KR101752897B1 - Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of foldering desired objects among a plurality of objects displayed on a screen into a folder icon and a control method thereof.

Description

[0001] MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME [0002]

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a control method thereof, in which usage of a terminal can be realized by further considering convenience of a user.

A mobile terminal is a portable device that is portable and has one or more functions of voice and video communication, input / output of information, and data storage.

As the functions of the mobile terminal are diversified, for example, the mobile terminal has complicated functions such as photographing and video shooting, playing music and video files, receiving games and broadcasting, and is implemented as a multimedia player .

In addition, various attempts have been made to develop a more convenient menu selection method and a user interface (UI) environment in order to more easily and easily operate the complex functions of such a multimedia device in terms of hardware or software.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile terminal and a control method thereof that can folder desired objects among objects displayed on a screen into a folder icon.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal including: a touch screen displaying a plurality of objects to which a specific function is assigned on a screen; And a controller for generating and displaying a folder icon in which objects corresponding to the command are moved when a command for foldering two or more objects among the objects is inputted.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of objects assigned a specific function on a touch screen screen; When a command for foldering two or more objects among the objects is inputted, creating folders for the folders corresponding to the objects corresponding to the commands; And displaying the generated folder icon on the screen.

A mobile terminal and its control method according to the present invention can easily manage a large number of data on a screen by easily folding desired objects among objects on a screen to a folder icon by using a touch operation of a user It is effective.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2A is a perspective view of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2B is a rear perspective view of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 2A.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of foldering desired objects among objects on a screen according to the present invention into a single folder.
FIGS. 4 to 6 are views illustrating a process of foldering two or more objects into a single folder icon according to a foldering command.
FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are views of the first and second embodiments showing a process of displaying information indicating foldersed objects in a folder icon.
FIGS. 9 and 10 illustrate a process of displaying the folder icon in a shape associated with the function of the foldered objects.
11 is a block diagram illustrating a process of scrolling and displaying foldered objects in a folder icon.
12 is a view illustrating a process of further folding a folder icon and an object on the screen onto a new folder icon.
FIG. 13 is a view illustrating a process of searching for an object associated with objects folded in a folder icon among the objects on the screen and performing a folder indexing operation on the object in the folder icon.
FIGS. 14 to 19 are views of the 1-6 embodiment showing a process of separating one or more objects desired by the user from the folder icons among the foldered objects in the folder icon. FIG.
20 is a flowchart illustrating a process of foldering desired objects among objects on a screen according to the present invention into a single folder.
FIG. 21 is a screen state diagram illustrating a process of foldering desired objects among objects on a screen according to the present invention into one folder.
FIG. 22 is a flowchart of a third exemplary embodiment of a process of searching for objects associated with folders in the folder icon according to the present invention, and searching for the objects and further foldering the objects in the folder icon.
FIG. 23 and FIG. 24 are screen state diagrams illustrating a process of searching for objects associated with the objects being folded in the folder icon according to the present invention, and searching for the objects and foldering the objects in the folder icon.

Hereinafter, a mobile terminal related to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The suffix "module" and " part "for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role.

The mobile terminal described in this specification may include a mobile phone, a smart phone, a laptop computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), and navigation. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configuration according to the embodiments described herein may be applied to a fixed terminal such as a digital TV, a desktop computer, and the like, unless the configuration is applicable only to a mobile terminal.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 100 includes a wireless communication unit 110, an audio / video input unit 120, a user input unit 130, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, a memory 160, A controller 170, a controller 180, a power supply 190, and the like. The components shown in FIG. 1 are not essential, and a mobile terminal having more or fewer components may be implemented.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

The wireless communication unit 110 according to the present invention can receive information related to integrated contents through a network (e.g., a mobile communication network, a broadcasting network, an Internet network, a local area network, or the like). And, data including information related to the integrated content can be transmitted to another terminal or a network server. In addition, information related to the integrated content may be transmitted through a wireless Internet network or a mobile communication network.

The wireless communication unit 110 may include one or more modules for enabling wireless communication between the mobile terminal 100 and the wireless communication system or between the mobile terminal 100 and the network in which the mobile terminal 100 is located. For example, the wireless communication unit 110 may include a broadcast receiving module 111, a mobile communication module 112, a wireless Internet module 113, a short range communication module 114, and a location information module 115 .

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel.

The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. The broadcast management server may refer to a server for generating and transmitting broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information, or a server for receiving broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information generated by the broadcast management server and transmitting the generated broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information. The broadcast signal may include a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, a data broadcast signal, and a broadcast signal in which a data broadcast signal is combined with a TV broadcast signal or a radio broadcast signal.

The broadcast-related information may refer to a broadcast channel, a broadcast program, or information related to a broadcast service provider. The broadcast-related information may also be provided through a mobile communication network. In this case, it may be received by the mobile communication module 112.

The broadcast-related information may exist in various forms. For example, an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) of DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) or an ESG (Electronic Service Guide) of Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H).

For example, the broadcast receiving module 111 may be a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DMB-T), a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Satellite (DMB-S), a Media Forward Link Only A digital broadcasting system such as DVB-CB, OMA-BCAST, or Integrated Services Digital Broadcast-Terrestrial (ISDB-T). Of course, the broadcast receiving module 111 may be adapted to other broadcasting systems as well as the digital broadcasting system described above.

The broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information received through the broadcast receiving module 111 may be stored in the memory 160.

The mobile communication module 112 transmits and receives radio signals to at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. The wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The wireless Internet module 113 is a module for wireless Internet access, and may be built in or externally attached to the mobile terminal 100. WLAN (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and the like can be used as wireless Internet technologies.

The short-range communication module 114 refers to a module for short-range communication. Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like can be used as a short range communication technology.

