MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20170097715A1
• Filed: 07/03/2014
• Published: 04/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: HONG, Seok Jeong, KIM, Min Kyeong, PARK, Nam Yong, KIM, Jong Hwan
• Granted Patent: US 10,133,394 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• 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 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04101 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04102 Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper
• 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 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• 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
• 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 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0268 including a flexible display panel
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

Disclosed is a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes at least one display unit disposed on a front surface and lateral surface of a terminal body, and a controller for, upon receiving a preset touch input through a first display region disposed on the front surface of the terminal body in a sleep mode, enabling a predetermined second display region according to a position of the received touch input and controlling the display unit to display a preset operation image on the enabled second display region.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

at least one display unit disposed on a front surface and lateral surface of a terminal body; and

a controller configured to;

upon receiving a preset touch input through a first display region disposed on the front surface of the terminal body in a sleep mode, enable a predetermined second display region according to a position of the received touch input; and

control the display unit to display a preset operation image on the enabled second display region.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is a flexible display unit.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein, when the touch input is received through a left region of the first display region, the controller is configured to enable only a lateral display region disposed on the left of the terminal body.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein, when the touch input is received through a right region of the first display region, the controller is configured to enable only a lateral display region disposed on the right of the terminal body.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein, when the touch input is received through a central region of the first display region, the controller is configured to enable all display regions disposed on the terminal body.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the preset touch input is double-touch input of tapping the first display region or a plurality of touch inputs of sequentially tapping a plurality of points within the first display region according to a predetermined order.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 3, wherein an operation image displayed on the enabled lateral display region comprises at least one of an image corresponding to one region of an operation image that is lastly executed prior to entrance into a sleep mode, an image listing event information items that are not checked by a user, or an image listing an app icon and/or widget preset by the user.

8. The mobile terminal according to claim 3, wherein the controller, upon receiving a preset user input through a left or right region of the first display region, is configured to perform an operation associated with an operation image displayed on the lateral display region based on a received position of the user input.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 5, wherein an operation image displayed on all the enabled display regions is a lock screen or a home screen.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 5, wherein the controller, upon receiving a preset user input through at least one of left and right regions of the first display region, is configured to perform an operation associated with an operation image displayed on all the display regions based on a received position of the user input.

11. A method for controlling a mobile terminal comprising at least one display unit disposed on a front surface and lateral surface of a terminal body, the method comprising:

entering a sleep mode;

receiving a preset touch input through a first display region disposed on the front surface of the terminal body;

enabling a predetermined second display region according to a position of the received touch input; and

displaying a preset operation image on the enabled second display region.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the display unit is a flexible display unit.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein, when the touch input is received through a left region of the first display region, the enabling comprises enabling only a lateral display region disposed on the left of the terminal body.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein, when the touch input is received through a right region of the first display region, the enabling comprises enabling only a lateral display region disposed on the right of the terminal body.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein, when the touch input is received through a central region of the first display region, the enabling comprises enabling all display regions disposed on the terminal body.

16. The method according to claim 11, wherein the preset touch input is double-touch input of tapping the first display region or a plurality of touch inputs of sequentially tapping a plurality of points within the first display region according to a predetermined order.

17. The method according to claim 13, wherein an operation image displayed on the enabled lateral display region comprises at least one of an image corresponding to one region of an operation image that is lastly executed prior to entrance into a sleep mode, an image listing event information items that are not checked by a user, and an image listing an app icon and/or widget preset by the user.

18. The method according to claim 13, further comprising:

upon receiving a preset user input through a left or right region of the first display region, performing an operation associated with an operation image displayed on the lateral display region based on a received position of the user input.

19. The method according to claim 15, wherein an operation image displayed on all the enabled display regions is a lock screen or a home screen.

20. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

upon receiving a preset user input through at least one of left and right regions of the first display region, performing an operation associated with an operation image displayed on all the display regions based on a received position of the user input.