Electronic device and control method thereof

• US 9,170,713 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2011
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Kunho, Lee, Kange, Jung, Jinhwan, Lee, Yongdeok
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHREWSBURY, NATHAN K
• Application Number:
  US13/221,274
• Publication Number:
  US 20120089947A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,519 Days
• Field of Search: 715/839, 715/845, 715/771
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/10 Use of a protocol of communication by packets in interfaces along the display data pipeline
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/14 Electronic books and readers
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/363 Graphics controllers

Abstract

An electronic device and a method of controlling the electronic device are provided.

The electronic device may group items based on a drag input on a virtual bookshelf having the items.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal;

a touch screen; and

a controller configured to;

display a plurality of photo albums on the touch screen with a front surface of the photo albums facing forward and a space existing between each photo album,

receive a pinch-in multi-touch input on the touch screen, rearrange and display the plurality of photo albums as moving closer together until touching and then partially overlapping into a row of albums and to increase an empty display space of the touch screen, and

display a partition for distinguishing the rearranged photo albums,

wherein a first photo album at an outermost portion of the row remains stationary as the other photo albums move closer to the first photo album.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the plurality of photo albums is flicked or dragged, the controller is further configured to move the plurality of photo albums in a specific direction.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display the plurality of photo albums using cover images corresponding photo albums.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when any one of the photo albums is touched, the controller is further configured to display the touched photo album to be projected compared to the other photo albums.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the partition is displayed along at least a portion of a side edge of an end photo album included in the row.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the photo albums included in the row of albums have exposed end surfaces to appear as three-dimensional photo albums.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display a first row of photo albums above or below a second row of photo albums.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to rearrange an order of the photo albums based on the multi-touch input.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to rearrange the order of the photo albums according to a date of a corresponding photo album.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to page through respective photos included in a corresponding photo album as pages in a book based on a touch and drag of the respective photos.

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

displaying a plurality of photo albums on a touch screen with a front surface of the photo albums facing forward and a space existing between each photo album;

receiving, via a controller, a pinch-in multi-touch input on the touch screen;

rearranging and displaying the plurality of photo albums as moving closer together until touching and then partially overlapping and to increase an empty display space of the touch screen; and

displaying a partition for distinguishing the rearranged photo albums,

wherein a first photo album at an outermost portion of the row remains stationary as the other photo albums move closer to the first photo album.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein when the plurality of photo albums is flicked or dragged, the method further comprises moving the plurality of photo albums in a specific direction.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying the plurality of photo albums using cover images of corresponding photo albums.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein when any one of the photo albums is touched, the method further comprises displaying the touched photo album to be projected compared to the other photo albums.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the partition is displayed along at least a portion of a side edge of an end photo album included in the row.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the photo albums in the row of albums have exposed end surfaces displayed to appear as three-dimensional photo albums.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying a first row of photo albums above or below a second row of photo albums.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

rearranging an order of the photo albums based on the multi-touch input.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

rearranging the order of the photo albums according to a date of a corresponding photo album.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

paging through respective photos included in a corresponding photo album as pages in a book based on a touch and drag of the respective photos.