Patent ID: 8363019

Claim:
A method of controlling a mobile terminal including a touch screen and a proximity sensor, the method comprising: displaying an image on the touch screen; if a first touch signal for the image is received, displaying an image-editing menu, the image-editing menu comprising an editing function selection menu and a color selection menu; if a second touch signal for an area of the touch screen on which the image-editing menu is not displayed is received, making the image-editing menu disappear from the touch screen; choosing an editing function of a plurality of editing functions from the editing function selection menu in response to a user input; displaying a detail selection menu for selecting a detail setting function of the chosen editing function upon choosing the editing function, the detail setting function comprising at least one of a style, a shape, a size and a thickness of an item corresponding to the chosen editing function; selecting the detail setting function of the chosen editing function from the detail selection menu according to a proximity signal corresponding to a degree of proximity between an object and the touch screen; and performing the chosen editing function on the image according to a horizontal movement of a proximity position of the object, wherein the chosen editing function is performed using the detail setting function selected from the detail selection menu and a color selected from the color selection menu.