# US 2021/0278942 A1 · Mobile terminal, an electronic device having a mobile terminal, and control method of the electronic device

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- Number: US 2021/0278942 A1
- Document ID: US20210278942A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/985,189
- Filed: 2020-08-04
- Published: 2021-09-09
- Earliest claimed: 2020-03-09
- Assignees: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicants: LG Electronics Inc.
- Inventors: Jaehee JUNG
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210278942A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/0486: Drag-and-drop
- H04M 1/185: {Improving the shock resistance of the housing, e.g. by increasing the rigidity}
- G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]}
- G06F 1/1632: {External expansion units, e.g. docking stations}
- G06F 1/1647: {including at least an additional display (G06F1/1692 takes precedence)}
- G06F 1/1671: {Special purpose buttons or auxiliary keyboards, e.g. retractable mini keypads, keypads or buttons that remain accessible at closed laptop (G06F1/1666 takes precedence)}
- G06F 1/1681: {Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683)}
- G06F 1/1683: {for the transmission of signal or power between the different housings, e.g. details of wired or wireless communication, passage of cabling}
- G06F 1/1686: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera}
- G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
- G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34)
- G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
- G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
- 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 1/0216: {Foldable in one direction, i.e. using a one degree of freedom hinge}
- H04M 1/724092: {Interfacing with an external cover providing additional functionalities}
- G06F 2200/1633: Protecting arrangement for the entire housing of the computer
- G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
- H04M 2250/16: including more than one display unit
- H04M 2250/22: including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

## Abstract

Embodiments relate to an electronic device including a mobile terminal on which a plurality of applications is executed and a case thereof, wherein the mobile terminal includes a terminal body coupled to the case, a connection port provided on one side of the terminal body, a first display, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to: display a list on the first display, detect a drag on the list, and display an execution screen of an application corresponding to the drag on the second display, wherein the list corresponds to the plurality of applications.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device comprising:
a mobile terminal on which a plurality of applications are executed; and
a case,
wherein the mobile terminal comprises:
a terminal body coupled to the case;
a connection port provided on one side of the terminal body;
a first display; and
a controller,
wherein the case comprises:
a first body accommodating the mobile terminal;
a second body rotatably coupled to the first body;
a connector protruded toward an inner side of the first body and inserted into the connection port;
a second display provided on the second body; and
a connection portion disposed between the first display and the second display and electrically coupling the second display with the first body and the second body, and
wherein the controller is configured to:
cause the first display to display a list of the plurality of applications; and
cause the second display to display an execution screen of an application among the plurality of applications in response to a drag input received on the list.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:
the list includes a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to the plurality of applications;
each of the plurality of thumbnails is a representative screen of a corresponding one of the plurality of applications; and
the plurality of thumbnails are displayed sequentially on the first display in a vertical or horizontal direction.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The electronic device of claim 2, wherein:
the plurality of thumbnails include a first thumbnail corresponding to a first application;
the drag input includes a first drag and a second drag corresponding to the first thumbnail;
the controller is further configured to:
cause the second display to display a first execution screen of the first application according to the first drag; and
end the first application according to the second drag; and
a direction of the first drag is opposite to a direction of the second drag.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the direction of the first drag is from the first display to the second display, and the direction of the second drag is from the second display to the first display.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:
the controller is further configured to:
cause both the first display and the second display to display the list simultaneously, the list including a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to the plurality of applications, and the plurality of thumbnails including a second thumbnail corresponding to a second application among the plurality of applications;
cause the first display to display a second execution screen of the second application in response to a third drag corresponding to the second thumbnail and received on the second display; and
end the second application in response to a fourth drag received on the second display, the fourth drag corresponding to the second thumbnail; and
a direction of the third drag is opposite to a direction of the fourth drag.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the direction of the third drag is from the second display to the first display, and the direction of the fourth drag corresponds to a direction from the first display toward the second display.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:
the controller is further configured to:
cause the second display to display a list including a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to the plurality of applications, the plurality of thumbnails including a first thumbnail corresponding to a first application and a second thumbnail corresponding to a second application; and
divide the first display into a first region and a second region in response to a fifth drag corresponding to the first thumbnail and a sixth drag corresponding to the second thumbnail; and
the fifth drag and the sixth drag initiated from the list displayed on the second display cross each other.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the first display to:
display a first execution screen of the first application in the first region according to the fifth drag, and
display a second execution screen of the second application in the second region according to the sixth drag, and
wherein the fifth drag and the sixth drag intersect each other perpendicularly.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:
the list includes a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to the plurality of applications;
each of the plurality of thumbnails is a representative screen of a corresponding one of the plurality of applications;
the plurality of thumbnails are displayed sequentially on the first display;
the controller is further configured to cause the first display to display an application corresponding to a seventh drag among the plurality of applications in a designated area of the first display in response to the seventh drag; and
the seventh drag is received within the first display and corresponds to any one of the plurality of thumbnails included in the list.

