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Mobile terminal and method of controlling the operation of the mobile terminal

a mobile terminal and operation method technology, applied in the direction of substation equipment, wireless communication, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of mobile terminals being accidentally placed in or released from lock mode, mobile terminals may not be able to be quickly released from lock mode and enter the desired operating mod

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-06-02
LG ELECTRONICS INC
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[0011]The present invention provides a mobile terminal and a method of controlling the operation of the mobile terminal, in which the mobile terminal can be prevented from being accidentally unlocked and can be easily released from lock mode and placed in a predefined operating mode, if necessary.

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However, in the case of using a touch or key-based lock / unlock feature, mobile terminals may be accidentally placed in or released from lock mode.
On the other hand, in the case of using a password-based lock / unlock feature, mobile terminals may not be able to be quickly released from lock mode and enter a desired operating mode.

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[0036]The present invention will hereinafter be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in which exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown.

[0037]The term ‘mobile terminal’, as used herein, may indicate a mobile phone, a smart phone, a laptop computer, a digital broadcast receiver, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), or a navigation device. In this disclosure, the terms ‘module’ and ‘unit’ can be used interchangeably.

[0038]FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of a mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 100 may include a wireless communication unit 110, an audio / video (A / V) input unit 120, a user input unit 130, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, a memory 160, an interface unit 170, a controller 180, and a power supply unit 190. Two or more of the units of the mobile terminal 100 may be incorporated into a single unit, or some of the units of...

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A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the operation of the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes placing the mobile terminal in lock mode; if a multi-touch signal including first and second touch signals is detected from a display module, releasing the mobile terminal from the lock mode, the first and second touch signals being touch signals detected from first and second areas, respectively, on the display module; and entering an operating mode which is set to enter upon the touching of the second area. Therefore, it is possible to unlock the mobile terminal and then readily enter a predefined operating mode in response to a multi-touch input detected from certain areas on the display module.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the priority benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2009-0066503 filed on Jul. 21, 2009 and Korean Patent Application No. 10-2009-0099394 filed on Oct. 19, 2009, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method of controlling the operation of the mobile terminal, in which the mobile terminal can be easily released from lock mode and then placed in a predefined operating mode simply by multi-touching a certain part of the mobile terminal.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Mobile terminals are portable devices, which can provide users with various services such as a voice calling service, a video calling service, an information input / output service, and a data storage service.[0006]As the types of services provided by mo...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04W88/02H04M1/72427
CPCG06F1/1694G06F3/0488H04M1/67G06F3/041H04M1/72544H04M2250/22H04M1/677H04M1/72427
Inventor HAN, JAEWONTREVIZAN, NITONHA, MINKYUHU, KYUNGWOOKOH, WONTAEK
Owner LG ELECTRONICS INC
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