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US 12,192,399 B2Granted
Mobile terminal and control method therefor
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsChangmok Kim, Byungnam Roh, Junho Seo, Jinhee Lee, Sangyoung Cho, Eunkyung Choi
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal capable of expanding a display unit, and a control method therefor. When an event occurs, the mobile terminal of the present disclosure provides a user with convenience by enabling the user to select whether to expand the display unit upon execution of the event. Specifically, the event can be the execution of a specific application or the reception of a notification related to a call or a message.
Claims12
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a body comprising a first frame structured to slideably engage a second frame to permit extending and retracting of the body by relative sliding motion between the first frame and the second frame;
- a flexible display comprising a first display portion located on a front side of the body and a second display portion located on a rear side of the body,
- wherein a size of the first display portion increases and a size of the second display portion decreases according to relative sliding motion between the first frame and the second frame in a first direction, and
- wherein the size of the first display portion decreases and the size of the second display portion increases according to relative sliding motion between the first frame and the second frame in a second direction;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- identify an occurrence of an event;
- and
- cause the relative sliding motion between the first frame and the second frame to change the size of the first display portion relative to the size of the second display portion,
- wherein the event comprises a notification related to a received call or a received message,
- wherein the controller is further configured to:
- cause the flexible display to display a first option menu enabling a selection as to whether to expand the first display portion, based on the call being a video call, and
- wherein the first option menu comprises an option of receiving a call only in an expansion area of the first display portion and an option of receiving a call over an entire area of the first display portion, including the expansion area.
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A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a body comprising a first frame structured to slideably engage a second frame to permit manual extension and retraction of the body by relative sliding motion between the first frame and the second frame;
- a flexible display comprising a first display portion located on a front side of the body and a second display portion located on a rear side of the body,
- wherein a size of the first display portion increases and a size of the second display portion decreases according to relative sliding motion between the first frame and the second frame in a first direction, and
- wherein the size of the first display portion decreases and the size of the second display portion increases according to relative sliding motion between the first frame and the second frame in a second direction;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- cause the first display portion to display information associated with an application executing at the mobile terminal,
- wherein the event comprises selection of a picture or a video in a social network service (SNS) application, and
- wherein the controller is further configured to cause the flexible display to display the picture or the video only on an expansion area of the first display portion, wherein the expansion area is an area of the flexible display that was not located on the front side of the body prior to the occurrence of the event.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.