Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090058815 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TOUCH KEYPAD THEREOF - A portable terminal and a method for displaying a touch keypad thereof are disclosed. The portable terminal includes a controller to determine whether a display screen is in a portrait mode in response to a text input request, and a touch screen to split a touch keypad into a left-hand keypad and a right-hand keypad and display one of the left-hand keypad and the right-hand keypad above the other, according to the control of the controller, when the display screen is in the portrait mode. The method includes determining whether a display screen is in a portrait mode in response to a text input request, and splitting a touch keypad into a left-hand keypad and a right-hand keypad and displaying one of the left-hand keypad and the right-hand keypad above the other when the display screen is in the portrait mode. | 03-05-2009 |
20090160809 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND FUNCTION CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - A mobile terminal having a touch screen and a method of controlling functions in the mobile terminal are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a touch screen including a touch panel to detect a drag and drop generated on a function execution screen and a display unit to display the function execution screen, a control unit to control the display unit to display of at least one control interaction guide to guide a control command to be executed on the function execution screen in response to a request to display the control interaction guide, to determine the control command corresponding to a drag generated on the function execution, and to execute a function corresponding to the determined control command on the function execution screen, and a memory unit to store the control command to be executed on the function execution screen and the control interaction guide to be displayed on the function execution screen. | 06-25-2009 |
20100058216 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE TO GENERATE A MENU LIST - The present invention relates to a portable terminal that may generate and provide a menu list connected to and executable between selected function elements in various service area items. A method for providing an interface of the portable terminal includes dividing a screen of the portable terminal into a plurality of service item areas and a menu generation area, and moving, in response to a user request, at least one function element of the service item areas to the menu generation area. The method further comprises generating a menu list executable for the at least one function element of the menu generation area, and displaying the menu list. | 03-04-2010 |
20100188353 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING DUAL TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CONTENT THEREIN - A terminal device having a dual touch screen capable of controlling a content is disclosed. The terminal device displays at least one content to a display unit. A processor coupled to the terminal is configured to checking content mapped to an area at which a touch event is detected and released from the dual touch screen including a first touch sensor and a second touch sensor and to control the content according to the touch event. | 07-29-2010 |
20100201709 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image display method and apparatus are disclosed. When a background image and a foreground image are displayed in an overlapping manner, the comprehensibility of the foreground image is enhanced by adjusting the brightness of the background image on the basis of the external illumination, of the brightness difference between the background image and the foreground image, or of the image complexity of the background or foreground images. | 08-12-2010 |
20100248788 | METHOD OF DIVIDING SCREEN AREAS AND MOBILE TERMINAL EMPLOYING THE SAME - A method of supporting divided screen areas and a mobile terminal employing the same are disclosed. The method includes: generating input signals for one of sequentially and simultaneously activating a plurality of user functions; activating the user functions according to generated input signals; dividing a screen into divided screen areas that correspond to activated user functions; and outputting functional view areas associated with the activated user functions to the corresponding divided screen areas. | 09-30-2010 |
20120208593 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for controlling a screen of a mobile terminal that simultaneously displays a plurality of execution screens is provided. The method preferably includes: displaying a layout composed of a plurality of sections when a magazine creation event is sensed; mapping applications to the plurality of sections in a one-to-one correspondence, respectively to create a magazine; and displaying the magazine, and an execution screen of an application mapped to each of the sections is arranged at the magazine. | 08-16-2012 |
20120287048 | DATA INPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCHSCREEN - A data input method and apparatus for a mobile terminal having a touchscreen. The data input method includes: displaying, upon activation of a data input menu, a data input field; displaying a completed input zone providing at least one already entered data item and displaying a combination input zone providing numeric and character keys; and entering, when data is selected using one of the completed input zone and the combination input zone, the selected data in the data input field. | 11-15-2012 |
20120287061 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE HAVING ITEM DELETING FUNCTION - A method of providing a graphic user interface (GUI) having an item deleting function includes displaying at least one item, detecting a touch position moving operation after a touch input is entered from a user and deleting the at least one item located on a moving path of the touch position moving operation. | 11-15-2012 |
