display a second option for changing the panoramic file into the non-panoramic file.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to rearrange content in the panoramic file based on a preset priority when changing the panoramic file into the non-panoramic file.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the panoramic file includes a panoramic document or panoramic image including at least one of:

i) a document or image having a horizontal length greater than a length of a horizontal size of the touchscreen display;

ii) a document or image having a vertical length greater than a length of a vertical side of the touchscreen display; and

iii) a document or image having horizontal and vertical lengths greater than lengths of horizontal and vertical sides of the touchscreen display.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display an editing screen for editing the panoramic file when the scrolling of the panoramic file reaches an end of the panoramic file.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a camera configured to photograph an object,

wherein the controller is further configured to automatically set a mode of the camera to a panoramic photographing mode when the camera is activated to take a photo to attach to the panoramic file.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display file information about the panoramic file while the panoramic file is scrolled, and

wherein the file information includes at least one of a file name of the panoramic file, a created date of the panoramic file, a final modification date of the panoramic file and a creator of the panoramic file.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to output a music file attached to the panoramic file while the panoramic file is scrolled.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a microphone configured to receive an input of audio,

wherein the controller is further configured to record the input audio and attach the recorded audio to the panoramic file.

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

displaying, via a touchscreen display, a first portion of a panoramic file selected from a memory of the mobile terminal, said panoramic file having a display size greater than that of the touchscreen display;

automatically scrolling, via a controller of the mobile terminal, the panoramic file in at least one direction so as to display another portion of the panoramic file;

displaying a secret message included in the panoramic file together with a content of the panoramic file while the panoramic file is automatically scrolled;

when the scrolling the panoramic file is stopped, stopping displaying the secret message and displaying an option for editing the secret message, and

display a mini-map on the touchscreen display displaying an entire portion of the panoramic file and a frame region indicating where the displayed first portion exists within the entire portion of the panoramic file along with the displayed first portion.