Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10409476-B2
Application number	US-201615376990-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2016
Priority date	Aug 12, 2016
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication processor configured to provide wireless communication; a display; and a controller configured to display a third task screen corresponding to an application on the display, wherein at least a second task screen and a first task screen are previously displayed on the display, in response to a touch input applied to a back key on the mobile terminal that is equal to or lower than a reference pressure while the third task screen is displayed, display the second task screen on the display, and in response to the touch input applied to the back key on the mobile terminal that exceeds the reference pressure while the third task screen is displayed, jump from the third task screen to the previously displayed first task screen such that the first task screen is displayed on the display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a wireless communication processor configured to provide wireless communication;
a display; and
a hardware processor configured to:
display a third task screen corresponding to a first application on the display, wherein at least a second task screen and a first task screen are previously displayed on the display, the third task screen is linked with the previously displayed second task screen and the second task screen is linked with the previously displayed the first task screen,
in response to a touch input applied to a back key on the mobile terminal that is equal to or lower than a reference pressure while the third task screen is displayed, display the second task screen on the display,
in response to the touch input applied to the back key on the mobile terminal that exceeds the reference pressure while the third task screen is displayed, jump from the third task screen to the previously displayed first task screen such that the first task screen is displayed on the display,
wherein, in response to a touch input applied to the back key on the mobile terminal that is equal to or lower than the reference pressure while the first task screen is displayed on the display, display a home screen on the display, and
wherein, in response to the touch input applied to the back key on the mobile terminal that exceeds the reference pressure while the first task screen is displayed on the display, jump back to a previously displayed fourth task screen corresponding to a second application which has been used before the first application.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:
display the first task screen at a released time point of the touch input, and
display a notification icon on one area of the first task screen to notify that the hardware processor has jumped from the third task screen to the first task screen.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:
update information displayed on the first task screen while the third task screen is displayed on the display, and
display the first task screen including the updated information in response to the touch input exceeding the reference pressure being applied to the back key.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to display at least part of information input on the third task screen on one area of the first task screen while jumping from the third task screen to the first task screen, in response to the touch input exceeding the reference pressure being applied to the back key.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to display a screen notifying an initial search result with respect to at least a specific keyword while the touch input exceeding the reference pressure is applied to the back key, when the third task screen is associated with a search result for the specific keyword.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:
repeat jumping to another task screen corresponding to a task executed before the first task screen, while the touch input exceeding the reference pressure applied to the back key is maintained, and
differently adjust a screen jumping speed based on at least one touch attribute of the touch input applied to the back key.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to display a brake signal at each predetermined section while jumping to the first and other task screens, in response to the touch input exceeding the reference pressure being applied to the back key, and
wherein the predetermined section corresponds to a specific execution step of an application or website.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to selectably display images corresponding to each execution step of previous tasks associated with the third or first task screen, in response to another touch being applied to the display while the touch input exceeding the reference pressure applied to the back key is maintained.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to jump from a recent execution step of each application into an execution initial step, in response to the touch input exceeding the reference pressure being applied to the back key while a screen viewing currently-executed applications is displayed as the third task screen.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to display, as the first task screen, the home screen recovered to a state before setting information is changed, in response to the touch input exceeding the reference pressure being applied to the back key after the change in the setting information regarding the third task screen.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:
display a list of task items executed for a preset time on one area of the home screen when the home screen is displayed as the third task screen at a time point that the touch input exceeding the reference pressure is applied to the back key, and
execute an application associated with a selected at least one task item and recover the application to a state before the task when the at least one task item is selected from the list.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the third task screen includes a plurality of input information, and
wherein the hardware processor is further configured to, when the plurality of input information are provided on a plurality of different input areas or have different attributes, delete the plurality of input information in reverse order of input, while the touch input exceeding the reference pressure applied to the back key is maintained.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first task screen corresponds to an original screen without at least one setting value set for the third task screen.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the application includes at least the previously displayed first and second task screens, and
wherein the first task screen corresponds to a first level screen of the application, the second task screen corresponds to a second level screen deeper than the first level screen, and the third task screen corresponds to a third level screen deeper than the second level screen.

15. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
displaying a third task screen corresponding to an application on a display of the mobile terminal, wherein at least a second task screen and a first task screen are previously displayed on the display, wherein the third task screen is linked with the previously displayed second task screen and the second task screen is linked with the previously displayed the first task screen;
in response to a touch input applied to a back key on the mobile terminal that is equal to or lower than a reference pressure while the third task screen is displayed, displaying, via a hardware processor of the mobile terminal, the second task screen on the display; and
in response to the touch input applied to the back key on the mobile terminal that exceeds the reference pressure while the third task screen is displayed, jumping, via the hardware processor, from the third task screen to the previously displayed first task screen such that the first task screen is displayed on the display,
wherein the jumping further comprises:
in respon

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Choi Yoojin
• Choi Eunkyung
• Shin Wook

Classifications

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

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

• G06F3/0488 Primary

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

• G06F3/0414

  using force sensing means to determine a position · CPC title