KR20150015698A - Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a touch screen and a control unit. The touch screen displays an object. The control unit determines whether a first touch gesture corresponds to a scroll command in a first direction with respect to the object or a move command in a second direction with respect to the object according to at least one of a starting position and a direction of the first touch gesture when the first touch gesture is input by a pointer on the touch screen. The present invention may also provide user convenience in operating a mobile terminal with a display unit having a large size.

Description

[0001] MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF [0002]

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of adjusting an area in which an object is displayed and a control method thereof.

2. Description of the Related Art [0002] With the recent development of information communication technologies, mobile terminals capable of transmitting and receiving data and storing not only calls and messages, but also a large amount of data have become popular. As the performance of such a mobile terminal is improved, the functions that can be performed are also diversified. In particular, in order to provide various contents such as moving picture and map information to the user, the display unit of the mobile terminal is being enlarged and designed.

However, the enlarged design of the display unit of the mobile terminal may cause inconvenience to the user of the mobile terminal while grasping the mobile terminal with one hand.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a convenience for a user to operate a mobile terminal having a display unit of a wide size.

More specifically, the present invention provides a mobile terminal capable of moving an object displayed in an entire area of a display unit to a partial area of a display unit that is convenient for a user to operate through a specific touch gesture input. The object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal in which the size of the object is changed or the display area of the object is adjusted as the object is moved, so that the user can operate in a partial area of the display unit.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the invention, unless further departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be possible.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal including: a touch screen for displaying an object; and a controller for inputting a first touch gesture by a pointer on the touch screen, And a controller for determining whether the first touch gesture is a scroll command in the first direction for the object and a movement command in the second direction for the object.

The technical solutions obtained by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned solutions, and other solutions not mentioned are clearly described to those skilled in the art from the following description. It can be understood.

The mobile terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention can provide the convenience to the user by moving the object displayed in the entire area of the display unit of the mobile terminal to a specific area of the display unit.

In addition, the mobile terminal of the present invention can provide convenience to the user by displaying the object in a specific area of the display unit by adjusting the size of the object displayed in the entire area of the display unit of the mobile terminal.

In addition, when the mobile terminal of the present invention is used, other objects can be displayed in an area other than a specific area of the display unit on which the object is displayed, so that the user can effectively utilize the display unit in operating the mobile terminal.

The effects obtained by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description will be.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view of an example of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an example of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, as viewed from the rear; FIG.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an exemplary diagram for explaining movement of an object according to an embodiment of the present invention;
6 is an exemplary view for explaining movement of an object in another direction according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is an exemplary view for explaining an object moving direction change according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
8 is an exemplary view for explaining how an object moves according to a start position of a first touch gesture according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is an exemplary view for explaining how an object moves according to a drag direction of a first touch gesture according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
10 is an exemplary view for explaining scrolling of objects according to an embodiment of the present invention;
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001]
FIG. 12 is an exemplary view for explaining a method of enlarging a partial area of an object according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
13 is an exemplary view for explaining another object displayed in addition to the display area of the moved object according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 14 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a change in the quantity of another object displayed according to the movement distance of the object according to the embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
15 is an exemplary view for explaining a manner in which other objects belonging to the same group as an object according to an embodiment of the present invention are displayed.

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 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. Two or more broadcast receiving modules 1100 may be provided to the mobile terminal 100 for simultaneous broadcast reception or broadcast channel switching for at least two broadcast channels.

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 means information related to a broadcast channel, a broadcast program, or 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 (Mobile Broadcasting Business Management System), ISDB-T (Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting (ISDB-T)), Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (MBMS) Digital Broadcast-Terrestrial) or the like. 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 may comprise at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network such as Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband CDMA Transmits and receives wireless signals with one. 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. Wireless Internet technologies include WLAN (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, LTE Evolution (but not limited to) may be used.

The wireless Internet module 113, which performs wireless Internet access through the mobile communication network, is connected to the mobile communication module 110 through the mobile communication network, for example, from the viewpoint that the wireless Internet access by Wibro, HSDPA, GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, LTE, (112).

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 button 136 and a touch sensor (static pressure / static electricity) 137 located on the front, back, or side of the mobile terminal 100, and may include a keypad, A dome switch, 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. Examples of the sensing unit 140 include a gyroscope sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a geomagnetic sensor.

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.

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

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 display, and a 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 one another, and may be disposed on different surfaces, respectively.

(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 contacting the pointer on the touch screen may be referred to as "contact touch. &Quot; The location where the pointer is proximately touched on the touch screen may refer to a position where the pointer corresponds vertically 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 audio output module 152 may be a type of the alarm unit 153. The display unit 151 and the audio output module 152 may be connected to the display unit 151 or the audio output module 152, .

