Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11320959-B2
Application number	US-201916732129-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2019
Priority date	Jun 17, 2010
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method of controlling a mobile terminal may be provided. The mobile terminal may include a display to display one of a plurality of wallpapers including at least one icon; and a controller to display at least two of the plurality of wallpapers and a plurality of preview screens corresponding to the plurality of wallpapers on the display upon reception of an input of moving at least one icon, moving of the at least one icon being displayed on the displayed wallpapers and preview screens. The mobile terminal can display a movement of icon being displayed on the displayed wallpapers and preview screens. Accordingly, a user may intuitively recognize a location of icon and effectively move a location of icon.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a touchscreen; and
a controller configured to:
cause the touchscreen to display a first wallpaper of a plurality of wallpapers, wherein the first wall paper includes a first icon associated with a first application;
cause the touchscreen to separately display a second wallpaper so that the second wallpaper does not overlap the first wallpaper, in response to an input, wherein the second wallpaper is one of the plurality of wallpapers and includes a second icon associated with a second application;
cause the touchscreen to display a plurality of preview screens, wherein a first preview screen of the plurality of preview screens corresponds to the first wallpaper and a second preview screen of the plurality of preview screens corresponds to the second wallpaper,
wherein the first preview screen includes a first preview icon that corresponds to the first icon of the first wallpaper and the second preview screen includes a second preview icon that corresponds to the second icon of the second wallpaper; and
in response to a drag and drop input to the first icon of the first wallpaper, cause the first icon to move from the first wallpaper to the second wallpaper and also cause the first preview icon to move from the first preview screen to the second preview screen.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the drag and drop input to the first icon is dragging the first icon from the first wallpaper to the second preview screen and dropping the dragged first icon on the second preview screen.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:
cause the touchscreen to display the first wallpaper and not display the plurality of preview screens,
in response to a touch input via the touchscreen, enter into a move mode, and
cause the touchscreen to simultaneously display both the first wallpaper and the plurality of preview screens after entering into the move mode.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein the touch input is a long touch input.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to:
cause the touchscreen to resize the first wallpaper in response to entering into the move mode.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein a size of the first wallpaper is reduced in response to entering into the move mode.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein the reduced size of the first wallpaper is larger than a size of the first preview screen.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of preview screens disclose an arrangement state of the first icon in the plurality of wallpapers.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein before the drag and drop input is applied to the first icon, the first wallpaper includes a plurality of icons including the first icon and the first preview screen includes a plurality of preview icons including the first preview icon, and
wherein the controller is configured to:
cause the touchscreen to display the plurality of preview icons in the first preview screen in a same relative arrangement as the plurality of icons are displayed in the first wallpaper.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to:
after the drag and drop input is applied to the first icon, cause the touchscreen to display the plurality of preview icons except the first preview icon in the first preview screen in a same arrangement as the plurality of icons except the first icon are displayed in the first wallpaper.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:
cause the touchscreen to display a plurality of wallpaper indications corresponding to the plurality of wallpapers together with the first wallpaper and the plurality of preview screens.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11 , wherein the controller is configured to:
cause the touchscreen to display a first wallpaper indicator of the plurality of wallpaper indicators differently from the rest of the plurality of wallpaper indicators, the first wallpaper indicator corresponding to the first wallpaper.

13. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
displaying, on a touchscreen, a first wallpaper of a plurality of wallpapers, wherein the first wall paper includes a first icon associated with a first application;
separately displaying, on the touchscreen, a second wallpaper so that the second wallpaper does not overlap the first wallpaper, in response to an input, wherein the second wallpaper is one of the plurality of wallpapers and includes a second icon associated with a second application;
displaying, on the touchscreen, a plurality of preview screens, wherein a first preview screen of the plurality of preview screens corresponds to the first wallpaper and a second preview screen of the plurality of preview screens corresponds to the second wallpaper,
wherein the first preview screen includes a first preview icon that corresponds to the first icon of the first wallpaper and the second preview screen includes a second preview icon that corresponds to the second icon of the second wallpaper; and
in response to a drag and drop input to the first icon of the first wallpaper, causing the first icon to move from the first wallpaper to the second wallpaper and also causing the first preview icon to move from the first preview screen to the second preview screen.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the drag and drop input to the first icon is dragging the first icon from the first wallpaper to the second preview screen and dropping the dragged first icon on the second preview screen.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
displaying, on the touchscreen, the first wallpaper and not displaying the plurality of preview screens,
in response to a touch input via the touchscreen, entering into a move mode, and
simultaneously displaying, on the touchscreen, both the first wallpaper and the plurality of preview screens after entering into the move mode.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the touch input is a long touch input.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
resizing the first wallpaper in response to entering into the move mode.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein a size of the first wallpaper is reduced in response to entering into the move mode.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the reduced size of the first wallpaper is larger than a size of the first preview screen.

20. The method of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of preview screens disclose an arrangement state of the first icon in the plurality of wallpapers.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Heo Jeongyun
• Kim Hyoungjoo
• Shin Jungeun
• Yi Sohoon
• Lee Soohyun
• Kim Moonkyung

Classifications

• G06F3/0481 Primary

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• G06F3/04817 Primary

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title