US 12,256,036 B2
Mobile terminal
Ilhyun Kim, Seoul (KR); and Changhwan Choi, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/756,383
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/017956
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/125379, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0007118 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01)
CPC H04M 1/72454 (2021.01) [G06F 1/1624 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06V 40/28 (2022.01); H04M 1/0237 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a body frame expandable in a first direction and contractible in a second direction;
a flexible display unit whose area located on a front face of the body frame is expanded as the body frame is expanded;
a driving unit for changing a size of the body frame;
a sensing unit for sensing a user command; and
a controller configured to control the driving unit so as to expand or contract the body frame based on the user command sensed by the sensing unit,
wherein the controller is configured to:
activate the display unit when the sensing unit senses a first command; and
expand the body frame and at the same time activate the display unit when the sensing unit senses a second command.