Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
- a main body;
a touch screen located in the main body;
a sensor that senses a tap on the touch screen, wherein the sensor comprises at least one of an acceleration sensor and a touch sensor; and
a controller configured to;
sense, via the sensor, one or more taps applied to the touch screen in a state where the mobile terminal is in a locked state and the touch screen is in an inactivated state, anddetermine whether an object that applies the one or more taps on the touch screen has conductivity in response to the one or more taps, execute one of different functions according to a type of the object,wherein when the object has no conductivity based on the determination, the controller executes a voice recognition function while the touch screen is in the inactivated state such that the mobile terminal is controlled by a voice input, andwherein when the object has conductivity based on the determination, the controller controls the touch screen to activate such that the mobile terminal is controlled by a touch input applied to the touch screen.
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Abstract
Provided is a mobile terminal including a main body of the terminal, a sensing unit that detects a tap on the main body, a controller that, if the tap corresponding to a predetermined condition is applied to the main body, controls at least one function that is executable on the terminal, in which the controller performs at least one control operation, based on a position to which the tap is applied.
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a main body; a touch screen located in the main body; a sensor that senses a tap on the touch screen, wherein the sensor comprises at least one of an acceleration sensor and a touch sensor; and a controller configured to; sense, via the sensor, one or more taps applied to the touch screen in a state where the mobile terminal is in a locked state and the touch screen is in an inactivated state, and determine whether an object that applies the one or more taps on the touch screen has conductivity in response to the one or more taps, execute one of different functions according to a type of the object, wherein when the object has no conductivity based on the determination, the controller executes a voice recognition function while the touch screen is in the inactivated state such that the mobile terminal is controlled by a voice input, and wherein when the object has conductivity based on the determination, the controller controls the touch screen to activate such that the mobile terminal is controlled by a touch input applied to the touch screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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sensing, via a sensor, one or more taps applied to a touch screen in a state where the mobile terminal is in a locked state and the touch screen is in an inactivated state; determining whether an object that applies the one or more taps on the touch screen has conductivity in response to the one or more taps; and executing one of different functions according to a type of the object, wherein when the object has no conductivity based on the determining, the method further comprises executing a voice recognition function while the touch screen is in the inactivated state such that the mobile terminal is controlled by a voice input, and wherein when the object has conductivity based on the determining, the method further comprises controlling the touch screen to activate such that the mobile terminal is controlled by a touch input applied to the touch screen.
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