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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2014
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Yoonseok Yang, Seoul, KR;
Jinyong Choi, Seoul, KR;
Jungho Baek, Seoul, KR;
Yoonhee Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyemi Jung, Seoul, KR;
Yunjueng Mhun, Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a touchscreen configured to receive a touch input; and a controller configured to partition the touchscreen into a first display region and a second display region, when the touchscreen is in a locked state and is touched with a first pointer and a second pointer, reduce sizes of the first and second display regions when the first and second pointers are dragged in opposite directions, and unlock the touchscreen or display a password input object for unlocking the touchscreen based on whether a password for unlocking the touchscreen is set, when a moving distance of at least one of the first and second pointers is greater than a preset moving distance or a size of at least one of the first and second display regions is smaller than a preset size.