Screen display method in mobile terminal and mobile terminal using the method

• US 9,519,402 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2013
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Seung-Myung
• Primary Examiner(s): Trapanese, William
• Application Number:
  US14/078,988
• Publication Number:
  US 20140143725A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,126 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04802 3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

A screen display method by which to configure a screen in which media objects are moved according to navigational inputs in order to easily browse for a desired media object from among a plurality of media objects. The screen display method in a mobile terminal includes displaying media objects to be piled up at first and second positions and media objects to be arranged along a course that connects the first and second positions; and displaying the piled-up media objects at one of the first and second positions to be sequentially moved along the course toward the other of the first and second positions when an input event occurs.

Claims

1. A screen display method in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of media objects to be piled-up at first or second positions and in which a first pile contains the plurality of the media objects available to display in a stack in the first position and in which the stack is reduced in size as respective media objects move to the second position to form a second pile, and in which some of the plurality of media objects are arranged in a non-stacked manner along a course connecting the first and second positions; and

displaying the piled-up media objects that are movable from one of the first and second positions along the course toward the other of the first and second positions in response to an input event.

2. The screen display method of claim 1, wherein the piled up objects are sequentially movable along the course toward the other of the first and second positions in response to the input event.

3. The screen display method of claim 1, wherein the media objects are related to any of music files, album files each having a group of music files, photo files, or video files.

4. The screen display method of claim 3, wherein a related group of music files, photo files or video files move as a group from one of the first and second positions toward the other of the first and second positions in response to the input event.

5. The screen display method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying at least some of the plurality of media objects that move along the course in response to the input event are arranged in a middle area between the first and second positions.

6. The screen display method of claim 5, wherein displaying any one of the media objects arranged along the course as they move into the middle area between the first and second positions comprises:

determining whether a media object of the plurality of media objects is selected from among the media objects arranged along the course; and

expanding a size and displaying the media object in the middle area between the first and second positions differently after the media object is selected.

7. The screen display method of claim 5, wherein a selected media object is displayed to face forward, and the media objects between the first and second positions are displayed in a tilted state not to overlap with one another.

8. The screen display method of claim 5, further comprising:

reproducing a media object of the plurality of media objects when the media object is placed in the middle area along the course between the first and second positions.

9. The screen display method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying a reproduction-related button image that is superimposed on the media object is being reproduced.

10. The screen display method of claim 5, further comprising:

in response to determining a selected media object is related to an album file having a group of a plurality of music files, displaying a disc object having a disc shape that is shown as extending from the selected media object and displays a rotating motion while the selected media object is accessed.

11. The screen display method of claim 10, wherein displaying at least any of the plurality of media objects movable along the course into a middle area between the first and second positions comprises,

displaying the at least any of the media objects as an album jacket image with additional information about the album file.

12. The screen display method of claim 1, wherein the media objects arranged along the course between the first and second positions are displayed with a sense of perspective by reducing clarity of the media objects when arranged further from a center of the course.

13. The screen display method of claim 1, wherein the input event comprises any of:

touch events on a touchscreen of the mobile terminal, pen hovering events, directional keypad input events, and motion events of the mobile terminal.

14. The screen display method of claim 13, wherein displaying the piled-up media objects at one of the first and second positions movable along the course toward the other of the first and second positions when an input event occurs comprises,

in response to the input event being a touch event,

displaying the media objects that are movable from one of the first and second positions toward the other of the first and second positions in a dragging direction based on the touch event.

15. The screen display method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to a media object is selected from among the media objects displayed that are movable along the course, displaying a detailed list of what is contained in the selected media object.

16. The screen display method of claim 15, wherein the detailed list comprises a list of songs contained in an album file having a group of the songs, in accordance with the selected media object being related to the album file.

17. A mobile terminal for displaying a screen, the mobile terminal comprising:

an input unit configured to receive an input event;

a storage configured to store a plurality of media objects; and

a processor configured to, control a display of media objects to be piled-up at first and second positions in which a first pile contains the plurality of the media objects available to display in a stack in a first position and in which the stack is reduced in size as respective media objects move to the second position to form a second pile, and to control the display of media objects to be arranged in a non-stacked manner along a course connecting the first and second positions; and

control the display of the piled-up media objects at one of the first and second positions that are movable along the course toward the other of the first and second positions in response to an input event.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the input event comprises an input gesture.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the input unit comprises a touch screen, and the input occurs by touch or near-touch within a predetermined distance of the input unit.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the media objects are related to any of music files, album files each having a group of music files, photo files, and video files.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 19, wherein the media objects are related to any of music files, album files each having a group of music files, photo files, and video files.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the processor controls the display of any of the media objects arranged along the course that are movable into a middle area between the first and second positions.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 22, wherein the processor controls the display of a media object in the middle area of the screen to be shifted in response to the input event.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 22, wherein the processor controls expanding a size of and displaying a media object selected from among the media objects arranged along the course in the middle area of the screen between the first and second positions.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein a selected media object is displayed to face forward, and the media objects are displayed between the first and second positions in a tilted state not to overlap with one another.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 22, wherein the processor reproduces the media objects in response to the media object being placed in the middle area between the first and second positions.

27. The mobile terminal of claim 26, wherein the processor controls the display of a reproduction-related button image that is superimposed on the media object while being reproduced.

28. The mobile terminal of claim 26, wherein in accordance with the any of the media objects being related to an album file having a group of a plurality of music files, the processor controls the display of a disc object having a disc shape that extends from a selected media object and is rotates while the media object is reproduced.

29. The mobile terminal of claim 28, wherein the any of the media objects are displayed as an album jacket image with additional information about the album file.

30. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the media objects arranged along the course that between the first and second positions are displayed with less clarity as they are further from a middle of the course.

31. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein in accordance with a media object being selected from among the media objects displayed that are movable along the course, the processor controls the display of a detailed list of what is contained in the selected media object.

32. The mobile terminal of claim 31, wherein the detailed list comprises a list of songs contained in an album file having a group of the songs, when the selected media object is related to the album file.

33. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the media objects are related to any of music files, album files each having a group of music files, photo files, and video files.

34. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the media objects are related to any of music files, album files each having a group of music files, photo files, and video files.