US 8,135,441 B2 · Mobile terminal having dual display unit and method of changing display screen using the same

Abstract

A mobile terminal having a dual display unit and a method of changing a display screen using the same are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a main body, a front display unit for providing a multimedia mode, a rear display unit for providing a normal mode, and a screen control module for controlling to turn off the rear display unit and turn on the front display unit, and to display a multimedia execution screen in the front display unit. The method of changing a display screen of the mobile terminal having additional multimedia functions provides an optimum multimedia environment and improves user convenience and effectiveness of the mobile terminal by flexibly supporting a multimedia function to be executed according to a screen state of the rear display unit.

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Dependent claims

A mobile terminal having a dual display unit, the terminal comprising:

a main body formed in two portions rotatably assembled with respect to each other;
a front display unit for displaying a multimedia mode, having a screen formed at a front surface of the main body;
a rear display unit for displaying a normal mode supporting a phone communication function, having a screen smaller than the screen of the front display unit, formed at the rear surface of the main body;
and
a screen control module for controlling, turning off the rear display unit and turning on the front display unit, and to display an execution screen of the multimedia function in the front display unit, if a request for executing a multimedia function is input while the rear display unit is turned on.

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A method of changing a display screen in a mobile terminal having a front display unit that has a screen for displaying a multimedia mode and a rear display unit that has a screen smaller than the screen of the front display unit for displaying a normal mode supporting a phone communication function, comprising:

selecting a multimedia function from a menu screen of the rear display unit;
turning off the rear display unit and turning on the front display unit, if the selected multimedia function is not supported by the normal mode;
and
displaying an execution screen of the selected multimedia function in the front display unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mobile terminal having dual display unit and method of changing display screen using the same

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Mobile terminal having dual display unit and method of changing display screen using the same

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