The position information module 115 is a module for obtaining the position of the mobile terminal, and a representative example thereof is a Global Position System (GPS) module. According to the current technology, the GPS module 115 calculates distance information and accurate time information from three or more satellites, and then applies trigonometry to the calculated information to obtain a three-dimensional string of latitude, longitude, The location information can be accurately calculated. At present, a method of calculating position and time information using three satellites and correcting an error of the calculated position and time information using another satellite is widely used. In addition, the GPS module 115 can calculate speed information by continuously calculating the current position in real time.

Referring to FIG. 1, an A / V (Audio / Video) input unit 120 is for inputting an audio signal or a video signal, and may include a camera 121 and a microphone 122. The camera 121 processes image frames such as still images or moving images obtained by the image sensor in the video communication mode or the photographing mode. The processed image frame can be displayed on the display unit 151. [

The image frame processed by the camera 121 may be stored in the memory 160 or transmitted to the outside through the wireless communication unit 110. [ Two or more cameras 121 may be provided depending on the use environment.

The microphone 122 receives an external sound signal through a microphone in a communication mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and processes it as electrical voice data. The processed voice data can be converted into a form that can be transmitted to the mobile communication base station through the mobile communication module 112 when the voice data is in the call mode, and output. Various noise reduction algorithms may be implemented in the microphone 122 to remove noise generated in receiving an external sound signal.

The user input unit 130 generates input data for a user to control the operation of the terminal.

The user input unit 130 may include a directional keypad, a keypad, a dome switch, a touchpad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like.

The sensing unit 140 senses the current state of the mobile terminal 100 such as the open / close state of the mobile terminal 100, the position of the mobile terminal 100, the presence or absence of user contact, the orientation of the mobile terminal, And generates a sensing signal for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is in the form of a slide phone, it is possible to sense whether the slide phone is opened or closed. It is also possible to sense whether the power supply unit 190 is powered on, whether the interface unit 170 is connected to an external device, and the like. Meanwhile, the sensing unit 140 may include a proximity sensor 141. This will be discussed later in connection with touch screens.

The output unit 150 is for generating an output relating to visual, auditory or tactile sense and includes a display unit 151, an acoustic output module 152, an alarm unit 153, a haptic module 154, 155, and the like.

The display unit 151 displays (outputs) information processed by the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal is in the call mode, a UI (User Interface) or a GUI (Graphic User Interface) associated with a call is displayed. When the mobile terminal 100 is in the video communication mode or the photographing mode, the photographed and / or received video or UI and GUI are displayed.

The display unit 151 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) A flexible display, and a three-dimensional display (3D display).

Some of these displays may be transparent or light transmissive so that they can be seen through. This can be referred to as a transparent display, and a typical example of the transparent display is TOLED (Transparent OLED) and the like. The rear structure of the display unit 151 may also be of a light transmission type. With this structure, the user can see an object located behind the terminal body through the area occupied by the display unit 151 of the terminal body.

There may be two or more display units 151 according to the embodiment of the mobile terminal 100. For example, in the mobile terminal 100, a plurality of display portions may be spaced apart from one another or may be disposed integrally with each other, or may be disposed on different surfaces.

(Hereinafter, referred to as a 'touch screen') in which a display unit 151 and a sensor for sensing a touch operation (hereinafter, referred to as 'touch sensor') form a mutual layer structure, It can also be used as an input device. The touch sensor may have the form of, for example, a touch film, a touch sheet, a touch pad, or the like.

The touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in a pressure applied to a specific portion of the display unit 151 or a capacitance generated in a specific portion of the display unit 151 into an electrical input signal. The touch sensor can be configured to detect not only the position and area to be touched but also the pressure at the time of touch.

If there is a touch input to the touch sensor, the corresponding signal (s) is sent to the touch controller (not shown). The touch controller processes the signal (s) and transmits the corresponding data to the controller 180. Thus, the control unit 180 can know which area of the display unit 151 is touched or the like.

The proximity sensor 141 may be disposed in an inner region of the mobile terminal or in the vicinity of the touch screen, which is enclosed by the touch screen. The proximity sensor refers to a sensor that detects the presence or absence of an object approaching a predetermined detection surface or a nearby object without mechanical contact using the force of an electromagnetic field or infrared rays. The proximity sensor has a longer life span than the contact sensor and its utilization is also high.

Examples of the proximity sensor include a transmission type photoelectric sensor, a direct reflection type photoelectric sensor, a mirror reflection type photoelectric sensor, a high frequency oscillation type proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, a magnetic proximity sensor, and an infrared proximity sensor. And to detect the proximity of the pointer by the change of the electric field along the proximity of the pointer when the touch screen is electrostatic. In this case, the touch screen (touch sensor) may be classified as a proximity sensor.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the act of recognizing that the pointer is positioned on the touch screen while the pointer is not in contact with the touch screen is referred to as "proximity touch & The act of actually touching the pointer on the screen is called "contact touch. &Quot; The position where the pointer is proximately touched on the touch screen means a position where the pointer is vertically corresponding to the touch screen when the pointer is touched.

The proximity sensor detects a proximity touch and a proximity touch pattern (e.g., a proximity touch distance, a proximity touch direction, a proximity touch speed, a proximity touch time, a proximity touch position, a proximity touch movement state, and the like). Information corresponding to the detected proximity touch operation and the proximity touch pattern may be output on the touch screen.

The audio output module 152 may output audio data received from the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 160 in a call signal reception mode, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, The sound output module 152 also outputs sound signals related to functions (e.g., call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.) performed in the mobile terminal 100. [ The audio output module 152 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm unit 153 outputs a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event of the mobile terminal 100. Examples of events that occur in the mobile terminal include call signal reception, message reception, key signal input, touch input, and the like. The alarm unit 153 may output a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event in a form other than the video signal or the audio signal, for example, vibration. In this case, the display unit 151 and the sound / voice output module 152 may be a kind of the alarm unit 153. The display unit 151 and the sound / . ≪ / RTI >

The haptic module 154 generates various tactile effects that the user can feel. A typical example of the haptic effect generated by the haptic module 154 is vibration. The intensity and pattern of the vibration generated by the hit module 154 can be controlled. For example, different vibrations may be synthesized and output or sequentially output.

