MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20170139565A1
• Filed: 11/10/2016
• Published: 05/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: CHOI, Kyungdong
• Granted Patent: US 10,628,023 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/014 Force feedback applied to GUI
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04108 Touchless 2D- 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 without distance measurement in the Z direction
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method for controlling a mobile terminal. The method includes displaying an operation screen on a display unit, receiving a touch input for a predetermined time on the display unit, and scrolling the operation screen in a direction corresponding to a location of the display unit where the touch input is received.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a mobile terminal comprising:

displaying an operation screen on a display unit;

receiving a touch input for a predetermined time on the display unit; and

scrolling the operation screen in a direction corresponding to a location of the display unit where the touch input is received.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising sensing an intensity of pressure of the touch input applied to the display unit while the operation screen is scrolled.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising displaying an indicator to indicate the sensed intensity of pressure of the touch input on the display unit.

4. The method according to claim 2, further comprising outputting a vibration pattern corresponding to the sensed intensity of pressure of the touch input.

5. The method according to claim 2, further comprising varying a scroll speed of the operation screen based on the sensed intensity of pressure of the touch input.

6. The method according to claim 2, further comprising displaying a screen related to the operation screen on the display unit, if the sensed intensity of pressure of the touch input reaches a predetermined threshold value.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein, if the operation screen is a web page screen, the screen related to the operation screen is a previous screen or a next screen of the web page screen.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein, if the operation screen is a web page screen, the screen related to the operation screen is a web page screen corresponding to a previous article item or a next article item of an article item corresponding to the web page screen as the operation screen.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein scrolling of the operation screen includes:

scrolling the operation screen in the downward direction, if the touch input is received through a lower region of the display unit; and

scrolling the operation screen in the upward direction, if the touch input is received through an upper region of the display unit.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising varying a scroll speed of the operation screen according to a quantity of content included in the operation screen.

11. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display an operation screen; and

a controller configured, when a touch input is received for a predetermined time on the display unit, to scroll the operation screen in a direction corresponding to a location of the display unit where the touch input is received.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to sense an intensity of pressure of the touch input applied to the display unit while the operation screen is scrolled.

13. The mobile terminal according to claim 12, wherein the controller is configured to display an indicator to indicate the sensed intensity of pressure of the touch input on the display unit.

14. The mobile terminal according to claim 12, further comprising a haptic module configured to output a vibration pattern corresponding to the sensed intensity of pressure of the touch input.

15. The mobile terminal according to claim 12, wherein the controller is configured to vary a scroll speed of the operation screen based on the sensed intensity of pressure of the touch input.

16. The mobile terminal according to claim 12, wherein the controller is configured to display a screen related to the operation screen on the display unit, if the sensed intensity of pressure of the touch input reaches a predetermined threshold value.

17. The mobile terminal according to claim 16, wherein, if the operation screen is a web page screen, the screen related to the operation screen is a previous screen or a next screen of the web page screen.

18. The mobile terminal according to claim 16, wherein, if the operation screen is a web page screen, the screen related to the operation screen is a web page screen corresponding to a previous article item or a next article item of an article item corresponding to the web page screen as the operation screen.

19. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to scroll the operation screen in the downward direction, if the touch input is received through a lower region of the display unit, and scrolls the operation screen in the upward direction, if the touch input is received through an upper region of the display unit.

20. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to vary a scroll speed of the operation screen according to a quantity of content included in the operation screen.