Portable terminal and driving method of the same

• US 8,825,113 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2009
• Issued: 09/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jong-Hwan, Lee, Tae Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Mitchell, Nathan
• Assistant Examiner(s): LAM, DUNG LE
• Application Number:
  US12/395,269
• Publication Number:
  US 20100041431A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,013 Days
• Field of Search: 455/550.1, 4555751-5757
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1624 with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04101 2.5D-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 and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0233 Character input methods
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/236 including keys on side or rear faces
• 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 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• 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 device and method of controlling a portable terminal including a motion sensor and a manipulation unit. The method includes a) sensing a motion pattern of the portable terminal; b) receiving a manual manipulation of the manipulation unit from a user; and c) interpreting a value inputted from the manipulation unit and a motion pattern sensed by the motion sensing unit as a user instruction.

Claims

1. A portable terminal, comprising:

a motion sensing unit configured to sense a motion pattern of the portable terminal;

a display configured to display an image;

a manipulation unit configured to receive a manual manipulation while the image is displayed on the display, wherein the manipulation unit comprises one of a touch screen or a designated key button; and

a controller operatively connected to the motion sensing unit and the manipulation unit, and configured to;

interpret a combination of the manual manipulation received from the manipulation unit, followed by a motion pattern sensed by the motion sensing unit as a zoom-in or zoom-out user instruction,

wherein the manual manipulation includes touching of the touch screen or pressing of the designated key button while the image is displayed on the display, and

wherein the motion pattern includes a shaking or tilting of the portable terminal generated while the touching of the touch screen or the pressing of the designated key button is maintained; and

zoom-in or zoom-out the displayed image according to the zoom-in or zoom-out user instruction.

2. The portable terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to interpret the motion pattern as a number.

3. The portable terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to select and display an item of a displayed list on the display when the motion pattern is applied during the touching of the touch screen or the pressing of the designated key button, and

wherein the displayed image is a thumbnail.

4. The portable terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to scroll through a plurality of thumbnails, switch images on the touch screen, or scroll through text when the motion pattern is applied during the touching of the touch screen or the pressing of the designated key button.

5. The portable terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a storage containing a motion pattern-instruction database,

wherein the controller is further configured to access the motion pattern-instruction database to interpret user interpretations including the zoom-in or zoom-out user instruction.

6. The portable terminal of claim 1, wherein according to the zoom-in or zoom-out user instruction, a size of the displayed image is continuously changed as the tilting of the portable terminal continues.

7. The portable terminal of claim 6, wherein as the tilting of the portable terminal continues, the image is displayed on the entire display.

8. The portable terminal of claim 1, wherein the manual manipulation includes the touching of the touch screen while the image is displayed, and

the motion pattern is the tilting of the portable terminal generated while the touching of the touch screen is maintained.

9. The portable terminal of claim 1, wherein the motion pattern is recognized based on at least one of the following:

a strength of the shaking of the portable terminal, a degree and/or direction of the tilting of the portable terminal, a size of a movement of the portable terminal, and a shape of the movement of the portable terminal.

10. The portable terminal of claim 1, wherein when the zooming-in of the displayed image is performed according to the zoom-in user instruction, an image enlargement size of the displayed image varies based on a number of shakings of the portable terminal generated while the touching of the touch screen or the pressing of the designated key button is maintained.

11. The portable terminal of claim 1, wherein the manual manipulation includes the pressing of the designated key button while the image is displayed,

the motion pattern is the shaking of the portable terminal generated while the pressing of the designated key button is maintained, and

when the zooming-in or zooming-out of the displayed image is performed according to the zoom-in or zoom-out user instruction, an image enlargement size or an image reduction size of the displayed image varies based on a number of shakings of the portable terminal generated while the pressing of the designated key button is maintained.

12. The portable terminal of claim 1, wherein when the portable terminal is tilted upwardly, downwardly, left or right while the image is displayed on the display, the controller is further configured to display, on the display, the image that has been shifted upwardly, downwardly, left or right, respectively.

13. The portable terminal of claim 1, wherein when the touching of the touch screen involves touching a desired area of the image while the image is displayed on the display and the motion pattern involves the shaking of the portable terminal generated while the desired area of the image is touched, the touched desired area of the image is enlarged in the zoom-in operation.

14. A method of controlling a portable terminal including a motion sensing unit, a display, and a manipulation unit, the method comprising:

displaying, on the display, an image;

receiving, via the manipulation unit, a manual manipulation while the image is displayed on the display, wherein the manipulation unit comprises one of a touch screen or a designated key button;

interpreting a combination of the manual manipulation received from the manipulation unit, followed by a motion pattern sensed by the motion sensing unit as a zoom-in or zoom-out user instruction,

wherein the manual manipulation includes touching of the touch screen or pressing of the designated key button while the image is displayed on the display, and

wherein the motion pattern includes a shaking or tilting of the portable terminal generated while the touching of the touch screen or the pressing of the designated key button is maintained; and

performing, by the portable terminal, a zoom-in or zoom-out of the displayed image according to the zoom-in or zoom-out user instruction.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

interpreting the motion pattern as a number.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

selecting and displaying, on the display, an item of a displayed list when the motion pattern is applied during the touching of the touch screen or the pressing of the designated key button, wherein the displayed image is a thumbnail.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising one of:

scrolling through a plurality of thumbnails,

switching images on the display, or

scrolling through text when the motion pattern is applied during the touching of the touch screen or the pressing of the designated key button.

18. The method of claim 14, the step of interpreting comprising:

accessing a motion pattern-instruction database stored in a storage of the portable terminal.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein in the performing step, according to the zoom-in or zoom-out user instruction, a size of the displayed image is continuously changed as the tilting of the portable terminal continues.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein as the tilting of the portable terminal continues, the image is displayed on the entire display.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein the manual manipulation includes the touching of the touch screen while the image is displayed, and

the motion pattern is the tilting of the portable terminal generated while the touching of the touch screen is maintained.

22. The method of claim 14, wherein the motion pattern is recognized based on at least one of the following:

a strength of the shaking of the portable terminal, a degree and/or direction of the tilting of the portable terminal, a size of a movement of the portable terminal, and a shape of the movement of the portable terminal.

23. The method of claim 14, wherein when the zooming-in of the displayed image is performed according to the zoom-in user instruction, an image enlargement size of the displayed image varies based on a number of shakings of the portable terminal generated while the touching of the touch screen or the pressing of the designated key button is maintained.

24. The method of claim 14, wherein the manual manipulation includes the pressing of the designated key button while the image is displayed,

the motion pattern is the shaking of the portable terminal generated while the pressing of the designated key button is maintained, and

when the zooming-in or zooming-out of the displayed image is performed according to the zoom-in or zoom-out user instruction, an image enlargement size or an image reduction size of the displayed image varies based on a number of shakings of the portable terminal generated while the pressing of the designated key button is maintained.

25. The method of claim 14, wherein when the portable terminal is tilted upwardly, downwardly, left or right while the image is displayed on the display, the method further comprises displaying, on the display, the image that has been shifted upwardly, downwardly, left or right, respectively.

26. The method of claim 14, wherein when the touching of the touch screen involves touching a desired area of the image while the image is displayed on the display and the motion pattern involves the shaking of the portable terminal generated while the desired area of the image is touched, the touched desired area of the image is enlarged in the zoom-in operation.