| US 7,565,628 B2 | ||
| Functional icon display system and method | ||
| Tae Hun Kim, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Boem Young Woo, Gyeonggi-do (Korea, Republic of); Jeong Hyuyk Yoon, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Hyun Ju Ahn, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Seung Sook Han, Gyeonggi-do (Korea, Republic of); Jun Serk Park, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); and Ho Sang Cheon, Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 04, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/696,386. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2006-0034953 (KR), filed on Apr. 18, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0245269 A1, Oct. 18, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—856 [715/810] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A mobile terminal having an On Screen Display (OSD) functional icon, the mobile terminal comprising:
a display unit; and
a control unit controlling a functional icon having at least one function assigned thereto to be displayed on the display
unit by OSD, the control unit controlling the function assigned to the functional icon to be executed if the functional icon
is selected,
wherein the functional icon is movable on the display unit according to a predetermined external signal, and transparency
of the functional icon is varied according to a position displayed on the display unit;
wherein the functional icon comprising a plurality of sub-icons to which different sub-functions are assigned, respectively,
if one of a plurality of the sub-icons is selected, the control unit controls the sub-function assigned to the selected sub-icon
to be executed;
wherein the display unit comprises a touch screen, the prescribed signal inputted externally corresponds to a movement of
an external touch for one of a plurality of the sub-icons on the touch screen and the control unit controls the touched sub-icon
to be moved separate from the rest of the sub-icons according to the movement of the external touch; and
the control unit decides whether to display each of a plurality of the sub-icons, according to an execution frequency of the
sub-function assigned to each of a plurality of the sub-icons.
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