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 haptic module 154 are controllable. 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 suction force of the air through the injection port or the suction port, a touch on the skin surface, contact of 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 memory unit 160 may store a program for processing and controlling the control unit 180 and temporarily store the input / output data (e.g., telephone directory, message, audio, For example. The memory unit 160 may 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 battery may be an internal battery configured to be chargeable, and may be detachably coupled to the terminal body for charging or the like. The connection port may be configured as an example of an interface 170 through which an external charger for supplying power for charging the battery is electrically connected.

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. [

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a mobile terminal or a portable terminal according to the present invention, as viewed from the front.

The disclosed mobile terminal 100 includes a bar-shaped terminal 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 of the mobile terminal 100 includes a casing 101, 102, 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.

In some cases, electronic components may be mounted on the surface of the rear case 102 as well. Electronic components mounted on the surface of the rear case 102 include a battery, a USIM card, a memory card, and the like which are detachable by the user. At this time, the rear case 102 may further include a rear cover 103 for covering the surface thereof. When the rear cover 103 is removed, the surface of the rear case 102 is exposed.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the rear cover 103 is coupled, only a part of the side surface of the rear case 102 may be exposed. When the size of the rear cover 103 is reduced, Some may also be exposed. And an opening 103 'for exposing the camera 121' or the sound output unit 152 'to the outside when the rear cover 103 covers the entire rear surface of 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 152 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.

3 is a rear perspective view of the mobile terminal shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, 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 152 'may be additionally disposed on the rear surface of the terminal body. The sound output unit 152 'may implement the stereo function together with the sound output unit 152 (see FIG. 2) and may be used for the implementation of the speakerphone mode in 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 module 111 (see FIG. 1), can 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, embodiments related to a control method that can be implemented in the mobile terminal 100 constructed as above will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

For convenience of description, it is assumed that the mobile terminal 100 mentioned below includes at least one of the components shown in FIG. The mobile terminal 100 may include a user input unit 130, a display unit 151, a memory 160, and a control unit 180. [ In some cases, the mobile terminal 100 according to the present invention may further include a proximity sensor 141. The present invention can be implemented more easily when the display unit 151 is implemented as the touch screen 151. The present invention will be described below assuming that the display unit 151 is the touch screen 151 do. When the user input unit 130 includes the touch sensor 137, the touch screen 151 may be used as the user input unit 130.

In this specification, an object refers to an object displayed on the touch screen 151 in relation to the function of the mobile terminal 100. For example, when a user accesses a web site through the mobile terminal 100, the object may be provided from the web site provider, and may be a web page displayed on the touch screen 151. [ Contents such as various images and images that are stored in the memory 160 of the mobile terminal 100 or received through the wireless communication unit 110 and displayed through the touch screen 151 may also be displayed .

In addition, the object of the present invention may include execution screens of various applications operated through the control unit 180 of the mobile terminal 100. [ For example, when an execution command of an application for playing a music file or a video file is input and a player is displayed on the touch screen 151, the object may be the player. In addition, when an application for sending / receiving a message is running, the object may be a soft keyboard of a message input window displayed through the touch screen 151. [ The object of the present invention is not limited to the above-described example, and may include all operable objects displayed through the touch screen 151 in the use of the mobile terminal 100 by the user. In particular, when the touch screen 151 is used as the user input unit 130, the object may be operated by a user's touch gesture input on the touch screen 151.

Here, the touch gesture refers to an input operation for the user to operate the mobile terminal 100 through the touch screen 151. [ The control unit 180 can recognize the user's touch gesture inputted through the touch screen 151 as an operation command of the mobile terminal 100. [ Examples of the type of the touch gesture include a touch input, a tab operation, a flick operation, and a touch drag operation for drawing a specific trajectory with respect to a specific point of the touch screen 151. The input method of the touch gesture may include a finger touch input using a user's finger and a touch input using an electronic pen. Also, any pointer other than a finger or an electronic pen may be input through the touch sensor 151 It can be used as a pointer for a touch gesture.

In particular, in the present specification, one touch gesture is a touch gesture in which a user starts to contact the touch screen 151 through a pointer, and then the touch gesture is contacted with the touch screen 151 This refers to the operation until release. For example, one touch gesture is performed (hereinafter, referred to as a first touch gesture), and after the pointer is released from contact with the touch screen 151, a touch gesture (hereinafter referred to as a second touch gesture) The second touch gesture can be viewed as a separate touch gesture from the first touch gesture. Therefore, if the contact between the pointer and the touch screen 151 is not released after the input of the first touch gesture, the control unit 180 determines whether the input direction, the contact area, It can be determined that one-touch gesture is still in progress.