In addition to the vibration, the haptic module 154 may include a pin arrangement vertically moving with respect to the contact skin surface, a spraying force or a suction force of the air through the injection port or the suction port, a touch on the skin surface, contact with an electrode, And various tactile effects such as an effect of reproducing a cold sensation using an endothermic or exothermic element can be generated.

The haptic module 154 can be implemented not only to transmit the tactile effect through the direct contact but also to allow the user to feel the tactile effect through the muscular sensation of the finger or arm. At least two haptic modules 154 may be provided according to the configuration of the mobile terminal 100.

The projector module 155 is a component for performing an image project function using the mobile terminal 100 and is similar to the image displayed on the display unit 151 in accordance with a control signal of the controller 180 Or at least partly display another image on an external screen or wall.

Specifically, the projector module 155 includes a light source (not shown) that generates light (for example, laser light) for outputting an image to the outside, a light source And a lens (not shown) for enlarging and outputting the image at a predetermined focal distance to the outside. Further, the projector module 155 may include a device (not shown) capable of mechanically moving the lens or the entire module to adjust the image projection direction.

The projector module 155 can be divided into a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) module, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) module and a DLP (Digital Light Processing) module according to the type of the display means. In particular, the DLP module may be advantageous for miniaturization of the projector module 151 by enlarging and projecting an image generated by reflecting light generated from a light source on a DMD (Digital Micromirror Device) chip.

Preferably, the projector module 155 may be provided longitudinally on the side, front or back side of the mobile terminal 100. It goes without saying that the projector module 155 may be provided at any position of the mobile terminal 100 as occasion demands.

The memory 160 may store a program for processing and controlling the control unit 180 and may store programs for inputting / outputting data (e.g., telephone directory, message, audio, still image, electronic book, It may also perform functions for temporary storage. The memory 160 may also store the frequency of use of each of the data (for example, each telephone number, each message, and frequency of use for each multimedia). In addition, the memory unit 160 may store data on vibration and sound of various patterns output when the touch is input on the touch screen.

The memory 160 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), PROM A disk, and / or an optical disk. The mobile terminal 100 may operate in association with a web storage that performs a storage function of the memory 160 on the Internet.

The interface unit 170 serves as a path for communication with all external devices connected to the mobile terminal 100. The interface unit 170 receives data from an external device or supplies power to each component in the mobile terminal 100 or transmits data to the external device. For example, a wired / wireless headset port, an external charger port, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio I / O port, A video input / output (I / O) port, an earphone port, and the like may be included in the interface unit 170.

The identification module is a chip for storing various information for authenticating the use right of the mobile terminal 100 and includes a user identification module (UIM), a subscriber identity module (SIM), a general user authentication module A Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM), and the like. Devices with identification modules (hereinafter referred to as "identification devices") can be manufactured in a smart card format. Accordingly, the identification device can be connected to the terminal 100 through the port.

When the mobile terminal 100 is connected to an external cradle, the interface unit may be a path through which power from the cradle is supplied to the mobile terminal 100, or various command signals input by the user to the cradle may be transmitted It can be a passage to be transmitted to the terminal. The various command signals or the power source input from the cradle may be operated as a signal for recognizing that the mobile terminal is correctly mounted on the cradle.

The controller 180 typically controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. For example, voice communication, data communication, video communication, and the like. The control unit 180 may include a multimedia module 181 for multimedia playback. The multimedia module 181 may be implemented in the control unit 180 or may be implemented separately from the control unit 180. [

The controller 180 may perform a pattern recognition process for recognizing handwriting input or drawing input performed on the touch screen as characters and images, respectively.

The power supply unit 190 receives external power and internal power under the control of the controller 180 and supplies power necessary for operation of the respective components.

The various embodiments described herein may be embodied in a recording medium readable by a computer or similar device using, for example, software, hardware, or a combination thereof.

According to a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays May be implemented using at least one of a processor, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, and other electronic units for performing other functions. In some cases, The embodiments described may be implemented by the control unit 180 itself.

According to a software implementation, embodiments such as the procedures and functions described herein may be implemented with separate software modules. Each of the software modules may perform one or more of the functions and operations described herein. Software code can be implemented in a software application written in a suitable programming language. The software code is stored in the memory 160 and can be executed by the control unit 180. [

2A is a perspective view of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The disclosed mobile terminal 100 has a bar-shaped body. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and can be applied to various structures such as a slide type, a folder type, a swing type, and a swivel type in which two or more bodies are relatively movably coupled.

The body includes a case (a casing, a housing, a cover, and the like) which forms an appearance. In this embodiment, the case may be divided into a front case 101 and a rear case 102. [ A variety of electronic components are embedded in the space formed between the front case 101 and the rear case 102. At least one intermediate case may be additionally disposed between the front case 101 and the rear case 102. [

The cases may be formed by injection molding a synthetic resin, or may be formed to have a metal material such as stainless steel (STS) or titanium (Ti) or the like.

The display unit 151, the sound output unit 152, the camera 121, the user input units 130/131 and 132, the microphone 122, the interface 170, and the like may be disposed in the front body 101 have.

The display unit 151 occupies most of the main surface of the front case 101. A sound output unit 151 and a camera 121 are disposed in an area adjacent to one end of both ends of the display unit 151 and a user input unit 131 and a microphone 122 are disposed in an area adjacent to the other end. The user input unit 132 and the interface 170 may be disposed on the side surfaces of the front case 101 and the rear case 102. [

The user input unit 130 is operated to receive a command for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal 100 and may include a plurality of operation units 131 and 132. The operation units 131 and 132 may be collectively referred to as a manipulating portion.

The contents inputted by the first or second operation unit 131 or 132 may be variously set. For example, the first operation unit 131 receives commands such as start, end, scroll, and the like, and the second operation unit 132 controls the size of the sound output from the sound output unit 152 or the size of the sound output from the display unit 151 The touch recognition mode can be activated or deactivated.

