Method for displaying background screen in mobile terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYoung-Jun Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for displaying a background screen in a mobile terminal, the method including the steps of resizing other background screens, except for a current background screen currently being displayed, among a plurality of background screens to a predefined display size when a predefined key is input, and displaying the resized background screens in predefined regions, respectively, within a display area in which the current background screen is displayed.
Claims35
A method for displaying a background screen in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- resizing background screens according to a first predefined input;
- displaying the resized background screens;
- detecting a motion of the mobile terminal;
- and
- transitioning among the resized background screens based on the detected motion of the mobile terminal;
- wherein the background screens respectively include an icon, and, when the background screens are resized, the icon included in each of the background screens is resized and displayed within the corresponding resized background screen.
A mobile terminal apparatus for displaying a background screen, the apparatus comprising:
- a display unit for displaying resized background screens to a user;
- an input unit for receiving input from the user;
- and
- a controller for controlling to resize background screens when a first predefined input is input, for controlling to display the resized background screens, and for controlling to transition among the resized background screens based on a motion of the mobile terminal detected by using a sensor unit,
- wherein the background screens respectively include an icon, and, when the background screens are resized, the icon included in each of the background screens is resized and displayed within the corresponding resized background screen.
A method for displaying a user interface in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying a current background screen;
- receiving a first predetermined input;
- resizing at least one of a plurality of background screens upon reception of the first predetermined input;
- displaying the at least one resized background screen;
- detecting a motion of the mobile terminal;
- and
- transitioning among each of the resized background screens based on the detected motion of the mobile terminal,
- wherein each of the plurality of background screens have at least one icon associated therewith, and
- wherein each of the displayed resized background screens comprise at least one resized icon corresponding to at least one icon respectively associated therewith.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.