In this specification, movement of an object refers to movement of an object displayed in the entire area where the touch screen 151 can display an object to a partial area of the touch screen 151. As the object moves to a portion of the touch screen 151, only a portion of the entire area of the original object may be displayed on the touch screen 151 and the rest may not be displayed on the touch screen 151 . The controller 180 can recognize that the first touch gesture is performed on the touch screen 151 and that the first touch gesture is an object movement command and that the object is moved and displayed on the touch screen 151 . That is, the control unit 180 may move the object and display the moving process of the object through the touch screen 151. Specifically, the controller 180 may sense the direction and length of the first touch gesture and move the object to a corresponding direction and distance. In addition, the control unit 180 may cause the moved object to be finally positioned in a partial area of the touch screen 151 corresponding to the start position of the first touch gesture. That is, a portion of the area on the touch screen 151 where the object is finally located may be related to the position where the first touch gesture is started. When the first touch gesture is released, the movement of the object is performed simultaneously with the first touch gesture. For example, if the first touch gesture is a drag input, movement of the object is continued while the drag input continues.

When the first touch gesture is released, the movement of the object can be stopped and the object can be fixed to a specific area of the touch screen 151 where the object is positioned at the release time. At this time, the controller 180 may control the display of an object fixed on a partial area of the touch screen 151 through the touch screen 151. The partial area refers to an area on the touch screen 151 that is finally positioned when the object has completed movement corresponding to the first touch gesture.

The size of the object may be adjusted when the controller 180 moves the object on the touch screen 151. That is, the object may be moved on the touch screen 151 while maintaining its size, but the object may be resized and moved according to the preset. The control unit 180 may determine whether to adjust the size and the degree of adjustment according to the start position, the direction, the length, and the touch contact time of the first touch gesture according to the preset settings. That is, the user can pre-set whether the first touch gesture is inputted and adjust the size of the object when moving the object. The mobile terminal 100 includes a user input unit 130 for inputting the preset setting, A memory 160 may be separately provided.

On the other hand, if the touch gesture is input, the controller 180 may scroll the object at the existing position without moving the object. Scrolling of an object refers to moving the contents of an object displayed through the touch screen 151 left, right, up and down. When the amount of information exceeds the amount of one screen on one touch screen 151, the user can display information that is not displayed on the screen through the scroll operation.

For example, if the object is an Internet web page, the web page includes a page identifier coupled with a number of content and hyperlinks. The user can activate the content or the linked page by performing the content or the touch gesture on the identifier. At this time, all contents and identifiers included in the web page are hardly displayed on one screen displayed on the touch screen 151. Accordingly, the web page provider generally constructs and provides a web page so that the entire page is not displayed on one screen, but the remaining pages that are not displayed on the screen can be displayed by scrolling or the like. The user can perform the scroll operation on the touch screen 151 through a touch gesture.

The scrolling operation may be distinguished from the movement of the object in that it is an operation that moves the contents of the object, rather than moving the object itself. Also, the scroll of the object and the movement of the object can be distinguished by the change of the area where the object is displayed on the touch screen 151. There is a change between the area on the touch screen 151 where the original object is displayed and the area where the object after being moved is displayed. On the other hand, scrolling of the object does not change the area on the touch screen 151 where the object is displayed.

When the first touch gesture is input, the controller 180 can recognize the first touch gesture as at least one of a move command of the object or a scroll command of the object. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 4 to 12. Fig.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram illustrating movement of an object according to an embodiment of the present invention.

 4 and 5, the controller 180 controls the object 501 to be displayed through the touch screen 151 (S401). An Internet web page is shown in FIG. 5 (a) as an example of the object. As shown in FIG. 5A, when the user performs a touch gesture 503 on the touch screen 151, the controller 180 can sense the touch gesture. This is hereinafter referred to as a first touch gesture in order to distinguish it from the touch gesture for executing the content in Fig. 5 (d). The controller 180 detects the first touch gesture 503 in step S403 and determines whether the first touch gesture is a movement command of the object 501 or a scroll command in step S405.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagrams for explaining a case where the first touch gesture is an object movement instruction. Particularly, as an example of the first touch gesture, when a drag input is performed after touch input for a predetermined time or longer Respectively. The operation of touch inputting at the predetermined position for a predetermined time or longer can be handled as being included in the drag input operation. A method of determining whether the first touch gesture 503 is an object movement command or a scroll command will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 (a) and 6 (b). FIG. 5A, the start position 505 at which the user performs the first touch gesture 503 is the lower right point 505 of the touch screen 151 near the bezel. When the user holds the touch for a predetermined time at the lower right point 505 of the touch screen 151 and then performs the drag input in the upper left direction 507 of the touch screen 151, As shown in Fig.

According to the user setting or the manufacturer's intention, when the controller 180 detects at least one of the touch and the specific direction dragging input for a predetermined time or more at a predetermined position, the controller 180 can recognize the touch gesture as a move command of the object. That is, even when the control unit 180 detects only a specific direction drag input, it can be preset to recognize it as a move command of the object. For example, when the drag input is in the up-and-down direction and the left-right direction, the control unit 180 recognizes the object as a scroll command, and when the drag input in the diagonal direction is sensed, the control unit 180 recognizes the object as a move command. Or even when the controller 180 detects only a touch of a predetermined time or more at a predetermined position, it may be determined to recognize the movement command of the object.

