Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9652116-B2
Application number	US-201414177629-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 11, 2014
Priority date	Jun 17, 2010
Publication date	May 16, 2017
Grant date	May 16, 2017

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 operably coupled with the touchscreen, the controller configured to:
display a first wallpaper of a plurality of wallpapers on the touchscreen, wherein the first wallpaper includes at least one icon;
receive a touch input via the touchscreen for adding a first icon to the first wallpaper;
in response to the touch input, display a reduced first wallpaper corresponding to the first wallpaper on the touchscreen, wherein the reduced first wallpaper is displayed with a plurality of wallpaper indicators corresponding to the plurality of wallpapers on the touchscreen; and
generate a new wallpaper when the plurality of wallpapers do not have a vacancy for adding the first icon and display the new wallpaper on the touchscreen, wherein the controller is further configured to generate a new wallpaper indicator corresponding to the new wallpaper when the new wallpaper is generated.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the at least one icon comprises a widget icon or an application icon.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display the first wallpaper as a continuously decreasing object such that the reduced first wallpaper is displayed on the touchscreen.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display other wallpapers located on the left or the right of the first wallpaper on the touchscreen in response to a drag input to the left or the right to the first wallpaper.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to display reduced other wallpapers with the reduced first wallpaper in response to the touch input, wherein the reduced other wallpapers correspond to wallpapers other than the first wallpaper of the plurality of wallpapers.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the reduced other wallpapers comprise a second reduced wallpaper positioned to left of the first reduced wallpaper and a third reduced wallpaper positioned to right of the first reduced wallpaper, and
wherein at least a portion of the second reduced wallpaper and at least a portion of the third reduced wallpaper are displayed on the touchscreen.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to operate scrolling the reduced first wallpaper and the reduced other wallpapers in response to a drag input on the touchscreen.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive a drag input of adding the first icon to a vacancy of a reduced second wallpaper; and
display the reduced second wallpaper including the first icon at a center of the touchscreen.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to display the reduced second wallpaper as a continuously increasing object such that the second wallpaper is displayed on the touchscreen.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to display reduced other wallpapers in response to the touch input in the space secured by reducing the first wallpaper, wherein the reduced other wallpapers correspond to wallpapers other than the first wallpaper of the plurality of wallpapers.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first icon is displayed during the first wallpaper being reduced.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive a long touch input on a vacancy of the first wallpaper in which any icon is not located; and
display at least one menu for selecting an icon to be added on the first wallpaper in response to the long touch input.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display an area where the first icon can be located visually discriminately based on a shape and a size of the first icon.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
enter move mode in response to a long touch input on the first icon, wherein the first icon can be moved to the first wallpaper or other wallpaper in the move mode;
display the reduced first wallpaper in a first area of the touchscreen and a plurality of preview screens respectively corresponding to all wallpapers available to display on the touchscreen in a second area of the touchscreen,
wherein a first preview screen among the plurality of preview screens discloses arrangement states of the at least one icon included in the first wallpaper.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to display a movement of the first icon on the first preview screen when the first icon is touched and moved.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to reflect manipulation of the first icon in a first preview icon displayed on the first preview screen, when the first icon is manipulated,
wherein the first preview icon corresponds to the first icon displayed on the first wallpaper.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein the first preview screen discloses a shape of the at least one icon displayed on the first wallpaper.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to display a reduced second wallpaper corresponding to a second preview screen in the first area when the first icon is touched and dragged to the second preview screen of the plurality of preview screens.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive a drag and chop input for moving the first icon to a second preview screen of the plurality of preview screens; and
move the first icon to a second wallpaper corresponding to the second preview screen, when the drag and drop input is released.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of preview screens respectively have a smaller size than the reduced first wallpaper.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein the first area is a center area of the touchscreen.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein the second area is a bottom area of the touchscreen.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the displayed new wallpaper includes the first icon.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

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

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• 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

• G06F3/04817 Primary

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