Mobile terminal having front surface and rear surface with preset input applied to rear input unit causing portion of screen information and portion of home screen displayed together on front surface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10628012-B2
Application number	US-201515541277-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	Jan 21, 2015
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

The present invention may comprise: a terminal body having a front surface and a rear surface; a display unit disposed on the front surface and configured to output first screen information; a rear input unit disposed on the rear surface and configured to receive a touch input; and a control unit which, when a predetermined touch input is received by the rear input unit, controls the display unit to display a window area on at least one area of the first screen information, wherein the window area is displayed while a touch is sensed by the rear input unit, and a apart of second screen information, which has been output on the display unit before the first screen information is output, is displayed in the window.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a terminal body provided with a front surface and a rear surface;
a display unit disposed on the front surface;
a rear input unit disposed on the rear surface; and
a controller configured to:
cause the display unit to display first screen information of a first application;
cause the display unit to display a window area on a first area of the first screen information when a preset touch input is applied to the rear input unit such that the window area is displayed while the preset touch input is applied to the rear input unit;
cause the display unit to display a part of a home screen in the window area such that at least a portion of the first screen information and a portion of the home screen are displayed together on the display unit;
execute a second application and cause the display unit to display a part of second screen information of the second application in the window area when an application icon corresponding to the second application is selected from the part of the home screen displayed in the window area while the preset touch input is detected on the rear input unit; and
execute a control command related to specific content of the part of the second screen information when the specific content is dragged from the window area and when the dragged specific content is released at a second area of the first screen information.

2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the specific content is dragged in response to a touch input received on the display unit while the preset touch input is maintained at the rear input unit;
the preset touch input is an input that is applied to the rear input unit and then dragged to left and right or up and down by a predetermined number of times or dragged in a preset pattern; and
the displayed window area disappears when the preset touch input is no longer detected on the rear input unit.

3. The terminal of claim 2 , wherein:
the part of the second screen information displayed in the window area gradually disappears when the preset touch input is no longer detected on the rear input unit; and
the window area and the part of the second screen information are displayed again when the preset touch input is applied on the rear input unit again within a reference time.

4. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
a size of the window area is set according to pressure strength of the preset touch input applied to the rear input unit in a perpendicular direction; and
the first application is executed in a foreground and the second application is executed in a background.

5. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein a position of the window area is changed as a touch applied to the rear input unit is moved up and down while the window area is displayed.

6. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein a position of the window area on the display unit corresponds to a point where a touch has been initially applied to the rear input unit.

7. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display unit to:
display a handler on a boundary area of the displayed window area when a touch is applied to the boundary area; and
change at least one of a size or a position of the window area as the touch is further applied to the handler and the touched handler is dragged.

8. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit such that the part of the second screen information displayed in the window area disappears and an obscured part of the first screen information is displayed along a trajectory of a touch applied to the display unit when the touch started from a point outside the window area on the display unit is moved into the window area.

9. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
control the display unit such that a first area displayed within the window area moves along a drag input when the drag input is applied within the displayed window area; and
cause the display unit to display a second area different from the first area on a position where the first area has been displayed.

10. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
execute a first control command caused by a first touch input applied to the display unit within the window area when the first touch input is detected within the window area; and
execute a second control command caused by a second touch input applied to the display unit with respect to the first screen information when the second touch input is detected outside the window area.

11. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
recognize a touch input applied to the rear input unit in one direction while the part of the second screen information corresponding to the second application of the plurality of applications is displayed in the window area; and
cause the display unit to display a part of the second screen information corresponding to a third application among the plurality of applications instead of the part of the screen information corresponding to the second application of the plurality of applications in response to the recognized touch input.

12. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit such that the part of the second screen information corresponding to the second application of the plurality of applications gradually disappears and the part of the second screen information corresponding to the third application gradually appears as the touch input is applied to the rear input unit in the one direction.

13. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein, when the part of the second screen information corresponding to the second application of the plurality of applications is switched to the part of the second screen information corresponding to the third application, the controller is further configured to cause the display unit to display an icon notifying the second application of the plurality of applications that is not being displayed on a position of the window area corresponding to the applied direction of the touch input.

14. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the part of the second screen information corresponding to the second application of the plurality of applications displayed in the window area is switched to the part of the home screen when the third application corresponding to the touch input applied in the one direction is not present.

15. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein executing the control command comprises displaying the specific content at the second area of the first screen information at which the dragged specific content is released.

16. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the specific content is not displayed at the second area of the first screen information when the preset touch input is no longer detected on the rear input unit while the specific content is dragged.

17. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the first screen information is switched to the second screen information displayed in the window area when a size of the window area exceeds a reference range; and
the controller is further configured to cause the display unit to display a part of the first screen information within the window area in response to a second preset touch input being applied to the rear input unit.

18. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
fix a first window area when a second touch input is applied to the rear input unit while the first window area is

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Oh Sesook
• Kim Samsick
• Lim Jongin
• Moon Kyungjin
• Kang Sungjin

Classifications

• H04M1/236

  including keys on side or rear faces · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

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

• G06F3/04817

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

• G06F2203/04806

  Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation · CPC title

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title