Lg Electronics Inc.

Haengchul Kwak

Hongjo Shim

Seonghyok Kim

Dongchul Jin

Sangjo Ryu

Hyejin Eum

Byungki Kim

Gukchan Lim

Jongseok Park

Giljae Lee

Seungmin Seen

Hangshin Cho

Kyunghee Yoo

Sangkuk Jeon

Jungwhan Kim

Jongin Im

Yehan Ahn

Eunmo Yang

Youngsok Lee

Cheegook Kim

A mobile terminal including a window; a touch screen sensing a touch input applied to the window and outputting visual information; and an internal frame supporting a lower portion of the touch screen. Further, the touch screen includes a display module outputting the visual information; at least one heat dissipation layer disposed below the display module to dissipate heat; and a pressure sensing part including a ground layer and a pressure sensing layer spaced apart from each other with the at least one heat dissipation layer interposed therebetween and to sense a pressure of the touch input based on a change in capacitance according to a deformation of the at least one heat dissipation layer while the touch input is being applied. In addition, the ground layer is adjacent to the display module or the internal frame.

Mobile terminal having touchscreen with pressure sensing heat radiation layers

A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal comprises: a case; an input module installed at the case, the input module acquiring a touch input of a user; and a controller generating a control signal, wherein the input module includes: a button having a plurality of holes, the plurality of holes located on the case; a capacitive sensor located in the case, the capacitive sensor acquiring a variation of a electrostatic capacitance in accordance with the touch input; and a dielectric layer located between the button and the capacitive sensor; wherein the electrostatic capacitance includes: a first electrostatic capacitance generated between the user and the capacitive sensor through the plurality of holes; and a second electrostatic capacitance generated between the button and the capacitive sensor, and wherein the controller generates the control signal when the capacitive sensor acquires the variations of the first and second electrostatic capacitances.

Mobile terminal

A mobile terminal includes a display; a touch sensor coupled to the display, the touch sensor including a first sensor and a second sensor; a driving unit configured to supply power to drive the display; and a touch controller configured to: cause the driving unit to enter an inactive state when a lighting of the display is turned off; recognize a touch input applied to the display by sensing, via the first or second sensor, the touch input applied while the lighting of the display is off; cause the driving unit to enter an active state in response to the touch input, the active state maintained while the lighting of the display is on; and obtain touch coordinates of the touch input using input from both the first sensor and the second sensor together when the driving unit enters the active state.

Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same

A mobile terminal includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight unit that is disposed on a rear surface of the liquid crystal panel and configured to emit light toward the liquid crystal panel, a window that is disposed to cover the liquid crystal panel and formed in a curved shape along one direction, and a frame that is configured to support the window, wherein the liquid crystal panel is attached onto a rear surface of the window and changed into a curved shape to correspond to the curved window, and wherein the backlight unit is attached onto the frame and formed in a curved shape to correspond to the curved liquid crystal panel.

Mobile terminal and fabricating method thereof

A mobile terminal which includes a terminal body; a display mounted to the terminal body; a window disposed to cover the display and including central and edge regions wherein the central region is formed of a transmissive material and configured to align with the display, and the edge region is formed of an opaque material and configured to surround the central region. The mobile terminal further includes a first touch sensor disposed to span at least the central region and configured to detect a touch input to the central region; and a second touch sensor disposed to span at least part of the edge region and configured to detect a touch input to the at least part of the edge region, wherein the second touch sensor is configured to have a higher touch sensitivity than the first in order to detect a touch input to the opaque edge region.

A mobile terminal and a method for operating the mobile terminal are provided. The method senses touch of the mobile terminal in a predetermined mode and senses movement of the mobile terminal upon determining that the mobile terminal has been gripped based on the touch and then changes the mode of the mobile terminal according to the predetermined mode and the movement of the mobile terminal. This method enhances user convenience since it is possible to change the mode of the mobile terminal through movement of the mobile terminal while the mobile terminal is gripped.

Mobile terminal and method for operating the mobile terminal

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Seoul, South Korea

Haengchul Kwak