Mobile terminal and control method thereof
A mobile terminal includes a terminal body having a front surface, a side surface, and a rear surface, a touch screen disposed on the front surface and extending from the front surface to the side surface and the rear surface, and a controller performing controlling differently in relation to a graphic object output on a first region of the touch screen disposed on the front surface according to different types of touches applied to the graphic object.
1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a terminal body having a front side, a lateral side, and a rear side;
a touch screen located at the front side and extending from the front side along the lateral side and further extended to be located at the rear side; and
a controller configured to:
cause the touch screen to display a graphic object on a first region of the touch screen, wherein the first region is located at the front side of the touch screen;
perform a first function when a first type of touch is received at the graphic object, wherein the first function is associated with the graphic object;
perform a second function when a second type of touch is received at the graphic object, wherein the second function displays information related to the graphic object on a second region of the touch screen, wherein the second region is located at the rear side of the touch screen;
generate a thumbnail image of the graphic object and cause the touch screen to display the thumbnail image and a guide image on the first region in response to the second type of touch received via the first region, wherein the guide image is for setting a disposition position of the thumbnail image to be displayed on the second region;
designate the disposition position of the thumbnail image according to a position where the thumbnail image is moved on the guide image; and
cause the touch screen to display the thumbnail image at the designated disposition position on the second region.
2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
determine whether the touch screen is in a first state in which the first region faces a user or in a second state in which the second region faces the user; and
cause the touch screen to display the information related to the graphic object on the second region when the touch screen is in the second state.
3. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein:
the graphic object comprises an icon of a specific application; and
the controller is further configured to deactivate a notification information output function regarding an event that occurs in the specific application in response to the second type of touch received at the graphic object.
4. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to activate the deactivated notification information output function in response to the second type of touch received at the information related to the graphic object displayed on the second region.
5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the graphic object comprises a web page corresponding to a specific Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address; and
the controller is further configured to generate a thumbnail image of the web page and cause the touch screen to display the thumbnail image corresponding to the web page on the second region in response to the second type of touch received via the first region on which the web page is displayed.
6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein:
the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to further display a guide image on the first region in response to the second type of touch received via the first region on which the web page is displayed, wherein the guide image is for setting a disposition position of the thumbnail image corresponding to the web page; and
the disposition position of the thumbnail image is specified in the second region based on a touch direction of a drag touch continued from the second type of touch applied to the first region on which the web page is displayed.
7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
cause the touch screen to display the thumbnail image corresponding to the web page at the disposition position determined based on the drag touch in the second region when the second region is positioned to face the user after the information related to the graphic object is displayed on the second region; and
access the specific URL address to cause the touch screen to display the web page again on the second region when the first type of touch is received at the thumbnail image displayed on the second region.
8. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to display the thumbnail image corresponding to the web page on the first region and process a function corresponding to screen information displayed on the first region and at least a portion of information of a web page corresponding to the thumbnail image corresponding to the web page in an associated manner when a preset type of touch is received at a region in which the thumbnail image corresponding to the web page is located on the second region in a state in which the first region is positioned to face the user.
9. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to display the web page corresponding to the specific URL address on the first region when the second type of touch is received at the thumbnail image corresponding to the web page displayed on the second region.
10. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the guide image comprises a plurality of thumbnail images.
11. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of thumbnail images are displayed on the second region along with the thumbnail image displayed at the designated disposition position on the second region.