MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130305189A1
• Filed: 03/18/2013
• Published: 11/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Sungho
• Application Number:
  US13/846,836
• Publication Number:
  US 20130305189A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/838
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal and a control method thereof capable of configuring a background image of a background screen. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display unit configured to display a background screen containing at least one object; a selector configured to select at least one image to be set to a background image of the background screen; and a controller configured to display a preview screen for the background screen and the selected image together on the display unit, and set at least a partial region of the selected image to the background image of the background screen when the at least a partial region of the selected image is overlapped with the preview screen. Here, the preview screen may include an outline of the object contained in the background screen.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display configured to display a background screen, the background screen including an object; and

a controller configured to;

detect receipt of a selection of at least one image for use as a background image of the displayed background screen;

control the display to display the selected at least one image and a preview screen of the background screen together such that the preview screen occupies less than an entirety of the display and at least a portion of the selected at least one image overlaps the preview screen;

set the at least a portion of the selected at least one image as a background image of the background screen; and

control the display to display the background screen including the background image,

wherein the preview screen comprises at least an outline of the object included in the background screen.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to change the at least a portion of the selected at least one image that overlaps the preview screen to another at least a portion of the selected at least one image based on received input.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display at least the preview screen or the selected at least one image transparently or semi-transparently.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the background screen comprises at least a background screen for a home screen or a background screen for a lock screen.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to:

control the display to display a plurality of thumbnail images on a first region of the display, each of the plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to one of a plurality of background screens;

detect receipt of a selection of one thumbnail image of the displayed plurality of thumbnail images; and

control the display to display the preview screen on a second region of the display separate from the first region of the display,

wherein the displayed preview screen corresponds to the selected thumbnail image.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to:

control the display to display a plurality of images available for selection as the background image in a first region of the display; and

control the display to display a selected image of the plurality of images in a second region of the display.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to edit the object based on received input.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to:

change modes of the mobile terminal between a background image setting mode and an object edit mode based on a detection of receipt of a mode selection;

control the display to display the selected at least one image transparently or semi-transparently when the mobile terminal is in the object edit mode; and

control the display to display the preview screen transparently or semi-transparently when the mobile terminal is in the background image setting mode.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to cause repositioning of the object on the background screen, deletion of the object, or adding of another object onto the background screen based on received input.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to cause changing of an appearance of the displayed object based on input received on the object in the preview screen.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to:

control the display to display a plurality of preview screens, each of the plurality of preview screens corresponding to one of a plurality of background screens,

control the display to switch between displaying one background screen of the plurality of background screens and displaying another background screen of the plurality of background screens based on received input; and

control applying of a graphic effect during the switching based on received input.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display a menu for receiving a selection of a type of the graphic effect to be applied between adjacent displayed preview screens of the displayed plurality of preview screens.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to control applying of the selected type of graphic effect for a preset time.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the selected type of graphic effect comprises at least a fade-in, a fade-out, a slide, a zoom-in, a zoom-out or a dissolve effect.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein:

the at least one image is one of a plurality of images available for selection as the background image; and

the controller is further configured to set more than one image of the plurality of images as background images of the background screen.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein:

the background screen is a first background screen of a plurality of background screens; and

the controller is further configured to modify objects included in the plurality of background screens based on received input.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to:

set a first image of the plurality of images as a first variation of the background image of a second background screen of the plurality of background screens and set a second image of the plurality of images as a second variation of the background image of the second background screen; and

control the display to switch from displaying the first background screen to displaying the second background screen based on received input;

wherein the second background screen including the first variation of the background image is displayed when the received input is a first type of input and the second background screen including the second variation of the background image is displayed when the received input is a second type of input.

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

displaying a background screen on a display of the mobile terminal, the background screen including an object;

receiving a selection of at least one image for use as a background image of the displayed background screen;

displaying the selected at least one image and a preview screen of the background screen together on the display such that the preview screen occupies less than an entirety of the display and at least a portion of the selected at least one image overlaps the preview screen;

setting the at least a portion of the selected at least one image as a background image of the background screen; and

displaying the background screen including the background image,

wherein the preview screen comprises at least an outline of the object included in the background screen.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

changing the at least a portion of the selected at least one image that overlaps the preview screen to another at least a portion of the selected at least one image based on received input.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein at least the preview screen or the selected image is displayed transparently or semi-transparently.