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Granted Patent B2
US 10,146,354 · App. 14/600,935 · Granted Dec 4, 2018

Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

Inventors: Sangwon Kim (Seoul, KR); Jeongyun Heo (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,146,354
App. No.
14/600,935
Granted
Dec 4, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a touchscreen; a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to receive a touch input through the touchscreen in combination with a rotation of the mobile terminal detected through the motion sensor, and execute a specific function on the mobile terminal corresponding to the combination of the touch input and the rotation of the mobile terminal.

Claims (51)

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication;

a touchscreen;

a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of the mobile terminal; and

a controller configured to:

display a first screen on a first region of the touchscreen,

receive a rotation of the mobile terminal detected through the motion sensor and a first touch-drag input performed by the rotation of the mobile terminal through the touchscreen, simultaneously, and

newly display a second screen on a second region of the touchscreen while maintaining displaying the first screen on the first region in response to the rotation of the mobile terminal and the first touch-drag input, the second screen including information about an event that has occurred on the mobile terminal,

wherein the second region is an extended region of the touchscreen corresponding to a distance of the first touch-drag input in a first direction,

wherein the extended region abuts the first region if the distance of the first touch-drag input is less than a predetermined distance,

wherein the extended region becomes spaced out from the first region in the first direction if the distance of the first touch-drag input is greater than a predetermined distance, and

wherein the controller is further configured to maintain displaying the second screen on the extended region when a second touch-drag input in a second direction is applied to the touchscreen.

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

display a first indicator indicating the event on the first screen, wherein the first touch-drag input is started from the first indicator, and

display event related information corresponding to the first indicator on the extended first screen.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

sequentially display event related information for a plurality of events occurred on the mobile terminal in the extended first screen.

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

display information related to a subsequent event occurred on the mobile terminal having a same category of the event on second screen.

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

display a graphic representation indicating a presence or non-presence of an arrival at the predetermined distance as the first touch-drag input proceeds.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the graphical representation is displayed between the first screen and the second screen.

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

display a visual effect corresponding to the first touch-drag input.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive a third touch-drag input after the first touch-drag input is released, and

stop displaying the visual effect regarding a region of the third touch-drag input.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the mobile terminal is a wearable bangle having the touchscreen arranged along an outer circumference of the wearable bangle.

10. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a first screen on a first region of a touchscreen;

receiving a rotation of the mobile terminal detected through a motion sensor and a first touch-drag input performed by the rotation of the mobile terminal through the touchscreen, simultaneously; and

newly displaying a second screen on a second region of the touchscreen while maintaining displaying the first screen on the first region in response to the rotation of the mobile terminal and the first touch-drag input, the second screen including information about an event that has occurred on the mobile terminal,

wherein the second region is an extended region of the touchscreen corresponding to a distance of the first touch-drag input in a first direction,

wherein the extended region abuts the first region if the distance of the first touch-drag input is less than a predetermined distance,

wherein the extended region becomes spaced out from the first region in the first direction if the distance of the first touch-drag input is greater than a predetermined distance, and

wherein the method further comprises maintaining displaying the second screen on the extended region when a second touch-drag input in a second direction is applied to the touchscreen.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

displaying a first indicator indicating the event on the first screen, wherein the first touch-drag input is started from the first indicator; and

displaying event related information corresponding to the first indicator on the extended first screen.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display information related to a touch point of the first touch-drag input on the second screen.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the second region is extended from the first screen in the first direction of the first touch-drag input.

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

execute a specific function corresponding to a combination of the rotation of the mobile terminal and the first touch-drag input, and

display information related to the executed specific function on the second screen.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

displaying information related to a touch point of the first touch-drag input on the second screen.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the second region is extended from the first screen in the first direction of the first touch-drag input.

17. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

executing a specific function corresponding to a combination of the rotation of the mobile terminal and the first touch-drag input; and

displaying information related to the executed specific function on the second screen.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the extended region becomes activated in response to the rotation of the mobile terminal and the first touch-drag input.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2015
From: KIM, SANGWON; HEO, JEONGYUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 034900/0554 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0133291 · Oct 2, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160098137A1 · Apr 7, 2016