Lg Electronics Inc.

Shinnyue Kang

Yoonseok Yang

Jeongyun Heo

Juha Hyun

Sesook Oh

Kyunghye Seo

Eunsoo Jung

Seulah Lee

Sehyun Jung

Yunmi Kwon

Samsick Kim

Sungjin Kang

Jihye Ham

Younhwa Choi

Namki Kim

Kyungjin Moon

Moonkyung Kim

Bongjeong Jeon

Sooyoung Kim

Jian Choi

Yeonsuk Na

Jongin Lim

Insuk Kim

A flexible display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a display unit which displays information on a screen, wherein the display unit is configured to allow the screen to be enlarged or reduced; a sensing unit which detects the size of the screen; and a control unit which displays first information in a first area corresponding to a first distance on the screen of the display unit, enlarges the screen by a second area corresponding to a second distance, and displays, in the second area, second information that is associated with the first information in a time-series manner.

Flexible display apparatus

A method for operating a transformable display provided with a transformable display unit, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: sensing force applied to the display unit; expanding or reducing a screen displayed by the display unit by means of the force which has been sensed; and displaying a keyboard window having different types of keyboards depending on expansion distance, that is, the distance to which the display unit has been expanded.

Transformable display and method for operating same

The present invention is related to a watch-type mobile terminal and a method for controlling the watch-type mobile terminal. In case a call is received, the present invention can respond to an incoming call in an automatic answering mode due to an agent through a watch-type mobile terminal worn by the user on his/her wrist. In case the user searches for a paired external electronic device and attempts call conversation, the automatic answering mode due to an agent can be terminated. Accordingly, in case the user is unable to promptly respond to a received call through the paired external electronic device, the received call can be efficiently controlled through the watch-type mobile terminal.

Watch-type mobile terminal and method for controlling the same

A mobile terminal includes a camera configured to acquire a preview image, a display configured to display the acquired preview image, an artificial intelligence unit configured to sense photographing state information of the preview image, to recognize a direction of a user's hand gripping the mobile terminal according to the sensed photographing state information, and to display a floating button on the display at a position corresponding to the recognized direction of the user's hand, and a controller configured to perform a function corresponding to the floating button selected according to a request for selecting the floating button. The artificial intelligence unit may change attributes of the floating button according to sensing of additional photographing state information after displaying the floating button.

Mobile terminal displaying a continuous-photographing button or a moving-image floating button

A mobile terminal including a wireless processor configured to provide wireless communication; a touch screen; and a controller configured to display a search bar on the touch screen for searching a video and a specific time point of the video, in response to a first touch input at a touch region of the search bar, display a preview image at a play time point corresponding to the touch region of the search bar, convert the preview image into a plurality of preview images at a plurality of play time points in response to a changed touch degree of the first touch input, and in response to a second touch input being consecutively applied to the search bar when the preview images are displayed, change a play speed of at least part of the preview images at a play time point.

Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same

A mobile terminal includes a display unit; and a controller configured to obtain use intention information indicating an intention to use omnidirectional content, extract a partial image included in the omnidirectional content, and display the extracted partial image through the display unit, wherein the extracted partial image is changed according to the use intention information.

Mobile terminal and method of operating the same

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same. The present invention provides a mobile terminal which can control transparency of at least part of a display having controllable transparency through user touch interaction, and a method of controlling the mobile terminal.

A method for controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes displaying content on a front display unit of the mobile terminal; sensing a touch gesture applied to a distance detecting sensor on a rear input unit of the mobile terminal; measuring, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a spaced distance of a finger, taken away from the distance detecting sensor after inputting the touch gesture; and controlling, via the controller, an operation of the content displayed on the front display unit according to the sensed touch gesture and the measured spaced distance.

Mobile terminal and method of controlling content thereof

A watch-type terminal including a touch screen configured to display screen information; a bezel portion surrounding a periphery of the touch screen and configured to receive a touch input; and a controller configured to display an image object indicating a status associated with the displayed screen information in one region of the touch screen in response to a first touch input received at a first part of the bezel portion, apply a first function to the screen information in response to a second touch input received at a second part of the bezel portion while the first touch input is maintained at the first part of the bezel portion, and apply a second function different from the first function to the screen information in response to a touch area corresponding to the first touch input being changed.

Watch type terminal

A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same that may perform wireless communication with an external terminal are disclosed. The mobile terminal comprises a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an external terminal; a touch screen outputting screen information; and a controller extracting event information included in the screen information on the basis of a user request and transmitting the extracted event information to the external terminal such that a notification screen corresponding to the event information is output from the external terminal prior to a predetermined time from a closing time of an event corresponding to the event information.

A transparent display device is provided. The transparent display device include a display unit is configured to receive a front side touch input and a rear side touch input and display information, and a controller is configured to receive a grip unfolding input for unfolding a two side grip input for touching front and rear sides of the display unit in a predetermined direction, and control the display unit to display a plurality of objects according to the received grip unfolding input.

Transparent display device and operation method thereof

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, which facilitates the use of a terminal in further consideration of user's convenience. The present invention includes a touchscreen configured to detect a direct touch and a proximity touch and a controller outputting at least one or more icons through the touchscreen, the controller detecting the proximity touch to a 1icon for running a prescribed application among the outputted at least one or more icons, the controller, if a duration time of the detected proximity touch reaches a 1time, outputting a 2icon by changing the outputted 1icon into the 2icon, the controller, if the direct touch to the 2icon is detected, running a prescribed function of the prescribed application. Accordingly, it is able to access various functions of the mobile terminal using a proximity touch.

Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

Disclosed are a mobile terminal and controlling method thereof. The present invention includes a battery unit including a main battery and a backup battery, a sensing unit, a display unit, and a controller configured to sense a residual quantity of the backup battery if entering a battery swap mode in the course of running a content, wherein the battery swap mode comprises a state that the main battery is separated from the mobile terminal and wherein the controller is further configured to determine a content operating mode based on the sensed residual quantity of the backup battery.

Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes a touch screen disposed at a first side of the mobile terminal and configured to display information; and a controller configured to: divide the touch screen into a plurality of regions corresponding to a first function in response to a touch drag starting from a preset point on the first side, wherein the plurality of regions correspond to a plurality of sub-menus of the first function; execute the first function according to a sub-menu corresponding to a region where the touch drag is released; and cause the touch screen to display an execution screen of the executed first function according to the sub-menu to at least part of the touch screen.

There are disclosed a mobile terminal and a controlling method thereof, which is able to simply input a real-time external image to an input field as data, specifically, such that a user may input a character or picture captured from the real-time image inputted from the outside via the camera and that the real time image maybe captured without switching a screen displaying the input field, so as to allow a user to intuitively recognize which input field an object provided in the image is inputted to.

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Seoul, South Korea

Shinnyue Kang