Device for controlling mobile terminal and method of controlling the mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10078365-B2
Application number	US-201314782566-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2013
Priority date	Apr 19, 2013
Publication date	Sep 18, 2018
Grant date	Sep 18, 2018

Abstract

Disclosed is a device for controlling a mobile terminal, including a touch sensor that detects a touch input with respect to a specific region of a touch screen, and a controller that determines whether the touch input continues to be received for reference time for which a state in which the mobile terminal is gripped by a user is recognized and that, when the touch input continues to be received for the reference time, blocks touch information corresponding to the touch input.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for controlling a mobile terminal, the device comprising:
a display that displays an image;
a touch sensor that detects a touch input with respect to a bezel region of a touch screen of the display; and
a controller that:
determines whether the touch input is received for reference time for which a state in which the mobile terminal is gripped by a user is recognized;
outputs touch information corresponding to the touch input when the touch input is received for less than the reference time; and
blocks touch information corresponding to the touch input based on a maximum width and a minimum width of a touch region corresponding to the touch input when the touch input is received for at least the reference time, wherein the touch information is blocked when a difference between the maximum width and the minimum width is equal to or greater than a pre-set reference value, and

wherein the controller comprises:
a processor that generates a control signal for blocking the touch information; and
a switch that blocks the touch information based on the control signal.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the controller detects an amount of change in coordinates corresponding to the touch input with respect to the bezel region and blocks the touch information corresponding to the touch input, based on the detected amount of change.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein when the detected amount of change is equal to or less than a reference amount of change for the reference time, the controller blocks the touch information corresponding to the touch input.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein when the detected amount of change is equal to or less than the reference amount of change for the reference time and a touch area corresponding to the touch input is equal to or more than a reference area, the controller blocks the touch information corresponding to the touch input.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the controller pre-sets a grip pattern with respect to the touch screen and blocks the touch information corresponding to the touch input when the touch input is same as or similar to the pre-set grip pattern.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the controller sets a touched-on region of the touch screen as the grip pattern in a grip pattern setting mode selected by a user input.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the grip pattern includes a touched-on single region of a first bezel region of the touch screen and touched-on multi-regions of a second bezel of the touch screen, and the first bezel region and the second bezel region are formed in a position on the touch screen, in which the first bezel region and the second bezel region face each other.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the controller pre-sets a grip pattern with first and second touch screens and blocks the touch information corresponding to the touch input when the touch input is same as or similar to the pre-set grip pattern.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein any one of the first and second touch screens is a touch screen that is applied to a flexible display.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the controller pre-sets touch information on a touched-on first single region of a bezel region of the first touch screen and touch information on a touched-on second single region of a bezel region of the second touch screen as the grip pattern.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the controller blocks the touch information corresponding to the touch input when the touch input is received for at least the reference time and when an amount of change in coordinates corresponding to the touch input is equal to or less than a reference amount of change.

12. A device of claim 1 , wherein:
the touch screen is a touch screen that extends from a front side of the mobile terminal to a lateral side of the mobile terminal; and
the controller blocks the touch information corresponding to the touch input when the touch input with respect to at least one or more regions among a first bezel region located at a left side of the front side, a second bezel region located at a right side of the front side, a third bezel region located at a left lateral side of the mobile terminal, and a fourth bezel located at a right lateral side of the mobile terminal is received for at least the reference time and when an amount of change in coordinates corresponding to the touch input is equal to or less than a reference amount of change.

13. The device of claim 1 , wherein the controller blocks the touch information corresponding to the touch input when the maximum width is equal to or greater than a value that corresponds to the minimum width multiplied by a pre-set number.

14. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
displaying an image on a display;
detecting, by a controller, a touch input with respect to a bezel region of a touch screen of the display;
determining, by the controller, whether the touch input is received for reference time for which a state in which the mobile terminal is gripped by a user is recognized;
outputting, by the controller, touch information corresponding to the touch input when the touch input is received for less than the reference time; and
blocking, by the controller, touch information corresponding to the touch input based on a maximum width and a minimum width of a touch region corresponding to the touch input when the touch input is received for at least the reference time, wherein the touch information is blocked when a difference between the maximum width and the minimum width is equal to or greater than a pre-set reference value, and
wherein blocking the touch information comprises:
generating, by a processor of the controller, a control signal for blocking the touch information; and
blocking, by a switch of the controller, the touch information based on the control signal.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
detecting an amount of change in coordinates corresponding to the touch input with respect to the bezel region of the touch screen; and
blocking the touch information corresponding to the touch input when the touch input continues is received for at least the reference time and when the detected amount of change is equal to or less than a reference amount of change.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the touch screen is a touch screen that extends from a front side of the mobile terminal to a lateral side of the mobile terminal, the method further comprising:
blocking the touch information corresponding to the touch input when the touch input with respect to at least one or more regions among a first bezel region located at a left side of the front side of the mobile terminal, a second bezel region located at a right side of the front side, a third bezel region located at a left lateral side of the mobile terminal, and a fourth bezel located at a right lateral side of the mobile terminal is received for at least the reference time and when an amount of change in coordinates corresponding to the touch input is equal to or less than a reference amount of change.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Byoungeul
• Ahn Yehan
• Lim Yeongkyu
• Woo Sungho

Classifications

• G06F3/0416 Primary

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• G06F3/01 Primary

  Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer (G06F3/16 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/0412

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title