METHOD OF CONTROLLING 3 DIMENSIONAL OBJECT AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME

• US 20100115455A1
• Filed: 09/28/2009
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Jong-Hwan
• Granted Patent: US 9,310,984 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method is provided of controlling a 3D individual object on a map by displaying a 3D map image including a plurality of 3D individual objects on a first display area, selecting at least one 3D individual object, obtaining detailed information of the selected 3D individual object from a memory and displaying the detailed information.

Claims

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

displaying a three-dimensional (3D) map image including a plurality of 3D individual objects on a first display area;

selecting at least one 3D individual object from the displayed 3D map image;

obtaining detailed information of the selected 3D individual object from a memory; and

displaying the detailed information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the detailed information includes displaying the selected object in a second display area based on a user input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the detailed information includes displaying information regarding the selected object in a second display area.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein displaying the detailed information further includes displaying, in the first display area, additional information that was previously at least partially hidden behind the selected object.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the detailed information includes displaying a different view of the 3D map image in the first display area.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying at least one picture of the selected object in the second display area while a user input is maintained, wherein the at least one picture is at an angle different from the angle of the selected object displayed in the first display area.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, in the second display area, direction pointers with the selected 3D individual object; and

displaying, in the second display area, either a video in which the selected 3D individual object rotates or a picture of the selected 3D individual object that is viewed at an angle different from the angle of the selected 3D individual object displayed on the 3D map image, when one of the direction pointers is selected from the displayed direction pointers based on a user input.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

applying one of a touch drag and a proximity drag to the first display area for controlling the 3D individual object,

wherein displaying the detailed information comprises displaying, in the second display area, either a video in which the selected 3D individual object rotates in the dragging direction of the one of the touch drag and the proximity drag or a picture of the selected 3D individual object that is viewed at an angle different from the angle of the selected 3D individual object displayed on the 3D map image.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

applying a touch drag or a proximity drag to the selected 3D individual object; and

rotating the 3D map image around the selected 3D individual object in a dragging direction of the touch drag or the proximity drag.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sensing a motion variation of the mobile terminal; and

rotating the 3D map image around the selected 3D individual object in a direction based on the sensed motion variation of the mobile terminal.

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

displaying a three-dimensional (3D) map image in a first display area;

identify a point from the displayed 3D map image;

obtaining detailed information of the identified point from a memory;

displaying a second display area; and

displaying the detailed information in the first display area based on a view selected from the second display area.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein displaying the detailed information includes displaying, in the first display area, additional information that was previously at least partially hidden behind an object corresponding to the identified point.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein displaying the detailed information includes displaying a different view of the 3D map image in the first display area.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying at least one picture of an object corresponding to the identified point in the second display area while a user input is maintained, wherein the at least one picture is at an angle different from the angle of the object displayed in the first display area.

15. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory to store a 3D map image and detailed information on a plurality of 3D individual objects included in the 3D map image;

a display to display the 3D map image including the plurality of 3D individual objects;

an input unit to receive a user input for selecting one of the 3D individual objects; and

a controller to control display of the 3D map image and to control the 3D individual object based on the user input, and the controller to obtain detailed information of the selected 3D individual object from the memory, and wherein the display to display the detailed information that is obtained by the controller.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein to display the detailed information includes the display to display the selected object in a second display area based on the user input.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein to display the detailed information includes the display to display information regarding the selected object in a second display area.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the display to further display, in the first display area, additional information that was previously at least partially hidden behind the selected object.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein to display the detailed information includes the display to display a different view of the 3D map image in the first display area.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the display to display at least one picture of the selected object in the second display area while a user input is maintained, wherein the at least one picture is at an angle different from the angle of the selected object displayed in the first display area.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller displays, in the second display area, either a video in which the selected 3D individual object rotates or a picture of the selected 3D individual object that is viewed at an angle different from the angle of the selected 3D individual object displayed on the 3D map image.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller displays, in the second display area, direction pointers with the selected 3D individual object in the second display area and displays, in the second display area, either a video in which the selected 3D individual object rotates or a picture of the selected 3D individual object that is viewed at an angle different from the angle of the selected 3D individual object displayed on the 3D map image, when one of the displayed direction pointers is selected according to the user input.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller displays, in the second display area, either a video in which the selected 3D individual object rotates in a dragging direction of at least one of a touch drag and a proximity drag input through the input unit or a picture of the selected 3D individual object that is viewed at an angle different from the angle of the selected 3D individual object displayed on the 3D map image.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller rotates the 3D map image around the selected 3D individual object in a dragging direction of the touch drag or the proximity drag input through the input unit.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller rotates the 3D map image around the selected 3D individual object in a direction in which the position of the mobile terminal is changed when a variation in the position of the mobile terminal is sensed by the input unit.