# US 2015/0149941 A1 · Mobile terminal and display control method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2015/0149941 A1 - Document ID: US20150149941A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/547,946 - Filed: 2014-11-19 - Published: 2015-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2013-11-22 - Assignees: Fujitsu Limited - Applicants: Fujitsu Limited - Inventors: HIROKI ITAGAKI; TAKAYUKI YAMAJI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150149941A1 ## CPC - H04M 1/72448: with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions - G06F 1/1694: {the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer} - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - 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 - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A mobile terminal includes: a memory configured to store display information for displaying a plurality of display objects in standard positions for a dominant hand; a display configured to display the plurality of display objects based on the display information; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: determine whether the dominant hand is holding the mobile terminal using a sensor, control the display to display the plurality of display objects in the standard positions when the dominant hand is determined as holding the mobile terminal, and control the display to display the plurality of display objects in symmetrical positions determined using a change in the standard positions when the dominant hand is determined as not holding the mobile terminal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile terminal comprising: a memory configured to store display information for displaying a plurality of display objects in standard positions for a dominant hand; a display configured to display the plurality of display objects based on the display information; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: determine whether the dominant hand is holding the mobile terminal using a sensor, control the display to display the plurality of display objects in the standard positions when the dominant hand is determined as holding the mobile terminal, and control the display to display the plurality of display objects in symmetrical positions determined using a change in the standard positions when the dominant hand is determined as not holding the mobile terminal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine the symmetrical positions based on the standard positions, a length of the display and a width of a display object. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the symmetrical positions are symmetrical to the standard positions relative to a central axis of the display. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The mobile terminal according to claim 3, wherein the central axis is set based on an orientation of the display. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The mobile terminal according to claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to determine the symmetrical positions based on the standard positions, the orientation of the display, a length of the display and a width of a display object. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The mobile terminal according to claim 5, wherein the length of the display used for determining the symmetrical positions is a length of a short side of the display when the orientation of the display is portrait. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The mobile terminal according to claim 5, wherein the length of the display used for determining the symmetrical positions is a length of a long side of the display when the orientation of the display is landscape. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein each of the standard positions includes a coordinate defining a position in the display, and wherein the processor is configured to determine each of the symmetrical positions by subtracting, from the coordinate of each of the standard positions, a length of the display and a width of a display object. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein the length of the display used for determining the symmetrical positions is a length of a short side of the display when an orientation of the display is portrait. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The mobile terminal according to claim 5, wherein the length of the display used for determining the symmetrical positions is a length of a long side of the display when an orientation of the display is landscape. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether the dominant hand is holding the mobile terminal using a posture angle provided by the sensor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether the dominant hand is holding the mobile terminal using a roll angle provided by the sensor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the standard positions are located within a movement range for a thumb of the dominant hand, and the symmetric positions are located within a movement range for a thumb of a non-dominant hand. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display objects are icons for selecting an application. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The mobile terminal according to claim 14, wherein the processor detects a touch position on the display and identifies the application based on the touch position and at least one of the standard positions and the symmetrical positions. ### Claim 16 A display control method executed by a computer, the display control method comprising: sensing a hand which is holding the computer using a sensor; determining whether the hand is a certain hand determined in advance from among a right hand and a left hand; controlling, based on information for displaying a plurality of display objects in standard positions for the certain hand, a display to display the plurality of display objects in the standard positions when it is determined that the hand is the certain hand; and controlling, by the computer, the display to display the plurality of display objects in symmetrical positions determined using a change in the standard positions when it is not determined that the hand is the certain hand. ### Claim 17 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a display control program to cause a computer to execute a process, the process comprising: sensing a hand which is holding the computer using a sensor; determining whether the hand is a certain hand determined in advance from among a right hand and a left hand; controlling, based on information for displaying a plurality of display objects in standard positions for the certain hand, a display to display the plurality of display objects in the standard positions when it is determined that the hand is the certain hand; and controlling, by the computer, the display to display the plurality of display objects in symmetrical positions determined using a change in the standard positions when it is not determined that the hand is the certain hand.