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Patent No.:

US 8224392 B1

Expired

Date of Patent:

Jul. 17, 2012

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2010

Mobile terminal capable of recognizing fingernail touch and method of controlling the operation thereof

Applicants:

Jong Hwan Kim, Seoul, KR;

Seung Hwan Yoo, Seoul, KR;

Doo Hwan Kim, Seoul, KR;

MI Jung Kim, Seoul, KR;

Soo Chul Lim, Seoul, KR;

Young Sun Lee, Seoul, KR;

Eun Sang Lee, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Jong Hwan Kim, Seoul, KR;

Seung Hwan Yoo, Seoul, KR;

Doo Hwan Kim, Seoul, KR;

Mi Jung Kim, Seoul, KR;

Soo Chul Lim, Seoul, KR;

Young Sun Lee, Seoul, KR;

Eun Sang Lee, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Eugene Yun

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

Abstract

A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes displaying, on a touch screen display of the mobile terminal, an operation screen corresponding to a current operating mode executing on the mobile terminal; detecting, via a detecting device, a touch input on the touch screen display of the mobile terminal; determining, via a controller on the mobile terminal, a first finger characteristic describing a finger touching the touch screen display and a second finger characteristic describing the finger touching the touch screen display that is different than the first finger characteristic; performing, via the controller, a first operation relevant to the current operating mode based on the determined first finger characteristic; and performing, via the controller, a second operation relevant to the current operating mode based on the determined second finger characteristic.

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