TERMINAL INCLUDING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD OF NOTIFYING SELECTION OF ITEM USING THE TERMINAL, AND METHOD OF NOTIFYING OCCURRENCE OF EVENT USING THE TERMINAL

• US 20080036575A1
• Filed: 04/23/2007
• Published: 02/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Hyun Ho, Kim, Huhn, Oh, Young Suk
• Granted Patent: US 8,106,786 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/332
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0235 Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/22 Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/048 Arrangements providing optical indication of the incoming call, e.g. flasher circuits

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method of notifying the selection of an item using a plurality of light emitting devices provided in a terminal, including: selecting an item of at least one item displayed on a display included in the terminal, and notifying the selection of the item using the plurality of light emitting devices. Disclosed herein is also a method of notifying the occurrence of an event using a plurality of light emitting devices provided in a terminal, including: notifying the occurrence of the event using the light emitting devices according to the detection of the occurrence of the event.

Claims

1. A method of notifying the selection of an item using a plurality of light emitting devices provided in a terminal, the method comprising:

displaying at least one item on a display unit included in the terminal;

selecting an item of the displayed at least one item; and

notifying the selection of the item using a light emitting device indicating the selected item among the plurality of light emitting devices,

wherein the light emitting devices are provided outside the display unit.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the notifying comprises notifying the selection of the item by repeatedly turning on/off the light emitting device indicating the selected item.

3. A method of notifying the occurrence of an event using a plurality of light emitting devices provided in a terminal, the method comprising:

detecting the occurrence of the event; and

notifying the occurrence of the event using a light emitting device allocated to the occurred event among the plurality of light emitting devices according to the detection of the occurrence of the event,

wherein the light emitting devices are provided outside a display unit included in the terminal.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

displaying the occurred event on the display unit according to the detection of the occurrence of the event.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the event occurs by activating any one of at least one function provided by the terminal.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the notifying comprises notifying the occurrence of the event by repeatedly turning on/off the light emitting device allocated to the occurred event.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the notifying comprises notifying that the occurred event is in progress by sequentially turning on a plurality of light emitting devices allocated to the occurred event, when the occurred event is in progress.

8. A terminal including a light emitting device comprising:

a display unit configured to display at least one item;

an input unit configured to receive a selection signal of an item among the displayed at least one item;

a plurality of light emitting devices provided outside the display unit; and

a control unit configured to control the operation of a light emitting device indicating the selected item among the plurality of light emitting devices in order to notify the selection of the item according to the selection signal.

9. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the input unit is a touch panel provided at the same position as the plurality of light emitting devices.

10. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the control unit controls the light emitting device indicating the selected item to be repeatedly turned on/off.

11. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the light emitting device is a light emitting diode.

12. A terminal including a light emitting device comprising:

a display unit;

a plurality of light emitting devices provided outside the display unit; and

a control unit configured to control the operation of a light emitting device allocated to an occurred event among the plurality of light emitting devices in order to notify the occurrence of the event, according to the detection of the occurrence of the event.

13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the control unit outputs a control signal for displaying the occurred event to the display unit according to the detection of the occurrence of the event.

14. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the event occurs by activating any one of at least one function provided by the terminal.

15. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the control unit controls the light emitting device allocated to the occurred even to be repeatedly turned on/off.

16. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the control unit controls a plurality of light emitting devices allocated to the occurred event to be sequentially turned on, when the occurred event is in progress.

17. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the light emitting device is a light emitting diode.