Mobile terminal and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016299679-A1
Application number	US-201514754244-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 29, 2015
Priority date	Apr 7, 2015
Publication date	Oct 13, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal wearable on a wrist and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal includes a main body, a band coupled to the main body and configured to be secured to a wrist of a user, a touch screen disposed on a front side of the main body and configured to sense a touch and a controller configured to cause the touch screen to display: a plurality of time markers; an hour hand and a minute hand moving according to a lapse of time; and a first graphic object associated with an application at a location of at least one time marker of the plurality of time markers in response to an event at the mobile terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A mobile terminal comprising:
a main body; a band coupled to the main body and configured to be secured to a wrist of a user; a touch screen disposed on a front side of the main body and configured to sense a touch; and a controller configured to cause the touch screen to display: a plurality of time markers; an hour hand and a minute hand moving according to a lapse of time; and a first graphic object associated with an application at a location of at least one time marker of the plurality of time markers in response to an event at the mobile terminal.

2 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
a first display group comprises the plurality of time markers, the hour hand, and the minute hand; and a second display group comprises a plurality of graphic objects including the first graphic object; and the second display group is displayed to at least partially overlap the first display group.

3 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first graphic object corresponds to a type of the event.

4 . The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the event is a touch input received via the touch screen.

5 . The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein:
the touch input comprises a drag from a first time marker of the plurality of time markers to a particular point displayed on the touch screen; and the second display group is associated with the first time marker.

6 . The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to display a third display group and terminate display of the second display group in response to another touch input comprising a drag.

7 . The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to display the plurality of graphic objects to rotate in a first direction in response to another touch input in the first direction.

8 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the event is a touch input received via the touch screen comprising a drag from a first time marker of the plurality of time markers to a particular point displayed on the touch screen; and the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to display a plurality of graphic objects in response to the touch input; wherein the plurality of graphics objects are associated with the first time marker and are displayed at corresponding locations of the plurality of time markers.

9 . The mobile terminal of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of graphic objects vary based on a location of the first time marker.

10 . The mobile terminal of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of graphic objects are displayed at the corresponding locations of the plurality of time markers based on a preset order of each of the plurality of graphic objects.

11 . The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of graphic objects are displayed in the preset order along a perimeter of the touch screen in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction from a location of the first time marker.

12 . The mobile terminal of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to:
display the plurality of graphic objects to rotate in a first direction according to another touch input in the first direction; and terminate displaying a first ordered graphic object of the displayed plurality of graphic objects and display a new graphic object as a last ordered graphic object of the displayed plurality of graphic objects when the plurality of graphic objects are rotated.

13 . The mobile terminal 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to:
change a shape of the first ordered graphic object or the last ordered graphic object to indicate that no new graphic objects are available for display in response to the another touch input; and display the first ordered graphic object or the last ordered graphic object in an original shape when the another touch input is released.

14 . The mobile terminal of claim 12 , wherein:
the displayed plurality of graphic objects is a subset of an ordered number of graphic objects associated with the first time marker; and a number of the ordered number of graphic objects is larger than a number of the plurality of time markers.

15 . The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to display at least one indicator indicating one or more of the ordered number of graphic objects that are not displayed on the touch screen.

16 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touch screen to display a first execution screen of the application in response to a touch input to the displayed first graphic object.

17 . The mobile terminal of claim 16 , wherein the touch input comprises a drag from a location of the displayed first graphic object to a particular point displayed on the touch screen.

18 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
cause the touch screen to display a plurality of regions in response to a touch input comprising a drag from the first graphic object to a particular point displayed on the touch screen, wherein each of the plurality of regions is associated with a corresponding function of the application; and execute a corresponding function in response to a selection touch input to one of the plurality of regions.

19 . The mobile terminal of claim 18 , wherein a size of a display area of each of the plurality of regions is based on an execution frequency of the associated corresponding function.

20 . A mobile terminal comprising:
a main body; a band coupled to the main body and configured to be secured to a wrist of a user; a touch screen disposed on a front side of the main body and configured to sense a touch; and a controller configured to cause the touch screen to display: a plurality of time markers; an hour hand and a minute hand moving according to a lapse of time; and a first graphic object at a location of at least one time marker of the plurality of time markers in response to a touch input received via the touch screen.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Mihyun
• Lim Gukchan
• Shim Hongjo

Classifications

• H04B1/385

  Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets · CPC title

• G06F2203/0339

  Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys · CPC title

• G06F3/041

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

• G06F2203/04803

  Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas · CPC title

• G06F1/163

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