2B is a rear perspective view of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 2A.

Referring to FIG. 2B, a camera 121 'may be further mounted on the rear surface of the terminal body, that is, the rear case 102. The camera 121 'may have a photographing direction substantially opposite to that of the camera 121 (see FIG. 2A), and may be a camera having the same or different pixels as the camera 121.

For example, the camera 121 may have a low pixel so that the face of the user can be photographed and transmitted to the other party in case of a video call or the like, and the camera 121 ' It is preferable to have a large number of pixels. The cameras 121 and 121 'may be installed in the terminal body so as to be rotatable or pop-upable.

A flash 123 and a mirror 124 may be additionally disposed adjacent to the camera 121 '. The flash 123 illuminates the subject when the subject is photographed by the camera 121 '. The mirror 124 allows the user to illuminate the user's own face or the like when the user intends to shoot himself / herself (self-photographing) using the camera 121 '.

An acoustic output module 152 'may be additionally disposed on the rear side of the terminal body. The sound output unit 152 'may implement the stereo function together with the sound output module 152 (see FIG. 2A), and may be used for the implementation of the speakerphone mode during a call.

In addition to the antenna for communication, a broadcast signal receiving antenna 116 may be additionally disposed on the side of the terminal body. The antenna 116, which forms part of the broadcast receiving unit 111 (see FIG. 1), may be installed to be able to be drawn out from the terminal body.

A power supply unit 190 for supplying power to the mobile terminal 100 is mounted on the terminal body. The power supply unit 190 may be built in the terminal body or may be detachable from the outside of the terminal body.

The rear case 102 may further include a touch pad 135 for sensing a touch. The touch pad 135 may be of a light transmission type for the display unit 151. [ In this case, if the display unit 151 is configured to output the time information on both sides (i.e., in the directions of both the front and back sides of the mobile terminal), the time information can be recognized through the touch pad 135 do. The information output on both sides may be all controlled by the touch pad 135. [

Meanwhile, the display for exclusive use of the touch pad 135 may be separately installed, so that the touch screen may be disposed in the rear case 102 as well.

The touch pad 135 operates in correlation with the display portion 151 of the front case 101. The touch pad 135 may be disposed parallel to the rear of the display unit 151. The touch pad 135 may have a size equal to or smaller than that of the display unit 151.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 3 to 24 as follows.

First Embodiment

The first embodiment of the present invention relates to an embodiment in which objects in a page displayed on the current screen are folded into one folder in a whole page including a plurality of objects.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of foldering desired objects among objects on a screen according to the present invention into a single folder.

FIGS. 4 to 19 are screen state diagrams illustrating a process of foldering desired objects among objects on a screen according to the present invention into one folder.

3, the controller 180 of the mobile terminal 100 according to the present invention includes a plurality of objects 311, 312, and 312, to which a specific function is assigned, on the screen 300 of the touch screen 151, 313, and 314 are displayed (S110).

In addition, the objects 311, 312, 313, and 314 may be icons representing a "widget" or an "application" In addition, the objects 311, 312, 313, and 314 may be classified into one or more of "contact information in a phone book," "outgoing / incoming message," "outgoing / incoming call list," " All the contents included in the mobile terminal 100 such as an image file, an image file, a schedule information, a document file, a game file, a web page address file, an application, have.

As described above, when the objects 311, 312, 313, and 314 are displayed, the controller 180 receives the objects 311, 312, 313, and 314 from the user through the touch screen 151 or the user input unit 130, 314 are input to the folder [S120].

In this case, the foldering command may be a drag-touch operation for the objects to be folded, may be a direction key input for selecting the objects to be folded, May be each of the touch inputs.

Details according to the folding command will be described later in detail in FIGS. 4 to 6.

When the folder ring command is input (S130), the control unit 180 displays a folder icon 400 in which the objects 312, 313, and 314 corresponding to the folder ring command are moved. (S140), and displays the generated folder icon 400 on the screen 300 (S150).

Hereinafter, the detailed operation process of FIG. 3 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 19. FIG.

Example 1-1 Example

The first embodiment of the present invention relates to a process of foldering two or more objects into one folder icon according to the type of the folder ring command in step S120.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 4 to FIG. 6, the 1-1 embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail.

FIGS. 4 to 6 are views illustrating a process of foldering two or more objects into a single folder icon according to a foldering command.

4A shows that a plurality of objects 311, 312, 313 and 314 are displayed on the screen 300. The objects are displayed on the screen 300 through the direction key 135 of the user input unit 130. [ 311, 312, 313, and 314 are designated to be objects to be folded (312, 313, and 314). 4, the user can selectively designate the objects to be folded on the screen 300 by operating the direction key 135. [

When the objects 312, 313, and 314 to be foldered on the screen 300 are designated through the direction key 135, the controller 180 displays the objects as shown in FIGS. 4 (b) and 4 (c) A folder icon 400 in which the objects to be foldered 312, 313, and 314 are moved is generated and displayed.

4 (b) and 4 (c), the control unit 180 displays a state in which the objects 312, 313, and 314 are converted into one folder icon 400 by being foldered, It can be displayed as an enemy.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4B, when the objects 312, 313, and 314 to be foldered are sequentially designated, the objects 312, 313, and 314 are sequentially The stacked shapes can be changed to the folder icons 400 and displayed as shown in FIG. 4 (c).

4 (d), when the user selects the objects 312, 313, and 314 in the folder icon 400, the control unit 180 determines whether the folder icon 400 is selected Displays the folder window where you can check.

5 (a), the control unit 180 displays the objects 311, 312, 313, and 314 on the screen 300, The touch objects 312, 313, and 314 are sequentially touched as shown in FIGS. 5 (b) to 5 (d) A folder icon 400 is generated and displayed.

