Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10185492-B2
Application number	US-201615197916-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2016
Priority date	Sep 23, 2015
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same that may be used considering more convenience of users are disclosed. The mobile terminal comprises a wireless communication unit; a touch screen; and a controller controlling the touch screen to output at least a part of a first notification panel configured to output notification information based on a drag touch input applied to one area of the touch screen, wherein the controller outputs at least a part of a second notification panel different from the first notification panel based on a touch applied to one area of the first notification panel in a state that at least a part of the first notification panel has been output, and notification information of an application of which notification mode is set to a specific mode is displayed on the second notification panel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a wireless communication unit;
a touch screen configured to output notification information received through the wireless communication unit for an application; and
a controller that controls the output of the notification information based on a set notification mode for the application,
wherein at least a part of a first notification panel is output on the touch screen based on a first touch input applied to a prescribed area of the touch screen, and
at least a part of a second notification panel different from the first notification panel is output on the touch screen based on a second touch input applied to a prescribed area of the first notification panel in a state in which at least a part of the first notification panel has been output, and
wherein, when the notification mode for the application is set to a specific mode, the notification information of the application is controlled to be displayed on the second notification panel, and
wherein when the notification mode for the application is set to the specific mode, the notification information of the application is not displayed on the first notification panel and the second notification panel including the notification information of the application is displayed on the touch screen in response to the second touch input applied to the prescribed area of the first notification panel.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when the notification mode for the application is set to a normal mode, the notification information of the application is displayed on the first notification panel.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when the notification mode for the application is set to the specific mode, the notification information of the application is prevented from being displayed on the first notification panel.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the prescribed area of the touch screen is a status bar, and the prescribed area of the first notification panel is an area adjacent to one edge of the first notification panel.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 4 , wherein when the second touch input is a drag touch applied to the prescribed area of the first notification panel in a first direction, the controller controls to output the second notification panel to the touch screen based on the drag touch.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 5 , wherein when a touch is applied to the prescribed area of the first notification panel, the controller controls to output icons for at least one application that has the notification mode set to the specific mode in the prescribed area of the first notification panel, and
outputs the second notification panel including notification information of the application corresponding to one of the icons to the touch screen based on the drag touch, the drag touch starting from one of the icons and applied in the first direction.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 5 , wherein the first notification panel includes a specific area that displays notification information, and
when a drag touch is applied to the specific area in a second direction opposite the first direction, in a state in which notification information has been displayed in the specific area, the controller outputs the second notification panel to the touch screen.

8. The mobile terminal according to claim 7 , wherein one or more notification information is displayed in the specific area and configured to be scrollable in the specific area, and
the drag touch applied to the specific area causes the second notification panel to be output when the one or more notification information in the specific area is scrolled to show the last notification information.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 8 , wherein
when the drag touch is applied with a first distance in the second direction in a state in which the one or more notification information is scrolled to show the last notification information, the controller outputs a graphic image in the specific area, indicating that a scroll using the drag touch on the specific area is not allowed, to the specific area,
when the drag touch is applied with a second distance longer than the first distance, the controller displays icons for applications having the notification mode set to the specific mode on the graphic image, and
when the drag touch is applied with a third distance longer than the second distance, the controller outputs the second notification panel including notification information of an application set to the specific mode to the touch screen.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when a touch is applied to the prescribed area of the touch screen, a part of the first notification panel is displayed in the prescribed area of the touch screen,
when the applied touch is extended to include a predetermined pattern in a state in which the part of the first notification panel is displayed in the prescribed area of the touch screen, the part of the first notification panel displayed in the prescribed area of the touch screen is changed to a part of the second notification panel, and
when the applied touch is extended after the predetermined pattern to include the drag touch, the controller outputs the second notification panel to the touch screen.

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the controller outputs the second notification panel in place of the first notification panel when the first touch input is a drag input that starts from at least two points in the prescribed area of the touch screen.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to
group a plurality of applications having the notification mode set to the specific mode into at least two groups based on user input,
display graphic objects related to the at least two groups when a touch is applied to the prescribed area of the first notification panel in a state in which the at least the two groups are set, and
display the second notification panel displaying notification information grouped according to selection of one of the graphic objects.

13. The mobile terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the part of the first notification panel is displayed in the prescribed area of the touch screen when the first touch input is applied to the prescribed area of the touch screen, and
the controller changes the displayed part of the first notification panel into the graphic objects related to at least the two groups when a touch including a pattern is input to extend from the first touch input, and
the controller outputs the second notification panel displaying notification information of applications grouped according to selection of one of the graphic objects based on a drag touch that starts from one of the graphic objects.

14. The mobile terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the controller outputs a third notification panel displaying notification information of applications for another group in response to a drag touch applied to the second notification panel.

15. The mobile terminal according to claim 14 , wherein the drag touch for displaying the third notification panel is a drag touch that moves a notification information, the drag touch starting from a notification information displayed in the second notification panel and extending to one side of the second notification panel, and the controller displays the third notification panel including the dragged notification information when the drag touch is released at the third notification panel

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Cho Seonhwi
• Kim Donghoe
• Ju Wanho
• Na Sungchae

Classifications

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title