Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9459708-B2
Application number	US-201414459625-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2014
Priority date	Dec 3, 2013
Publication date	Oct 4, 2016
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a currently displayed function screen can be switched to a desired function screen using a motion gesture of a mobile terminal while at least two functions are enabled. The present disclosure includes a display unit configured to display a screen of a first function among screens of a plurality of currently executed functions, a motion sensor configured to detect a motion gesture of the mobile terminal, and a controller configured to switch the screen of the first function to a screen of a second function among the screens of the plurality of currently executed functions, the second function is associated with the detected motion gesture.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a display unit configured to display a first screen of a first function among screens for a plurality of currently executed functions;
a motion sensor configured to detect a motion gesture corresponding to a movement of the mobile terminal; and
a controller configured to:
switch the first screen to a second screen of a second function among the screens of the plurality of currently executed functions in response to detecti…

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Seyoung

Classifications

• G06F1/1694

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04M2250/12

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/0346 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/0487

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/017

  Physics · mapped topic