摘要 |
A user interface method and a mobile terminal is disclosed. If a finger touches and moves in a specific direction on a keypad having a touch sensor, a touch is detected by the touch sensor and a type of touch direction is identified by a control unit according to the angle of a touch direction. A screen of a display unit is partitioned into a plurality of blocks, and a screen highlight is located at a specific block. The control unit for moving the screen highlight on the display unit according to the type of the touch direction. A path of the screen highlight is set in one of a forward direction with continuous movement, a forward direction with discontinuous movement, a backward direction with continuous movement, and a backward direction with discontinuous movement. A user interface according to the present invention can include a pointer in the display unit, the pointer being controlled by linking a pointer position with a touch position.
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