Although not shown in FIG. 5, when a preset touch or predetermined specific key is input before the objects 311, 312, 313, and 314 to be folded are touched, To the folder ring mode. That is, when switching from the current operation mode to the folder ring mode, the objects 312, 313, and 314 selected on the screen 300 are folded into one folder icon 400.

At this time, the touch method for switching the folding mode may be a long-touch input for a specific point on the screen 300. [ The long-touch means an input of a state in which the touch is not released for a preset time while a specific point on the screen 300 is touched.

In addition, the touch method for switching the folder ring mode may be a touch gesture having a predetermined pattern. That is, for example, when the touch gesture having the pattern of the "F" shape is input to the screen 300, the control unit 180 switches the current operation mode to the folding mode.

6 (a), in a state where the folder switching mode is switched to the folding mode, the control unit 180 controls the drag-and-touch operation of the drag- The folder icons 312, 313, and 314 in which the objects 312, 313, and 314 located in the dragged region are moved on the screen 300, as shown in FIGS. 6B to 6D, 400 is generated and displayed.

Example 1-2

The first embodiment of the present invention relates to a process of displaying information indicating the foldered objects 312, 313, and 314 in the folder icon 400 generated in step S150.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the 1-2 embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are views of the first and second embodiments showing a process of displaying information indicating foldersed objects in a folder icon.

First, as shown in FIG. 7A, the controller 180 may display thumbnails indicating the respective folders 312, 313, and 314 in the generated folder icon 400 . At this time, the thumbnails may be icon shapes of the objects 312, 313, and 314, and the thumbnails may be execution screens of the objects 312, 313, and 314, .

Next, as shown in FIG. 7B, the control unit 180 displays a name indicating each of the foldered objects 312, 313, and 314 in the generated folder icon 400 .

Next, as shown in FIG. 7C, the controller 180 may display the number of the folded objects 312, 313, and 314 in the generated folder icon 400. FIG.

Finally, as shown in FIG. 7 (d), the control unit 180 displays the total file size of the foldered objects 312, 313, and 314 in the generated folder icon 400, You can also display the size.

In addition, the controller 180 controls the thumbnails corresponding to the objects 312, 313, and 314, the names of the objects 312, 313, and 314, and the names of the objects 312, 313, And the file size of the objects (312, 313, 314) may be combined and displayed in the folder icon (400).

8 shows the thumbnails corresponding to the objects 312, 313 and 314 and the names of the objects 312, 313 and 314 and the number of the objects 312, 313 and 314 And the file sizes of the objects 312, 313, and 314 are displayed in the folder icon 400. [

Examples 1-3

The first to third embodiments of the present invention relate to a process of displaying the folder icon 400 generated in step S150 in a shape associated with the functions of the foldered objects 312, 313, and 314.

Hereinafter, the first to third embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG.

FIGS. 9 and 10 illustrate a process of displaying the folder icon in a shape associated with the function of the foldered objects.

9 (a), when the objects 312, 313, and 314 to be folded are selected on the screen 300 in the folder ring mode, The folder icon 400 is created by displaying the folder icons 400, 313, and 314, as shown in (b) of FIG.

At this time, when generating the folder icon 400, the control unit 180 grasps the functions assigned to the objects 312, 313, and 314, and, as shown in FIG. 9 (b) The shape of the folder icon 400 is displayed in a shape associated with the category of the identified functions.

In other words, for example, since the foldered objects 312, 313 and 314 are assigned the functions of "music reproduction", "game" and "movie reproduction" Quot; multimedia "associated with the category of the" game "

Next, as shown in FIG. 10A, when generating the folder icon 400, the control unit 180 grasps the functions assigned to the objects 312, 313, and 314 , The name of the folder icon 400 is given as a name associated with the category of the identified functions as shown in FIG. 10 (b).

Examples 1-4

The embodiment 1-4 of the present invention relates to a process of sequentially scrolling and displaying the foldered objects 312, 313, and 314 in the folder icon 400 generated in step S150.

Hereinafter, the first to third embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

11 is a block diagram illustrating a process of scrolling and displaying foldered objects in a folder icon.

11 (a), the control unit 180 generates a folder icon 400 in which the objects 312, 313, and 314 are created and displayed, 313, and 314 are sequentially scrolled and displayed in the folder icon 400, as shown in FIGS.

That is, when the folder icon 400 is displayed on the screen in a small size, it may be difficult to display the foldered objects 312, 313, and 314 in the folder icon 400.

To solve this problem, the embodiment 1-4 of the present invention sequentially scrolls and displays each of the foldered objects 312, 313 and 314 in the folder icon 400.

Examples 1-5

The first to fifth embodiments of the present invention relate to a process of further folding the folder icon 400 displayed in step S150 and one or more objects on the screen to a new folder icon.

Hereinafter, the first to fifth embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

12 is a view illustrating a process of further folding a folder icon and an object on the screen onto a new folder icon.

As shown in FIG. 12 (a), objects 312, 313 and 314 display a foldered folder icon 400 and one or more objects 311, 315 and 316 on the screen 300 When the folder icon 400 and the command for foldering two or more objects 315 and 316 together are input in a state as shown in FIGS. 12 (b) to 12 (d) The folder icon 400 and the two or more objects 315 and 316 are displayed together.

That is, the user can continuously create a folder icon on the screen and a new folder icon in which objects are grouped together.

1-6 Example

In the 1-6 embodiment of the present invention, in a state in which the folder icon 400 is displayed on the current screen by the step S150, the folder icons 400 312, 313, and 314, and further folders the folder icon 400. [0031]

Hereinafter, the first to sixth embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 13 is a view illustrating a process of searching for an object associated with objects folded in a folder icon among the objects on the screen and performing a folder indexing operation on the object in the folder icon.

As shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, when the objects 312, 313 and 314 to be folded are selected on the screen 300, the controller 180 controls the objects 312, 313, 314) generates and displays a folder icon (400).

