MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110128241A1
• Filed: 08/04/2010
• Published: 06/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Woo, Seung Hyun, Jee, Hyun Ho, Jeong, Byoung Zoo, Lee, Min Jeong, KANG, Rae Hoon, Lee, Sang Hyuck, Suh, Woo Jin, Lee, Choon Jae, Im, Dong Gwan, Byun, I Su
• Granted Patent: US 9,152,314 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a terminal can be used in further consideration of user'"'"'s convenience. The present invention includes displaying at least one object on a display unit of a touchscreen type provided to a front side of a housing of a bar type, if a first touch gesture is performed on the object, enabling the object to move from the main display unit via a first subdisplay unit provided to one lateral side of the housing to a second subdisplay unit of the touchscreen type provided to a backside of the housing, and if a second touch gesture is performed on the object displayed on the second subdisplay unit, enabling the object to move to the main display unit via the first subdisplay unit from the second subdisplay unit. Accordingly, when a touchscreen is attached to at least two sides of a mobile terminal, a terminal user is facilitated to use the mobile terminal in a manner of utilizing how to display the touchscreen provided to the at least two sides.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a housing;

a main display unit provided to a front side of the housing;

a first subdisplay unit provided one lateral side of the housing;

a second subdisplay provided to a backside of the housing; and

a controller controlling the main display unit, the first subdisplay unit and the second subdisplay unit.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the housing is a bar type and wherein the first subdisplay unit is provided to a topside of the bar type housing.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein at least the main display unit and the second subdisplay unit of the main display unit, the first subdisplay unit and the second subdisplay unit comprise a touchscreen at least.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein at least the first subdisplay unit and the second subdisplay unit of the main display unit, the first subdisplay unit and the second subdisplay unit comprise a flexible LCD in one body at least.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller controls at least one object to be displayed on the main display unit, wherein if a first touch gesture is performed on the object, the controller controls the object to move to the second subdisplay unit from the main display unit via the first subdisplay unit, and wherein if a second touch gesture is performed on the object displayed on the second subdisplay unit, the controller controls the object to move to the main display unit from the second subdisplay unit via the first subdisplay unit.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein each of the first and second touch gestures comprises a flicking touch gesture toward the first subdisplay unit.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein if the object comprises a moving or still picture image, the controller controls the image to be displayed as a thumbnail on the second subdisplay unit.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein in proportion to the number of objects displayed on the second subdisplay unit, the controller controls sizes of the objects displayed on the second subdisplay unit to decrease.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein in the course of displaying a function window on the main display unit according to an execution of a prescribed function, if a prescribed touch gesture is performed on the function window at a prescribed timing point, the controller controls a function icon having execution progress status information at the timing point of the function to be displayed on the second subdisplay unit.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein if the prescribed touch gesture is performed, the controller controls the execution of the function to be automatically stopped and also controls the function window to disappear.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein after the function icon has been generated from the main display unit, the controller controls the function icon to move to the second subdisplay unit via the first subdisplay unit.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein if the prescribed touch gesture is performed on the function icon displayed on the second subdisplay unit, the controller controls the function icon to disappear from the second subdisplay unit and controls the function to be executed on the main display in a manner of being continuous with an execution progress status at the timing point.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein if a list of a plurality of objects is displayed on the main display unit and a touch &

drag is performed on the main display unit, the controller controls the list to be scrolled to correspond to a length of the touch &

drag and then controls the scrolled list to be continuously displayed on the main display unit and the second subdisplay unit.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller controls an indicator bar to be displayed on the main display unit together with the list and wherein if the touch &

drag is performed, the controller controls the indicator bar to be scrolled into the second subdisplay unit together with the list or controls the indicator bar to be displayed by being fixed to the first subdisplay unit.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein if at least one multimedia object is executed on the main display unit and a prescribed touch gesture is performed on the main display unit, the controller controls relevant information of the multimedia object to be displayed on the second subdisplay unit.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 13, further comprising a sensor configured to sense a motion of the housing,

Wherein if the housing is moved or rotated in a prescribed direction, the controller controls another relevant information relevant to the multimedia object to be displayed on the second subdisplay unit.

17. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:

displaying at least one object on a display unit of a touchscreen type provided to a front side of a housing of a bar type;

if a first touch gesture is performed on the object, enabling the object to move from the main display unit via a first subdisplay unit provided to one lateral side of the housing to a second subdisplay unit of the touchscreen type provided to a backside of the housing; and

if a second touch gesture is performed on the object displayed on the second subdisplay unit, enabling the object to move to the main display unit via the first subdisplay unit from the second subdisplay unit.