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US 2016/0261728 A1Published application
Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJong-Hwan KIM, Sang-Yun OH, Woo-Jin SUH, Sang-Hyuck LEE
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Abstract
A mobile terminal includes a sub-device that is attached thereto or detached therefrom, to remotely control the operation and state of the terminal. The mobile terminal includes: a sub-device having an input/output unit and attached to or detached from the terminal; and a controller configured to receive a user input via a certain communication path from the sub-device when the sub-device is separated, and control elements and applications of the terminal according to the user input.
Claims29
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a main device comprising a display and a coupling portion that is shaped to define an area accessible via an opening;
- a sub-device configured to be removably coupled to the main device via the opening, wherein the sub-device comprises a pen-type object, wherein the area is sized to receive an elongated portion of the pen-type object to permit coupling of the sub-device with the main device, and wherein the sub-device is configured to utilize a wireless signal received from the main device as an energy resource;
- a detection unit configured to detect coupling of the sub-device to the main device and decoupling of the sub-device from the main device;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- cause the mobile terminal to transition from a locked state to unlocked state, or transition from an unlocked state to a locked state, in accordance with the detecting of the detecting unit;
- and
- cause the display to display an image in response to the detecting of the decoupling of the sub-device from the main device.
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A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a main device comprising a display and a coupling portion that is shaped to define one of a recess or a slot;
- a sub-device comprising a pen-type object and being configured to be removably coupled to the main device via the recess or the slot of the coupling portion, wherein the sub-device is configured to utilize a wireless signal received from the main device as an energy resource;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine whether the sub-device is coupled to the main device or is decoupled from the main device;
- cause the display to display an image in response to the sub-device being determined to be decoupled from the main device;
- and
- receive an input from the sub-device, via a wireless communication from the sub-device, after the sub-device is decoupled from the main device.
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A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a main device comprising a display and a coupling portion that is shaped to define one of a recess or a slot;
- a sub-device comprising a pen-type object and being configured to be removably coupled to the main device via the recess or the slot of the coupling portion, wherein the sub-device is configured to utilize a wireless signal received from the main device as an energy resource;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine whether the sub-device is coupled to the main device or is decoupled from the main device;
- cause the display to display an image when the sub-device is determined to be decoupled from the main device;
- receive an input from the sub-device, via a wireless communication from the sub-device, after the sub-device is decoupled from the main device;
- and
- execute a function of the mobile terminal according to the input.
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A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a main device comprising a display and a coupling portion that is shaped to define one of a recess or a slot;
- a sub-device comprising a pen-type object and being configured to be removably coupled to the main device via the recess or the slot of the coupling portion, wherein the sub-device is configured to utilize a wireless signal received from the main device as an energy resource;
- a detection unit configured to detect coupling of the sub-device to the main device and decoupling of the sub-device from the main device;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- cause the display to display an image when the detection unit detects the decoupling of the sub-device from the main device;
- receive an input from the sub-device, via a wireless communication from the sub-device, when the sub-device is decoupled from the main device;
- and
- execute a function of the mobile terminal according to the input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.