In this case, when the folder icon 400 is generated, the controller 180 displays a category associated with the functions of the folders 312, 313, and 314 in the folder icon 400 in the current screen 300 The branch object 317 is checked.

If the control unit 180 determines that there is an object 317 having a category associated with the functions of the folders 312, 313, and 314 in the folder icon 400 in the screen 300, As shown in (c) of FIG. 13, the inquiry window inquiring whether to search the object 317 for searching the folder icon 400 is displayed.

The control unit 180 receives the instruction for accepting the folder ringing of the searched object 317 from the user through the inquiry window and displays the searched object 317 in the folder 317 as shown in FIG. The icon 400 is further folded.

13, the functions of the folders 312, 313, and 314 in the folder icon 400 are "music playback", "game", and "movie playback", respectively, Indicates that the function of the second object 317 among the first and second objects 311 and 317 that are not presently folded in the storage medium 300 is "broadcast reproduction ".

At this time, the control unit 180 searches for the second object 317 because the "music reproduction", "game" and "movie reproduction" and the "broadcast reproduction" belong to the "multimedia" category in common.

Example 1-7 Example

The 1-7 embodiment of the present invention is a process of separating an object desired by the user from the folder icon 400 among the objects 312, 313, and 314 that are foldered in the folder icon 400 according to step S150 .

Hereinafter, the first to seventh embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to Figs. 14 to 19. Fig.

FIGS. 14 to 19 are views of the 1-6 embodiment showing a process of separating one or more objects desired by the user from the folder icons among the foldered objects in the folder icon. FIG.

First, as shown in FIG. 14A, when the objects 312, 313, and 314 generate and display the folder icon 400, the control unit 180 displays the folder icon 400 A folder window including the folders 312, 313, and 314 is displayed on the folder icon 400 as shown in FIG. 14 (b).

14 (c) and 14 (d), when a command for separating at least one object 312 among the objects 312, 313, and 314 in the folder window is input, Similarly, the object 312 corresponding to the separation command is moved from the folder icon 400 to the screen 300.

In this case, for example, in FIG. 14B, the separation command instructs to drag and drop the object 312 to be separated from the folder icon 400 out of the folder icon 400.

Although not shown in FIG. 14, the detach command may be long-touching the object 312 to be detached from the folder icon 400. FIG.

15 (c), when one or more objects 312 are separated from the folder icon 400, the control unit 180 displays a new folder-based object 312 A folder icon 420 may be further generated and displayed.

16 (a), in a state where the objects 312, 313, and 314 generate and display the folder icon 400, the controller 180 displays the folder icon The folder icon 400 spreads and displays the folders 312, 313, and 314 in the folder icon 400 corresponding to the dragged distance, as shown in FIG. 16 (b).

As described above, when the objects 312, 313, and 314 are expanded and displayed, the control unit 180 controls the boundary points of the objects 313 and 314 to be separated from the expanded objects 312, 313, and 314, 16 (c), the objects 313 and 314 are separated from the folder icon 400, and as shown in (d) of FIG. 16, , And moves the separated objects (313, 314) from the folder icon (400) to the screen (300).

17 (d), the controller 180 displays a new folder icon 430, which is a folder of the objects 313 and 314 separated in the process of FIGS. 16 (a) to 16 (c) May be further generated and displayed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 18A, the control unit 180 displays the folder icon 400 in the state where the objects 312, 313, and 314 have generated and displayed the folder icon 400, 313 and 314 are displayed on the folder icon 400 in accordance with the dragged distance as shown in FIG. 18 (b) when the icon 400 is dragged.

At this time, the control unit 180 displays the objects 312, 313, and 314 in an expanded state. While the touch of the expanded objects is maintained, When the object 312 to be left in the icon 400 is touched, the objects 313 and 314 are separated from the folder icon 400 as shown in FIG. 18 (c) the separated objects 313 and 314 are moved from the folder icon 400 to the screen 300 as shown in FIG.

19 (d), the controller 180 displays a new folder icon 440, which folders the objects 313 and 314 separated in the process of FIGS. 18 (a) through 18 (c) May be further generated and displayed.

Second Embodiment

The second embodiment of the present invention moves at least one object in a page displayed on the current screen to a different page in a whole page including a plurality of objects and displays two or more objects including the moved object on the other page screen To a folder.

Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to Figs. 20 and 21. Fig.

20 is a flowchart illustrating a process of foldering desired objects among objects on a screen according to the present invention into a single folder.

FIG. 21 is a screen state diagram illustrating a process of foldering desired objects among objects on a screen according to the present invention into one folder.

20 and 21, when displaying a list of objects on the screen of the touch screen 151, when the size of the screen is insufficient to display the entire objects, As shown in Fig. 21 (a).

20 and 21, it is assumed that the first page 500A including a plurality of objects 311a, 312a, 313a, and 314a is displayed on the current screen among the pages 500A, 500B, and 500C .

The control unit 180 displays the first page 500A as described above and further displays information indicating all the pages 500A, 500B and 500C in the first page 500A (S220) (Fig. 21 (a)).

At this time, the information indicating the entire pages 500A, 500B, and 500C may be thumbnails indicating the entire pages 500A, 500B, and 500C, respectively. That is, each of the pages 500A, 500B, and 500C is displayed in a preview manner in each of the thumbnails.

The information indicating the entire pages 500A, 500B, and 500C may be a page number or a page name indicating the entire pages 500A, 500B, and 500C, respectively, as shown in FIG. That is, the page number may be represented by Arabic numerals of "1", "2" and "3", and the page name may be represented by characters such as "first page", "second page" .

As described above, the controller 180 displays information indicating the first page 500A and the entire pages 500A, 500B, and 500C, and displays one or more objects in the first page 500A It is detected whether the information 500B indicating the second page 311a and the other page (hereinafter, assumed to be the second page) is selected (S230).