### Claim 10

A method for controlling an electronic device comprising a mobile terminal and a case,
wherein the mobile terminal comprises:
a terminal body coupled to the case;
a connection port provided in the terminal;
a first display; and
a controller,
wherein the case comprises:
a first body accommodating the mobile terminal;
a second body rotatably coupled to the first body;
a connector protruded toward an inner side of the first body and inserted into the connection port;
a second display provided on the second body; and
a connection portion disposed between the first display and the second display and electrically coupling the second display with the first body and the second body, and
wherein the method comprises:
displaying a list of the plurality of applications on the first display; and
displaying an execution screen of an application among the plurality of applications on the second display in response to a drag input received on the list.

### Claim 11

The method of 10, wherein:
the list includes a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to the plurality of applications;
each of the plurality of thumbnails is a representative screen of a corresponding one of the plurality of executed applications; and
the plurality of thumbnails are displayed sequentially in a vertical or horizontal direction on the first display.

### Claim 12

The method of 11, wherein:
the plurality of thumbnails include a first thumbnail corresponding to a first application;
the drag input includes a first drag and a second drag corresponding to the first thumbnail,
the method further comprises:
displaying a first execution screen of the first application according to the first drag; and
ending the first application according to the second drag; and
a direction of the first drag is opposite to a direction of the second drag.

### Claim 13

The method of 12, wherein the direction of the first drag is from the first display to the second display, and the direction of the second drag is from the second display to the first display.

### Claim 14

The method of 10, further comprising:
displaying the list on both the first display and the second display simultaneously, the list including a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to the plurality of applications, and the plurality of thumbnails including a second thumbnail corresponding to a second application among the plurality of applications;
displaying a second execution screen of the second application on the first display in response to a third drag corresponding to the second thumbnail and received on the second display; and
ending the second application in response to a fourth drag received on the second display,
wherein a direction of the third drag is opposite to a direction of the fourth drag.

### Claim 15

The method of 14, wherein the direction of the third drag is from the second display to the first display, and the direction of the fourth drag corresponds to a direction from the first display toward the second display.

### Claim 16 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, further comprising:
displaying a list including a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to the plurality of applications on the second display, the plurality of thumbnails including a first thumbnail corresponding to a first application and a second thumbnail corresponding to a second application; and
dividing the first display into a first region and a second region in response to a fifth drag corresponding to the first thumbnail and a sixth drag corresponding to the second thumbnail,
wherein the fifth drag and the sixth drag initiated from the list displayed on the second display cross each other.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The method of claim 16, further comprising:
displaying a first execution screen of the first application in the first region according to the fifth drag; and
displaying a second execution screen of the second application in the second region according to the sixth drag,
wherein the fifth drag and the sixth drag intersect each other perpendicularly.

### Claim 18 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein:
the list includes a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to the plurality of applications;
each of the plurality of thumbnails is a representative screen of a corresponding one of the plurality of applications;
the plurality of thumbnails are displayed sequentially on the first display; and
the method further comprises displaying an application corresponding to a seventh drag among the plurality of applications in a designated area of the first display in response to the seventh drag; and
the seventh drag is received within the first display and corresponds to any one of the plurality of thumbnails included in the list.

### Claim 19

An electronic device comprising a mobile terminal on which a plurality of applications are executed,
wherein the mobile terminal comprises a display and a controller,
wherein the plurality of applications include a first application and a second application, and
wherein the controller is configured to:
divide the display into a first region, a second region, and a third region;
cause a first thumbnail corresponding to the first application and a second thumbnail corresponding to the second application to be displayed in the first region;
detect a first drag corresponding to the first thumbnail and a second drag corresponding to the second thumbnail; and
cause a first execution screen of the first application to be displayed on the second region according to the first drag; and
cause a second execution screen of the second application to be displayed on the third region according to the second drag.