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US 8,286,098 B2Granted
Mobile terminal for displaying executable functions on a touch screen display and display method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSeokhoon Ju, Soohyun Han, Jea-Un Kim
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Abstract
A mobile terminal and a method for displaying executable functions are disclosed. A plurality of rotatable three-dimensional polyhedral icons is displayed on a touch screen display. Executable functions are assigned to the faces of the three-dimensional polyhedral icons, and at least two faces are visible. A polyhedral icon may be selected and continuously rotated about its horizontal and vertical axes to display other faces, and the executable function on the face parallel to the plane of the display may be executed, thereby providing a convenient way to access executable functions of a mobile terminal.
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A method for displaying executable functions on a touch screen display, the method comprising:
- displaying at least one three-dimensional polyhedral icon on the touch screen display, the at least one polyhedral icon being rotatable and comprising at least two faces, wherein at least one of the at least two faces is assigned an executable function;
- identifying at least one operation performed on the touch screen display, the at least one operation corresponding to one of the at least one displayed polyhedral icon;
- executing an action corresponding to the one of the at least one displayed polyhedral icon based on the identified at least one operation;
- redisplaying an initially displayed face of the at least two faces of the one of the at least one displayed polyhedral icon upon completion of the at least one operation by rotating the one of the at least one displayed polyhedral icon;
- receiving an input of double touches on a selected polyhedral icon of the at least one displayed polyhedral icon, the double touches including a touch to a first vertex of the selected polyhedral icon and a touch to a second vertex of the selected polyhedral icon;
- detecting a dragging of the double touches away from each other to increase a distance between the double touches;
- enlarging a displayed size of the selected polyhedral icon to a size less than an overall size of a display area of the touch screen display in response to the detection when the distance of the dragging is less than a critical distance;
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- enlarging the displayed size of the selected polyhedral icon to a size corresponding to the overall size of the display area of the touch screen display in response to the detection when the distance of the dragging is more than the critical distance.
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A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a touch screen display configured to receive a touch input;
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- a controller configured to:
- control the touch screen display to display at least one rotatable three-dimensional polyhedral icon, the at least one polyhedral icon having at least two visible faces that are assigned executable functions, wherein one face of the at least two visible faces of each of the displayed at least one polyhedral icon is parallel to the touch screen display;
- execute an action corresponding to the one face of one of the displayed at least one polyhedral icon based on at least one operation;
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- redisplay the one face of the one of the displayed at least one polyhedral icon upon completion of the at least one operation by rotating the one of the displayed at least one polyhedral icon;
- receive an input of double touches on a selected polyhedral icon of the at least one displayed polyhedral icon, the double touches including a touch to a first vertex of the selected polyhedral icon and a touch to a second vertex of the selected polyhedral icon;
- detect a dragging of the double touches away from each other to increase a distance between the double touches;
- enlarge a displayed size of the selected polyhedral icon to a size less than an overall size of a display area of the touch screen display in response to the detection when the distance of the dragging is less than a critical distance;
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- enlarge the displayed size of the selected polyhedral icon to a size corresponding to the overall size of the display area of the touch screen display in response to the detection when the distance of the dragging is more than the critical distance,
- wherein the at least one operation comprises receipt of a touch input, via the touch screen display, of the one face of the one of the displayed at least one polyhedral icon.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.