公开(公告)号：US09742893B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-22

申请号：US14266305

申请日：2014-04-30

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Byunghwa Lee ,  Hyunho Choi ,  Kyungtae Yang ,  Seoungho Baek

IPC: H04M1/00 ,  H04M1/725 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H04M1/02

CPC classification number: H04M1/72519 ,  G06F1/1628 ,  G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/0202 ,  G06F3/0414 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F2200/1633 ,  G06F2200/1634 ,  H04M1/0266

Abstract: A mobile terminal and an operating method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes a terminal body; and a terminal case coupled to the terminal body to cover at least a front surface of the terminal body, the terminal body comprising: a display unit disposed at the front surface thereof, to display an image; a sensing unit sensing whether the front surface of the display unit is covered by the terminal case; and a controller controlling an operation of the display unit, and the terminal case comprising: a terminal coupling part to which the terminal body is coupled; a front cover part rotatably coupled to the terminal coupling part to cover the front surface of the terminal body and including a window for allowing a light emitted from the display unit to be transmitted; and a pattern part provided at a portion of the front cover part corresponding to a region other than the window, wherein the display unit is defined by an exposed region corresponding to the window and a hidden region corresponding to the region other than the window, wherein when a signal to turn on the display unit is input in a state where the front cover part covers the front surface of the display unit, the controller is configured to display a user interface at least in the hidden region, to enable a user input through a manipulation of the pattern part.