Previewing and playing video in separate display window on mobile terminal using gestures

• US 9,423,955 B2
• Filed: 10/02/2008
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Kyung-Lack, Lee, Sang-Min, Kim, Tae-Hun
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhatia, Ajay
• Assistant Examiner(s): PAN, PHOEBE X
• Application Number:
  US12/244,539
• Publication Number:
  US 20090093276A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,882 Days
• Field of Search: 715/810, 715/821, 715/863, 715/838
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• 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 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: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window

Abstract

A method and device for reproducing contents of a mobile terminal having a touch screen, including: displaying on the touch screen a list of items corresponding to a plurality of contents stored in the mobile terminal; detecting a touch input to an item displayed in the list; displaying on the touch screen a reproduction screen display having a location and a size corresponding to a determined touch input location; and one of reproducing an entirety of a content corresponding to the touched item and reproducing only a portion of the content corresponding to the touched item in the reproduction screen display according to a detected touch type.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a touch screen;

a storage unit; and

a controller configured to;

display a list including at least one content indicating at least one video file stored in the storage unit on the touch screen, wherein each of the at least one content is associated with a corresponding one of the at least one video file,

display a reproduction screen for a video file stored in the storage unit on the list in response to an initial detection of an input applied to content associated with the video file on the touch screen, the reproduction screen not including the information indicating a title of the video file,

reproduce a portion of the video file on the reproduction screen only while the input applied to the content is detected since the initial detection of the input and remove the reproduction screen when the input applied to the content is no longer detected, and

reproduce an entirety of the video file in response to a subsequent touch input thereof,

wherein a portion of the reproduction screen is overlapping a portion of the content onto which the input is applied, and the other portion of the reproduction screen is overlapped with a portion of another content within the list,

wherein display position of the reproduction screen is adaptively varied in response to a position of the input applied to the content, and

wherein the displaying the reproduction screen comprises;

dividing the touch screen into four regions by using a point at which the input applied to the content is detected as a crossing of an x-axis and a y-axis; and

selecting a largest region of the four regions as the reproduction screen, wherein the reproducing the video file is performed only on the reproduction screen.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein a size of the reproduction screen is larger than a display size of the content associated with the video file.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to reproduce a preview or a preliminary play of the video file on the reproduction screen.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the reproduction screen is formed in a rectangular shape.

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

a stylus pen configured to enter the input applied to the content.

6. A method for reproducing contents of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a list including at least one content indicating at least one video file stored in a storage unit of the mobile terminal on a touch screen of the mobile terminal, wherein each of the at least one content is associated with a corresponding one of the at least one video file;

displaying a reproduction screen for a video file stored in the storage unit on the list in response to an initial detection of an input applied to content associated with the video file on the touch screen, the reproduction screen not including the information indicating a title of the video file;

reproducing a portion of the video tile on the reproduction screen only while the input applied to the content is detected since the initial detection of the input and removing the reproduction screen when the input applied to the content is no longer detected; and

reproducing an entirety of the video file in response to a subsequent touch input thereof,

wherein a portion of the reproduction screen is overlapping a portion of the content onto which the input is applied, and the other portion of the reproduction screen is overlapped with a portion of another content within the list,

wherein a display of the reproduction screen is adaptively varied in response to a position of the input applied to the content, and

wherein the displaying the reproduction screen comprises;

dividing the touch screen into four regions by using a point at which the input applied to the content is detected as a crossing of an x-axis and a y-axis; and

selecting a largest region of the four regions as the reproduction screen, wherein the reproducing the video file is performed only on the reproduction screen.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a size of the reproduction screen is larger than a display size of the content associated with the video file.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the reproducing the video file comprises reproducing a preview or a preliminary play of the video file on the reproduction screen.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the reproduction screen is formed in a rectangular shape.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying the reproduction screen comprises:

dividing the touch screen into two regions by using a point at which the input applied to the icon is detected as a crossing of an x-axis; and

selecting a largest region of the two regions as the reproduction screen, wherein the reproducing the video file is performed only on the reproduction screen.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the reproduction screen is formed on a region above the point at which the input is applied if a screen space above the point is larger than a screen space below the point.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the reproduction screen is formed on a region below the point at which the input is applied if a screen space below the point is larger than a screen space above the point.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the reproduction screen is formed on a region par with the point at which the point is applied if a screen space above the point is about equal to a screen space below the point.

14. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a touch screen;

a storage unit;

a stylus pen; and

a controller configured to;

display a list including at least one content indicating at least one video file stored in the storage unit on the touch screen, wherein each of the at least one content is associated with a corresponding one of the at least one video file,

display a reproduction screen for a video file stored in the storage unit on that list in response to an initial detection of an input applied to content associated with the video file on the touch screen using the stylus pen, the reproduction screen not including the information indicating a title of the video file,

reproduce a portion of the video file on the reproduction screen only while the input applied to the content is detected since the initial detection of the input and removes the reproduction screen when the input applied to the content is no longer detected, and

reproduce an entirety of the video file in response to a subsequent touch input thereof,

wherein a portion of the reproduction screen is overlapping a portion of the content onto which the input is applied, and the other portion of the reproduction screen is overlapped with a portion of another content within the list,

wherein a display position of the reproduction screen is adaptively varied in response to a position of the input applied to the content, and

wherein the displaying the reproduction screen comprises;

dividing the touch screen into four regions by using a point at which the input applied to the content is detected as a crossing of an x-axis and a y-axis; and

selecting a largest region of the four regions as the reproduction screen, wherein the reproducing the video tile is performed only on the reproduction screen.