Mobile terminal and user interface of mobile terminal

• US 9,804,763 B2
• Filed: 11/23/2015
• Issued: 10/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jeong-Tae, Lim, Hye-Bong
• Primary Examiner(s): Yang, Ryan R
• Application Number:
  US14/948,758
• Publication Number:
  US 20160077700A1
• Time in Patent Office: 708 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72481 for visually impaired users

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a display, and a controller coupled to the display, the controller configured to display information on the display, scroll the displayed information in response to a touch and moving input applied on the display in a direction, and refresh the displayed information if the touch and moving input is released subsequent to the scrolling of the displayed information.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit to provide wireless communication;

a memory to store at least a first information;

a display unit; and

a controller coupled with the wireless communication unit, the memory, and the display unit, the controller configured to;

receive one or more drag inputs and scroll a display of the first information on the display unit based on the one or more drag inputs, and

receive second information via the wireless communication unit from a network and display the second information when the display of the first information cannot be scrolled any further in a drag direction based on the one or more drag inputs.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a touch sensor to detect the one or more drag inputs on the display.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to determine a first direction of drag inputs based on the detection by a touch sensor.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the first direction is a vertical direction or a downward direction.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to present third information on the display unit if a second direction of drag inputs detected by the touch sensor is different from the first direction.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the second direction detected by the touch sensor is perpendicular to the first direction.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to refresh the first information with the second information.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display a notification text or a notification image related to refreshing the first information on the display unit.

9. A method for using a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

storing at least a first information in a memory;

displaying the first information on a display unit;

detecting one or more drag inputs via one or more touch sensors coupled to the display unit;

receiving one or more drag inputs from the one or more touch sensors;

scrolling the first information based on the detected one or more drag inputs;

determining no further scrolling in a drag direction of the one or more drag inputs; and

receiving second information via a wireless communication unit from a network and displaying the received second information on the display unit in response to the determination of no further scrolling in the drag direction of the one or more drag inputs.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein a first direction of drag inputs is determined via a controller based on the detection by the one or more touch sensors.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising presenting third information on the display unit if a second direction of drag inputs detected by the one or more touch sensors is different from the first direction.

12. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit to provide wireless communication;

a memory to store at least a first information;

a display unit to display the first information;

a touch sensor to detect one or more drag inputs on the display unit; and

a controller coupled with the wireless communication unit, the memory, the touch sensor, and the display unit, the controller configured to;

receive from the touch sensor one or more drag inputs of the displayed first information,

present an indicator indicating refreshing the displayed first information on the display unit in response to the one or more drag inputs from the touch sensor, wherein second information is received to refresh the displayed first information from a network via the wireless communication unit, and

display the received second information on the display unit.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is configured to determine a first direction of drag inputs based on the detection by the touch sensor.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the first direction is a vertical direction or a downward direction.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to present third information on the display unit if a second direction of drag inputs detected by the touch sensor is different from the first direction.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the second direction detected by the touch sensor is perpendicular to the first direction.

17. A method for using a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

storing at least a first information in a memory;

displaying the first information on a display unit;

detecting one or more drag inputs of the displayed first information via a touch sensor coupled to the display unit;

receiving from the touch sensor the one or more drag inputs;

presenting an indicator indicating refreshing the displayed first information on the display unit in response to the one or more drag inputs from the touch sensor, wherein second information is received to refresh the displayed first information from a network via the wireless communication unit; and

displaying the received second information on the display unit.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein a first direction of drag inputs is determined via a controller based on the detection by the touch sensor.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the controller is configured to present third information on the display unit if a second direction of drag inputs detected by the touch sensor is different from the first direction.