MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20160148598A1
• Filed: 06/30/2015
• Published: 05/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Jaewoon, Lee, Seungjae, Yi, Kyueun
• Granted Patent: US 11,011,138 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04108 Touchless 2D- digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface without distance measurement in the Z direction
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• 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: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/10 Mixing of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of an operation, e.g. adding, on the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72484 wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A terminal and a control method for simultaneously executing a plurality of applications are provided. The mobile terminal includes a display unit to output a first screen and a second screen overlapping at least a portion the first screen as a higher screen than the first screen and a control unit to control transparency based on occurrence of a preset event of at least a first region of the first screen on which an object corresponding to the preset event is output or a second region of the second screen overlapping the first region according to a preset scheme.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display a first screen and a second screen, the second screen a higher screen than the first screen and overlapping at least a portion the first screen; and

a control unit configured to control transparency of at least a first region of the first screen on which an object corresponding to the preset event is displayed or transparency of a second region of the second screen that overlaps the first region such that the object is visible through the second region, the control based on occurrence of a preset event and according to a preset scheme.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the preset event comprises receipt of a message and display of the received message on the first region of the first screen.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the preset event comprises a user input for displaying a new object on the first region of first screen.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein controlling the transparency comprises controlling transparency of at least one of a plurality of first regions of the first screen on which an object related to the new object is displayed or transparency of one of a plurality of second regions of the second screen that overlaps the one of a plurality of first regions of the first screen.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the preset event comprises a user input for creating and displaying a message on the first region of the first screen.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein controlling the transparency comprises controlling transparency of at least one of a plurality of first regions of the first screen on which sent and received messages are displayed before the created message is displayed or transparency of one of a plurality of second regions of the second screen that overlaps the one of a plurality of first regions of the first screen.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the preset event comprises a user input for selecting an object displayed on the first region of the first screen.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the preset event comprises a user input for selecting an object displayed on the second screen and displaying the selected object on the first region of the first screen.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the preset event comprises application of a touch input for displaying a new object on the first region of the first screen to a region of overlap between the first screen and second screen.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein:

the preset event comprises application of a touch input for controlling the second screen to a region of overlap between the first screen and second screen; and

the control unit is further configured to execute a control operation corresponding to the touch input.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the preset event comprises detection and display of an object on the first region of the first screen, the object related to an object displayed on the second screen.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

detect a touch input applied to the related object; and

further control the transparency of least the first screen or the second screen according to the preset scheme in response to detecting the touch input.

13. A method for controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a first screen and a second screen on a display unit, the second screen a higher screen than the first screen and overlapping at least a portion the first screen; and

controlling transparency of at least a first region of the first screen on which an object corresponding to the preset event is displayed or transparency of a second region of the second screen that overlaps the first region such that the object is visible through the second region, the control based on occurrence of a preset event and according to a preset scheme.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the preset event comprises receipt of a message and display of the received message on the first region of the first screen.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the preset event comprises a user input for displaying a new object on the first region of first screen.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein controlling the transparency comprises controlling transparency of at least one of a plurality of first regions of the first screen on which an object is related to the new object displayed or transparency of one of a plurality of second regions of the second screen that overlaps the one of a plurality of first regions of the first screen.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the preset event comprises a user input for selecting an object displayed on the first region of the first screen.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the preset event comprises a user input for selecting an object displayed on the second screen and displaying the selected object on the first region of the first screen.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the preset event comprises detection and display of an object on the first region of the first screen, the object related to an object displayed on the second screen.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

detecting a touch input applied to the related object; and

further controlling the transparency of least the first screen or the second screen according to the preset scheme in response to detecting the touch input.