When the control unit 180 recognizes the movement instruction of the object by sensing only the touch for a predetermined time or longer or recognizes the movement instruction of the object by detecting only the drag input in the specific direction, Will be described later. A description of the case where the controller 180 recognizes the first touch gesture as a scroll command of the object will be described later with reference to FIG.

6A, the start position 505 at which the user performs the first touch gesture 503 is the lower left point 605 of the touch screen 151 near the bezel. When the user holds the touch for a predetermined time at the lower left point 605 of the touch screen 151 and then performs the drag input 607 in the upper right direction of the touch screen 151, It can be recognized by the movement command of the object. In FIG. 6A, the preset position for the controller 180 to recognize the first touch gesture as a movement command of the object is the lower left point of the touch screen 151 near the bezel.

On the other hand, the preset position may be a plurality of points, and the user can set it. The controller 180 may sense a touch gesture performed in a predetermined area including a predetermined position by user setting, in order to sense an instruction to move the object. That is, when the user performs the touch gesture in the vicinity of the preset position, the control unit 180 may not recognize the turn gesture as the movement command of the object. Therefore, So that the object can be recognized as a movement command of the object.

For example, in FIG. 5A, the lower right 505 point of the touch screen 151 and the lower left point 605 of the touch screen 151 in FIG. 6A correspond to a preset position . The control unit 180 determines whether or not the touch gesture is performed in a predetermined area including the points 505 and 605 as well as when the touch gesture is performed at the precise position of the corresponding point 505 or 605, . The area of the predetermined area including the corresponding point may be variously determined according to the user setting or the manufacturer's intention.

In FIG. 5 (a), the first touch gesture may include a touch input at a predetermined position for a predetermined time or more and a drag input in a specific direction. When the first touch gesture is performed in the direction of the drag 507, the control unit 180 in FIG. 5B may make the first touch gesture input an object movement command. Referring to FIG. 4, the controller 180 moves the object 517 in a direction opposite to the direction 507 of the first touch gesture as the object movement command is recognized (S407). The control unit 180 may control the movement of the object to be continuously displayed on the touch screen 151. [ The first touch gesture may continue to the position 515 where the pointer is moved by the drag length at the start position 505. [ The longer distance the object moves in the reverse direction 517 as the position 515 moved by the drag length becomes longer toward the upper right direction of the touch screen 151. [ That is, until the first touch gesture is released and the touch contact with the touch screen 151 is released, the controller 180 can control the moving direction and the moving distance of the object to be controlled according to the dragged length of the user. On the other hand, referring to (c) of FIG. 5, when the user's first touch gesture is released, the object is stopped and fixed. At this time, the control unit 180 may control a part of the object to be displayed on the touch screen 151 in the course of the moving object or in a fixed state.

That is, in (a) of FIG. 5, the object is displayed in the entire area of the touch screen 151. When the touch screen 151 of the mobile terminal 100 is large, it may be difficult for the user to operate the mobile terminal 100 through the touch gesture while holding the mobile terminal 100 with one hand. 5 (b) and 5 (c), the object is fixed to a partial area of the touch screen 151 while the object size is maintained as the object moves according to the first touch gesture. Accordingly, the control unit 180 can easily perform one-hand operation by moving the content at a position that is difficult for the user to perform the touch gesture with one hand to the vicinity of the user's finger 503.

Referring to (d) of FIG. 5, the user can perform the second touch gesture and execute the content. The second touch gesture is a concept distinct from the first touch gesture, and is intended to execute the object, not to move the object. 5D, a point touch input is illustrated as an example of the second touch gesture, and the corresponding content can be executed by performing point touch input at a desired hyperlink point 520. [ 5B to 5D, a region 510 is shown which occurs due to the movement of the object. The area 510 may vary in area and shape depending on the degree of movement of the object. For the area 510, the controller 180 can control the touch screen 151 not to emit light, and can also control the touch sensor not to operate.

FIG. 6 is an exemplary diagram illustrating movement of an object in another direction according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. Referring to FIG. 6A, the start position 605 of the first touch gesture is the lower left point of the touch screen 151, unlike the case of FIG. Further, the direction of the drag input 607 is directed to the right upper end of the touch screen 151. [ Accordingly, referring to FIG. 6B, the direction of movement of the object 617 is opposite to that of the drag input 607. That is, as shown in FIGS. 5B and 6B, the direction of movement of the object may be variously determined according to at least one of a start position and a drag direction of the first touch gesture. The control unit 180 may recognize the first touch gesture as a movement command of the object. Referring to FIG. 4, the controller 180 moves the object to the opposite direction of the first touch gesture 607 (step S407) as recognizing the object movement command. If the first touch gesture is released after the object has been moved, the object 501 is fixed. Accordingly, the object moves and the area 610 is generated in the remaining place, and the control unit 180 can control the area 610 not to emit light as in the description of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an exemplary view for explaining an object moving direction change according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. Referring to FIG. 7, an object is displayed in the entire area of the touch screen 151, as in FIG. 7A to FIG. 5A. When the first touch gesture 503 is input, the controller 180 recognizes the first touch gesture as an object movement command according to at least one of the start position 505 and the drag input 507 direction of the first touch gesture have.

