Patent ID: 8429564

Claim:
A method of controlling a three-dimensional (3D) user interface of a mobile terminal, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of 3D menu icons on a screen, wherein the screen is divided into a plurality of areas and each of the plurality of 3D menu icons corresponds to one of the plurality of areas; sensing at least a user's movement or a location of at least one of the user's eyes via a camera; mapping the sensed location to one of the plurality of areas; selecting a 3D menu icon among the plurality of 3D menu icons, wherein the selected 3D menu icon corresponds to the mapped one of the plurality of areas; and rotating only the selected 3D menu icon in response to the sensed at least user's movement or location of the at least one of the user's eyes; and displaying a reference face of the selected 3D menu icon such that the displayed reference face is oriented towards the sensed location of the at least one of the user's eyes.