Apparatus and method for providing wallpaper

#This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) of an application entitled “Apparatus and Method for Providing Wallpaper” filed in the Korean Industrial Property Office on Jan. 10, 2007 and assigned Ser. No. 2007-0002996, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

#The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly to a wallpaper accessory displayed in a mobile terminal.

#In general, a mobile terminal includes various terminals such as a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and a portable telephone. With the rapid development of technology of such a mobile terminal, it satisfies a user's demand for higher performance, smarter appearance, and a display screen.

#For a more complete understanding of the present disclosure and its advantages, reference is now made to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals represent like parts:

#FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating constructions of an apparatus for providing a wallpaper according to an embodiment of the present invention;

#FIGS. 2A to 2C illustrate examples where a snow globe wallpaper is displayed in an apparatus for providing a wallpaper according to an embodiment of the present invention;

#FIGS. 1 through 6, discussed below, and the various embodiments used to describe the principles of the present disclosure in this patent document are by way of illustration only and should not be construed in any way to limit the scope of the disclosure. Those skilled in the art will understand that the principles of the present disclosure may be implemented in any suitably arranged mobile terminal.

#First, the basic principle of the present invention will be described to help its complete understanding. According to the present invention, both particle images (hereinafter, referred to as “particles”) and a fluid image (hereinafter, referred to as “fluid”) of a wallpaper are generated in reflection of current states of a mobile terminal detected by a terminal state detection module for detecting the current states of the mobile terminal, and then the generated particles and fluid are displayed on a preset wallpaper in order to generate a wallpaper. Then, acceleration and a movement direction are extracted from user motion detected by a motion detection module for detecting motion of a user, and movement amounts and movement directions of the particles and fluid are determined based on the extracted acceleration and movement direction. A state of the wallpaper is detected by comparing the current preset absolute gravity direction with the lower limit of the current displayed wallpaper, and the gravity influence is reflected on the movement amounts and the movement directions of the particles and fluid, and thus the particles and fluid are displayed. Therefore, a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention can display a wallpaper having an effect similar to that of an actual snow globe. Herein, the basic frame may include various shapes (e.g. a round shape, a polygon, or a snow globe-like shape) set according to the user's selection.

#FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating constructions of an apparatus for providing a wallpaper of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.