# US 2022/0035523 A1 · Mobile terminal and control method therefor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0035523 A1 - Document ID: US20220035523A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/035,553 - Filed: 2020-09-28 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-30 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Kensin Noh; Dongwan Kang; Seungyong Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220035523A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)} - 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 - G06F 1/1624: {with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display} - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 3/04812: Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - H04M 1/0237: {Sliding mechanism with one degree of freedom} - H04M 1/72448: with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions - G06F 2203/04102: Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper - G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G09G 2380/02: Flexible displays - H04M 1/0241: {using relative motion of the body parts to change the operational status of the telephone set, e.g. switching on/off, answering incoming call} - H04M 1/0268: {including a flexible display panel} - 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) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A mobile terminal and a control method therefor are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a body, an input unit configured to receive user input, a display coupled to the body to vary a display region viewed from a front face of the body according to switching between an enlarged display mode and a reduced display mode, and a controller. The controller controls output of at least one application on the display in the enlarged display mode, and controls, upon receiving an event, output of an application corresponding to the event in a first region based on a signal for confirming the received event. The first region is an event application region when a preset application is being output in the enlarged display mode and is a main region of the enlarged display mode when the preset application is not being output in the enlarged display mode. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile terminal comprising: a body; an input unit configured to receive user input; a display coupled to the body, wherein a display region viewable from a front face of the body is variable according to switching between an enlarged display mode and a reduced display mode; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to control output of at least one application at the display in the enlarged display mode, and control, upon receiving an event, output of an application corresponding to the event at a first region based on a signal for confirming the received event, and wherein the first region is an event application region when a preset application is being output in the enlarged display mode, and the first region is a main region of the enlarged display mode when the preset application is not being output in the enlarged display mode. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the preset application is a video playback application. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control output of an event generation window corresponding to the received event, and control output of the application corresponding to the event at a second region based on a first signal for selecting the event generation window. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to control output of the application corresponding to the event at a pop-up window based on a second signal for selecting the event generation window. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the event generation window is output at a region having a history in which the application corresponding to the event has been executed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the event application region is a region having a history in which the application corresponding to the event has been executed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control, upon receiving the event, output of a visual effect to indicate a region at which the application corresponding to the event is capable of being output based on the signal for confirming the event, while an application is being output on a full screen in the enlarged display mode. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control output of a setting window, and control, based on a signal for selecting an item included in the setting window, output of an application corresponding to the item at a third region. ### Claim 9 A mobile terminal comprising: a body; an input unit configured to receive user input; a display coupled to the body, wherein a display region viewable from a front face of the body is variable according to switching between an enlarged display mode and a reduced display mode; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to: control output of a first application at the display in the reduced display mode; and control, upon receiving an event, output of an application corresponding to the event at a first region based on a first signal for confirming the event. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the first region is a display region viewable from a rear face of the body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to switch the display to the enlarged display mode based on the first signal, and wherein the first region is the display region viewable from the front face of the body. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to determine a position of the first region based on an input direction of the first signal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to control output of the first application at a display region viewable from a rear face of the body based on the first signal, and control output of the application corresponding to the event at the display region viewable from the front face of the body. ### Claim 14 A method of controlling a mobile terminal including a display coupled to a body, the display having a display region viewable from a front face of the body that is variable according to switching between an enlarged display mode and a reduced display mode, the method comprising: outputting at least one application at the display in the enlarged display mode; and outputting, upon receiving an event, an application corresponding to the event at a first region based on a signal for confirming the event, wherein the first region is an event application region when a preset application is being output in the enlarged display mode, and the first region is a main region of the enlarged display mode when the preset application is not being output in the enlarged display mode. ### Claim 15 A method of controlling a mobile terminal including a display coupled to a body, the display having a display region viewable from a front face of the body that is variable according to switching between an enlarged display mode and a reduced display mode, the method comprising: controlling output of a first application at the display in the reduced display mode; and controlling, upon receiving an event, output of an application corresponding to the event at a first region based on a first signal for confirming the event.