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Mobile terminal

  • US 9,916,078 B2
  • Filed: 05/15/2015
  • Issued: 03/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:

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

    a touch screen disposed at the front surface;

    a rear input unit disposed at the rear surface, the rear input unit including a button and a fingerprint sensor mounted on a surface of the button; and

    a controller configured to;

    activate the touch screen in response to an input being applied to the button, wherein the input is applied to the button in a state where the touch screen is deactivated and the mobile terminal is in a locked state,display a lock screen on the activated touch screen, andrelease the locked state of the mobile terminal and switch the lock screen to a home screen in response to a fingerprint recognized through the fingerprint sensor corresponding to a preset fingerprint,wherein the rear input unit is operated as a home key performing a control command for returning to a home screen page in an unlocked state,wherein the touch screen occupies most of the front surface,wherein the rear input unit is overlapped with the touch screen in a thickness direction of the terminal body, andwherein the rear surface is formed to be planar, and a portion of the lateral surface is curved to be connected to the rear surface.

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