Mobile terminal having an image projector module and controlling method therein

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9762757-B2
Application number	US-91097810-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 25, 2010
Priority date	Oct 23, 2009
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

A mobile terminal having an image projector module and controlling method therein are disclosed, by which a plurality of planes capable of displaying at least one portion of an image displayed on a display unit are rearranged in a 3-dimensional space to be projected on an external plane via a projector module. The present invention includes displaying a first display including at least one planar object on a display unit, selecting a pattern for arranging a plurality of facets in a 3-dimensional space on a second display, selecting an image to be mapped to each of a plurality of the facets from the at least one planar object, mapping the selected image to each of a plurality of the facets, and projecting the second display including a plurality of the facets having the selected image mapped thereto on a prescribed external plane via a projector module.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a user input unit;
a display including a touch screen configured to recognize a touch input from a user and display a plurality of objects including at least first and second widget objects arranged in a first 3-dimensional (3D) pattern as a first display;
a projector configured to project a second display on an external plane, the second display displaying a plurality of facets including at least a first facet and a second facet; and
a controller configured to:
map the first and second widget objects of the first display to the first and second facets of the second display, respectively,
project the first facet having the first widget object and first side information of the first widget object and the second facet having the second widget object and second side information of the second widget object on the external plane as the second display, the first and second widget facets being arranged in a second 3D pattern different from the first 3D pattern, such that the first and second widget objects partially overlap each other in the second 3D pattern, wherein the first and the second side information is information that is not displayed on the display despite existing in a memory of the mobile terminal,
assign a number to each of the plurality of objects,
if the number corresponding to a specific planar object among the plurality of the objects is inputted via the user input unit, control the specific planar object to be recognized as the first widget object and mapped to the first facet,
each time the first widget object and the second widget object are sequentially selected to be mapped to the first facet and the second facet, respectively, control at least one of an arrangement pattern and direction of the plurality of the facets to be changed,
each time the first widget object and the second widget object are sequentially selected, display a visual effect on the first facet to indicate that the selected first widget object is mapped to the first facet, and display a visual effect on the second facet to indicate that the selected second widget object is mapped to the second facet,
in response to a detection of a first touch input on the touch screen, display a cursor on the projected second display without displaying the cursor on the first display displayed on the touch screen of the display, and
in response to a detection of a second touch input on the touchscreen, move the displayed cursor according to the second touch input.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of the objects further include at least one of a thumbnail, an icon, a webpage, at least one page of an e-book, at least one portion of one facet of a polyhedral user interface, a multimedia player, a file list, and an application executed image.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the second widget object comprises a stereoscopic object of the first widget object.

4. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:
displaying a first display including a plurality of objects including at least first and second widget objects arranged in a first 3-dimensional (3D) pattern on a display unit including a touch screen configured to recognize a touch input from a user;
selecting, via a controller, a second 3D pattern for arranging a first facet and a second facet in a 3-dimensional space on a second display;
selecting, via the controller, the first and second widget objects among the plurality of objects to be mapped to the first and second facets respectively;
projecting the second display including the first facet having the first widget object and first side information of the first widget object and the second facet having the second widget object and second side information of the second widget object on an external plane via a projector module, the first and second facets being arranged in a second 3D pattern different from the first 3D pattern such that the first and second widget objects partially overlap each other in the second 3D pattern, wherein the first and the second side information is information that is not displayed on the display despite existing in a memory of the mobile terminal;
assigning, via the controller, a number to each of the plurality of objects;
if the number corresponding to a specific planar object among the plurality of the objects is inputted via a user input unit, controlling, via the controller, the specific planar object to be recognized as the first widget object and mapped to the first facet;
each time the first widget object and the second widget object are sequentially selected to be mapped to the first facet and the second facet, respectively, controlling, via the controller, at least one of an arrangement pattern and direction of the plurality of the facets to be changed;
each time the first widget object and the second widget object are sequentially selected, displaying, via the controller, a visual effect on the first facet to indicate that the selected first widget object is mapped to the first facet, and displaying a visual effect on the second facet to indicate that the selected second widget object is mapped to the second facet;
in response to a detection of a first touch input on the touch screen, displaying, via the controller, a cursor on the projected second display without displaying the cursor on the first display, and
in response to a detection of a second touch input on the touchscreen, moving via the controller, the displayed cursor according to the second touch input.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller further displays a window on the first display, when the first touch input is received, and the second touch input is applied within the displayed window.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
when the first touch input is received,
displaying a window on the first display,
wherein the second touch input is applied within the displayed window.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
map a region of the first display to the first facet of the second display, and
select the region based on a first touch point and a second touch point of a third touch input applied to the touch screen, and
wherein the region includes at least the first widget object of the plurality of objects.

8. The method of claim 4 ,
wherein the selecting an image comprises determining the image based on a first touch point and a second touch point of a third touch input applied to the touch screen.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the third touch input includes a touch-drag input, and
wherein the first touch point is a start point of the touch-drag input and the second touch point is an end point of the touch-drag input.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the first widget object is included in a rectangular region which has the first touch point and the second touch point as two corners confronting each other in a diagonal direction.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 8 , wherein the third touch input includes a touch-drag input, and
wherein the first touch point is a start point of the touch-drag input and the second touch point is an end point of the touch-drag input.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11 , wherein the first widget object is included in a rectangular region which has the first touch point and the second touch point as two corners confronting each other in a diagonal direction.

Assignees

• Kim Jong Hwan
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Jong Hwan

Classifications

• H04N1/0035

  User-machine interface; Control console (input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00) · CPC title

• H04N1/00307 Primary

  with a mobile telephone apparatus (constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00) · CPC title