Mobile terminal and control method thereof

• US 9,274,675 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2012
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: An, Geumju
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Xiao
• Assistant Examiner(s): Elbinger, Steven
• Application Number:
  US13/533,853
• Publication Number:
  US 20130135294A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,344 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A mobile terminal for displaying a three-dimensional image and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a display unit configured to display a three-dimensional image including a plurality of objects; a memory unit configured to store property information of a plurality of applications respectively corresponding to the plurality of objects; and a controller configured to, upon detection of a selection of the plurality of objects, execute the plurality of applications, generate priority information in order to determine the priority levels of the executed applications based on the property information, and arrange the executed applications on the three-dimensional image based on position information mapped to the priority information.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display configured to display information;

a memory configured to store information; and

a controller configured to;

cause the display to display a three-dimensional image comprising at least a plurality of objects;

detect a dynamic gesture input applied to the plurality of objects,

simultaneously execute a plurality of applications each corresponding to an object of the selected plurality of objects in response to the dynamic gesture input,

generate priority information comprising a priority level for each of the executed plurality of applications,

cause the display to display the executed plurality of applications such that they are arranged on the three-dimensional image based on position information corresponding to the generated priority information and a display depth of each of the executed plurality of applications on the three-dimensional image is set based on the position information,

wherein the priority level for each of the executed plurality of applications is determined based on property information stored in the memory for each of the executed plurality of applications,

wherein when at least two applications of the executed plurality of applications have the same property information, the priority level of the at least two applications is determined in response to a user selection, and

terminate at least one of the executed plurality of applications having a lowest priority level and continue execution of remaining applications of the executed plurality of applications having a higher priority level than the terminated at least one application when the three-dimensional image is converted into a two-dimensional image.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect an event while the executed plurality of applications are displayed on the three-dimensional image;

terminate at least one of the executed plurality of applications based the generated priority information when the event is detected;

update the priority information such that the event has a higher priority level than the executed plurality of applications;

execute the event and cause the display to display the executed event on the three-dimensional image such that the displayed event is arranged according to the updated priority information; and

cause the display to cease displaying the terminated at least one application.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:

re-execute the terminated at least one of the plurality of applications when the executed event is terminated.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

cause an application of the executed plurality of applications to output data from another application of the executed plurality of applications when an output of the application is complete while an output of the another application is incomplete.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

distribute hardware resources to the executed plurality of applications based on the priority information.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the plurality of objects comprise a plurality of folders configured for grouping icons; and

the controller is further configured to;

detect repeating icons from the plurality of folders, and

delete at least one of the repeating icons.

7. A control method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a three-dimensional image comprising at least a plurality of objects;

detecting dynamic gesture input applied to the plurality of objects;

simultaneously executing a plurality of applications each corresponding to an object of the selected plurality of objects in response to the dynamic gesture input applied to the plurality of objects;

generating priority information comprising a priority level for each of the executed plurality of applications;

displaying the executed plurality of applications such that they are arranged on the three-dimensional image based on position information corresponding to the generated priority information and a display depth of each of the executed plurality of applications on the three-dimensional image is set based on the position information;

wherein the priority level for each of the executed plurality of applications is determined based on property information stored in the memory for each of the executed plurality of applications;

wherein when at least two applications of the executed plurality of applications have the same property information, the priority level of the at least two applications is determined in response to a user selection, and

terminating at least one of the executed plurality of applications having a lowest priority level and continue execution of remaining applications of the executed plurality of applications having a higher priority level than the terminated at least one application when the three-dimensional image is converted into a two-dimensional image.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

detecting an event while the executed plurality of applications is displayed on the three-dimensional image;

terminating at least one of the executed plurality of applications based the generated priority information when the event is detected;

updating the priority information such that the executed event has a higher priority level than the executed plurality of applications;

executing the event and displaying the executed event on the three-dimensional image such that the displayed event is arranged according to the updated priority information; and

ceasing display of the terminated at least one application.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

re-executing the terminated at least one of the plurality of applications when the executed event is terminated.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

causing an application of the executed plurality of applications to output data from another application of the executed plurality of applications when an output of data of the application is complete while an output of data of the another application is incomplete.