Patent ID: 8825113

Claim:
A portable terminal, comprising: a motion sensing unit configured to sense a motion pattern of the portable terminal; a display configured to display an image; a manipulation unit configured to receive a manual manipulation while the image is displayed on the display, wherein the manipulation unit comprises one of a touch screen or a designated key button; and a controller operatively connected to the motion sensing unit and the manipulation unit, and configured to: interpret a combination of the manual manipulation received from the manipulation unit, followed by a motion pattern sensed by the motion sensing unit as a zoom-in or zoom-out user instruction, wherein the manual manipulation includes touching of the touch screen or pressing of the designated key button while the image is displayed on the display, and wherein the motion pattern includes a shaking or tilting of the portable terminal generated while the touching of the touch screen or the pressing of the designated key button is maintained; and zoom-in or zoom-out the displayed image according to the zoom-in or zoom-out user instruction.