Referring to FIG. 7B, the object moves in the reverse direction 517 with respect to the direction of the drag input 507, and is displayed on a partial area of the touch screen 151. Here, the area of the portion displayed on the touch screen 151 may be reduced according to the degree of movement of the object, but the content display size of the portion where the object is displayed remains the same. In FIG. 7 (b), since the object is maintained in the same size as in FIG. 5 (b), a part of the object is displayed on the touch screen 151. The first touch gesture continues in a position 515 where the pointer is moved by the drag input at the start position 505 and the touch contact with the touch screen 151 is maintained. That is, since the first touch gesture is not released, FIG. 7 (b) shows a state before the object is fixed to a partial area of the touch screen 151. At this time, if the user continues to input the first touch gesture in the left direction 707, the controller 180 detects the movement and moves the object 501 to the left as shown in (c) of FIG. In this case, the object has the same height as that of FIG. 7 (b), but is shifted to the same width as that of FIG. 7 (a). Then, when the user continues the first touch gesture input in the downward direction 717, the controller 180 detects the movement and moves the object downward as shown in (d) of FIG.

In FIG. 7 (a), the controller 180 moves the object first according to at least one of a start position and a direction of the first touch gesture. After the object is moved as shown in FIG. 7A, the controller 180 moves the object according to the direction of the first touch gesture as shown in FIGS. 7B and 7C. can do. That is, in the series of object movement process shown in FIG. 7, the direction of the first touch gesture has changed and the touch contact with the touch screen 151 has been maintained and not released.

As described above, the controller 180 can determine whether the first touch gesture 503 is an object 501 movement command or a scroll command of the object 503, and once the first touch gesture 503 When recognized as a move instruction of the object 501, consecutive drag input inputted in any subsequent direction is still recognized as an object move instruction. Also, movement of the first object is initiated in the reverse direction 517 of the drag input direction 507 of the first touch gesture, but subsequent movement of the object follows the drag input 707, 717 direction.

If the direction of the first touch gesture is input in a direction different from the direction of movement of the object described above, the object can be moved in the other direction. If the first touch gesture is later released, the touch screen 151 ≪ / RTI >

8 is an exemplary diagram illustrating how an object moves according to a start position of a first touch gesture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the controller 180 can determine whether the object is to be moved or scrolled by sensing the start position of the first touch gesture. When the user touches the lower right point 505 of the touch screen 151, which is a preset position in FIG. 8A, as a first touch gesture 503 for a predetermined time or longer, the controller 180 controls the first The touch gesture can be recognized as a movement command of the object. Accordingly, the controller 180 can move the object 501 to a part of the touch screen 150 as shown in FIG. 8B. At this time, the controller 180 senses the drag input 507 continuous to the first touch gesture, and controls the object to move in the reverse direction 517 of the direction of the drag input 507. 8 (c), the controller 180 controls the touch panel 151 to move the touch panel 151 to the lower right point 505 of the touch screen 151, If the 1-touch gesture 503 is detected, it can be recognized as a move command of the object. Accordingly, the controller 180 may move the object 501 to a part of the touch screen 150 as shown in FIG. 8D. At this time, the controller 180 senses the drag input 527 continuous to the first touch gesture, and controls the object to move in the reverse direction 537 of the direction of the drag input 527. The method of moving the object 501 in FIG. 8 is similar to the case of FIG. 5 in that the controller 180 can recognize the first touch gesture as a movement command of the object even before the drag input 507, 527 is input There is a difference. 8, the lower right point of the touch screen 151 near the bezel is illustrated as an example. However, an arbitrary position may be preset by a user, and a plurality of positions may be set.

FIG. 9 is an exemplary diagram illustrating how an object is moved along a drag direction of a first touch gesture according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

9A, when a drag input 547 is input from a user in a state where an object 501 is displayed on the touch screen 151, the control unit 180 can recognize the drag input 547 as an object move command . That is, the first touch gesture is a drag input 547 starting at an arbitrary point 535 on the object, and the controller 180 determines the direction of the drag input 547 and recognizes the direction of the drag input 547 as a move command of the object 501 . Also, when the drag input 547 is input to the first touch gesture, the controller 180 may recognize the drag input 547 as a scroll command of the object. Hereinafter, an example of a concrete method of recognizing the drag input 547 as a move instruction of an object or a scroll instruction of an object will be described with reference to FIG. 9 (b).

Referring to FIG. 9 (b), virtual coordinates including a horizontal line 531 and a vertical line 532 are shown on the touch screen 151. FIG. The coordinates are for convenience of explanation and may not be displayed on the actual touch screen 151. [ Alternatively, when the user sets the drag input angle, the control unit 180 may control the display screen to display the coordinates on the touch screen 151 as a setting window for setting the drag input angle.

