Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 9,405,455 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2014
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ko, Eulina, Leem, Chaesung, Kim, Hosoo
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Duc M
• Application Number:
  US14/168,870
• Publication Number:
  US 20140213318A1
• Time in Patent Office: 915 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 455/414.1, 455/416
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• 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: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/16 Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use
• 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: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication; a touchscreen configured to display information; and a controller that partitions the touchscreen into a first region and second region, displays a chat window for displaying chatting contents included in a chatting session with at least one counterpart terminal in the first region, displays data different than the chat window in the second region, receives a touch input applied to a first point inside the second region and a second point inside the first region, and transmits data in the second region to the at least one counterpart terminal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a camera;

a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication;

a touchscreen configured to display information; and

a controller configured to;

partition the touchscreen into a first region and second region,

display a chat window for displaying chatting contents included in a chatting session with at least one counterpart terminal in the first region,

display a preview image received via the camera in the second region, and

control the camera to automatically take a picture and transmit the picture to the counterpart terminal communicating by the chat window when a drag input dragging a pointer from one of the first and second regions to the other one of the first and second regions is received.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to partition the first and second regions via a display agent bar.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to change sizes of the first and second regions based on a shifting of the display agent bar.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display an output image, which has been output before the touchscreen is partitioned into the first and second regions, on one of the first and second regions and display an application list on the other of the first and second regions.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the application list comprises at least one of a list of most recently activated applications, a list of applications currently running in background state and a list of frequently-used applications.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to partition the touchscreen into the first and second regions in response to an occurrence of an event in the mobile terminal.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the event comprises at least one of a reception of a text message, a reception of an instant message, a reception of an email and a reception of a call signal.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the chat window displayed in the first region is a group chat window for a group chat with a plurality of group members including the at least one counterpart terminal, and

wherein the controller is further configured to:

display another chat window with another counterpart terminal, and

transmit a message from the other counterpart terminal to a group member specified by the first point.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the chat window displayed in the first region is a group chat window for a plurality of group members including the at least one counterpart terminal, the controller is further configured to transmit the data only to a specified group member specified by the first point.

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

displaying, via a touchscreen of the mobile terminal, information;

partitioning, via a controller of the mobile terminal, the touchscreen into a first region and second region;

displaying, via the touchscreen, a chat window for displaying chatting contents included in a chatting session with at least one counterpart terminal in the first region;

displaying, via the touchscreen, a preview image received via a camera in the second region; and

automatically taking a picture via the camera and transmitting, via a wireless communication unit, the picture to the counterpart terminal communication by the chat window when a drag input dragging a pointer from one of the first and second regions to the other one of the first and second regions is received.