MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130222283A1
• Filed: 10/23/2012
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: YUN, Yeerang
• Granted Patent: US 9,747,019 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal and a control method thereof capable of a touch input. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display unit configured to display a page of an electronic note and display a thumbnail image corresponding to another page along with the page; a sensing unit configured to sense a touch input on the display unit; and a controller configured to display a page corresponding to the thumbnail image or execute an edit mode for editing at least one of the page and the thumbnail image based on a kind of touch input on the thumbnail image.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit configured to display a page of an electronic note and display a thumbnail image corresponding to another page along with the page;

a sensing unit configured to sense a touch input on the display unit; and

a controller configured to display a page corresponding to the thumbnail image or execute an edit mode for editing at least one of the page and the thumbnail image based on a kind of touch input on the thumbnail image.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller edits either one of the page and the thumbnail image using the other one when the edit mode is executed.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller edits a page corresponding to the thumbnail image when the thumbnail image is edited.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller displays a page corresponding to the thumbnail image along with the page based on a touch input on the thumbnail image.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller configures a first and a second screen region based on a touch input on the thumbnail image, and displays a page corresponding to the thumbnail image and the page in the first and the second screen region, respectively, or generates a popup window in a state that the page is displayed, and displays a page corresponding to the thumbnail image on the popup window.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein when a drag input is received in the direction of the thumbnail image subsequent to selecting at least a partial region of the page, the controller copies the selected region to the thumbnail image.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein when the selected region is copied to the thumbnail image, the controller changes a size of the thumbnail image for a predetermined period of time, and displays an object indicating that the selected region is copied to the thumbnail image on the thumbnail image.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein when a drag input is received in the direction of the thumbnail image subsequent to selecting at least a partial region of the page, the controller generates a thumbnail image corresponding to the selected region, and changes at least one of the size and transparency of the generated thumbnail image while receiving the drag input.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein when a drag input is received in the direction of the page subsequent to selecting the thumbnail image, the controller copies the thumbnail image to the page.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein when a drag input is received in the direction of the page subsequent to selecting the thumbnail image, the controller generates another thumbnail image corresponding to the thumbnail image, and changes at least one of the size and transparency of the generated another thumbnail image while receiving the drag input.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the display unit displays an object indicating a page number of the page, and

the controller displays a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to each of the plurality of different pages based on a touch input on at least one of the object and the thumbnail image.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller enlarges the size of the plurality of thumbnail images when a first and a second touch position of the touch input on the plurality of thumbnail images are sensed to move in the directions of being far away from each other, and reduces the size of the plurality of thumbnail images when the first and the second touch position of the touch input are sensed to move in the directions of drawing closer to each other.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller overlaps the selected thumbnail images based on a touch input on at least two of the plurality of thumbnail images.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller restores the overlapped thumbnail images when a touch input on the overlapped thumbnail images is sensed in a state that the selected thumbnail images are overlapped with one another.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller changes an arrangement order of the plurality of thumbnail images based on a touch input on at least one of the plurality of thumbnail images.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller removes at least one of the plurality of thumbnail images based on a touch input on at least one of the plurality of thumbnail images.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a thumbnail image corresponding to a front cover of the electronic note or a thumbnail image corresponding to an electronic bookshelf containing the electronic note along with the page when the page is the first page, and displays a thumbnail image corresponding to a back cover of the electronic note, a thumbnail image corresponding to a front cover of another electronic note or a thumbnail image corresponding to the electronic bookshelf along with the page when the page is the last page.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the display unit displays an object corresponding to the function of generating a new page along with the page, and the controller generates the previous page or next page of the page based on a touch input on the object.

19. A control method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a page of an electronic note on the display unit;

displaying a thumbnail image corresponding to another page along with the page on the display unit;

sensing a touch input on the display unit; and

displaying a page corresponding to the thumbnail image or executing an edit mode for editing at least one of the page and the thumbnail image based on a kind of touch input on the thumbnail image.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein said executing an edit mode for editing at least one of the page and the thumbnail image comprises:

editing either one of the page and the thumbnail image using the other one when the edit mode is executed.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein said editing either one of the page and the thumbnail image using the other one comprises:

editing a page corresponding to the thumbnail image when the thumbnail image is edited.

22. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit configured to display an electronic bookshelf and at least one electronic note contained in the electronic bookshelf;

a sensing unit configured to sense a touch input on the display unit; and

a controller configured to execute the selected electronic note or edit the configuration of the electronic bookshelf based on a kind of touch input on the electronic note.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 22, wherein the controller merges the selected electronic notes based on a touch input on at least two of the plurality of electronic notes.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 23, wherein when a drag input is received in the direction of a second electronic note subsequent to selecting a first electronic note to merge the selected electronic notes, the controller instantaneously changes the size of the second electronic note, and displays an object indicating that the first electronic note is merged into the second electronic note on the second electronic note.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 24, wherein the controller changes at least one of the size and transparency of the first electronic note while receiving a drag input in the direction of the second electronic note subsequent to selecting the first electronic note.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 23, wherein when a touch input on the merged electronic notes is sensed in a state that the selected electronic notes are merged, the controller restores the merged electronic notes.

27. The mobile terminal of claim 23, wherein the sensing unit senses the movement of a terminal body, and

the controller changes an arrangement order of the plurality of electronic notes or removes at least one of the plurality of electronic notes based on a touch input on at least one of the plurality of electronic notes or the movement of the terminal body.

28. The mobile terminal of claim 27, wherein the display unit displays an object corresponding to the function of removing an electronic note along with the electronic bookshelf, and

the controller removes the selected electronic note when receiving a drag input in the direction of the object subsequent to selecting at least one of the plurality of electronic notes.

29. The mobile terminal of claim 22, wherein the controller displays a cover of the electronic note in the electronic bookshelf when the cover of the electronic note is specified, and displays a thumbnail image corresponding to a page of the electronic note in the electronic bookshelf when the cover thereof is not specified.

30. The mobile terminal of claim 29, wherein at least one of a thumbnail image corresponding to a recently displayed page of the electronic note, information associated with the electronic note, and a bookmark list is displayed on the cover.

31. The mobile terminal of claim 30, wherein the controller controls the graphic information of the cover based on a use frequency of the electronic note.

32. The mobile terminal of claim 22, wherein when the selected electronic note is executed based on a touch input on the selected electronic note, the controller displays a page of the selected electronic note within a region being displayed with the selected electronic note.

33. The mobile terminal of claim 32, wherein when a touch input for the page turn of the electronic note is sensed, the controller displays an animation effect corresponding to the page turn in a three-dimensional stereoscopic image.

34. The mobile terminal of claim 22, wherein the display unit displays an object corresponding to the function of generating a new electronic note along with the electronic bookshelf, and

the controller generates a new electronic note and displays the generated electronic note along with the electronic bookshelf based on a touch input on the object.

35. The mobile terminal of claim 34, wherein when the generated electronic note contains information received from a social network service (SNS) server, the controller displays the counterpart'"'"'s name, contact address or thumbnail image associated with the received information on a cover of the generated electronic note.

36. The mobile terminal of claim 35, wherein when new information is received from the social network service (SNS) server, the controller displays an object indicating that the new information is received on a cover of the generated electronic note.

37. The mobile terminal of claim 22, wherein when the display direction of the screen information displayed on the display unit is changed based on the movement of the terminal body, the controller configures a first and a second screen region, and displays the electronic bookshelf and a page of the electronic note in the first and the second screen region, respectively.

38. The mobile terminal of claim 22, wherein when a new electronic note is generated in a state that a predetermined number of electronic notes are contained in the electronic bookshelf, the controller generates another electronic bookshelf to contain the new electronic note in the generated another electronic bookshelf.

39. A control method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an electronic bookshelf and at least one electronic note contained in the electronic bookshelf;

sensing a touch input on the display unit; and

executing the selected electronic note or editing the configuration of the electronic bookshelf based on a kind of touch input on the electronic note.