Mobile terminal and control method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10452156-B2
Application number	US-201615764455-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2016
Priority date	Sep 30, 2015
Publication date	Oct 22, 2019
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and control method therefor. More specifically, the present invention relates to a mobile terminal for displaying various pieces of content according to the extension of the width of a flexible display, and a control method thereof. To this or another end, provided is a mobile terminal, according to one aspect of the present invention, comprising: a flexible display unit; a sensing unit for sensing an input signal and an extension length of the flexible display unit; and a control unit, wherein the control unit displays, on the flexible display unit, first content including first time information and displays, on the flexible display unit, second content including second time information if the flexible display unit is extended to a first preset length, wherein the first content and the second content are execution screens provided during an execution of the same application, and the first time information and the second time information are different from each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a flexible display unit;
a sensing unit sensing an extension length of the flexible display unit and an input signal; and
a controller configured to:
display a first content including a first time information on the flexible display unit, and
if the flexible display unit is extended by a first preset length, display a second content including a second time information on the flexible display unit,
wherein the first content and the second content comprise running screens provided in the course of running a same application, and
wherein the first time information and the second time information are different from each other.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to display the first content in a state that the flexible display unit is extended by a unit length.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the second time information corresponds to a time information of hierarchy higher than that of the first time information.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein if the flexible display unit is extended in the unit-length extended state, the controller is configured to display an additional content related to the first content on a region corresponding to the first length.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein if the flexible display unit is extended by a second preset length, the controller is further configured to display a third content including a third time information on the flexible display unit, wherein the first to third contents comprise running screens provided in the course of running a same application, and wherein the third time information is different from each of the first information and the second time information.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:
a body unit; and
a holder provided to one side of the flexible display unit.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to sense a first input signal in a state that the first content is displayed and display a fourth content including the first time information on the flexible display unit in response to the first input signal and wherein the first content and the fourth content comprise contents including time information of a same hierarchy as running screens of a same application, respectively.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the first input signal comprises an input of increasing a distance from the body unit to the holder and then decreasing the distance.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to sense a second input signal in the state that the first content is displayed and display the first content and a preview of at least one content including the first time information on the flexible display unit in response to the second input signal and wherein the first content and the at least one content comprise contents including time information of a same hierarchy as running screens of a same application, respectively.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to display a portion of the first content on the flexible display unit or displays the first content by reducing the first content, in response to the second input signal.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the second input signal includes a third input signal for decreasing a distance from the body unit to the holder and a fourth input signal for increasing the distance from the body unit to the holder.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11 , wherein the controller is configured to display the preview of the at least one content on a region of the flexible display unit corresponding to the third input signal in response to the second input signal.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to sense a third input signal in a state that the first content and the preview of the at least one content are displayed and display the first content and the at least one content on the flexible display unit in response to the third input signal and wherein the at least one content is displayed on a region corresponding to a length extended in response to the third input signal.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein if the flexible display unit is extended by a first length in the unit-length extended state, the controller is further configured to display at least one menu option for controlling the first content on a region corresponding to the first length.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine a content to display on the flexible display unit based on a location from which a fourth input signal for the first length extension is sensed.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15 , wherein if the fourth input signal for the first length extension is sensed from a first option among the at least one menu option, the controller is further configured to display a content corresponding to the first option on the flexible display unit.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16 , wherein the content corresponding to the first option corresponds to a content of a lower hierarchy of the first content.

18. A method of controlling a mobile terminal including a flexible display unit, comprising:
displaying a first content including a first time information on the flexible display unit; and
if the flexible display unit is extended by a first preset length, displaying a second content including a second time information on the flexible display unit,
wherein the first content and the second content comprise running screens provided in the course of running a same application and
wherein the first time information and the second time information are different from each other.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising displaying the first content in a state that the flexible display unit is extended by a unit length.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the second time information corresponds to a time information of hierarchy higher than that of the first time information.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kang Jiwon
• Heo Jeongyun

Classifications

• G09G5/14

  Display of multiple viewports · CPC title

• G09G2354/00

  Aspects of interface with display user · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

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

• G06F3/041

  Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means · CPC title

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title