Mobile terminal and method of controlling applications of the same
A mobile terminal and method of controlling applications of the same are disclosed, by which each operation of all applications currently executed in a multitasking mode can be effectively controlled within one picture. The present invention includes executing a plurality of applications, displaying an execution picture of a first application among a plurality of the executed applications on a screen, and displaying a 3D polyhedron displaying a control window of at least one of a plurality of the applications except the first application on a corresponding facet of the 3D polyhedron on a screen in the course of displaying the execution picture of the first application.
1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a display unit configured to display an execution screen of a first application among a plurality of executed applications; and
a processor configured to:
control the display unit to display a plurality of execution items and a 3D polyhedron display item on a background screen when the background screen is displayed instead of the execution screen of the first application, the plurality of execution items indicating each of the plurality of executed applications;
control the display unit to display the execution screen of the first application including a 3D polyhedron instead of the background screen when the 3D polyhedron display item is selected, the 3D polyhedron displaying a plurality of control windows corresponding to the plurality of executed applications except the first application on each facet of facets of the 3D polyhedron;
partition a display region of the display unit into a first region and a second region when one of the facets of the 3D polyhedron is selected and a screen partition command is received;
control the display unit to display the execution screen of the first application in the first region; and
control the display unit to display an execution screen of a second application corresponding to a control window displayed on the selected one of the facets and the 3D polyhedron in the second region.
2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the processor executes the first application as a foreground and also executes the plurality of executed applications except the first application as a background.
3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the processor performs at least one of shift, enlargement, reduction and rotation of the 3D polyhedron according to an externally inputted input signal.
4. An application controlling method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
executing a plurality of applications;
displaying, on a display of the mobile terminal, an execution screen of a first application among the plurality of executed applications;
displaying, on a background screen of the display, a plurality of execution items and a 3D polyhedron display item when the background screen is displayed instead of the execution screen of the first application, the plurality of execution items indicating each of the plurality of the executed applications;
displaying, on the display, the execution screen of the first application including a 3D polyhedron instead of the background screen when the 3D polyhedron display item is selected, the 3D polyhedron displaying a plurality of control windows corresponding to the plurality of executed applications except the first application on each facet of facets of the 3D polyhedron;
partitioning a display region of the display into a first region and a second region when one of the facets of the 3D polyhedron is selected and a screen partition command is received;
displaying, in the first region, the execution screen of the first application; and
displaying, in the second region, an execution screen of a second application corresponding to a control window displayed on the selected one of the facets and the 3D polyhedron.