METHOD OF DISPLAYING OBJECT AND TERMINAL CAPABLE OF IMPLEMENTING THE SAME

• US 20100099465A1
• Filed: 12/28/2009
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optis Cellular Technology LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Woo, Boem Young, Ahn, Hyun Ju, Cheon, Ho Sang, Park, Jun Serk, Han, Seung Sook, Yoon, Jeong Hyuk, Kim, Tae Hun
• Granted Patent: US 8,174,506 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method of displaying an object and a terminal capable of implementing the same. The method includes displaying an object movable on a touchscreen of a terminal at a first position on the touchscreen; and if a first touch action is carried out on the object, fixing the object to the first position.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touch screen configured to display at least one object and to sense first and second touching actions on the at least one object; and

a control unit configured to display the at least one object as being fixed and not moveable, to release the at least one object according to the second touching action such that the at least one object can be moved, to move the at least one object from a first position to a second position on the touch screen corresponding to the first touching action on the at least one object, and to fix the moved object to the second position on the touch screen based on a manipulation of a position fixing button that is separate from the first and second touching actions,

wherein the first touching action is a dragging and dropping touching action on the touch screen,

wherein the second touching action includes touching the at least one object for a predetermined time period, and

wherein the control unit is further configured to display differently a shape of the object when the position fixation of the object is released.

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

an output unit configured to output at least one of a sound and a vibration to indicate that the moved object is fixed to the second position according to a control of the control unit.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to differently display the shape of the object when the position fixation of the object is released by altering a shape of an upper left portion of the moved object when viewing the object such that an outline shape of the upper left portion of the moved object is altered.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to differently display the shape of the object by displaying an indicator on the object.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the indicator is displayed at one side of the object.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the side is an upper left portion of the object when viewing the object.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the object is fixed, the fixed object is not movable at least in a vertical direction.

8. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touch screen configured to display at least one object and to sense first and second touching actions on the at least one object; and

a control unit configured to display the at least one object as being fixed and not moveable, to release the at least one object according to the second touching action such that the at least one object can be moved, to move the at least one object from a first position to a second position on the touch screen corresponding to the first touching action on the at least one object, and to fix the moved object to the second position on the touch screen based on a manipulation of a position fixing button that is separate from the first and second touching actions,

wherein the first touching action is a dragging and dropping touching action on the touch screen, and

wherein the second touching action includes touching the at least one object for a predetermined time period.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, further comprising:

an output unit configured to output at least one of a sound and a vibration to indicate that the moved object is fixed to the second position according to a control of the control unit.

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

displaying at least one object on a touch screen of the mobile terminal;

sensing, via a sensor of the touch screen, first and second touching actions on the at least one object;

displaying the at least one object as being fixed and not moveable;

releasing the at least one object according to the second touching action such that the at least one object can be moved;

moving the at least one object from a first position to a second position on the touch screen corresponding to the first touching action on the at least one object; and

fixing the moved object to the second position on the touch screen based on a manipulation of a position fixing button that is separate from the first and second touching actions,

wherein the first touching action is a dragging and dropping touching action on the touch screen,

wherein the second touching action includes touching the at least one object for a predetermined time period, and

wherein the method further comprises displaying differently a shape of the object when the position fixation of the object is released.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

outputting at least one of a sound and a vibration to indicate that the moved object is fixed to the second position.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the displaying differently step differently displays the shape of the object when the position fixation of the object is released by altering a shape of an upper left portion of the moved object when viewing the object such that an outline shape of the upper left portion of the moved object is altered.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the displaying differently step differently displays the shape of the object by displaying an indicator on the object.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the indicator is displayed at one side of the object.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the one side is an upper left portion of the object when viewing the object.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein when the object is fixed, the fixed object is not movable at least in a vertical direction.

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

displaying the at least one object as being fixed and not moveable;

releasing the at least one object according to the second touching action such that the at least one object can be moved;

moving the at least one object from a first position to a second position on the touch screen corresponding to the first touching action on the at least one object; and

fixing the moved object to the second position on the touch screen based on a manipulation of a position fixing button that is separate from the first and second touching actions,

wherein the first touching action is a dragging and dropping touching action on the touch screen, and

wherein the second touching action includes touching the at least one object for a predetermined time period.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

outputting at least one of a sound and a vibration to indicate that the moved object is fixed to the second position according to a control of the control unit.