Mobile terminal and control method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10628014-B2
Application number	US-201515741142-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 12, 2015
Priority date	Jul 1, 2015
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of utilizing, as a control use, an hour hand and a minute hand, and a control method therefor. To this end, the mobile terminal can comprise a display unit for outputting information, and a control unit for controlling the outputting, through the display unit, of information corresponding to a time indicated by the hour hand and the minute hand, if a first touch input for outputting the hour hand the minute hand through the display unit is received or if a second touch input for dragging any one of the hour hand and the minute hand outputted through the display unit is received.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a display for outputting information; and
a controller configured to:
cause the display to display an hour hand and a minute hand in response to a first touch input received via the display;
receive a second touch input via the display, the second touch input comprising dragging at least one of the hour hand or the minute hand; and
output information corresponding to a time indicated by the dragged at least one of the hour hand or the minute hand in response to the second touch input, the information output while the dragged at least one of the hour hand or the minute hand is displayed on the display.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the first touch input includes a first drag input headed for a center of the display, and a second drag input headed from the center of the display to the outside.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the controller outputs the hour hand along any one of the first drag input and the second drag input and outputs the minute hand along the other one of the first drag input and the second drag input.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the controller outputs a selection menu for selecting a number indicated by the hour hand if any one of the hour hand and the minute hand is headed for a portion between a number and another number on a clock face.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the controller outputs schedule information of the time indicated by the hour hand and the minute hand through the display.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 5 , wherein the controller outputs a chart for registering a new schedule starting at the time indicated by the hour hand and the minute hand if a schedule registered at the time indicated by the hour hand and the minute hand does not exist.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 5 , wherein the controller newly outputs next or previous schedule information of the schedule information if a predetermined user input is received while the schedule information is being output and a time search button prior to the schedule information is touched in response to the user input.

8. The mobile terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the controller automatically changes an output position of the hour hand and the minute hand in accordance with the next or previous schedule information which is newly output.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 5 , wherein, if a predetermined user input is received while the schedule information is being output, the controller enters an editing mode that may correct at least one of a starting time and an ending time of the schedule information in response to the user input.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 9 , wherein, if the time indicated by the hour hand and the minute hand is changed under the editing mode, the controller controls any one of the starting time and the ending time to the changed time.

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the controller outputs call record information between current time and the time indicated by the hour hand and the minute hand.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the controller outputs spaced information between the time indicated by the hour hand and the minute hand and current time, or starts a timer starting from the current time and ending at the time indicated by the hour hand and the minute hand.

13. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the controller maintains a setup value of the mobile terminal at a predetermined state from the current time to the time indicated by the hour hand and the minute hand.

14. The mobile terminal according to claim 13 , wherein the setup value includes at least one of activity or non-activity of a do-not-disturb mode, activity or non-activity of a vibration mode, or on/off of a communication module.

15. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sets the time indicated the hour hand and the minute hand to an ending time of an application and then automatically ends the application if current time reaches the ending time.

16. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the controller outputs a new content different from a content which is currently output if at least one of the hour hand and the minute hand drag-moves clockwise or counterclockwise.

17. The mobile terminal according to claim 16 , wherein the controller outputs a next content of the content which is currently output if at least one of the hour hand and the minute hand is rotated clockwise, and outputs a previous content of the content which is currently output if at least one of the hour hand and the minute hand is rotated counterclockwise.

18. A control method for a mobile terminal, comprising:
displaying an hour hand and a minute hand on a display in response to a first touch input received via the display; and
receiving a second touch input via the display, the second touch input comprising dragging at least one of the hour hand or the minute hand; and
outputting information corresponding to a time indicated by the dragged at least one of the hour hand or the minute hand in response to the second touch input, the information output while the dragged at least one of the hour hand or the minute hand is displayed on the display.

19. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the hour hand or the minute hand is moved clockwise or counterclockwise in response to the second touch input.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Na Yeonsuk
• Shim Hongjo
• Kwon Yunmi
• Kang Sungjin
• Park Mihyun
• Lim Gukchan
• Kim Seonghyok

Classifications

• G04G13/02

  at preselected times, e.g. alarm clocks · CPC title

• G06F1/163

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

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

• G06F3/04845 Primary

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

• G06F2203/04808

  Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen · CPC title