Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9563350-B2
Application number	US-83880710-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2010
Priority date	Aug 11, 2009
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same are provided, which facilitate diverse functions thereof to be registered in a touch gesture and functions, information and menu icons registered in the touch gesture to be arranged and displayed adjacent to the input touch gesture, when the touch gesture is input on the touchscreen. Further, a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same are provided, which facilitate a terminal to be used in further consideration of a user's convenience.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a touchscreen that displays a locked screen including an item that indicates a usage lock state of contact information of a specific counterpart when a screen of the touchscreen is locked, wherein the contact information includes an image of the specific counterpart, and wherein the image is displayed as a background image of the displayed item; and
a hardware controller that;
when a specific touch gesture is input on the item, unlocks the locked screen and the usage lock state of the contact information corresponding to the item;
executes a specific function having a name associated with a shape of a pattern of the input specific touch gesture; and
controls the touchscreen to display a screen of the executed specific function, wherein the hardware controller further:
controls the touchscreen to display a touch gesture setting window to set the specific touch gesture;
examines an amount of pixels and pattern variation of the specific touch gesture input via the touch gesture setting window;
when the amount of pixels and the pattern variation of the specific touch gesture are lower than predetermined pixel amount and a predetermined pattern variation, determines that the specific touch gesture input via the touch gesture setting window has a simple pattern; and
controls the touchscreen to display a warning window including notification information, wherein the notification information indicates that the specific touch gesture input via the touch gesture setting window has a simple pattern and the specific touch gesture is to be re-input at the touch gesture setting window.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the specific function does not execute while the screen of the touchscreen is locked.

3. A method for controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
displaying, on a touchscreen of the mobile terminal, a locked screen including an item that indicates a usage lock state of contact information of a specific counterpart when a screen of the touchscreen is locked, wherein the contact information includes an image of the specific counterpart, and wherein the image is displayed as a background image of the displayed item;
when a specific touch gesture is input on the item, unlocking the locked screen and the usage lock state of the contact information corresponding to the item;
executing a specific function having a name associated with a shape of a pattern of the input specific touch gesture;
displaying a screen of the executed specific function;
displaying a touch gesture setting window for setting the specific touch gesture;
examining an amount of pixels and pattern variation of the specific touch gesture input via the touch gesture setting window;
when the amount of pixels and pattern variation of the specific touch gesture are lower than a predetermined pixel amount and a predetermined pattern variation, determining that the specific touch gesture input via the touch gesture setting window has a simple pattern; and
displaying a warning window including notification information, wherein the notification information indicates that the specific touch gesture input via the touch gesture setting window has a simple pattern and the specific touch gesture is to be re-input at the touch gesture setting window.

Assignees

• Kim Jong Hwan
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Jong Hwan

Classifications

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

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

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title