The center point of the coordinates is the start point of the drag input 547 and the point 545 is the end point of the drag input 547. The control unit 180 can recognize the drag input of a specific direction as a move command of the object by presetting. For example, the user can set the controller 180 to recognize the drag input 547 as a move command of the object 501 when the drag input 547 is input in a direction corresponding to the range of the angles a 533 and 534. On the other hand, when the drag input 547 goes out of the range of the angles a 533 and 534 and passes the range of the angles b 543 and 544, the controller 180 may set it to recognize it as a scroll command of the object.

At this time, when the drag input 547 passes the range of the angle b 544 at which the horizontal line 531 meets the angle b 544, the control unit 180 can control the object to scroll in the horizontal direction. If the drag input 547 passes the range of the angle b 543 at which the vertical line 532 meets the angle b 543, the controller 180 can control the object 501 to scroll in the vertical direction. When the drag input 547 passes through the horizontal line 531 and the vertical line 532, the control unit 180 can recognize the object as a horizontal or vertical object scroll command. The sizes of the angles a 533 and 534 and the angles b 543 and 544 may be variously set according to the user's setting. In addition, although only the setting in the second quadrant of the coordinates has been described, the embodiment may be applied to various areas on the touch screen 151. [

9C shows a case where the direction of the drag input 547 is included in the range of the angle a 533 and 534 and the control unit 180 recognizes the drag input 547 as a move command of the object 501 And FIG. 9C, the controller 180 recognizes the drag input 547 as a movement command of the object 501 and controls the object 501 to move in the reverse direction 517 in the direction of the drag input 537 .

9D shows a case where the direction of the drag input 547 is included in the range of the angles b 543 and 544 in the above example and the controller 180 sets the drag input 547 to the scroll command As shown in Fig. 9A and 9D, when the control unit 180 reaches from the start point 535 to the end point 555 of the drag input 547, the drag input 547 is moved to the reverse direction 557 thereof. So that the specific area of the object 501 including the object 501 can be scrolled.

10 is an exemplary diagram for explaining scrolling of an object according to an embodiment of the present invention. 10A, the mobile terminal 100 receives a drag input 567 from the user at the start position 565 to the first touch gesture 503. The control unit 180 can recognize the first touch gesture 503 as a scroll command of the object 501 when the start position 565 is not a preset position for recognizing the movement of the object 501. [ The control unit 180 can recognize the drag input 567 as a scroll command of the object 501 when the direction of the drag input 567 is not included in the preset angle range. Alternatively, the control unit 180 may consider the direction of the start position 565 and the drag input 567 as a component of the first touch gesture and recognize it as a scroll instruction of the object.

10B, when the drag input 567 ends at point 575, the control unit 180 determines that the specific area of the object is the object in the reverse direction 577 of the drag input 567, It is possible to control so that the specific area of the character 501 is scrolled.

The specific area refers to an area that includes information or an area including a plurality of pages, and displays some information or a part of the pages. The control unit 180 may change the information or page displayed before the scroll command by the scroll command so that other information or another page is displayed.

FIG. 11 is an exemplary view for explaining object size adjustment during movement of an object according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. FIG. 11 shows that the object moves according to the first touch gesture, but moves when the moving object, in particular, the object is reduced in size. Referring to FIG. 11B, the object 801 moves in the opposite direction 517 with respect to the direction of the drag input 507 of the first touch gesture 503. Here, the object is shown reduced in size from the object 501 in FIG. 5 (b). That is, according to the user presetting, the controller 180 may control the object to move to the smell 517 and reduce the size. The amount of reduction of the object 801 can be adjusted according to the length of the drag input 507. [ That is, if the length of the drag input is long, the object can be preset to be further reduced. In this case, unlike the embodiment of FIG. 5, the control unit 180 can control the entire object 801 to be displayed on a part of the area of the touch screen 151, even if the object moves. 11C and 11D, when the first touch gesture is released as described with reference to FIGS. 5C and 5D, the control unit 180 fixes the object , And then, when the second touch gesture is sensed, control can be exercised to execute the corresponding content.

12 is an exemplary view for explaining a method of enlarging a partial region of an object according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 is an exemplary view for explaining an embodiment in which, for example, when one end of a paper page is fixed while the other end is pushed up, a region between both ends is pushed up so that the visual distance approaches. In the above example, the paper page can be applied as an Internet web page, which is an object in the embodiment of FIG. 12, and the effect of approaching the visual distance can be applied such that a partial area of the object is enlarged.

