# US 2014/0152594 A1 · Mobile terminal and method of 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 2014/0152594 A1 - Document ID: US20140152594A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/062,620 - Filed: 2013-10-24 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Youngjin KIM - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152594A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F 3/04166: {Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving (Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally G06F3/04184)} - G06F 2203/04104: Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger - G06F 2203/04106: Multi-sensing digitiser, i.e. digitiser using at least two different sensing technologies simultaneously or alternatively, e.g. for detecting pen and finger, for saving power or for improving position detection - G06F 2203/04807: Pen manipulated menu - G06F 2203/04808: Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A mobile terminal includes a touch screen display and a controller configured to perform a first operation in response to a first touch input received at the display from a first object; perform a second operation in response to a second touch input received at the display from a second object; distinguish between the first touch input and the second touch input when both the first object and the second object are in contact with the display; and perform a third operation that is different from both the first operation and the second operation based on a gesture of the first object when both the first object and the second object are in contact with the display. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile terminal comprising: a touch screen display; and a controller configured to: perform a first operation in response to a first touch input received at the display from a first object; perform a second operation in response to a second touch input received at the display from a second object; distinguish between the first touch input and the second touch input when both the first object and the second object are in contact with the display; and perform a third operation that is different from both the first operation and the second operation based on a gesture of the first object when both the first object and the second object are in contact with the display. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to distinguish between the first touch input and the second touch input based on different shapes of a first area on the display that are in contact with the first object and a second area on the display that are in contact with the second object. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to distinguish between the first touch input and the second touch input based on at least sizes or orientations of the first area and the second area. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display at least one control image for receiving a control command for performing the third operation when both the first touch input and the second touch input are received together on the display. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the at least one control image is divided into at least two regions corresponding to different control commands for performing different operations, and a third touch input is selectively received from the first object at one of the at least two regions to perform an operation corresponding to the selected one of the at least two regions. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display the at least one control image on at least one of two touch areas at which the first touch input and the second touch input were received. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the at least one control image comprises at least one touch path extending in different directions and the controller is further configured to perform the third operation in response to a third touch input received from the first object along one of the at least one touch path. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the one of the at least one touch path comprises an end point at an end portion of the one of the at least one touch path and the controller is further configured to perform the third operation when the third touch input is received at the end point. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to perform a fourth operation that is different from the third operation when the third touch input is released at a point on the one of the at least one touch path without touching the end point. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to perform the third operation partially in proportion to a length of the one of the at least one touch path along which the third touch input has been received. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to: control the display to display a first image at a first touch area on the display where the first touch input has been received and a second image at a second touch area on the display where the second touch input has been received, a first point in contact with the first object being a center of the first image and a second point in contact with the second object being a center of the second image; and perform the third operation when the first image moves according to movement of the first object, the second image moves according to movement of the second object, and the moved first image and the moved second image overlap with each other. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display the at least one control image for a pre-set period of time when the first touch input and the second touch input are released. ### Claim 13 (depends on 6) The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the at least one control image comprises at least one icon representing at least one application and the controller is further configured to control the display to execute an application corresponding to one of the at least one icon in response to a third touch input generated by the first object at the one of the at least one icon. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the third operation is performed when the first object and the second object are of different types and the controller is further configured to perform the first operation based on a gesture of the second object when the first object and the second object are of a same type. ### Claim 15 A control method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising: performing a first operation in response to a first touch input received at a touch screen display of the mobile terminal from a first object; performing a second operation in response to a second touch input received at the display from a second object; distinguishing between the first touch input and the second touch input when both the first object and the second object are in contact with the display; and performing a third operation that is different from both the first operation and the second operation based on a gesture of the first object when both the first object and the second object are in contact with the display. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising: displaying a control image for receiving a control command at a portion of the display in response to the second touch input that is received after receiving the first touch input. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: highlighting the control image in response to the control command received from at least the first object or the second object. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the control image comprises at least one icon corresponding to at least one application, and the performing the third operation comprises executing an application corresponding to one of the at least one icon in response to a third touch input received at the one of the at least one icon from at least the first object or the second object. ### Claim 19 A control method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising: determining whether a plurality of touch inputs are received on a touch screen display of the mobile terminal; determining whether the received plurality of touch inputs are different types of touch inputs; distinguishing between the plurality of touch inputs that are generated by different types of touching objects; outputting a control image based on the distinguished plurality of touch inputs; sensing gestures of the plurality of touch inputs; and controlling pre-assigned operations based on the sensed gestures. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the determining whether the plurality of touch inputs are different types of touch inputs and distinguishing between the plurality of touch inputs comprises comparing shapes and sizes of the plurality of touch inputs based on areas on the display at which the plurality of touch inputs have been received.