# US 9,521,241 B2 · Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,521,241 B2 - Document ID: US9521241B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/476,464 - Filed: 2014-09-03 - Published: 2015-09-17 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2014-03-13 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Soyeon Yim; Jonghoon Kim; Jinhae Choi; Ilhyun Kim; Bonjoon Koo; Youngjoon Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9521241B2 ## CPC - H04M 1/72448: with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions - G06F 1/3265: {Power saving in display device} - 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 - G06F 21/36: by graphic or iconic representation - H04M 1/673: the user being required to key in a code - H04W 12/08: Access security - G06F 2200/1636: Sensing arrangement for detection of a tap gesture on the housing - G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas - G06F 2203/04808: Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen - H04M 1/72403: with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality - H04M 1/72469: for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons - H04M 2250/22: including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector - Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A mobile terminal including a terminal body; a display unit configured to switch between an activated state in which lighting is turned on and a deactivated state in which lighting is turned off; and a controller configured to sense a plurality of touch inputs applied to the display unit when the display unit is deactivated, release a locked state of the terminal, when the sensed touch inputs are matched to a pre-set pattern, switch the deactivated display unit to an activated state, and selectively display on the activated display unit at least one execution screen based on characteristics of the sensed touch inputs among a plurality of pre-set execution screens. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile terminal comprising: a terminal body; a display unit configured to switch between an activated state in which lighting is turned on and a deactivated state in which lighting is turned off; and a controller configured to: sense a plurality of touch inputs applied to the display unit when the display unit is deactivated, release a locked state of the terminal, when the sensed touch inputs are matched to a pre-set pattern, switch the deactivated display unit to an activated state, and selectively display on the activated display unit at least one execution screen based on characteristics of the sensed touch inputs among a plurality of pre-set execution screens, wherein: the display unit is divided into a plurality of regions respectively corresponding to different execution screens in the deactivated state, the controller is further configured to selectively display at least one execution screen based on a position of a region to which the sensed touch inputs have been applied, and display an execution screen corresponding to any one region to which the sensed touch inputs have been applied among the plurality of regions, when the sensed touch inputs are sensed in a first region of a display region of the display unit, the controller is further configured to execute a function set by a user and display an execution screen of the executed function, and when the sensed touch inputs are sensed in a second region different from the first region of the display region, the controller is further configured to display a home screen. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the characteristics of the sensed touch inputs correspond to at least one of a position of a region to which the sensed touch inputs have been applied, a size of the region to which the sensed touch inputs have been applied, a type of an object used to apply the sensed touch inputs, and the number of touches included in a final touch input among the sensed touch inputs. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein when the sensed touch inputs are matched to the pre-set pattern and have first characteristics, the controller is further configured to release the locked state and display a first execution screen on the display unit, and when the sensed touch inputs are matched to the pre-set pattern and have second characteristics different from the first characteristics, release the locked state and display a second execution screen different from the first execution screen. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to selectively display the at least one execution screen based on a type of an object used to apply the touch inputs. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to selectively display the at least one execution screen based on the number of touches included in a final touch input among the sensed touch inputs. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the plurality of pre-set execution screens include different home screens set for multiple users, and when the sensed touch inputs are matched to a pre-set pattern, the controller is further configured to perform a log-in with respect to any one user based on characteristics of the sensed touch inputs among the multiple users and display a home screen corresponding to the any one user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to execute a function corresponding to the at least one execution screen. ### Claim 8 A mobile terminal comprising: a terminal body; a display unit configured to switch between an activated state in which lighting is turned on and a deactivated state in which lighting is turned off; and a controller configured to: sense a plurality of touch inputs applied to the display unit when the display unit is deactivated, release a locked state of the terminal, when the sensed touch inputs are matched to a pre-set pattern, switch the deactivated display unit to an activated state, and selectively display on the activated display unit at least one execution screen based on characteristics of the sensed touch inputs among a plurality of pre-set execution screens, wherein when a final touch input among the sensed touch inputs is not released but maintained for a pre-set period of time, the controller is further configured to cause displaying of graphic objects corresponding to different functions on the display unit, and wherein types of the graphic objects are varied depending on characteristics of the sensed touch inputs. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the graphic objects are formed to execute different functions and include icons fixedly displayed at the same position even though a page of a home screen including a plurality of pages is shifted. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein when a drag input starting from the final touch input to any one of the graphic objects is sensed, the controller is further configured to execute a function corresponding to the any one of the graphic objects. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the display unit is divided into virtual regions and the sensed touch inputs include a plurality of touch inputs sequentially applied to at least one region according to a pre-set pattern among the virtual regions in pre-set order. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein at least one of a position and a size of the virtual regions on the display unit is varied based on a touch point at which the plurality of touch inputs are sensed on the display unit.