Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 10,824,334 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2019
• Issued: 11/03/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Leem, Chaesung, Ko, Eulina, Kim, Hosoo
• Primary Examiner(s): Ferguson, Keith
• Application Number:
  US16/407,904
• Publication Number:
  US 20190272095A1
• Time in Patent Office: 544 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• 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: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/16 Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication; a touchscreen configured to display information and sense a touch input; and a controller configured to display an object between a first region and a second region of the touchscreen, adjust sizes of the first and second regions based on a shifting of the object, display an input window at the first region, display a virtual keypad at a bottom part of the touchscreen in response to the input window being selected, and display the first region above the virtual keypad.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication;

a touchscreen configured to display information and sense a touch input; and

a controller configured to;

display a first region, a second region and a boundary bar between the first region and the second region on the touchscreen while a screen partitioning function is executing,

display an input window at the first region, and

display a virtual keypad at a bottom part of the touchscreen and the first region above the virtual keypad in response to the input window being selected,

wherein the boundary bar includes at least one of user selectable icons related to the screen partitioning function,

wherein the virtual keypad covers at least a portion of the second region in response to the input window being selected, if the first region is placed at a top part of the touchscreen and the second region is placed at the bottom part of the touchscreen before the input window is selected,

wherein the controller is configured to move the first region above the virtual keypad in response to the input window being selected, if the first region is placed at the bottom part of the touchscreen, and the second region is placed at the top part of the touchscreen before the input window is selected, and

wherein the virtual keypad is placed across the first and second regions in response to the input window being selected, if the first region and the second region are placed side by side in a horizontal direction on the touchscreen before the input window is selected.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display a sign to recognize that the selected input window is not located at the second region but is located at the first region when displaying the virtual keypad.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the sign includes shading at the second region.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to shift the input window to the top part of the touchscreen if the input window is placed at the bottom part of the touchscreen when displaying the virtual keypad.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to shift a message most recently transceived to a top of the input window if the input window is a message input window.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to partition the touchscreen into the first and second regions in response to a drag input.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the first region and the second region are partitioned at the end of the drag input.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display an output image, which has been output before the touchscreen is partitioned into the first and second regions, on one of the first and second regions, and

display an application list on the other of the first and second regions.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the application list comprises at least one of a list of most recently activated applications, a list of applications currently running in background state and a list of frequently-used applications.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust sizes of the first and second regions based on a shifting of the boundary bar.

11. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication;

a touchscreen configured to display information and sense a touch input; and

a controller configured to;

execute a screen partitioning function in response to a drag input,

display a first region, a second region and a boundary bar between the first region and the second region on the touchscreen while the screen partitioning function is executing,

display an input window at the first region, and

display a virtual keypad at a bottom part of the touchscreen and the first region above the virtual keypad in response to the input window being selected,

wherein the virtual keypad covers at least a portion of the second region in response to the input window being selected, if the first region is placed at a top part of the touchscreen and the second region is placed at the bottom part of the touchscreen before the input window is selected, and

wherein the first region moves above the virtual keypad and at least a portion of the second region disappears on the touch screen in response to the input window being selected, if the first region is placed at the bottom part of the touchscreen, and the second region is placed at the top part of the touchscreen before the input window is selected.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to display a sign to recognize that the selected input window is not located at the second region but is located at the first region when displaying the virtual keypad.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the sign includes shading at the second region.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to shift the input window to the top part of the touchscreen if the input window is placed at the bottom part of the touchscreen when displaying the virtual keypad.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to shift a message most recently transceived to a top of the input window if the input window is a message input window.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the first region and the second region are partitioned at the end of the drag input.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display an output image, which has been output before the touchscreen is partitioned into the first and second regions, on one of the first and second regions, and

display an application list on the other of the first and second regions.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the application list comprises at least one of a list of most recently activated applications, a list of applications currently running in a background state and a list of frequently-used applications.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust sizes of the first and second regions based on a shifting of the boundary bar.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the boundary bar includes at least one of user selectable icons related to the screen partitioning function.