MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF
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1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a touch screen configured to;
display information; and
receive a touch input via at least a finger of a user or a touch pen; and
a controller configured to;
determine whether the touch input was received via the finger of the user or via the touch pen;
control the touch screen to display a first screen corresponding to a first function when it is determined that the touch input was received via the finger of the user;
control the touch screen to display a second screen corresponding to a second function when it is determined that the touch input was received via the touch pen; and
control execution of the first function and the second function in a same application or execution of the first function in a first application and execution of the second function in a second application.
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Abstract
A mobile terminal and display controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a different function may be executed in accordance with whether a means for touching a touchscreen is a user finger or a touch pen.
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23 Claims
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1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a touch screen configured to; display information; and receive a touch input via at least a finger of a user or a touch pen; and a controller configured to; determine whether the touch input was received via the finger of the user or via the touch pen; control the touch screen to display a first screen corresponding to a first function when it is determined that the touch input was received via the finger of the user; control the touch screen to display a second screen corresponding to a second function when it is determined that the touch input was received via the touch pen; and control execution of the first function and the second function in a same application or execution of the first function in a first application and execution of the second function in a second application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a touch screen configured to; display at least one object having a predetermined reference size; and receive a touch input either via a finger of a user or via a touch pen; and a controller configured to; determine whether the touch input was received via the finger of the user or via the touch pen; control the touch screen to increase a displayed size of the at least one object to at least the predetermined reference size when it is determined that the touch input was received via one of the finger of the user and the touch pen; and control the touch screen to decrease the displayed size of the at least one object to less than the predetermined reference size when it is determined that the touch input was received via the other of the finger of the user and the touch pen. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of controlling a display in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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receiving a touch input on a touch screen of the mobile terminal via at least a finger of a user or a touch pen; determining, via a controller of the mobile terminal, whether the touch input was received via the finger of the user or via the touch pen; controlling the touch screen, via the controller, to display a first screen corresponding to a first function when it is determined that the touch input was received via the finger of the user; controlling the touch screen, via the controller, to display a second screen corresponding to a second function when it is determined that the touch input was received via the touch pen; and controlling, via the controller, execution of the first function and the second function in a same application or execution of the first function in a first application and execution of the second function in a second application.
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23. A method of controlling a display in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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controlling, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a touch screen of the mobile terminal to display at least one object having a predetermined reference size; receiving a touch input on the touch screen either via a finger of a user or via a touch pen; determining, via the controller, whether the touch input was received via the finger of the user or via the touch pen; controlling, via the controller, the touch screen to increase a displayed size of the at least one object to at least the predetermined reference size when it is determined that the touch input was received via one of the finger of the user and the touch pen; and controlling, via the controller, the touch screen to decrease the displayed size of the at least one object to less than the predetermined reference size when it is determined that the touch input was received via the other of the finger of the user and the touch pen.
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