Patent ID: 8300066

Claim:
A mobile terminal comprising a display, comprising: a first storage module to store a plurality of display images, layout data and resource files corresponding to different display states of the mobile terminal, wherein the plurality of resource files comprise file names and storage paths of the plurality of display images; a data read module to read the plurality of layout data and resources files from the first storage module when the mobile terminal is powered on; a second storage module to store the read layout data and resource files; a display module to display a current image on the display, wherein the current image is selected from the plurality of display images; a detection module to detect a new orientation of the mobile terminal; a determination module to determine if the current image needs to be changed according to the detected orientation, and to generate an interface change event if the current image needs to be changed; and a displayed image redrawing module to read corresponding layout data and resource file from the second storage module according to the interface change event, and read a corresponding display image from the first storage module according to the read resource file, then generate a redraw command and send the redraw command and the read layout data and the read display image to the display module to drive the display module to display a new image on the display accordingly.