20120304084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDITING SCREEN OF MOBILE DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SCREEN - A method and an apparatus for editing a screen of a mobile device having a touch screen. In an idle mode, the mobile device displays an item display region containing at least one item on an idle screen. In an edit mode, the mobile device displays an edit command region containing at least one predetermined edit command on an edit screen. When a first item contained in the item display region is moved to the edit command region, the mobile device executes the predetermined edit command assigned to a moved position of the edit command region. | 11-29-2012 |
20120311608 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTI-TASKING INTERFACE - A method and an apparatus for providing a multi-tasking interface of a device such as a portable communication device are provided. The method for providing a multi-tasking interface of a terminal preferably includes: receiving background switch input switching an display of an application being executed in a foreground to a background; switching the display of the application to the background when the background switch input is received; displaying a background control interface; and switching the display of the application to the foreground when preset switch input is received through the background control interface. | 12-06-2012 |
20130300702 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION BY USING TOUCH INPUT IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of displaying information in a mobile terminal having a touch screen is provided. The method includes determining whether a touch input is generated by a touch screen, determining whether the touch area moves, calculating a movement direction of the touch area by extracting a value of the touch area movement, determining a current mode according to the calculated movement direction of the touch area, executing a function of the current mode corresponding to the extracted value of the touch area movement, and displaying, while executing the function of the current mode, at least one of a displacement value generated by executing the function of the current mode and a current mode icon indicating the current mode. Accordingly, when displaying information according to a touch input, changes of information may be displayed distinctively, and thereby user convenience may be improved. | 11-14-2013 |
20130332881 | METHOD OF DIVIDING SCREEN AREAS AND MOBILE TERMINAL EMPLOYING THE SAME - A method of supporting divided screen areas and a mobile terminal employing the same are disclosed. The method includes: generating input signals for one of sequentially and simultaneously activating a plurality of user functions; activating the user functions according to generated input signals; dividing a screen into divided screen areas that correspond to activated user functions; and outputting functional view areas associated with the activated user functions to the corresponding divided screen areas. | 12-12-2013 |
20140040822 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND FUNCTION CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - A method for providing a graphical user interface on a display of a device includes: displaying a photograph image on the display of the device; receiving a touch input made on the display; superimposedly displaying a plurality of control guides at a location corresponding to the touch input over the displayed photograph image in response to the touch input; receiving a drag input corresponding to one of the plurality of control guides displayed on the display; adjusting a display characteristic of the photograph image corresponding to the one of the plurality of control guides, in response to the drag input; and displaying the photograph image having the adjusted display characteristic on the display, wherein the display characteristic is a magnification of the photograph image. | 02-06-2014 |
20140096054 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND FUNCTION CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - A method for providing a graphical user interface on a display of a device includes: displaying a photograph image on the display of the device; receiving a touch input made on the display; superimposedly displaying a plurality of control guides at a location corresponding to the touch input over the displayed photograph image in response to the touch input; receiving a drag input corresponding to one of the plurality of control guides displayed on the display; removing the plurality of control guides in response to receiving the drag input; determining a drag characteristic value of the drag; adjusting a display characteristic of the photograph image corresponding to the one of the plurality of control guides based on the drag characteristic value; and displaying the photograph image having the adjusted display characteristic on the display. | 04-03-2014 |
20150058725 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND FUNCTION CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - A method for providing a graphical user interface on a display of a device includes displaying a photograph image on the display of the device, detecting a touch on the display, providing a plurality of control guides at a location corresponding to the touch over the displayed photograph image, in response to detecting the touch, detecting a first drag in a first direction corresponding to a first one of the plurality of control guides provided on the display, removing the plurality of control guides from the display in response to detecting the first drag, detecting a second drag in a second direction different from the first direction of the first drag and corresponding to a second one of the plurality of control guides, the second drag is performed while maintaining touch on the display after the first drag is performed, adjusting a display characteristic of the photograph image corresponding to the second one of the plurality of control guides corresponding to the second drag, and displaying the photograph image having the adjusted display characteristic on the display in response to detecting the second drag. | 02-26-2015 |