Patent ID: 8826184
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A display module for a mobile terminal, comprising: a display for displaying an image that includes one or more objects; a motion sensor configured to sense rotation of the mobile terminal, the sensed rotation corresponding to a switching command to change the image displayed on the display between a 2D image and a 3D image; and a controller configured to change the image between the 2D image and the 3D image based on the received switching command, the controller controlling the display to sequentially display one or more intermediate images to gradually change an extent in which the image is perceived to protrude from or recede into the display during the change in the image, wherein the extent in which the image is perceived to protrude from or recede into the display as the rotation of the mobile terminal is sensed corresponds to a degree of rotation of the mobile terminal sensed by the motion sensor, and wherein a pre-determined extent in which the image is perceived to protrude from or recede into the display is previously set for the 3D image, and wherein, response to the switching command, the controller is configured to control the display to sequentially display the one or more intermediate images including a first intermediate image that protrudes or recedes by a first amount that is less than the pre-determined extent set for the 3D image, the first amount corresponding to a first amount of rotation of the mobile terminal, and then a second intermediate image that protrudes or recedes by a second amount that is greater than the pre-determined extent set for the 3D image, the second amount corresponding to a second amount of rotation of the mobile terminal, prior to displaying the 3D image at the predetermined extent set for the 3D image.