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US 8,478,349 B2Granted
Method for executing menu in mobile terminal and mobile terminal using the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsKyeong-Hye Seo, Jang Jae Jung, Tae Hun Kim
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Abstract
The present disclosure is related to a method for executing a menu in a mobile terminal, the method comprising; inputting a drawing pattern on a touch screen of the mobile terminal; displaying a menu corresponding to the drawing pattern and a sub menu thereof on the touch screen by comparing a pre-stored drawing pattern table with the drawing pattern; and executing the sub menu by selecting the sub menu and a mobile terminal thereof.
Claims16
A method for executing a menu in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- receiving a drawing pattern on a touch screen of the mobile terminal;
- comparing the received drawing pattern to a pre-stored drawing pattern table;
- displaying at least one menu and sub-menu corresponding to the received drawing pattern on the touch screen according to the comparison;
- receiving an input to select one of the at least one displayed sub-menu;
- and
- executing the selected sub-menu,
- wherein displaying the at least one menu and sub-menu comprises:
- recognizing a first sub-pattern of the received drawing pattern;
- displaying a candidate list comprising at least one drawing pattern corresponding to the recognized first sub-pattern;
- receiving an input to select a drawing pattern from the displayed candidate list;
- and
- displaying a menu and sub-menu corresponding to the selected drawing pattern.
9 more elements
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a touch screen configured to receive a drawing pattern;
- a memory configured to store a drawing pattern table;
- and
- a controller configured to
- compare the received drawing pattern to the stored drawing pattern table;
- recognize a first sub-pattern of the received drawing pattern;
- display a candidate list comprising at least one drawing pattern corresponding to the recognized first sub-pattern of the received drawing pattern;
- process an input to select a drawing pattern from the displayed candidate list;
- display at least one menu and sub-menu corresponding to the selected drawing pattern;
- process an input to select one of the at least one displayed sub-menu;
- and
- execute the selected sub-menu.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.