MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL

摘要

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal that is capable of scrolling through screen information, and a method of controlling the mobile terminal. A mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a main body of the mobile terminal, a display unit that displays a screen image including at least one part of screen information, and a controller that determines a direction in which scrolling-through can be performed on the screen information, based on an input signal applied to the main body, and if the direction in which the scrolling-through can be performed corresponds to a predetermined direction, divides the screen information into screen image units.

主权项

1. A method for scrolling a display of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
scrolling displayed portions of content along a first axis in response to a first user input, wherein the content includes the displayed portions that are currently viewable and portions that are not currently viewable, the not currently viewable portions becoming viewable in response to repeated scrolling, wherein the first axis defines a first scrolling orientation for the scrolling of the displayed portions of the content, wherein the displayed portions of the content have a viewing orientation that is parallel to the first axis while in the first scrolling orientation, and wherein while in the first scrolling orientation, the content is continuous and non-partitioned; transitioning from the first scrolling orientation to a second scrolling orientation in response to a second user input; and scrolling the displayed portions of the content along a second axis in response to a third user input, wherein the second axis defines the second scrolling orientation for the scrolling of the displayed portions of the content, wherein the first axis is orthogonal to the second axis, wherein while in the second scrolling orientation, the content is viewable as a partitioned plurality of regions that are displayed on the display in response to the third user input, and wherein the viewing orientation of the displayed portions of the content remains parallel to the first axis while in the second scrolling orientation.