# US 10,504,481 B2 · Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,504,481 B2 - Document ID: US10504481B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/705,092 - Filed: 2017-09-14 - Published: 2018-09-20 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2017-03-17 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Eunhye Kim; Minkyoung Shin; Juha Hyun; Arim Kwon; Juhye Lee; Taehoon Cho - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10504481B2 ## CPC - G09G 5/006: {Details of the interface to the display terminal (specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04)} - G06F 1/32: Means for saving power - G06F 1/3206: Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality - G06F 1/3262: {Power saving in digitizer or tablet} - G06F 1/3265: {Power saving in display device} - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus - G09G 5/10: Intensity circuits - H04M 1/72403: with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality - G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas - G09G 2330/021: Power management, e.g. power saving - H04M 1/67: by electronic means - H04M 2250/22: including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector - Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract Disclosed are a mobile terminal and method for controlling the same. The present invention provides a mobile terminal including a sensing unit, a display unit, a processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute an Always on Display (AOD) mode for enabling the display unit to be always turned on at low power while executing at least one application in a background state, display the at least one application or at least one controller corresponding to the at least one application on the display unit in the AOD mode after executing the AOD mode, and perform a quick-operation after sensing an input signal for controlling the application or the controller. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile terminal comprising: a sensing unit; a display unit; and a processor configured to: execute at least one application including a music playback application; execute an Always on Display (AOD) mode such that the display unit is always on at low power while the at least one application is running in a background state; cause the display unit to display at least one controller corresponding to the at least one application during the AOD mode, the at least one controller including at least one music playback related icon; and in response to an input signal generated in the AOD mode for selecting one of the at least one music playback related icon, perform a music playback related function corresponding to the selected music playback related icon while the AOD mode is maintained. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: execute a first application and a second application in the background state, wherein the first application and the second application belong to a same application group; display a first controller corresponding to the first application after executing the AOD mode; and change the first controller to a second controller corresponding to the second application after receiving a first input signal for selecting the first controller, wherein the first controller and the second controller have a same interface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to: receive a fourth input signal for selecting a first icon included in the first controller; and cause the display unit to display the first application corresponding to the first controller in the AOD mode. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to change the first controller to the second controller in response to the fourth input signal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to: receive a fifth input signal for selecting a second icon included in the second controller; and cause the display unit to display the second application corresponding to the second controller in the AOD mode. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: execute a third application and a fourth application in the background state, wherein the third application and the fourth application belong to different application groups; display a third controller corresponding to the third application after executing the AOD mode; and change the third controller to a fourth controller corresponding to the fourth application after receiving a second input signal for selecting the third controller, wherein the third controller and the fourth controller have different interfaces. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the display unit to display a fifth controller corresponding to a fifth application after executing the AOD mode, and wherein the fifth application is an application that is most recently changed to the background state among the at least one application running in the background state. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the display unit to display a sixth controller corresponding to a sixth application after executing the AOD mode, and wherein the sixth application is an application that was displayed on the display unit before the AOD mode is executed. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the display unit to display a seventh controller corresponding to a seventh application after executing the AOD mode, and wherein the seventh application is an application running in the background state and an on-going state. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the display unit to display a multitasking application list, and wherein the multitasking application list comprises at least one multitasking window corresponding to the at least one application running in the background state. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to: receive a third input signal for selecting an AOD icon displayed on a first multitasking window corresponding to an eighth application; identify the AOD icon after receiving the third input signal; and cause the display unit to display an eighth controller corresponding to the eighth application after executing the AOD mode. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data with an external device, wherein the processor is further configured to: cause the display unit to display a ninth controller corresponding to a ninth application after executing the AOD mode, wherein the ninth application is an application interconnected to a tenth application installed in the external device; and change the ninth controller to a tenth controller corresponding to the tenth application after receiving a sixth input signal for selecting the ninth controller. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to: cause the communication unit to transmit, to the external device, a signal for controlling the external device to activate the tenth application when the tenth controller is displayed. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: receive an input signal for executing the AOD mode while an eleventh application is displayed on the display unit; and execute the eleventh application in the AOD mode comprising at least one detail mode. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The mobile terminal of claim 14, further comprising an audio output unit, wherein the processor is further configured to: control the audio output unit to output sound through the eleventh application when the eleventh application is executed in a first AOD mode; and change an area of the display unit on which the eleventh application is displayed to an area for sensing a touch input signal when the eleventh application is executed in a second AOD mode. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the at least one detail mode based on a predetermined touch input signal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to sense a predetermined touch input signal for activating the displayed at least one controller. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising: a global positioning system (GPS) sensor; and an illumination sensor, wherein the input signal comprises one of a predetermined gesture, a GPS signal, and brightness around the mobile terminal. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: receive an input signal for maximizing brightness of the display unit while a twelfth application is executed in the AOD mode; and terminate the AOD mode of the twelfth application. ### Claim 20 A method of controlling a mobile terminal with a display unit, the method comprising: executing at least one application including a music playback application; executing an Always on Display (AOD) mode such that the display unit is always on at low power while the at least one application is running in a background state; displaying at least one controller corresponding to the at least one application during the AOD mode, the at least one controller including at least one music playback related icon; and in response to an input signal generated in the AOD mode for selecting one of the at least one music playback related icon, performing a music playback related function corresponding to the selected music playback related icon while the AOD mode is maintained.