Mobile terminal and display controlling method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJin Woo Chung, Sang-Soo Song
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Abstract
A mobile terminal and display controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes detecting whether the position of the keypad is shifted to cover a partial display region of the display unit, if it is detected that the position of the keypad is shifted, changing a normal display mode into a control display mode, and if the control display mode is entered, performing a display operation corresponding to the control display mode in a different display region except the partial display region. Accordingly, in case that a keypad is located to cover a display region of a display unit in part, the present invention enables a display function to be effectively performed in the rest of the display region except the partially covered display region.
Claims16
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a display unit configured to display information;
- a keypad having a position that can be changed;
- and
- a control unit configured to:
- change a first display mode into a second display mode if the position of the keypad is shifted to cover a partial display region of the display unit, and;
- control the display unit to perform a display operation corresponding to the second display mode in a different display region other than the partial display region,
- wherein the first display mode comprises a display unit deactivated mode, a background image display mode or a menu item display mode, and
- wherein the display operation corresponding to the second display mode comprises displaying a menu item list including at least one menu item pre-designated to be provided in the second display mode.
A method of controlling a display in a mobile terminal that includes a display unit and a keypad having a position that can be changed, the method comprising:
- detecting whether the position of the keypad is shifted to cover a partial display region of the display unit;
- changing a first display mode to a second display mode if it is detected that the position of the keypad is shifted;
- and
- performing a display operation corresponding to the second display mode in a different display region other than the partial display region when the second display mode is entered,
- wherein the first display mode comprises a display unit deactivated mode, a background image display mode or a menu item display mode, and
- wherein the display operation corresponding to the second display mode comprises displaying a menu item list including at least one menu item pre-designated to be provided in the second display mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.