Method and device for controlling display according to tilt of mobile terminal using geomagnetic sensor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsNho-Kyung Hong, Sung-Jun Lee, June-Seok Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed are a method and a device for dynamically changing the display of a picture according to the degree of tilt of a mobile terminal without any separate key input. The degree of tilt refers to the angle at which the mobile terminal is tilted with respect to a reference plane, and the degree of tilt is calculated using a geomagnetic sensor.
Claims15
A mobile terminal capable of controlling display of a picture according to a degree of tilt thereof, the mobile terminal comprising:
- a display unit for displaying an image formed by a collection of front faces of polyhedrons which turn three-dimensionally according to a direction and an angle of tilt of the mobile terminal;
- a sensor unit for detecting a movement of the mobile terminal and calculating the tilt direction and tilt angle of the mobile terminal;
- and a control unit for displaying dynamic changes of the front faces of the polyhedrons according to the tilt direction and tilt angle data provided from the sensor and for turning the polyhedrons further in the tilt direction when the tilt angle exceeds a critical value, thereby displaying an image formed by new front faces of the polyhedrons.
A method for controlling display of a picture according to a degree of tilt of a mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying an image formed by a collection of front faces of polyhedrons;
- detecting a movement of the mobile terminal during the display of the image;
- calculating a tilt direction and tilt angle of the mobile terminal when any movement is detected;
- turning the front faces of the polyhedrons three-dimensionally in a direction and at an angle corresponding to the calculated tilt direction and tilt angle;
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- displaying an image formed by new front faces of the polyhedrons.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.