Mobile terminal and method of controlling the mobile terminal

• US 9,996,249 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2014
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Jongseok
• Primary Examiner(s): Casillas, Roland J
• Application Number:
  US14/186,971
• Publication Number:
  US 20140372938A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,572 Days
• Field of Search: 715793
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication; a display unit configured to display a first screen layer including first screen information; and a controller configured to display a second screen layer including second screen information such that at least part of the first and second screen layers overlap, and activate one of the first and second screen layers for receiving a touch input.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication;

a touch screen configured to display first screen information of a first application; and

a controller configured to;

analyze contents of the first screen information of the first application in response to a predetermined input for causing the first screen information and another screen information to overlap each other, wherein the controller captures an image of the first screen information of the first application based on the predetermined input, wherein one or more applications related to the contents of the first screen information of the first application is suggested based on the analysis,

display one or more icons each corresponding to the suggested one or more applications on an adjacent region to a region including information that has the closest relation to the suggested one or more applications, wherein the suggested one or more applications is related to the contents of the first screen information and a type of the one or more applications is determined according to the analyzed contents of the first screen information, and

display, on the touch screen, a second screen information of a second application different from the first application when an icon corresponding to the second application is selected among the one or more icons, wherein the second screen information of the second application is overlapped with the captured image of the first screen information in response to the selection of the icon, and, wherein the captured image of the first screen information has a transparency such that the second screen information of the second application is visible while the captured image of the first screen information is overlapped with the second screen information,

sense a drag-touch input applied to the touch screen while the second screen information of the second application is overlapped with the captured image of the first screen information, and

control, in response to the drag-touch input, the touch screen to switch the second screen information of the second application into a third screen information of a third application, wherein the third screen information of the third application is overlapped with the captured image of the first screen information,

wherein the captured image of the first screen information has a transparency while the second screen information is switched into the third screen information of the third application, and

wherein the third application is one of the suggested one or more applications.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the captured image of the first screen information is displayed at least partially overlapping the second screen information of the second application.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the captured image of the first screen information covers the second screen information of the second application, and the captured image of the first screen information is transparent so the first and second screen information can been seen at the same time.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the one or more icons each corresponding to the one or more applications includes any one of a) a map icon for displaying a map related to the analyzed first screen information of the first application, b) a schedule icon for scheduling an event related to the analyzed first screen information of the first application, and c) a search icon for searching additional information related to the analyzed contents of the first screen information of the first application.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the second screen information of the second application includes an outgoing call function when the analyzed contents of the first screen information of the first application includes call log information.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the second screen information of the second application includes at least one of a map function and a search function when the analyzed contents of the first screen information of the first application includes location information.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to store at least one of the first screen information of the first application and the second screen information of the second application separately in an image format based on a user'"'"'s selection, or store the overlapping first and second screen information in the image format.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display multiple image objects including different first screen information that may be displayed on the first screen information of the first application based on a user'"'"'s request for changing the first screen information that is displayed on the first screen information of the first application, and

switch displaying the first screen information of the first application to the different first screen information based on selection of a corresponding image object.

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

displaying, on a touch screen of the mobile terminal, a first screen information of a first application;

analyzing contents of the first screen information of the first application in response to a predetermined input for causing the first screen information and another screen information to overlap each other, wherein an image of the first screen information of the first application is captured based on the predetermined input, wherein one or more applications related to the contents of the first screen information of the first application is suggested based on the analysis;

displaying, on the touch screen, one or more icons each corresponding to the suggested one or more applications on an adjacent region to a region including information that has the closest relation to suggested the one or more applications, wherein the suggested one or more applications is related to the contents of the first screen information and a type of the one or more applications is determined according to the analyzed contents of the first screen information;

displaying, on the touch screen, a second screen information of a second application different from the first application when an icon corresponding to the second application is selected among the one or more icons, wherein the second screen information of the second application is overlapped with the captured image of the first screen information in response to the selection of the icon, and wherein the captured image of the first screen information has a transparency such that the second screen information of the second application is visible while the captured image of the first screen information is overlapped with the second screen information;

sensing a drag-touch input applied to the touch screen while the second screen information of the second application is overlapped with the captured image of the first screen information; and

controlling, in response to the drag-touch input, the touch screen to switch the second screen information of the second application into a third screen information of a third application, wherein the third screen information of the third application is overlapped with the captured image of the first screen information, wherein the captured image of the first screen information has a transparency while the second screen information is switched into the third screen information of the third application, wherein the third application is one of the suggested one or more applications.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the captured image of the first screen information is displayed at least partially overlapping the second screen information of the second application.