MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING MULTIMEDIA REPRODUCTION CONTROLS

• US 20070249335A1
• Filed: 04/25/2007
• Published: 10/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Yeon, Hong, Seung, Lim, Sang
• Granted Patent: US 8,923,840 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/422.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0235 Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/22 Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/18 including more than one keyboard unit

Abstract

A slider-type mobile terminal has multimedia reproduction controls disposed along one edge of a fixed body that are exposed when the slider body is closed. Alternatively, the multimedia display disposed on the slider body, has a touch screen for displaying the multimedia reproduction controls. Terminal controls are disposed on the slider body, and are illuminated under control of the terminal controller, and are not illuminated when multimedia is being reproduced.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a first body;

a second body connected to the first body, the second body having a display unit and an input unit; and

a control unit configured to control terminal operations and multimedia reproduction;

wherein the input unit is invisible to a user when multimedia is reproduced in the terminal.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the input unit of the second body comprises a luminescent device.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the input unit of the second body becomes invisible in case of non-luminescence.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the second body comprises a slider connected to the first body to enable one face of the first body to be closer/open via a sliding motion.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein when the first body is closed by the slider, a portion of the one face of the first body is exposed and wherein at least one multimedia reproduction controls are provided to the exposed portion of the one face of the first body.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the one side of the first body has a substantially rectangular shape and wherein the exposed portion is provided to an edge area of the one face.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the edge area is located along one of the two long sides of the substantially rectangular shape.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the slider slides in a longitudinal direction of the first body.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein a screen of the display unit is substantially provided to a central part of a front side of the slider.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the multimedia is mobile broadcasting.

11. A mobile terminal capable of reproducing multimedia, comprising

a first body;

a second body connected to the first body to have a display unit; and

a control unit configured to reproduce multimedia;

wherein no input unit is provided to the second body and wherein a screen of the display unit is substantially provided to a central part of one side of the second body.

12. A mobile terminal comprising:

a main body having a numeric keypad and at least one multimedia reproduction controls, the numeric keypad and the multimedia reproduction controls being located on the same face of the main body;

a slider connected to the main body to enable the numeric keypad of the main body to be closed or opened via a sliding motion;

a control unit for controlling terminal operations and multimedia reproduction;

wherein when the numeric keypad is closed by the slider, a portion on the face of the main body is exposed revealing the multimedia reproduction controls.

13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the face of the main body has a substantially rectangular shape, and wherein the exposed area is located along one of the two long edges of the face of the main body.

14. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the face of the main body has a substantially rectangular shape, and wherein the exposed area is located along one of the two short edges of the face of the main body.

15. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the slider further comprises an input unit and wherein the input unit is invisible to a user when multimedia is reproduced in the terminal.

16. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the slider further comprises a display unit and wherein a screen of the display unit is substantially provided to a central part of a front face of the slider.

17. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the slider further comprises an input unit and wherein the input unit can be illuminated under control of the control unit.

18. The terminal of claim 17, wherein the input unit is not illuminated when multimedia is reproduced.

19. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the main body has a rectangular shape having a long axis and the slider slides in a direction parallel to the long axis of the main body.

20. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the multimedia reproduction is displaying a mobile broadcast.