Referring to Fig. 12 (a), the first touch gesture is performed from the user as in Fig. 5 (a). At this time, the controller 180 controls the enlargement of the partial area of the object from the start position 505 of the first touch gesture to the position 915 in which the pointer is moved as shown in FIG. 12B by the length of the drag input 507 Command can be detected. That is, the drag length for the object corresponds to pushing up the paper page in the above example. The one end fixed in the above example corresponds to the upper left of the touch screen 151 of FIG. 12 (b). In this example, the fixed end pushes the paper in the opposite direction corresponding to the pushing-up tension, and the same effect can be applied to the object 901 as shown in FIG. 12 (b). When the drag direction 507 and the distance of the first touch gesture are sensed, the control unit 180 is displayed between the upper left corner of the touch screen 151 and the end of the drag input 507 of the first touch gesture 503 It is possible to control so that a part of the object is enlarged and displayed. That is, the control unit 180 can enlarge and display the object between the two directions with respect to the drag input 507 and the opposite direction 917 of the drag input 507 in the upper left corner of the touch screen 151 , And the degree of magnification can be controlled to be adjusted in accordance with the length of the drag input 507. In addition, the controller 180 may detect the position of the pointer 915 and the drag length, and control the object to be displayed in the area 910 including the dragged distance based on the detected position. The first touch gesture is performed to push up the lower end of the touch screen 151. After the partial area of the object is enlarged, the user can release the first touch gesture. When the first touch gesture is released, the object is enlarged and fixed with some areas being displayed. 12 (c), when the user performs the second touch gesture 925 on the specific content among the enlarged partial areas of the object, the controller 180 can control the corresponding content to be executed.

13 is an exemplary view for explaining another object displayed in addition to the display area of the moved object according to the embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 13A, a first touch gesture is performed from the user as in FIG. 5A. At this time, the controller 180 moves the object 501 in a direction opposite to the drag direction corresponding to the length of the drag input 507, and, as shown in FIG. 5B, Can be displayed. The area 510 generated as the object moves is an empty area without displaying other objects in Fig. On the other hand, referring to FIG. 13 (b), the controller 180 may control to display another object in a part of the area generated by the movement of the object in FIG. 5 (b). For example, the control unit 180 may control the display of another object in an area in which the moved object is located, and may display an identifier in the remaining area 1010 to identify each object. That is, according to the user presetting, the control unit 180 can control the display of at least one different object in the area around the displayed area by moving the object 501. The control unit 180 can control the display of the web pages 1001 and 1011 executed before the execution of the web page 501 in order above the area where the web page corresponding to the object is displayed.

In (b) of FIG. 13, objects are displayed in a form such that other objects are stacked vertically on the object. However, objects can be arranged in various designs according to the user's setting, and the display of the identifiers can also be determined according to the user setting.

13 (c), after the control unit 180 moves the object as shown in FIG. 13 (b) by the drag input 507 of the first touch gesture in FIG. 13 (a) And the display area of the other objects 1001 and 1011 is adjusted without releasing the gesture yet. Referring to FIG. 13 (c), in contrast to FIG. 13 (b), the position at which the pointer contacts the touch screen 151 through the first touch gesture is shown moved down. Accordingly, the area where the other objects 1001 and 1011 are displayed is enlarged downward. That is, if the first touch gesture moves in a different direction without releasing the touch contact with the touch screen 151, the control unit 180 may control the object to move in the moving direction as described above with reference to FIG. 7 . Likewise, since the pointer in FIG. 13 (c) is dragged downward in FIG. 13 (b), the controller 180 can control the object 501 to move downward. 7 (d) in which no other object is displayed, the controller 180 may control the enlargement of the upper region 510 of the object, and in the case of FIG. 13 (c) It is possible to control the display area of the other objects to be enlarged. In addition, if the display area of another object is determined according to the preset, the controller 180 may control the display area of another object to be displayed so that another object is not enlarged any more.

FIG. 14 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a change in the quantity of another object displayed according to the movement distance of the object according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. Referring to FIG. 14 (a), an image is displayed as an object 1101 on the touch screen 151. 5A, when the first touch gesture 503 starts at the lower right end of the touch screen 151 near the bezel 505 and the drag input is performed in the upper left direction of the touch screen 151 (507) The control unit 180 may control the reduced object 1111 to be displayed on a partial area of the touch screen 151 as shown in FIG. 14 (b).

As described above, according to the user's setting, the controller 180 can move while maintaining the size of the object, and can adjust and move the size of the object. In particular, the user can preset whether to maintain the size of the object according to the attribute of the object. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, there is no page linked to the image as shown in FIG. 14, and since it is meaningful to display the entire page, the user can preset the size of the object to be displayed while being reduced.

