Zoom control for a display screen of a mobile communication terminal
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsTae Hun Kim, Pil Gyun Kang
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Abstract
A user interface system for controlling size of content displayed on a display screen of a limited display device is provided. The user interface system comprises a first user interface for selecting a first point on the display screen; and a second user interface for performing a resizing operation on content displayed on the display screen using the first point as a center of reference for purpose of performing the resizing operation, wherein the resizing operation is performed in response to user interaction with the first user interface and the second user interface.
Claims33
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a touchscreen for displaying content on the mobile terminal;
- a zoom adjuster for providing one or more zoom-related functions;
- and
- a control unit for controlling zooming on the content displayed on the touchscreen in response to a user selecting one of the one or more zoom-related functions provided by the zoom adjuster,
- wherein the displayed content is zoomed selectively toward a zooming point on the touchscreen such that the zooming point becomes a center of the zooming, the zooming point comprising any one of a center of the touchscreen or a user-touched point,
- wherein the displayed content is zoomed selectively toward the center of the touchscreen or the user-touched point in response to user input, and
- wherein the center of the touchscreen is selected as the zooming point by manipulating the zoom adjuster without touching the touchscreen and the user-touched point is selected as the zooming point by touching the touchscreen.
A method for controlling zoom on a touchscreen of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying content on the touchscreen;
- providing one or more zoom-related functions;
- and
- zooming on the content displayed on the touchscreen in response to a user selecting one of the one or more zoom-related functions,
- wherein the displayed content is zoomed toward a zooming point on the touchscreen such that the zooming point becomes a center of the zooming, the zooming point comprising any one of a center of the touchscreen or a user-touched point,
- wherein the displayed content is zoomed selectively toward the center of the touchscreen or the user-touched point in response to user input, and
- wherein the center of the touchscreen is selected as the zooming point by manipulating a zoom adjuster provided at the mobile terminal without touching the touchscreen and the user-touched point is selected as the zooming point by touching the touchscreen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.