Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016132074-A1
Application number	US-201514657117-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 13, 2015
Priority date	Nov 10, 2014
Publication date	May 12, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed is a mobile terminal using a display unit and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal includes a controller which displays first screen information corresponding to a first application on a first display region disposed on an inner surface when the mobile terminal is open, and converts the first screen information into second screen information when a folding event is generated. Further, the controller converts the first screen information or the second screen information into third screen information which is different from the second screen information when an angle between first and second regions of the first display region corresponding to the folding event is less than a reference value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A mobile terminal, comprising:
a terminal body comprising an inner side and an outer side and configured to be converted between an open configuration and a folded configuration; a display comprising an inner display region disposed on the inner side and configured to be bent about a specific region; and a controller configured to: cause the display to display first screen information corresponding to a first application on the inner display region when the terminal body is in the open configuration; cause the display to display second screen information related to the first screen information in response to a bending event of the terminal body about the specific region; and terminate the displaying of the first screen information or the second screen information and cause the display to display third screen information when an angle of the bending event is less than a threshold value.

2 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the specific region defines a division between a first region and a second region of the inner display region; and the angle of the bending event corresponds to a rotational degree between a surface corresponding to the first region and surface corresponding to the second region.

3 . The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein:
the first screen information corresponds to an execution screen displayed on an entire part of the inner display region; and the second screen information comprises a plurality of execution screens displayed on the first region and the second region.

4 . The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the third screen information comprises an execution screen displayed on a third region of the inner display region.

5 . The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein:
the third screen information comprises an input area for inputting security-related information, and the controller is further configured to: terminate the displaying of the third screen information and cause the display to display second screen information updated with the security-related information when the terminal body is moved to the open configuration; and cause the display to display an indicator on an outer display region of the display that the security-related information has been applied to the second screen information.

6 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the third screen information when:
the angle of the bending event is maintained for a threshold length of time; or a touch input applied to the first display region is maintained for another threshold length of time.

7 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display a first image object on the specific region in response to the bending event, the first image object related to display settings.

8 . The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
cause the display to display a plurality of icons in response to a touch drag input to the displayed first image object, the plurality of icons displayed along a path of the touch drag input on the specific region; and apply a setting of the display setting based on a touch input to one of the plurality of icons.

9 . The mobile terminal of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to:
cease displaying the first image object after a threshold length of time; and re-display the first image object in response to a touch input to the specific region while the angle of the bending event is maintained.

10 . The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display a second image object on the specific region related to at least a second application in response to a touch input to the specific region.

11 . The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
cause the display to display a plurality of application icons in response to a touch drag input to the displayed second image object, the plurality of application icons displayed along a path of the touch drag input on the specific region; and execute an application corresponding to a selected one of the plurality of application icons; terminate the displaying of the first screen information or the second screen information and cause the display to display an execution screen of the executed application.

12 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the specific region defines a division between a first region and a second region of the inner display region; and the controller is further configured to: cause the display to display a plurality of settings icons in response to a touch drag input to the specific region, the plurality of settings icons displayed along a path of the touch drag input; and apply a setting in response to a touch input to one of the plurality of settings icons; wherein the setting is changed based on a bending angle between a surface corresponding to the first region and a surface corresponding to the second region.

13 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the specific region defines a division between a first region and a second region of the inner display region; and the controller is further configured to: cause the display to display a plurality of application icons in response to a first touch drag input to the specific region, the plurality of application icons displayed along a path of the first touch drag input; and move a selected one of the plurality of application icons to the first region or the second region in response to a second touch drag input moving the selected one of the plurality of applications to the corresponding first region or second region.

14 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
cause the display to display a first plurality of icons on the specific region in response to a touch input to the specific region; and terminate the displaying of the first plurality of icons and cause the display to display a second plurality of icons in response to the terminal body being bent about the specific region at a predetermined angle.

15 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the specific region defines a division between a first region and a second region of the inner display region; the display further comprises an outer display region disposed on the outer side, the outer display region continuous with the inner display region; and the controller is further configured to cause the display to display:
a notification of an event generated by an executed application on the outer display region while the terminal body is in the folded configuration; and
application information related to the event on the first region or the second region in response to opening the terminal body from the folded configuration;
wherein the application information is displayed based on an opening amount of the terminal body.

16 . The mobile terminal of claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display:
an execution screen of the executed application on one of the first region or second region; and corresponding first screen information or second screen information on the other of the first region or second region.

17 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the specific region defines a division between a first region and a second region of the inner display region; the controller is further config

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Samsick
• Yu Donghwan
• Lee Seojin

Classifications

• G06F3/0412

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• G06F3/04883

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

• G09G2354/00

  Aspects of interface with display user · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

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

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title