Mobile terminal and control method for the mobile terminal

• US 10,365,821 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2016
• Issued: 07/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Daemyeong
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Pablo N
• Application Number:
  US15/181,335
• Publication Number:
  US 20170017390A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,142 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041661 using detection at multiple resolutions, e.g. coarse and fine scanning; using detection within a limited area, e.g. object tracking window
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Disclosed is a mobile terminal, having a body which includes a front side and a rear side; a display including a first region disposed on the front side and a second region extending from the first region, wherein the second region forms at least a portion of a first edge of the mobile terminal and the first edge is between the front side and the rear side; a touch sensor; and a controller configured to cause the display to display content on the first region wherein the content is not displayed on the second region, and to capture a region of the displayed content in response to receiving at least one touch input at the second region detected by the touch sensor.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a touch screen comprising a front surface and curved surface extending from the front surface, and

a controller configured to;

cause the touch screen to display content on the touch screen;

receive at least one touch input to the curved surface of the touch screen while the content is displayed on the touch screen;

capture an entire region of information displayed at the front surface of the touch screen when the at least one touch input to the curved surface corresponds to a predetermined touch input.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the predetermined touch input comprises a touch input to the curved surface maintained for a threshold length of time.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the controller is further configured to capture a portion of the displayed content when the at least one touch input does not correspond to the predetermined touch input;

a position of the captured portion corresponds to a position of the at least one touch input to the curved surface;

the at least one touch input comprises a first touch input and a second touch input; and

the captured portion is defined between a position on the front surface corresponding to the first touch input and a position on the front surface corresponding to the second touch input.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein a position of the first touch input corresponds to an upper bound of the captured portion and a position of the second touch input corresponds to a lower bound of the captured portion.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the at least one touch input comprises a drag input and a size of the captured portion is defined by a length of the drag input.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, further comprising a memory, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the memory to store information associated with the captured portion.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to capture the portion when the size of the captured portion is changed to be smaller than a threshold size in response to the drag input.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to display a boundary indicator indicating a boundary of the portion to be captured as the drag input is dragged at the curved surface.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to display an indicator region overlapping the displayed content and corresponding to the captured portion, wherein the indicator region is transparently displayed such that the overlapped content is visible.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to cease display of the indicator region in response to a touch input outside of the displayed indicator region.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to change a height of the captured portion and a height of the displayed indicator region in response to a pinch-in or pinch-out touch input to the curved surface.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein:

the touch screen further comprises another curved surface extending from the front surface opposite the curved surface, wherein the another curved surface forms at least a portion of an edge of the mobile terminal; and

the controller is further configured to change a width of the captured portion and a width of the displayed indicator region in response to a pinch-in or pinch-out touch input to the another curved surface.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a memory, wherein the content comprises text information and the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to display a graphic user interface (GUI) screen comprising a plurality of options for storing the captured region, the plurality of options comprising storing the captured region as an image file or a text file.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1 further comprising a memory, wherein the controller is further configured to:

cause the memory to store information associated with the captured region;

identify an application configured to perform a specific function using the stored information; and

cause the display to display an icon associated with the identified application.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a memory, wherein:

the at least one touch input comprises a first touch input and a consecutive second touch input; and

the controller is further configured to;

activate a capture mode in response to the first touch input to the curved surface;

cause the memory to store the captured region in response to the second touch input to the curved surface while the first touch input is maintained; and

deactivate the capture mode when the first touch input is released prior to the second touch input.

16. A method of controlling a mobile terminal comprising a touch screen having a front surface and curved surface extending from the front surface, the method comprising:

displaying content via the touch screen;

receiving at least one touch input to the curved surface of the touch screen while the content is displayed on the touch screen; and

capturing an entire region of information displayed at the front surface of the touch screen when the at least one touch input to the curved surface corresponds to a predetermined touch input.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein:

a portion of the displayed content is captured when the at least one touch input does not correspond to the predetermined touch input;

a position of the captured portion corresponds to a position of the at least one touch input to the curved surface;

the at least one touch input comprises a first touch input and a second touch input; and

a position of the first touch input corresponds to an upper bound of the captured portion and a position of the second touch input corresponds to a lower bound of the captured portion.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the at least one touch input comprises a drag input and a size of the captured portion is defined by a length of the drag input.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising displaying an indicator region overlapping the displayed content and corresponding to the captured portion, wherein the indicator region is transparently displayed such that the overlapped content is visible.