S240 (FIG. 21 (a)) if the one or more objects 311a and the information 500B indicating the second page are selected in the first page 500A as a result of the detection, The selected one or more objects 311a are moved to the second page 500B and the current first page 500A is displayed by switching the second page 500B including the moved object 311a (Fig. 21 (b)).

At this time, if the object 311a is touched in the first page 500A and the information 500B indicating the second page is touched, the controller 180 controls the touched object 311a to be the second page 500B.

If the object 311a and the information 500B indicating the second page are multi-touched in the first page 500A, the control unit 180 sets the multi-touched object 311a to the second page (500B).

When the object 311a is dragged and dropped into the information 500B indicating the second page in the first page 500A, the controller 180 controls the dragged and dropped object 311a to be the second page (500B).

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 21B, a plurality of objects 312b, 313b, and 314b and an object 311a moved from the first page 500A are displayed on the second page 500B .

The control unit 180 may perform a process of folding two or more objects 311a, 313b, and 314b including the object 311a moved from the first page 500A in the second page 500B into one folder icon [S260] < / RTI >

At this time, the folder ring command may be a drag-touch operation to the objects 311a, 313b, and 314b to be folded, as described in FIGS. 4 to 6 and 1-1 embodiment, A direction key 135 for selecting the objects to be folded 311a, 313b, and 314b may be input, and each of the touch inputs to the objects 311a, 313b, and 314b to be folded It is possible.

When the folder ring command is input, the control unit 180 displays a folder icon 610 corresponding to the folders 311a, 313b, and 314b corresponding to the folder ring command in step S270 (FIG. 21B) And displays the generated folder icon 610 on the second page 500B (S290) (FIGS. 21 (c) and 21 (d)).

Although not shown in FIGS. 20 and 21 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, as in the above-described FIGS. 7, 8, and 1-2, the controller 180 displays the folder icon 610, 313b, and 314b in the first and second display areas.

20 and 21 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 180 controls the folder icon 610 and the folder icon 610, as in the above-described FIGS. 9, 10, and 1-3, May be displayed in a shape associated with the functions of the foldered objects 311a, 313b, and 314b.

20 and 21 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 180 controls the folder icon 610 in the folder icon 610, as in the above-described Figs. 11 and 1-4, The objects 311a, 313b, and 314b may be sequentially scrolled and displayed.

20 and 21 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, as in the above-described FIG. 12 and Embodiments 1-5, the controller 180 controls the folder icon 610 and the second page One or more objects in the folder 500B may be further foldered into the new folder icon.

Although not shown in FIGS. 20 and 21 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, as in the above-described FIG. 13 and the first to sixth embodiments, the control unit 180 sets the folder icon 610 to the second page (311a, 313b, 314b) in the folder icon (610) among the objects in the second page (500B), and displays the folder icon (610 ). ≪ / RTI >

Although not shown in FIGS. 20 and 21 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, as in the above-described FIGS. 14 to 19 and the first to seventh embodiments, the control unit 180 controls the folder icon 610 The user can separate the desired objects among the foldered objects 311a, 313b, and 314b from the folder icon 610. [

Third Embodiment

In the third embodiment of the present invention, when a folder icon is created in which the objects in the current page are foldered, the objects associated with the objects in the folder icon are searched for among the remaining pages excluding the current page in the entire page, And folders of the searched objects in addition to the folder icons.

Hereinafter, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 22 and 24. FIG.

FIG. 22 is a screen state diagram illustrating a process of searching for objects associated with folders in the folder icon according to the present invention, and searching for the objects and further foldering the objects in the folder icon. FIG.

FIG. 23 and FIG. 24 are flowcharts of a third embodiment illustrating a process of searching for objects associated with objects clipped in the folder icon according to the present invention, and searching for the objects and further foldering the objects in the folder icon.

22, when a list of objects is displayed on the screen of the touch screen 151, if the size of the screen is insufficient to display the entire objects, Pages are displayed separately.

22 to 24, it is assumed that the first page 500A including a plurality of objects 311a, 312a, 313a, and 314a is displayed on the current screen among the pages 500A, 500B, and 500C And that the second to fourth objects 312a, 313a, and 314a of the objects are foldered into one folder icon 400. FIG.

The control unit 180 displays the first page 500A and further displays information indicating all the pages 500A, 500B and 500C in the first page 500A (S320) .

At this time, the information indicating the entire pages 500A, 500B, and 500C may be thumbnails indicating the entire pages 500A, 500B, and 500C, respectively. That is, each of the pages 500A, 500B, and 500C is displayed in a preview manner in each of the thumbnails.

The information indicating the entire pages 500A, 500B, and 500C may be a page number or a page name indicating the entire pages 500A, 500B, and 500C, respectively, as shown in FIG. That is, the page number may be represented by Arabic numerals of "1", "2" and "3", and the page name may be represented by characters such as "first page", "second page" .

Next, the control unit 180 detects whether or not a command for foldering two or more objects 312a, 313a, and 314a to be folded in the first page 500A into one folder icon 400 is input (S330).

At this time, the foldering command may be a drag-touch operation for the objects 312a, 313a, and 314a to be folded, as described in FIGS. 4 to 6 and 1-1 embodiment, A direction key 135 for selecting the objects 312a, 313a, and 314a to be folded may be input and may be a touch input for each of the objects 312a, 313a, and 314a to be folded It is possible.

When the folder ring command is input in step S340, the control unit 180 generates a folder icon 400 in which the objects 312a, 313a, and 314a corresponding to the folder ring command are foldered, (400) on the first page (500A) (S350).

Next, the control unit 180 determines whether or not the folder icon 400 has been folded to the folder icon 400 among the objects included in the pages 500B and 500C excluding the first page 500A among the entire pages 500A, 500B, And detects whether an instruction to search for objects having a category associated with the functions of the objects 312a, 313a, and 314a is input (S360).

At this time, the search command may be a long-touch input to the folder icon 400.

If the search command is input in step S370, the control unit 180 determines whether or not the function of the folders 312a, 313a, and 314a in the folder icon 400 among the objects included in the pages 500B and 500C And searches for pages having the category associated with [S380].

