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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2015
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
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.