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Mobile terminal and method for operating the mobile terminal

  • US 8,935,637 B2
  • Filed: 06/07/2011
  • Issued: 01/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

  • sensing, by a touch sensor of the mobile terminal, touch of the mobile terminal in a sleep mode;

    changing a mode of the mobile terminal from the sleep mode to an active mode when a first threshold time elapses after the mobile terminal has been gripped by a user touching the mobile terminal that is in the sleep mode, a motion sensor of the mobile terminal being activated;

    sensing, by the activated motion sensor, movement of the gripped mobile terminal;

    determining that a current mode is a first mode and changing the mode of the mobile terminal from the first mode to a second mode according to the first mode and the sensed movement when the sensed movement corresponds to a specific type of movement stored in a memory of the mobile terminal; and

    deactivating the motion sensor when the mobile terminal has been ungripped,wherein the specific type of movement of the mobile terminal, resulting in the change of the mode from the first mode to the second mode, is pre-set by;

    receiving a first input for selecting the first mode;

    receiving a second input for selecting the second mode;

    detecting the specific type of movement of the mobile terminal to be associated with the selected first mode and second mode, the specific type of movement generated by actual movement of the mobile terminal and sensed by the motion sensor; and

    storing, in the memory, the specific type of movement of the mobile terminal associated with the mode change from the first mode to the second mode such that the mode change is performed in response to a movement corresponding to the specific type of movement.

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