公开(公告)号：US20150094119A1

公开(公告)日：2015-04-02

申请号：US14266305

申请日：2014-04-30

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Byunghwa LEE ,  Hyunho CHOI ,  Kyungtae YANG ,  Seoungho BAEK

IPC: H04M1/725 ,  H04M1/02 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0484

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.

Abstract translation: 提供一种移动终端及其操作方法。 移动终端包括终端主体; 以及终端壳体，其连接到所述终端主体以覆盖所述终端主体的至少前表面，所述终端主体包括：显示单元，设置在其前表面，以显示图像; 感测单元，感测所述显示单元的前表面是否被所述终端壳体覆盖; 以及控制所述显示单元的操作的控制器，以及所述终端壳体，包括：终端主体耦合到的终端耦合部件; 前盖部分，其可旋转地联接到所述端子联接部分以覆盖所述终端主体的前表面并且包括用于允许从所述显示单元发射的光的透射的窗口; 以及设置在与窗口以外的区域相对应的前盖部分的部分处的图案部分，其中所述显示单元由对应于所述窗口的曝光区域和对应于所述窗口以外的区域的隐藏区域限定，其中 当在前盖部分覆盖显示单元的前表面的状态下输入打开显示单元的信号时，控制器被配置为至少在隐藏区域中显示用户界面，以使用户能够通过 对图案部分的操纵。