The control unit 180 displays information indicating each of the objects searched for by the page on the corresponding page information 500B and 500C of the information indicating the entire pages 500A, 500B, and 500C, respectively (S390).

If the specific information is selected from the information indicating the objects searched for by the page [S400], the controller 180 additionally folders the objects belonging to the page corresponding to the selected information on the folder icon 400 (S410) .

23 (a), the controller 180 generates a folder icon 400 on the first page 500A and displays the folder icon 400 on the page excluding the first page 500A When an instruction to search for objects having a category associated with the function of the folders 312a, 313a, and 314a in the folder icon 400 among the objects included in the folders 500B and 500C is input, (b), objects having a category associated with the function of the folders 312a, 313a, and 314a in the folder icon 400 are searched for each page.

As shown in (b) of FIG. 23, the controller 180 stores information 510a and 510b indicating the objects searched for by the page, among the information indicating the entire pages 500A, 500B, and 500C, Are displayed on the page information 500B and 500C, respectively.

In this case, the information 510a and 510b indicating the objects searched for by the page may include a number of objects searched for by the page, a name of the objects searched for by the page, and a thumbnail indicating objects searched for by the page .

As shown in FIG. 23 (b), when any one of the information 510a and 510b is selected, the controller 180 determines whether the information 510a is selected as shown in FIG. 23 (c) , And one or more objects 317b corresponding to the selected information 510a are additionally folded to the folder icon 400. [

Next, as shown in FIG. 24 (b), the control unit 180 displays the objects having the categories associated with the functions of the folders 312a, 313a, and 314a in the folder icon 400 as pages A list 520 of the objects 521 and 522 searched for by the page is displayed on the first page 500A.

24 (b), when the specific object 521 is selected in the list 520, the control unit 180 selects the selected object 521 as shown in FIG. 24 (c) 521) to the folder icon (400).

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof.

The present invention described above can be embodied as computer-readable codes on a medium on which a program is recorded. The computer readable medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like, and also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet) . Also, the computer may include a control unit 180 of the terminal.

Accordingly, the above description should not be construed in a limiting sense in all respects and should be considered illustrative. The scope of the present invention should be determined by rational interpretation of the appended claims, and all changes within the scope of equivalents of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention.

The above-described mobile terminal and its control method are not limited to the configuration and method of the above-described embodiments, but the embodiments may be modified such that all or some of the embodiments are selectively And may be configured in combination.

100: mobile terminal 110: wireless communication unit
111: broadcast receiver 112: mobile communication module
113 wireless Internet module 114 short-range communication module
115: Position information module 120: A / V input section
121: camera 122: microphone
130: user input unit 140: sensing unit
141: proximity sensor 150: output section
151: Display unit 152: Acoustic output module
153: Alarm module 154: Haptic module
155: projector module 160: memory
170: interface unit 180: control unit
181: Multimedia module 190: Power supply

Claims (20)

A touch screen displaying a plurality of objects to which a specific function is assigned on the screen; And
And a controller for generating and displaying a folder icon to which objects corresponding to the command are moved when a command for foldering two or more objects among the objects is inputted,
Wherein,
Wherein the mobile terminal moves the corresponding objects from the folder icon to the screen in accordance with the command, when the command for separating one or more objects of the foldered objects into the folder icon is inputted. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the folder ring command is a drag touch input having a specific pattern,
Wherein the control unit generates a folder icon in which the objects located within the drag-touched area are displayed. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the control unit generates the folder icon after displaying the objects located in the drag-touched area in a stacked shape. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the foldering command is one or more direction key inputs of the keys provided to the mobile terminal,
Wherein the control unit generates and displays a folded folder icon of the selected objects through the direction key input. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the foldering command is a touch input to each of the objects for foldering on the screen,
Wherein the controller generates and displays a folded folder icon of the touched objects. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit displays information indicating the foldered objects in the folder icon. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the information includes at least one of a thumbnail image corresponding to each of the foldered objects, a name of each of the foldered objects, a number of the foldered objects, and a file size of the foldered objects The mobile terminal comprising: The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the controller generates and displays the folder icon in a shape associated with the foldered objects. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit assigns the name of the folder icon in a name associated with the foldered objects. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit sequentially scrolls and displays the foldered objects in the folder icon. The method according to claim 1,
The control unit generates a folder icon corresponding to the command and a new folder icon in which the one or more objects are further folded to display the folder icon corresponding to the command, And the mobile terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit further searches for objects associated with the objects foldered in the folder icon among the objects in the screen and folders the detected objects on the folder icon. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the screen is a display screen of a first page among all pages including a plurality of objects,
Wherein the control unit further searches one or more objects associated with the objects that are contained in the folder icon among the objects included in the entire page except for the first page and displays information indicating the objects and the page respectively And the mobile terminal. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the information includes a page number and a number of the objects that belong to the page and are searched. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the control unit folds the objects belonging to the page corresponding to the selected information to the folder icon when specific information is selected from the information. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the screen is a display screen of a first page among all pages including a plurality of objects,
Wherein the control unit further searches one or more objects associated with objects foldered in the folder icon among the objects included in the entire page, displays a list of the retrieved objects, and selects one or more objects in the list And folders the selected one or more objects in the folder icon. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the controller displays a folder window including objects foldered in the folder icon when the folder icon is selected. 18. The method of claim 17,
Wherein the control unit moves the dragged and dropped object from the folder icon to the screen when one or more objects are dragged and dropped out of the folder window in the folder window. delete Displaying a plurality of objects to which a specific function is assigned on a touch screen screen;
Creating a foldered folder icon for objects corresponding to the command when a command for foldering two or more objects among the objects is input;
Displaying the generated folder icon on the screen; And
And moving the corresponding objects from the folder icon to the screen in accordance with the command when a command for separating one or more objects of the foldered objects into the folder icon is inputted, .

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