Scrolling method of mobile terminal

• US 9,569,088 B2
• Filed: 09/02/2008
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kwak, Woo-Young, Lee, Seung-Jun, Park, So-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Heffington, John M
• Application Number:
  US12/230,623
• Publication Number:
  US 20090070711A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,087 Days
• Field of Search: 715/829, 715/784
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/973 Scroll tool, e.g. window scroll bar

Abstract

A mobile terminal having a touch screen or a touch pad is disclosed. In a user environment, when a displayed menu list is moved according to a flicking operation, a feedback indicating the reaching of the end (the last item) of the menu list is issued in a visible, audible or tactile manner to a user, thereby increasing the user convenience of menu searching and the durability of the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touchscreen; and

a controller configured to;

display a list including a plurality of items on a region of the touchscreen,

receive a flicking touch input on the displayed list,

display a motion graphic image indicating a collision between an end item in the list and a boundary of the region in response to the flicking touch input to scroll the displayed list upwardly or downwardly,

wherein the motion graphic image includes a wave moving past the boundary of the region in a direction of the flicking touch input while the end item in the list is maintained at the boundary of the region, and

wherein an amount of the wave that moves past the boundary is proportional to a speed of the flicking touch input.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein

a central portion of the wave moves past the boundary and the at least one end of the wave is maintained at the boundary.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to provide an audible feedback indicating the collision between the end item in the list and the boundary of the region.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to provide a tactile feedback indicating the collision between the end item in the list and the boundary of the region.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display a directional symbol indicating a direction of scrolling of the displayed list, and

wherein the direction symbol changes appearance in response to the displayed list being scrolled to the end item.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the directional symbol changes to a non-directional symbol.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the directional symbol changes shape.

2. A scrolling method of a mobile terminal comprising:

displaying a list including a plurality of items on a region of a touchscreen of the mobile terminal;

receiving, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a flicking touch input on the displayed list; and

displaying a motion graphic image indicating a collision between an end item in the list and a boundary of the region in response to the flicking touch input to scroll the displayed list upwardly or downwardly,

wherein the motion graphic image includes a wave moving past the boundary of the region in a direction of the flicking touch input while the end item in the list is maintained at the boundary of the region, and

wherein an amount of the wave that moves past the boundary is proportional to a speed of the flicking touch input.

4. The method of claim 2,

wherein a central portion of the wave moves past the boundary and the at least one end of the wave is maintained at the boundary.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising providing an audible feedback indicating the collision between the end item in the list and the boundary of the region.

8. The method of claim 2, further comprising providing a tactile feedback indicating the collision between the end item in the list and the boundary of the region.

12. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

displaying a directional symbol indicating a direction of scrolling of the displayed list; and

changing an appearance of the direction symbol in response to the displayed list being scrolled to the end item.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the directional symbol changes to a non-directional symbol.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the directional symbol changes shape.