Mobile terminal capable of displaying objects corresponding to 3D images differently from objects corresponding to 2D images and operation control method thereof

• US 9,298,745 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2011
• Issued: 03/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Shinhae, Kim, Taeyun, Woo, Seunghyun, Kim, Dongok, Kim, Jonghwan, Jung, Hayang
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): Burwell, Joseph R
• Application Number:
  US13/198,465
• Publication Number:
  US 20120139904A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,699 Days
• Field of Search: 715/848
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A mobile terminal and an operation control method thereof are provided. The operation control method includes displaying a display screen including a first group of objects corresponding stereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) images and a second group of objects corresponding two-dimensional (2D) images on a display module; receiving a 3D indication input for distinguishing the first group of objects from the second group of objects; and displaying the first group of objects differently from the second group of objects in response to the received 3D indication input so that the first group of objects can be distinguished from the second group of objects. Since the objects corresponding to stereoscopic 3D images are displayed differently from the objects corresponding to 2D images, it is possible for a user to instantly determine whether an image corresponding to a given object is a stereoscopic 3D image or a 2D image.

Claims

1. A method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying, on a display, a first group of objects and a second group of objects in a same manner, the first group of objects corresponding to perceived three-dimensional (3D) images and the second group of objects corresponding to two-dimensional (2D) images;

receiving a first input to distinguish the first group of objects;

in response to receiving the first input, changing the display of the first group of objects in a predetermined manner according to an operating mode of the mobile terminal such that the first group of objects is distinguished from the second group of objects;

receiving a second input to arrange the first and second group of objects;

exclusively displaying, on the display, the first group of objects without displaying the second group of objects in response to receiving the second input;

replacing a first screen including exclusively the first group of objects with a second screen including exclusively the second group of objects in response to further receiving the second input;

performing 3D control operation in response to receiving the second input and a predefined gesture input, wherein the 3D control operation corresponds to the predefined gesture input; and

providing a menu for setting 3D control operation to be performed in response to the predefined gesture input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first group of objects and the second group of objects each separately comprise thumbnails, icons, or symbols.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the display of the first group of objects comprises at least one of rotating the displayed first group of objects, tilting the displayed first group of objects, applying an animation effect to the displayed first group of objects, or providing an identification symbol to the displayed first group of objects when the operating mode of the mobile terminal is a mode for displaying 2D images.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the display of the first group of objects includes alternately displaying left- and right-images corresponding to each of the first group of objects when the operating mode of the mobile terminal is a mode for displaying 2D images.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the first input comprises receiving a 3D key input, receiving a touch on a predefined part of the display or receiving a touch on an icon displayed on the display.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the perceived 3D image is a stereoscopic 3D image.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the display of the first group of objects comprises displaying the first group of objects three-dimensionally when the operating mode of the mobile terminal is a mode for displaying stereoscopic 3D images.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a predefined gesture input; and

performing a 3D control operation in response to receiving the predefined gesture input.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the predefined gesture input is a touch-and-drag detected by the display.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein performing the 3D control operation includes adjusting a perceived depth of the first group of objects.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the second input includes receiving a multi-touch on the display.

12. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display configured to display a first group of objects and a second group of objects in a same manner, the first group of objects corresponding to perceived three-dimensional (3D) images and the second group of objects corresponding to two-dimensional (2D) images; and

a controller configured to;

change the display of the first group of objects in a predetermined manner according to an operating mode of the mobile terminal in response to the mobile terminal receiving a first input to distinguish the first group of objects, wherein the changed display includes the first group of objects corresponding to the perceived 3D images being distinguished from the second group of objects,

exclusively display, on the display, the first group of objects without displaying the second group of objects in response to the mobile terminal receiving a second input to arrange the first and second group of objects,

replace a first screen including exclusively the first group of objects with a second screen including exclusively the second group of objects in response to further receiving the second input,

perform 3D control operation in response to the second input and a predefined gesture input, wherein the 3D control operation corresponds to the predefined gesture input, and

provide a menu for setting 3D control operation to be performed in response to the predefined gesture input.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the first group of objects and the second group of objects each separately comprise thumbnails, icons, or symbols.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller changes the display of the first group of objects by at least one of rotating the displayed first group of objects, tilting the displayed first group of objects, applying an animation effect to the displayed first group of objects, or providing an identification symbol to the displayed first group of objects when the operating mode of the mobile terminal is a mode for displaying 2D images.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller changes the display of the first group of objects by alternately displaying left- and right-images corresponding to each of the first group of objects.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the perceived 3D image is a stereoscopic 3D image.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 12, further comprising a 3D key to provide the first input to distinguish the first group of objects.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller changes the display of the first group of objects by displaying the first group of objects three-dimensionally when the operating mode of the mobile terminal is a mode for displaying stereoscopic 3D images.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein performing the 3D control operation includes adjusting a perceived depth of the first group of objects.

20. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display configured to display a first group of thumbnails and a second group of thumbnails in a same manner, the first group of thumbnails corresponding to stereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) thumbnails, the second group of thumbnails corresponding to two-dimensional (2D) thumbnails; and

a controller configured to;

change the display of the first group of thumbnails in a predetermined manner according to an operating mode of the mobile terminal in response to the mobile terminal receiving a first input to distinguish the first group of thumbnails, wherein the changed display includes the first group of thumbnails being distinguished from the second group of thumbnails by rotating the displayed first group of thumbnails, applying an animation effect to the displayed first group of thumbnails, providing the identification symbol to the displayed first group of thumbnails or displaying only the first group of thumbnails without displaying the second group of thumbnails,

exclusively display, on the display, the first group of thumbnails without displaying the second group of thumbnails in response to the mobile terminal receiving a second input to arrange the first and second group of thumbnails,

replace a first screen including exclusively the first group of objects with a second screen including exclusively the second group of objects in response to further receiving the second input,

perform 3D control operation in response to the second input and a predefined gesture input, wherein the 3D control operation corresponds to the predefined gesture input, and

provide a menu for setting 3D control operation to be performed in response to the predefined gesture input.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 20, wherein the 3D control operation includes adjusting a perceived depth of the first group of thumbnails.