Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSeong Yoon Cho, Young Wun Kim, Hoi Chul Kim, Je Kwang Youn, Young Jung Yoon
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Abstract
A mobile terminal and as associated method are provided. The method may include displaying one or more menu items on a first touch unit including a touchscreen and recognizing a rotary touch & drag input at a second touch unit as a particular command based on whether one of the one or more menu items has been touched. Accordingly, even if a minimum number of menu icons for executing diverse functions are displayed on a touchscreen, a prescribed one of the diverse functions may be easily selected and executed.
Claims30
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a first touch device including a touchscreen configured to display one or more menu items;
- a second touch device operably coupled to the first touch device and configured to receive a rotary touch & drag input;
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- a controller operably coupled to the first and second touch devices, wherein the controller is configured to recognize the rotary touch & drag received at the second touch device, and to determine a corresponding command based on whether one of the one or more menu items displayed on the touchscreen is touched.
A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying one or more menus on a first touch device;
- receiving a touch and drag input at a second touch device;
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- executing a command corresponding to the received touch and drag input.
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a display configured to display images based on a first coordinate system;
- a touch input device configured to receive an input signal based on a second coordinate system;
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- a controller configured to map the input signal, received at the touch input device based on the second coordinate system, to the first coordinate system so as to display an image corresponding to the input signal on the display.
A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying images based on a first coordinate system;
- receiving an input signal based on a second coordinate system;
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- mapping the input signal based on the second coordinate system to the first coordinate system so as to alter an image displayed based on the first coordinate system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.