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US 8,860,674 B2Granted
Display device for a mobile terminal and method of controlling the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSeonmi Lee, Sijin Lim, Yeonkyung Kim, Eunjin Kim
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Abstract
A mobile terminal having a circle type display and a method for controlling the same is disclosed herein. A scroll bar is provided at an edge of the circle type display in response to a user input. The user may control the mobile terminal and the circle type display through touch inputs on the scroll bar.
Claims21
A method for displaying data in a user device to be wearable on wrist of a user having a circle type display, the method comprising:
- detecting a user input for a predetermined amount of time on the circle type display;
- displaying a first scroll bar at an edge of the circle type display in response to the user input, the first scroll bar being displayed on the circle type display at a first region along a circumference of the display or displaying a second scroll bar at an edge of the circle type display in response to the user input, the second scroll bar being displayed on the circle type display at a second region along the circumference of the display;
- detecting a first type of touch input on the first or second scroll bar, wherein the first type of touch input is a touch-and-drag input on the first or second scroll bar;
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- performing a first change to a data displayed on the circle type display in response to the detected first type of touch input,
- wherein the first region is provided at a lower portion of the display and the second region is provided at an upper portion of the display, and
- wherein the first and second scroll bars extend partially along the circumference of the display, an arc length of the first scroll bar being greater than an arc length of the second scroll bar.
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A display device for a wrist watch, comprising:
- a circle type display configured to display data;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- display a title for a menu,
- display a first scroll bar or a second scroll bar at an edge of the circle type display in response to a user input for a predetermined amount of time on the circle type display, the first or second scroll bar being displayed on the circle type display, and
- change the displayed data on the circle type display in response to a first type of touch input on the first or second scroll bar, wherein the first type of touch input is a touch-and-drag input on the scroll bar,
- wherein the first scroll bar extends under the title and the second scroll bar extends over the title, and
- wherein lengths of the first and second scroll bars are less than a circumference of the display, the length of the first scroll bar being greater than the length of the second scroll bar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.