Patent ID: 9104301
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06F,G06T,H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal comprising: a sensor for detecting an orientation of the mobile terminal; a touch screen unit for displaying a screen and detecting a touch input; and a control unit for: controlling the touch screen unit to display a screen including a second region for presenting a toolbar having at least one User Interface (UI) element corresponding to at least one function installed in the mobile terminal and a first region for displaying activation of the function represented by the UI element; in response to a change of the orientation of the mobile terminal from a portrait posture to a landscape posture or vice versa, maintaining the second region for the toolbar at a position that is relatively the same as a position of the second region for the toolbar before the change of the orientation of the mobile terminal; changing the orientation of the UI element within the second region according to the changed orientation of the mobile terminal; changing the orientation of at least a part of the first region in accordance with the orientation of the UI element within the second region; and activating the function associated with the UI element when the UI element is dragged from the toolbar and dropped in the first region via the touch input on the touch screen unit.