Mobile terminal

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a terminal body including a front surface and a rear surface; a display unit disposed on the front surface and including a first region and a second region extended from the first region, the first and second regions configured to be independently converted from one of an active state and an inactive state to another; a rear input unit disposed on the rear surface and configured to sense a fingerprint input; and a controller configured to convert the second region into the active state while maintaining the inactive state of the first region and display preset first screen information on the second region, in response to a preset input being received in the inactive state of the first and second regions, and convert the first screen information displayed on the second region into second screen information corresponding to an execution of a secret mode while maintaining the inactive state of the first region, in response to the preset input being received and the fingerprint input being sensed by the rear input unit corresponding a preset fingerprint.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §119(a), this application claims the benefit of earlier filing date and right of priority to Korean Application No. 10-2015-0052515, filed on Apr. 14, 2015, the contents of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a mobile terminal for outputting visual information by activating part of a display unit.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Terminals may be generally classified as mobile / portable terminals or stationary terminals. Mobile terminals may also be classified as handheld terminals or vehicle mounted terminals. Mobile terminals have become increasingly more functional. Examples of such functions include data and voice communications, capturing images and video via a camera, recording audio, playing music files via a speaker system, and displaying images and video on a display. Some mobile t...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

This design enhances power efficiency and privacy by allowing selective display activation and secure access to sensitive information through fingerprint authentication, reducing the risk of secret information exposure.

Problems solved by technology

In order to implement such functions of the multimedia player, the size of a display unit of the mobile terminal becomes larger and the picture quality becomes higher, such that high power consumption is required to drive the display unit.

Further, as the size of the display unit becomes larger, there has been a problem that information output to the display unit is easily exposed to others.

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