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Mobile terminal and operation method therefor

  • US 9,411,449 B2
  • Filed: 01/09/2013
  • Issued: 08/09/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:

  • a housing comprised of a top side, a bottom side opposite the top side, and side edges that extend from said bottom side to said top side;

    a first touch operation section provided on a first surface of the top side of said housing and on which a first touch operation is performed with a thumb of a first hand of a user to define a first trace;

    a second touch operation section provided on a second surface opposite to the first surface of said housing and on which a second touch operation is performed with an index finger of the first hand of the user to define a second trace, the second surface being on the bottom side of said housing; and

    a controller that executes an action corresponding to an input defined by the touch operations performed by at least one of i) the thumb of the first hand of the user on said first operation section and ii) the index finger of the first hand of the user on the second touch operation section, wherein,when the controller detects the first trace on the first touch operation section, the controller determines whether the second trace has been simultaneously performed on second touch operation section, and i) when the controller determines the second trace has not been simultaneously performed on second touch operation section, the controller performs a first action corresponding to the first trace, and ii) when the controller determines that the first and second touch operations are simultaneously performed on said first touch operation section and said second touch operation section by the thumb of the first hand of the user on said first touch operation section and by the index finger of the first hand of the user on the second touch operation section, said controller a) determines an action, from a set of actions, that corresponds to a combination of the first and second traces defined by the first and second touch operations, and then b) executes the determined action corresponding to the combination of the first and second traces formed defined by the first and second touch operations.

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