Method and apparatus for setting screen in mobile terminal

• US 20070186181A1
• Filed: 01/11/2007
• Published: 08/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Bok, II, Hwang, Byeong
• Granted Patent: US 7,991,435 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/779
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/04 Context-preserving transformations, e.g. by using an importance map panospheric to cylindrical image transformations G06T3/12
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal includes a display unit for displaying an image for screen setting; a screen setting information storage unit storing screen setting information; a key input unit receiving a type of screen for the screen setting and selection information of user for an image edit command; a controller displaying a preview domain identical with the selected screen in type and size based on the selection information of the user for the type of the screen, and controlling an image edit in the preview domain based on the selection information of the user for the image edit command; and an image processor changing indication information of the display unit by control of the controller.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a display unit displaying an image for screen setting of the mobile communication terminal;

a screen setting information storage unit storing screen setting information of the mobile communication terminal;

a key input unit receiving a type of screen for the screen setting of the mobile communication terminal and selection information of user for an image edit command;

a controller displaying a preview domain identical with the selected screen in type and size based on the selection information of the user for the type of the screen, and controlling an image edit in the preview domain based on the selection information of the user for the image edit command; and

an image processor for changing indication information of the display unit by the control of the controller.

2. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the screen setting information storage unit stores screens which can be set up in the mobile communication terminal and size information, location information and image information corresponding to each of the screens.

3. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the key input unit comprises a soft button implemented with a touch screen.

4. The mobile communication terminal of claim 3, wherein the soft button is displayed on the preview domain.

5. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the image processor stores size information classified by the type of screen which can be set up in the mobile communication terminal in advance.

6. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller stores size information classified by the type of screen which can be set up in the mobile communication terminal in advance, and transmits a control signal for displaying the preview domain for the selected screen and size information of the selected screen to the image processor.

7. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the image processor to enlarge or reduce the image displayed in the preview domain in response to selection information of the user for enlargement or reduction of the image.

8. The mobile communication terminal of claim 7, wherein the image processor stores a reference point and magnification information, enlarges or reduces the image in the preview domain based on the reference point and magnification information when a control signal for enlargement or reduction of the image is delivered from the controller.

9. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the image processor to move a center of the image displayed in the preview domain in response to selection information of the user for line-of-sight movement of the image.

10. The mobile communication terminal of claim 9, wherein the image processor stores movement interval information for moving the center of the image displayed in the display unit, and moves the center of the image displayed in the preview domain based on the movement interval information when the control signal for the line-of-sight movement of the image is delivered from the controller.

11. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the key input unit receives selection information of the user for confirming the image displayed in the display unit as an image of the screen in the screen setting mode of the mobile communication terminal and delivers selection information to the controller.

12. The mobile communication terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller stores information of the image displayed in the display unit as image information corresponding to the type of screen selected by the user when an image confirmation signal for the image displayed in the display unit is input.

13. The mobile communication terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller stores the image edited in the preview domain as the image corresponding to the type of screen selected by the user while an original copy of the image displayed in the display unit is maintained.

14. The mobile communication terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller stores the edited image in the screen setting information storage unit.

15. A screen setting method of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

storing screen size information of a screen corresponding to a type of screen which can be set up in the mobile communication terminal;

displaying an image for screen setting;

inputting a type of screen for setting up;

displaying a preview domain for selecting size information corresponding to the type of the inputted screen, and displaying the preview domain identical with the type the screen in size on the image;

enlarging or reducing the image to display in the preview domain in response to a zoom function request for enlarging or reducing the image;

moving a center of the image displayed in the preview domain in response to a line-of-sight movement request for the image; and

storing screen setting information of the image displayed in the preview domain while the image corresponds to the screen in response to an image displaying region selection completion signal.

16. The screen setting method of claim 15, further comprising displaying a soft button for receiving selection information of a user for screen setting on the image.

17. The screen setting method of claim 15, wherein the soft button is displayed in the preview domain.

18. The screen setting method of claim 15, wherein the selection information of the user is one of type input information of the screen, zoom function or line-of-sight movement request information, and the image displaying region selection completion signal.

19. The screen setting method of claim 15, wherein in the enlarging/reducing step, the corresponding image is magnified or reduced based on a stored reference point and magnification information for enlargement or reduction of the image.

20. The screen setting method of claim 15, wherein in the line-of-sight movement step, a center of the corresponding image is moved based on movement interval information stored for line-of-sight movement.

21. The screen setting method of claim 16, wherein in the preview domain-indicating step, the soft button for receiving selection information of the user for screen setting is displayed in the preview domain.

22. The screen setting method of claim 15, wherein in the screen setting information storing step, the image edited in the preview domain is stored in the image corresponding to the type of the screen selected by the user while an original copy of the image displayed in the image displaying step is maintained.