Mobile terminal and control method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJihyung Yoo, Minjae Park
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Abstract
Provided are a mobile terminal having a plurality of display areas and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal includes a main body having a front surface, a side surface, and a rear surface, a display disposed on the front surface and extending from the front surface to the side surface, a wireless communication unit wirelessly communicating with an external device, and a controller receiving identification information of the external device in response to recognition of the external device, and controlling information output on the touch screen on the basis of the received identification information, wherein, on the basis of the identification information of the external device.
Claims9
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a main body having a front side, a lateral side, and a rear side;
- a display located at the front side and extending from the front side to be located at the lateral side;
- a memory;
- a camera;
- a wireless communication unit configured to be paired with an external device to communicate with the external device;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- activate the camera in response to pairing with the external device;
- cause the display to display image capture guide information to capture an image of an appearance of the external device via the activated camera;
- cause the camera to capture a first image corresponding to a front appearance of the external device and a second image corresponding to a side appearance of the external device based on a user input received according to the image capture guide information;
- cause the display to display the first image on a front display area corresponding to the front side of the main body;
- and
- cause the display to display the second image on a side display area corresponding to the lateral side of the main body.
A method for controlling a mobile terminal comprising a main body having a front side, a lateral side, and a rear side, the method comprising:
- communicating, via a wireless communication unit, to pair with an external device;
- and
- activating a camera in response to pairing with the external device;
- causing a display to display image capture guide information to capture an image of an appearance of the external device via the activated camera;
- causing the camera to capture a first image corresponding to a front appearance of the external device and a second image corresponding to a side appearance of the external device based on a user input received according to the image capture guide information;
- causing the display to display the first image on a front display area corresponding to the front side of the main body;
- and
- causing the display to display the second image on a side display area corresponding to the lateral side of the main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.