Patent ID: 8760448
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal comprising: a touchscreen configured to display a 3-Dimensional (3D) user interface including at least one portion of a stereoscopic structure, the 3D user interface comprising a plurality of layers arranged and centered about a central axis such that the plurality of layers are spaced apart from each other by a prescribed gap, each of the plurality of layers including at least one icon; a sensing unit configured to detect an inclination of the mobile terminal relative to a plane; and a controller configured to: control the touchscreen to display different 3D depths for at least one of the plurality of layers of the 3D user interface in order to provide a 3D stereoscopic image in response to detecting a first input; control the touchscreen to change a position of at least one of the plurality of layers of the 3D user interface in response to detecting a second input, the position changed by rotation centered about the central axis; control the touchscreen to display a first layer of the plurality of the layers of the 3D user interface on an entire region of the touchscreen; select at least one icon among the at least one icon of the first layer displayed on the entire region of the touch screen in response to a touch input received at a touch position on the touchscreen; control the touchscreen to change a position of each of the plurality of layers of the 3D user interface by rotation centered about the central axis when the inclination of the mobile terminal is detected by the sensing unit, wherein the inclination of the mobile terminal is detected while the received touch input is maintained at the touch position; control the touchscreen to display the selected at least one icon at the touch position while the touch input is maintained at the touch position and the position of each of the plurality of layers is changed in response to the detection of the inclination of the mobile terminal; control the touchscreen to display a second layer of the plurality of layers on the entire region of the touchscreen when the mobile terminal enters a parallel state; detect a release of the touch input from the touch position on the touchscreen while the second layer is displayed on the entire region of the touchscreen and the mobile terminal is in the parallel state; and control the touchscreen to display the selected at least one icon previously displayed at a first position of the first layer at a second position of the second layer in response to the detection of the release of the touch input.