Mobile terminal and control method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJiyoung PARK, Sujin KIM, Jumin CHI, Jacho CHOI, Sunghye Yoon
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Abstract
A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a flexible display unit configured to be bent in response to an applied physical force and to display information; a detection unit configured to detect a bending of the flexible display unit and a time for which the bending is maintained; and a control unit configured to execute different functions of the mobile terminal according to the time for which the bending is maintained.
Claims20
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal;
- a flexible display unit configured to be bent in response to an applied physical force and to display information;
- a detection unit configured to detect a bending of the flexible display unit and a time for which the bending is maintained;
- and
- a control unit configured to execute different functions of the mobile terminal according to the time for which the bending is maintained.
A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- allowing, via a wireless communication unit, wireless communication with at least one other terminal;
- displaying, via a flexible display unit configured to be bent in response to an applied physical force, information;
- detecting, via a detection unit, a bending of the flexible display unit and a time for which the bending is maintained;
- and
- executing, via a control unit, different functions of the mobile terminal according to the time for which the bending is maintained.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.