US 12,216,955 B2
User terminal to which external display may be connected and control method therefor
Hwajun Oh, Seoul (KR); Hyeran Jang, Seoul (KR); Hyein Jung, Seoul (KR); and Yongdeok Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/068,988.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/KR2022/011747 (WO), filed on Aug. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0045637 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/1423 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0484 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user terminal comprising:
a main display;
an interface configured to connect the user terminal to an external device having a sub-display; and
a processor configured to:
control, in response to detection of the connection of the user terminal to the external device via the interface, the main display to concurrently display a plurality of stationary position icons selectable to specify a directional position of the sub-display with respect to the user terminal, wherein each of the plurality of stationary position icons corresponds to a different dedicated directional position of the sub-display with respect to the user terminal; and
control, in response to selection of a desired stationary position icon among the plurality of stationary position icons without moving of the desired stationary position icon, a connection setting of the sub-display to be performed based on the sub-display being disposed at a first directional position with respect to the user terminal, the first directional position corresponding to the selected desired stationary position icon.