Mobile terminal and screen displaying method thereof
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal. Specifically to a mobile terminal including a display including a touchscreen, a sensing unit for sensing an object in near-proximity to the touchscreen, a controller for altering an image appearing on the display according to at least one of a duration of the object near the touchscreen and a distance of the object away from the touchscreen.
1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a display including a touchscreen;
a sensing unit for sensing an object in near-proximity to the touchscreen; and
a controller for:
controlling information appearing on the display according to at least duration of the object near the touchscreen, a position of the object relative to the touchscreen, a distance of the object away from the touchscreen or movement of the object relative to the touchscreen;
applying a scrolling function to the information appearing on the display in a direction related to a predetermined region of the touchscreen with which the object is in near-proximity; and
controlling a speed of the scrolling function according to the distance of the object away from the touchscreen.
2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the information appearing on the display is map information displayed on the touch screen.
3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the display is for displaying icons that correspond to predetermined regions of the touchscreen and indicate scroll directions.
4. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein the icons are displayed when the object is in near-proximity to the touchscreen.
5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein
the controller is further for applying a reference point and reference lines intersecting the reference point to the information appearing on the display in order to indicate a location of the object in near-proximity to the touchscreen relative to the displayed information.
6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further for fixing the reference point and reference lines when the object physically contacts the touchscreen at the reference point.
7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein
the controller is further for distinguishing a designated region of the information appearing on the display when two sets of reference points and reference lines are fixed.
8. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further for:
increasing the speed of the scroll function as the distance decreases; and
decreasing the speed of the scroll function as the distance increases.
9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further for:
increasing the speed of the scroll function as the distance increases; and
decreasing the speed of the scroll function as the distance decreases.
10. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further for:
no longer applying the scroll function when the object is no longer in near-proximity; and
continuously applying the scroll function while the object remains in near-proximity.
11. A method for altering an image displayed on a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
displaying the image on a touchscreen;
sensing an object in near-proximity to the touchscreen; and
controlling information appearing on a display according to at least a duration of the object near the touchscreen, a position of the object relative to the touchscreen, a distance of the object away from the touchscreen or movement of the object relative to the touchscreen;
applying a scrolling function to the information appearing on the display in a direction related to a predetermined region of the touchscreen with which the object is in near-proximity; and
controlling a speed of the scrolling function according to the distance of the object away from the touchscreen.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the information appearing on the display is map information displayed on the touch screen.
13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising displaying icons that correspond to predetermined regions of the touchscreen and indicate scroll directions.
14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising displaying the icons when the object is in near-proximity to the touchscreen.
15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
applying a reference point and reference lines intersecting the reference point to the information appearing on the display in order to indicate a location of the object in near-proximity to the touchscreen relative to the displayed information.
16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising fixing the reference point and reference lines when the object physically contacts the touchscreen at the reference point.
17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
distinguishing a designated region of the information appearing on the display when two sets of reference points and reference lines are fixed.
18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
increasing the speed of the scrolling function as the distance decreases; and
decreasing the speed of the scrolling function as the distance increases.
19. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
increasing the speed of the scrolling function as the distance increases; and
decreasing the speed of the scrolling function as the distance decreases.
20. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:
no longer applying the scroll function when the object is no longer in near-proximity; and
continuously applying the scroll function while the object remains in near-proximity.