MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

• US 20180032226A1
• Filed: 11/04/2015
• Published: 02/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: RYU, Sangyeol, CHO, Hyomoon, TAK, Yongsang, PARK, Chansu
• Application Number:
  US15/550,631
• Publication Number:
  US 20180032226A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• 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 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• 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 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/161 Encoding, multiplexing or demultiplexing different image signal components for multi-view video sequence encoding H04N19/597
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/632 for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal that can output certain information in response to a touch input received when the mobile terminal is in an idle state, and a control method therefor. A mobile terminal in this regard may comprise: a sensing unit for sensing a tilt of the mobile terminal; a display unit for outputting information; and a control unit for controlling and outputting a list of applications that have been recently executed in response to a touch input when the touch input is received through the display unit, wherein the control unit controls so as to output a first application list of applications that have been executed in a landscape mode if the touch input is received when the mobile terminal is laid horizontally, and controls so as to output a second application list of applications that have been executed in a portrait mode if the touch input is received when the mobile terminal is laid vertically.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a sensing unit configured to sense a tilt of the mobile terminal;

a display unit configured to output information; and

if a touch input is received via the display unit, a controller configured to control a list of recently executed applications to be outputted in response to the touch input, if the touch input is received in a state that the mobile terminal is laid horizontally, the controller configured to control a first application list, which is executed in a landscape mode, to be outputted, if the touch input is received in a state that the mobile terminal is laid vertically, the controller configured to control a second application list, which is executed in a landscape mode, to be outputted.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if an item is selected from the first application list or the second application list, the controller is configured to control a preview of an application corresponding to the selected item to be outputted.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein if the preview is selected, the controller is configured to execute the application.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the touch input is received when the display unit is turned off, the controller is configured to control the first application list or the second application list to be outputted while turning on the display unit.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein if a touch of a pointer, which has inputted the touch input, is released from the display unit, the controller is configured to control the display unit to be in an off state.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein if a touch of a pointer, which has inputted the touch input, is released from the display unit, the controller is configured to control the display unit to be in an off state after prescribed time elapsed.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein if the pointer retouches the display unit before the prescribed time elapsed, the controller is configured to control the display unit to maintain the off state without being turned off.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a camera,

wherein the controller is configured to control a camera button for activating the camera to be outputted in response to the touch input.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein if the camera button is selected, the controller is configured to control a preview image inputted via the camera and a shutter button for capturing a picture to be outputted.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein if the shutter button is selected, the controller is configured to control a captured picture to be outputted via the display unit for prescribed time.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein if the prescribed time elapses, the controller is configured to stop outputting the captured picture and control the preview image to be outputted again and wherein if the captured picture is selected before the prescribed time elapsed, the controller is configured to continuously output the captured picture although the prescribed time elapsed.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to control the captured picture to be displayed while a touch touched on the shutter button is maintained and wherein if the touch touched on the shutter button is released, the controller is configured to stop outputting the captured picture and control the preview image to be outputted again.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control a play button for playing a multimedia file to be outputted in response to the touch input.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to control the multimedia file to be played only when the play button is touched.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to control an object list for checking an event occurred in the mobile terminal to be outputted in response to the touch input.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein if an item is selected from the object list, the controller is configured to control detail information of an event corresponding to the selected item to be outputted.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a pointer moves back and forth on the display unit more than a prescribed count and a maximum moving distance of the pointer is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value, the controller is configured to determine it as the touch input is inputted.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a pointer repeats touch and release on a second region surrounding a first region while touching the first region of the display unit, the controller is configured to determine it as the touch input is inputted.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein if a third region surrounding the second region is not touched or a count of touching the third region is equal to or less than a predetermined reference value, the controller is configured to determine it as the touch input is inputted.

20. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising the steps of:

receiving a touch input rubbing a display unit; and

outputting a list of recently executed applications in response to the touch input,

wherein if the touch input is received in a state that the mobile terminal is laid horizontally, a first application list, which is executed in a landscape mode, is outputted and wherein if the touch input is received in a state that the mobile terminal is laid vertically, a second application list, which is executed in a landscape mode, is outputted.