MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20170017390A1
• Filed: 06/13/2016
• Published: 01/19/2017
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 10,365,821 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 body comprising a front side and a rear side;

a display comprising 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

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.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein a size of the captured region corresponds to the at least one touch input.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

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

the captured region is defined between a position on the first region corresponding to the first touch input and a position on the first region 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 region and a position of the second touch input corresponds to a lower bound of the captured region.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one touch input comprises a drag input and a size of the captured region is defined by a length of the drag input.

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

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to capture the region when the size of the captured region 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 display to display a boundary indicator indicating a boundary of the region to be captured as the drag input is dragged in the second region.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display an indicator region overlapping the displayed content and corresponding to the captured region, 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 region and a height of the displayed indicator region in response to a pinch-in or pinch-out touch input to the second region.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein:

the display further comprises a third region extending from the first region opposite the second region, wherein the third region forms at least a portion of a second edge of the mobile terminal and the second edge is between the front side and the rear side; and

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

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 display 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 second region;

cause the memory to store the captured region in response to the second touch input to the second region 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. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to capture the region in response to the at least one touch input based on a type of application being executed on the mobile terminal.

17. A method of controlling a mobile terminal comprising a front side and a rear side, the method comprising:

displaying content on a first region of a display of the mobile terminal wherein the content is not displayed on a second region of the display, the first region disposed on the front side and the second region extending from the first region, wherein the second region forms at least a portion of an edge of the mobile terminal and the edge is between the front side and the rear side; and

capturing a region of the displayed content in response to at least one touch input at the second region.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein 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 region and a position of the second touch input corresponds to a lower bound of the captured region.

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

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