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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Kyu-Ok Choi, Seoul, KR;
Won-Chul Bang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04M 19/04 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 19/047 (2013.01); H04M 1/0202 (2013.01); H04M 1/72563 (2013.01); H04M 1/72569 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a mobile terminal having a sensor detecting movement thereof and an event processing method. The mobile terminal includes: an orientation detector for monitoring, in response to detection of an event, movement of the mobile terminal for a preset time duration to identify an orientation of the mobile terminal; and a controller for processing the event in an operating mode corresponding to the identified orientation. As a result, the user can readily switch operating modes of the mobile terminal by changing orientations thereof.