MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME

• US 20130082945A1
• Filed: 04/20/2012
• Published: 04/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jo, Sunghee
• Granted Patent: US 9,398,133 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal for allowing a touch input and control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display unit configured to display a lock screen in a lock state in which a control command input to an application is restricted, and a controller configured to display at least one object on the lock screen when a first touch input sensed on the lock screen corresponds to set criteria, and display an execution screen corresponding to any one of the displayed objects based on the first touch and a sequentially entered second touch input.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit configured to display a lock screen in a lock state in which a control command input to an application is restricted; and

a controller configured to display at least one object on the lock screen when a first touch input sensed on the lock screen corresponds to set criteria, and display an execution screen corresponding to any one of the displayed objects based on the first touch and a sequentially entered a second touch input.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the set criteria is defined such that the first touch input is entered on a first position located on a preset path for releasing the lock state.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the first touch input is a drag input from a start position on the preset path to the first position.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the execution screen is an execution screen of an application corresponding to an object displayed on the preset path to which the second touch input is applied.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the second touch input is a touch input sequentially entered from the first touch input to a release point for generating an unlock command to release the lock state, and

the first and the second touch input are applied on the preset path for releasing the lock state.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein a plurality of objects displayed on the plurality of paths are displayed at each release point included in the plurality of paths, respectively.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein a plurality of objects are displayed on the lock screen, and

the execution screen is an execution screen of an application corresponding to an object located at a position for releasing the second touch input among the plurality of objects.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the lock state is released when entering a touch corresponding to any one of a plurality of preset patterns, and

objects corresponding to the plurality of patterns, respectively, are displayed on the lock screen when the first touch input is applied to a first position included in any one of the plurality of patterns.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the first touch input is a touch input applied to correspond to the any one pattern from a start position of the any one pattern to the first point.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the second touch input is a touch input sequentially applied from the first touch input to correspond to the any one pattern, and

the controller displays the execution screen of an application associated with an object corresponding to the any one pattern when the second touch input is applied.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the object is displayed on the path of a pattern to which the first touch input is applied among the plurality of patterns.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein objects corresponding to the plurality of patterns, respectively, are displayed at start or end positions of the plurality of patterns, respectively, and

the start position is a point from which a touch input to a pattern for releasing the lock state is started, and

the end position is a point at which a touch input to a pattern for releasing the lock state is ended.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein at least one of guide images and objects corresponding to the plurality of patterns is displayed on the lock screen based on the user'"'"'s selection.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller sets a condition for displaying the execution screen when a kind of application corresponding to the displayed object corresponds to set criteria.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the condition is an input of the preset number or preset touch.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a detection unit configured to detect a displayable object on the lock screen,

wherein the detection unit detects an object corresponding to any one of an application in which an event has occurred during the lock state, an application that has been executed prior to entering the lock state, a preset application to be displayed on the lock state, and an application being executed in the lock state, based on set criteria.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the object is an icon of the any one application.

18. A method of controlling a mobile terminal configured to display a lock screen in a lock state in which a control command input to an application is restricted, the method comprising:

determining whether a touch input sensed on the lock screen corresponds to set criteria;

displaying at least one object on the lock screen when the touch input corresponds to the set criteria as a result of the determination; and

displaying an execution screen corresponding to any one of the displayed objects based on the touch input and a sequentially entered touch input.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein a touch input corresponding to the set criteria is entered from a start position on a preset path for releasing the lock state to a preset point.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein there exist a plurality of preset paths, and the objects are located on the plurality of paths, respectively, and the execution screen corresponds to an object located on a path at which the touch input is sensed among the plurality of paths.