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Mobile terminal

  • US 9,578,155 B2
  • Filed: 01/11/2013
  • Issued: 02/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

  • a terminal body having a front surface and a rear surface;

    a touch screen disposed at the front surface, the touch screen being configured to display visual information; and

    an input unit provided at the terminal body, the input unit including;

    a button member exposed to an outside of the terminal body;

    a first sensing unit configured to sense a push input applied to the button member, the first sensing unit being disposed to overlap the button member; and

    a second sensing unit configured to sense a touch input applied to the button member for unlocking the mobile terminal, the second sensing unit being disposed to overlap the button member between the button member and the first sensing unit,wherein the second sensing unit senses the touch input in response to a touch applied to the button member,wherein, when the touch screen is in a deactivated state, the second sensing unit does not sense the touch input,wherein, when the touch screen is in the deactivated state, both the touch screen and the second sensing unit are activated in response to the push input sensed by the first sensing unit,wherein a locked state of the mobile terminal is converted to an unlocked state in response to the touch input sensed by the second sensing unit, andwherein, in response to the push input sensed by the first sensing unit, a home screen is displayed on the touch screen in the unlocked state, the home screen including at least one icon or widget.

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