# US 2010/0169397 A1 · Mobile terminal and unit converting method thereof

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- Number: US 2010/0169397 A1
- Document ID: US20100169397A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 12/464,984
- Filed: 2009-05-13
- Published: 2010-07-01
- Earliest claimed: 2008-12-29
- Assignees: LG Electronics Inc.
- Inventors: Hye-Jin CHOI; Seong-Yoon CHO; Min-Soo PARK
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100169397A1

## CPC

- 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
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A mobile terminal and its unit conversion method are disclosed. When a unit conversion function is selected through a menu manipulation by a user, the selected unit conversion function is executed, and then, when a unit conversion factor for a unit conversion is selected, a reference unit related to the selected unit conversion factor is converted into two or more different units and the converted information is displayed in the form of a unit scale. The unit conversion factor includes volume, area, distance, speed, currency, mass, weight, dimension, and the like.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A mobile terminal comprising:
a user input unit that receives a unit conversion factor to be unit-converted;
a controller that converts a reference unit related to the unit conversion factor received via the user input unit into two or more units; and
a display unit that displays the converted unit calculation information.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the unit conversion factor comprises currency, distance, weight, volume, area, temperature, pressure, and sizes of footwear and clothes.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the reference unit is set based on unit information used in a currently located area.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller displays the unit conversion information as a table or a unit scale.

### Claim 5

A unit conversion method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
displaying a unit conversion factor list when a unit conversion function is executed;
when one on the displayed unit conversion factor list is selected, converting a reference unit related to the selected unit conversion factor into two or more units; and
displaying the converted unit conversion information.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein, in converting the unit, the unit conversion is performed based on a unit used in a currently located area.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein, in displaying the unit conversion information, the unit conversion information is displayed in the form of a table or a unit scale form.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein, in displaying the unit conversion information, unit conversion information related to two or more unit conversion factors are discriminately displayed by areas.