Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 8,224,389 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2008
• Issued: 07/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Chung, Jin Woo, Hwang, Ho Young, Choi, Hye Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): MITCHELL, NATHAN A
• Application Number:
  US12/134,921
• Publication Number:
  US 20090088217A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,502 Days
• Field of Search: 455/575.4, 455/566, 715/864
• US Class Current: 455/566
• 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 1/0235 Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0245 using open/close detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/18 including more than one keyboard unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A device, computer program product and method of controlling a display on a mobile terminal including a first body, a second body connected to the first body, the method including displaying a first display, including one of a still image, a slide show, or a moving image, on the touchscreen when the mobile terminal is closed; and automatically overlaying a text box on the first display when the mobile terminal is opened.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a first body;

a second body connected to the first body;

a first input unit including a touchscreen, the first input unit on an outer surface of the first body;

a second input unit on the second body, the first and second body configured to move relative to one another such that the second input unit is covered when the mobile terminal is closed, and the second input unit is exposed when the mobile terminal is open; and

a controller configured to

display a first display, including a first text field and a first keypad for entering data into the first text field, on the touchscreen when the mobile terminal is closed,

automatically replace the first display on the touchscreen with a second display on the touchscreen when the mobile terminal is opened, the second display including a second text field related to the first text field, and without the first keypad,

display a toggle switch as part of the second display, and

display a second keypad on the touchscreen when the toggle switch is touched, the second keypad different from the first keypad.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to automatically rotate a display orientation of the touchscreen by 90 degrees when automatically replacing the first display on the touchscreen with the second display.

3. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a first body;

a second body connected to the first body;

a first input unit including a touchscreen, the first input unit on an outer surface of the first body;

a second input unit on the second body and having a second keypad, the first and second body configured to move relative to one another such that the second input unit is covered when the mobile terminal is closed, and the second input unit is exposed when the mobile terminal is open; and

a controller configured to

display a first display, including one of a still image, a slide show, or a moving image, on the touchscreen when the mobile terminal is closed, and

automatically overlay a text box on the first display when the mobile terminal is opened, the text box configured to display text entered via the mobile terminal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein

the second input unit comprises a keypad, and

the controller is configured to

display text entered via the keypad in the text box, and

store the displayed text as a tag to the displayed one of a still image, a slide show, or a moving image.

5. A method of controlling a mobile terminal including a first body, a second body connected to the first body, a first input unit including a touchscreen, the first input unit on an outer surface of the first body, a second input unit on the second body, the first and second body configured to move relative to one another such that the second input unit is covered when the mobile terminal is closed, and the second input unit is exposed when the mobile terminal is open, the method comprising:

displaying a first display, including a first text field and a first keypad for entering data into the first text field, on the touchscreen when the mobile terminal is closed;

automatically replacing the first display on the touchscreen with a second display on the touchscreen when the mobile terminal is opened, the second display including a second text field related to the first text field, and without the first keypad;

displaying a toggle switch as part of the second display; and

displaying a second keypad on the touchscreen when the toggle switch is touched, the second keypad different from the first keypad.

6. The method of claim 5, the step of automatically replacing comprising:

automatically rotating a display orientation of the touchscreen by 90 degrees.

7. A method of controlling a display on a mobile terminal including a first body, a second body connected to the first body, a first input unit including a touchscreen, the first input unit on an outer surface of the first body, and a second input unit on the second body, the first and second body configured to move relative to one another such that the second input unit is covered when the mobile terminal is closed, and the second input unit is exposed when the mobile terminal is open, the method comprising:

displaying a first display, including one of a still image, a slide show, or a moving image, on the touchscreen when the mobile terminal is closed; and

automatically overlaying a text box on the first display when the mobile terminal is opened, the text box configured to display text entered via the mobile terminal.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second input unit comprises a keypad, the method further comprising:

displaying text entered via the keypad in the text box; and

storing the displayed text as a tag to the displayed one of a still image, a slide show, or a moving image.