Referring to FIG. 14B, when the object 1111 reduced by the first touch gesture is displayed on a partial area of the touch screen 151, the control unit 180 controls the object So that at least one icon of the associated application 1110 is displayed. The application associated with the object may be preset by the user. In the case of FIG. 14 (b), an example application is also shown for a memo application for recording information related thereto, an application for sharing images, a message, e-mail, Bluetooth and image editing when the object is an image. If the dragging input 1107 is again performed at the pointer position 1105 shifted by the drag input 507 in Fig. 14A without releasing the first touch gesture, the control unit 180 sets the drag input It is possible to further reduce the object as shown in FIG. 14 (c) corresponding to the distance of the object 1107. Accordingly, the control unit 180 can control the size of the icons of the application 1110 related to the object to be enlarged and displayed by the reduced size of the object. Or if the size of the icon that can be displayed according to the preset setting is determined, the controller 180 can control to display the new icon additionally by adding the number of related applications without enlarging the icon size. The control unit 180 can determine the priority of the added application described in Fig. 14 (b) and the added application described in Fig. 14 (c). For example, if the user's preferred application is an edit-related, sharing-related, or memo-related sequence, the control unit 180 may control the application-related icons to be displayed in the order according to the area of the area generated by the movement of the object have.

Referring to (d) of FIG. 14, when the first touch gesture is released, the position of the object is fixed, and the icon of the displayed application is also determined. Accordingly, if the user designates the object by performing point touch 1115 on the object with the second touch gesture, and then performs drag input to release the touch drag from the icon of the specific application, the control unit 180 displays the touch drag It is possible to control the object to be executed immediately in the corresponding application. 14 (d), the second touch gesture may be an operation of dragging a point touch and an icon of a specific application for a predetermined time or longer to the object. For example, when the second touch gesture is dragged and released to the message application, the control unit 180 controls the message application to be executed and controls the paste operation of the object directly in the message window.

15 is an exemplary view for explaining a method of displaying other objects belonging to the same group as the object according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 15A, the controller 180 recognizes the first touch gesture as a movement instruction of the object 1101, as in FIGS. 14A and 14B, b), and the moved object 1111 is displayed. At this time, the controller 180 may control the display unit 150 to display at least one other object 1210 related to the object on the touch screen 151, which is caused by the movement of the object. The other object 1210 may in particular be another object belonging to the group in which the object is contained. For example, if the group containing the object is a gallery application and the object corresponds to one of the images, the other object may be an image different from the object belonging to the gallery. In addition, when the object is a music file, the group including the object may be a play list, and the other objects may be music files other than objects included in the play list. The control unit 180 may control at least one of the size and the number of the other objects on the touch screen 151 to be adjusted according to the degree of movement of the object.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the above-described method (operation flow diagram) can be implemented as a code that can be read by a processor on a medium on which the program is recorded. Examples of the medium that can be read by the processor include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, etc., and may be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (e.g., transmission over the Internet) .

The above-described mobile terminal 100 is not limited in 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 combined . Also, as described above, the relay server 300 and the separate servers 700 and 1100 can perform transmission and reception of data, and although not shown in the drawing of a wired or wireless communication unit, It is obvious that a communication module can be provided.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. , And are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention may be practiced without departing from the scope of the invention disclosed herein.

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Claims (10)

A touch screen for displaying objects; And
Wherein when the first touch gesture is input to the touch screen by a pointer, the first touch gesture is divided into a scroll command in the first direction and a command to scroll the object in the first direction according to at least one of a start position and a direction of the first touch gesture. As one of the movement commands in the second direction to the mobile terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first touch gesture is a drag input performed on the touch screen,
The control unit controls the object to move in the second direction when the first touch gesture is the move instruction for the object, adjusts the distance that the object is moved according to the length of the drag input, And displays only a part of the object as the object moves. The method according to claim 2, wherein
Wherein the controller determines that the first touch gesture is a move command of the object when the drag operation starts at a preset position on the touch screen and detects a drag input having a first direction. 3. The apparatus of claim 2,
And when the drag input is released, the object is fixed at the moved position. The apparatus of claim 1,
Wherein the first touch gesture is a drag input performed on the touch screen,
The control unit controls the object to move in the second direction when the first touch gesture is the move instruction for the object, adjusts the distance that the object is moved according to the length of the drag input, Wherein the controller controls the display of all of the objects on the touch screen according to the length of the drag input, and controls the sizes of the objects to be displayed. 3. The apparatus of claim 2,
After the first touch gesture is performed in the first direction such that the object is moved in the second direction, the first touch gesture is moved in a direction different from the first direction in a state in which the pointer remains in contact with the touch screen Wherein the control unit controls the moving and displaying of the object along the other direction when the control unit continuously performs the control. 3. The apparatus of claim 2,
Wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display an object different from the object in an area generated by the movement of the object, in addition to the area in which the object is displayed. 8. The apparatus of claim 7,
And adjusts at least one of a size and a number of the other objects displayed according to the distance the object is moved. The apparatus of claim 1,
Wherein when the second touch gesture is input to a specific area of at least a part of the object, the content corresponding to the specific area is displayed on the entire area of the touch screen. Displaying an object; And
When the first touch gesture is input by the pointer, the first touch gesture may be either a scroll command in the first direction for the object and a second command for the object in accordance with at least one of a start position and a direction of the first touch gesture, Direction as one of the movement commands to the mobile terminal.

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