Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 10,146,354 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2015
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Sangwon, Heo, Jeongyun
• Primary Examiner(s): SOTO LOPEZ, JOSE R
• Application Number:
  US14/600,935
• Publication Number:
  US 20160098137A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,414 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a touchscreen; a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to receive a touch input through the touchscreen in combination with a rotation of the mobile terminal detected through the motion sensor, and execute a specific function on the mobile terminal corresponding to the combination of the touch input and the rotation of the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication;

a touchscreen;

a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the mobile terminal; and

a controller configured to;

display a first screen on a first region of the touchscreen,

receive a rotation of the mobile terminal detected through the motion sensor and a first touch-drag input performed by the rotation of the mobile terminal through the touchscreen, simultaneously, and

newly display a second screen on a second region of the touchscreen while maintaining displaying the first screen on the first region in response to the rotation of the mobile terminal and the first touch-drag input, the second screen including information about an event that has occurred on the mobile terminal,

wherein the second region is an extended region of the touchscreen corresponding to a distance of the first touch-drag input in a first direction,

wherein the extended region abuts the first region if the distance of the first touch-drag input is less than a predetermined distance,

wherein the extended region becomes spaced out from the first region in the first direction if the distance of the first touch-drag input is greater than a predetermined distance, and

wherein the controller is further configured to maintain displaying the second screen on the extended region when a second touch-drag input in a second direction is applied to the touchscreen.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display a first indicator indicating the event on the first screen, wherein the first touch-drag input is started from the first indicator, and

display event related information corresponding to the first indicator on the extended first screen.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:

sequentially display event related information for a plurality of events occurred on the mobile terminal in the extended first screen.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display information related to a subsequent event occurred on the mobile terminal having a same category of the event on second screen.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display a graphic representation indicating a presence or non-presence of an arrival at the predetermined distance as the first touch-drag input proceeds.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the graphical representation is displayed between the first screen and the second screen.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display a visual effect corresponding to the first touch-drag input.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a third touch-drag input after the first touch-drag input is released, and

stop displaying the visual effect regarding a region of the third touch-drag input.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is a wearable bangle having the touchscreen arranged along an outer circumference of the wearable bangle.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display information related to a touch point of the first touch-drag input on the second screen.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the second region is extended from the first screen in the first direction of the first touch-drag input.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

execute a specific function corresponding to a combination of the rotation of the mobile terminal and the first touch-drag input, and

display information related to the executed specific function on the second screen.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the extended region becomes activated in response to the rotation of the mobile terminal and the first touch-drag input.

10. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a first screen on a first region of a touchscreen;

receiving a rotation of the mobile terminal detected through a motion sensor and a first touch-drag input performed by the rotation of the mobile terminal through the touchscreen, simultaneously; and

newly displaying a second screen on a second region of the touchscreen while maintaining displaying the first screen on the first region in response to the rotation of the mobile terminal and the first touch-drag input, the second screen including information about an event that has occurred on the mobile terminal,

wherein the second region is an extended region of the touchscreen corresponding to a distance of the first touch-drag input in a first direction,

wherein the extended region abuts the first region if the distance of the first touch-drag input is less than a predetermined distance,

wherein the extended region becomes spaced out from the first region in the first direction if the distance of the first touch-drag input is greater than a predetermined distance, and

wherein the method further comprises maintaining displaying the second screen on the extended region when a second touch-drag input in a second direction is applied to the touchscreen.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying a first indicator indicating the event on the first screen, wherein the first touch-drag input is started from the first indicator; and

displaying event related information corresponding to the first indicator on the extended first screen.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying information related to a touch point of the first touch-drag input on the second screen.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the second region is extended from the first screen in the first direction of the first touch-drag input.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

executing a specific function corresponding to a combination of the rotation of the mobile terminal and the first touch-drag input; and

displaying information related to the executed specific function on the second screen.