Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same

• US 9,552,138 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2014
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Moonjung, Yun, Hoonju
• Primary Examiner(s): Augustine, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US14/256,074
• Publication Number:
  US 20140337790A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,012 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are provided. When a pre-set input with respect to an object is received, the mobile terminal selects the object, and searches and displays at least one application associated with the selected object, and when an input with respect to a specific application, among the at least one application, is received, the mobile terminal converts the selected object into an applicable form corresponding to the specific application and displays the converted object.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touch screen to display at least one object; and

a controller configured to generate an input for an application based on selection of the at least one object on the touch screen, wherein

a prescribed input to select one of the at least one object is detected on the touch screen,

the controller determines whether at least one application is associated with the selected object,

a pop-up window that includes a plurality of icons for different applications associated with the selected object is displayed on the touch screen, and

when an icon for one of the applications is selected, the selected object is converted into a format corresponding to the selected application,

wherein the pop-up window including the plurality of icons for the applications associated with the selected object is displayed adjacent to the selected object on the touch screen in response to a user input.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the selected object is a text displayed on the touch screen and the converted object is the input generated for the selected application using the text.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller compares a number of words of the text with a prescribed number of words,

divides the text to convert the text into a plurality of text inputs when the number of words of the text exceeds the prescribed number of words, and

inputs each of the divided text inputs into a corresponding input field in the selected application.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the object is selected, the controller displays a prescribed indicator or a prescribed menu, and when the prescribed indicator or the prescribed menu is selected, the controller displays the icon for each application associated with the selected object.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when an input with respect to the selected application is released and an input with respect to a second application is received, the controller converts the selected object in a format corresponding to the second application and displays the converted object for the second application on the touch screen.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the prescribed input includes a touch input or a drag input applied to the displayed object, a long-touch input applied to a region including the displayed object, or a continuous touch input having a curve shape surrounding the displayed object, and wherein the prescribed input is a direct touch input or a proximity touch input applied to the touch screen.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the input with respect to the selected application is received, the controller displays an application screen for the selected application in a floating window provided in a region of the touch screen corresponding to the selected object in an overlapping manner.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the input with respect to the selected application is received, the controller displays an application screen for the selected application as a full screen.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one object displayed on the touch screen includes at least one of a text, an image or a video, and when the displayed object is an image, the selected object includes a selected portion of the image and meta data with respect to the selected image.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when an input with respect to the converted object is received, the controller switches to an editing mode to edit the converted object.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one application associated with the selected object includes an application designated by a user.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller classifies the selected object into a type of information including at least one of time, venue, name, contact number, number, date, or a prescribed word, and recommends an application associated with the selected object by using the classified type of information.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when a length of the converted object exceeds a prescribed reference value, the controller reconverts the converted object into a format having a length within the reference value.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller displays a graphical user interface to set a user preference related to the selected application and the converted object.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller determines whether at least one application is associated with the selected object based on a context of text included in the selected object.

15. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touch screen; and

a controller configured to control an input to a prescribed application displayed on the touch screen, wherein

a prescribed input to select an object is detected on the touch screen,

the controller determines whether at least one application is associated with the selected object,

a pop-up window that includes a plurality of icons for different applications associated with the selected object is displayed on the touch screen,

an application screen for the prescribed application among the at least one application associated with the selected object is displayed, the application screen having a first input field and at least one second input field,

a text input is displayed in the first input field,

a number of words in the text input displayed in the first input field of the prescribed application is compared with a pre-set number of words,

the text input displayed in the first input field is divided into a plurality of text inputs having a format corresponding to the first input field and at least one second input field when the number of words of the text input displayed in the first input item exceeds the pre-set number of words, and

the divided text inputs are input to each of the first and the second input fields displayed on the touch screen.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller divides the text input displayed in the first input field according to a type of information including at least one of time, date, venue, name, contact number, or a title, and inputs the divided text in the corresponding input field based on the type of information.

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

displaying an object on a touch screen;

selecting the displayed object upon receiving a prescribed input with respect to the displayed object;

displaying a pop-up window that includes a plurality of icons for different applications associated with the selected object,

converting the selected object into an applicable form corresponding to a prescribed application upon receiving an input with respect to the prescribed application among the plurality of icons for applications; and

displaying the pop-up window including the plurality of icons for the applications associated with the selected object adjacent to the selected object on the touch screen in response to a user input.

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

displaying an object on a touch screen;

selecting the displayed object upon receiving a prescribed input with respect to the displayed object;

displaying a pop-up window that includes a plurality of icons for different applications associated with the selected object,

displaying an application screen for a prescribed application among the applications associated with the selected object, the application screen having a first input field and at least one second input field,

displaying, by the mobile terminal, a text input in the first input field;

comparing, by the mobile terminal, a number of words in the text input displayed in the first input field of the prescribed application with a pre-set number of words;

when the number of words in the text input displayed in the first input field exceeds the pre-set number of words, dividing, by the mobile terminal, the text input displayed in the first input field into a plurality of text inputs having a format corresponding to the first input field and at least one second input field; and

inputting, by the mobile terminal, the divided text inputs to each of the first and the second input fields displayed on the touch screen.