Mobile terminal and icon control method for the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJeong Yeol KIM
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Abstract
A mobile terminal and an icon control method for the same are provided. The icon control method includes detecting a selection event in relation to displayed icons, determining, when the selection event is detected, a number of icons mapped to a zone in which the selection event is detected, and changing, when the number of icons mapped to the zone is greater than one, an order of the multiple icons mapped to the zone for successive icon display according to a time during which contact is maintained after the selection event. When multiple displayed icons overlap each other on a display screen, a user can easily select a desired one of the overlapping icons without having to move any of the icons.
Claims18
An icon control method for a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- detecting a selection event in relation to displayed icons;
- determining, when a selection event is detected, a number of icons mapped to a zone where the selection event is detected;
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- changing, when the number of icons mapped to the zone is greater than one and the icons mapped to the zone are superimposed over each other, an order of the multiple icons mapped to the zone for successive icon display according to a duration of time during which contact is maintained (contact maintenance time) after the selection event.
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a display unit for displaying at least one icon;
- an input unit for detecting a selection event and a release event in relation to an icon;
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- a control unit for determining, when the selection event is detected through the input unit, a number of icons mapped to a zone in which the selection event is detected, and for controlling, when the number of icons mapped to the zone is greater than one and the icons mapped to the zone are superimposed over each other, the display unit to change an order of the multiple icons mapped to the zone for successive icon display according to a duration of time during which contact is maintained (contact maintenance time) after the selection event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.