Mobile terminal and method for changing page thereof

• US 8,712,477 B2
• Filed: 08/16/2011
• Issued: 04/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yu, Jaehwa, Lee, Hyuntak
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Duc M
• Application Number:
  US13/210,724
• Publication Number:
  US 20120165076A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 715/700, 715/762, 715/765, 715/853, 715/863, 715/864, 345/158, 345/173
• US Class Current: 455/566
• 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 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A mobile terminal for smoothly changing a page between page groups by using an indicator indicating a page group, and a method for changing a page in the mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal including: a display unit configured to display an indicator indicating a page group including a plurality of pages; an input unit configured to detect a gesture associated with the indicator; and a controller configured to control the display unit to display a page representing the page group, wherein the indicator discriminately displays the page representing the page group among the plurality of pages.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display a first indicator indicating a first page group including a plurality of first pages, and to display a second indicator indicating a second page group including a plurality of second pages, wherein the displayed first indicator includes a plurality of page indicators representing each of the plurality of first pages and the displayed second indicator includes a plurality of page indicators representing each of the plurality of second pages;

an input unit configured to detect a gesture associated with the first indicator; and

a controller configured to control the display unit to display a page representing the first page group,

wherein the first indicator discriminately displays the page indicator of the page representing the first page group differently than the page indicator of another page of the first page group, and

wherein the second indicator discriminately displays the page indicator of a page representing the second page group differently than the page indicator of another page of the second page group.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the page representing the first page group is a page that has been most recently displayed among the plurality of first pages.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first indicator reflects a position of each of the pages of the plurality of first pages.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the detected gesture is a tap or a long press gesture with respect to the first indicator.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display the first indicator in a magnified or extended manner in response to the detected gesture.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the input unit detects a second gesture associated with the magnified or extended first indicator, and the controller controls the display unit to display a page of the first page group associated with the detected second gesture in response to the detected second gesture.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the detected gesture is a drag, flick, or a swipe gesture in an area in which the first indicator is displayed.

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

a sensing unit configured to sense a tilt of the mobile terminal,

wherein the controller controls the display unit to display the plurality of first pages based on the sensed tilt.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display a second page included in a first page group along with the first indictor.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the gesture is further associated with an object included in the second page, and the controller controls the display unit to display the object such that it is included in the page that represents the first page group.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the page indicator of the page representing the first page group is discriminately displayed with respect to the page indicator of the page representing the second page group.

12. A method for changing a page of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a first indicator indicating a first page group, wherein the displayed first indicator includes a plurality of first page indicators representing each of a plurality of first pages of the first page group;

displaying a second indicator indicating a second page group, wherein the displayed second indicator includes a plurality of second page indicators representing each of a plurality of second pages of the second page group;

detecting a gesture associated with the first indicator; and

displaying a page representing the first page group in response to the detected gesture associated with the first indicator,

wherein the first indicator discriminately displays the page indicator of the page representing the first page group differently than the page indicator of another page of the first page group, and

wherein the second indicator discriminately displays the page indicator of a page representing the second page group differently than the page indicator of another page of the second page group.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the page representing the first page group is a page that has been most recently displayed among the plurality of first pages.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the first indicator reflects a position or order of each of the plurality of first pages of the first page group.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the displaying of the page representing the first page group comprises:

displaying the first indicator in a magnified or extended manner in response to the detected gesture.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the displaying of the page representing the first page group further comprises:

detecting a second gesture in the magnified or extended first indicator; and

displaying a page of the first page group associated with the detected second gesture in response to the detected second gesture.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the displaying of the first indicator comprises:

displaying a second page included in the first page group along with the first indicator.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the gesture is further associated with an object included in the second page, and the displaying of the page representing the first page group comprises displaying the object such that it is included in the page representing the first page group in response to the detected gesture.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the page indicator of the page representing the first page group is discriminately displayed with respect to the page indicator of the page representing the second page group.

20. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display a first indicator that indicates a first page group by including a plurality of first page indicators representing each of a plurality of first pages of the first page group, and the display unit to display, while displaying the first indicator, a second indicator that indicates a second page group by including a plurality of second page indicators representing each of a plurality of second pages of the second page group;

an input unit configured to detect a gesture associated with the first indicator; and

a controller configured to control the display unit to display a page representing the first page group, and to display the first indicator such that the page indicator of the displayed page is displayed differently than the page indicator of another page of the first page group, and the controller to control the display of the second indicator such that the page indicator of a page representing the second page group is displayed differently than the page indicator of another page of the second page group.