Mobile terminal including display and method of operating the same
Provided are a mobile terminal for providing a function performable by the mobile terminal to a user by using information input to the mobile terminal by the user, and a method of operating the mobile terminal. The method includes receiving a touch input while a touch sensor of the mobile terminal is activated and a display; determining an operation of the mobile terminal corresponding to the received touch input; and executing the determined operation when the display is activated.
1. A method of operating a mobile terminal comprising a touch sensor and a display, the method comprising:
receiving a touch input in a state in which the touch sensor is activated and the display is deactivated, the touch input including at least two touches;
based on a temporal interval between the at least two touches being less than a predetermined time period:
performing character recognition to identify whether the received touch input is recognizable as at least one character;
based on the touch input received while the display is deactivated being recognized as the at least one character:
selecting an application corresponding to the touch input from among a plurality of possible applications that are pre-set in the mobile terminal, the selected application being related to the at least one character;
receiving a user input to activate the display, wherein the user input to activate the display is different than user input to enter a character, and the user input to activate the display is a user input of pressing a physical button to activate the display; and
based on receiving the user input to activate the display, executing the selected application corresponding to the touch input, and displaying a result of processing information indicated by the at least one character by using the selected application; and
based on the temporal interval between the at least two touches being greater than the predetermined time period, or the received touch input not being recognized as the at least one character, determining to not execute the application when the user input to activate the display is received.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the state in which the display is deactivated comprises:
a state in which an application processor (AP) of the mobile terminal is deactivated, wherein the executing of the selected application further comprises activating the AP to execute the selected application.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the executing of the selected application comprises, based on there being an application being executed by an application processor (AP) of the mobile terminal, controlling the selected application based on the touch input.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising obtaining an inclination about an inclination degree of the mobile terminal,
wherein an operation of the mobile terminal corresponding to the received touch input is determined based on the inclination degree and the received touch input.
5. A mobile terminal comprising:
a touch sensor;
a display;
a physical button; and
a controller configured to:
receive a touch input via the touch sensor in a state in which the touch sensor is activated and the display is deactivated, the touch input including at least two touches;
based on a temporal interval between the at least two touches being less than a predetermined time period: perform character recognition to identify whether the received touch input is recognizable as at least one character;
based on the touch input received while the display is deactivated being recognized as the at least one character: select an application corresponding to the touch input from among a plurality of possible applications that are pre-set in the mobile terminal, the selected application being related to the at least one character;
receive a user input to activate the display, wherein the user input to activate the display is different than user input to enter a character and the user input to activate the display is a user input of pressing the physical button to activate the display; and
based on receiving the user input to activate the display, execute the selected application corresponding to the touch input, and control the display to display a result of processing information indicated by the at least one character by using the selected application; and
based on the temporal interval between the at least two touches being greater than the predetermined time period, or the received touch input not being recognized as the at least one character, determine to not execute the selected application when the user input to activate the display is received.
6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the state in which the display is deactivated comprises:
a state in which an application processor (AP) of the mobile terminal is deactivated, wherein the controller is configured to activate the AP to execute the selected application corresponding to the received touch input as the display is activated.
7. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the controller comprises an application processor (AP), and based on there being an application being executed by the AP, the controller controls the selected application based on the received touch input.
8. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a tilt sensor for obtaining an inclination about an inclination degree of the mobile terminal, and
an operation of the mobile terminal corresponding to the received touch input is determined based on the inclination degree and the received touch input.
9. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 1 .