A mobile terminal and an operation control method thereof in which a delay time of the screen lock execution is controlled according to the type of application, are discussed. The mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an input unit configured to receive a user input; an execution controller configured to execute screen lock if the user input is not received for a first delay time; and a change controller configured to extend the first delay time to a second delay time based on the user\'s gaze information.

Claims

18 · 2 independent · depth 3

18 granted claims

›1.independentA mobile terminal, comprising:na mobile communication unit configured to transmit and receive a radio signal over a communication network;a display un…+8

›2.↳ 1The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor comprises at least one optical sensor for capturing the image of the user.d2+1

›4.↳ 1The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the change controller further configured to reduce the first delay time T1 to a third delay time T3 when the c…d2

›5.↳ 1The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the user's gaze information further indicates gaze time indicating a period the user substantially stares the …d2

›6.↳ 1The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:nwherein the change controller further changes the first delay time T1 to the second delay time T2 …d2

›7.↳ 1The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor comprises at least one acceleration sensor for detecting tilt of the mobile terminal a…d2+1

›9.↳ 1The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the change controller changes the first delay time T1 to the second delay time T2 further based on the user's …d2

›10.independentA method of controlling the operation of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:ndetecting user's gaze information which includes an image of a user…+8

›11.↳ 10The method of claim 10, the method further comprising:ncapturing the image of the user for detecting the user's gaze information.d2+1

›13.↳ 10The method of claim 10, wherein the changing step further comprises:nreducing the first delay time T1 to a third delay time T3 when determining that t…d2

›14.↳ 10The method of claim 10, wherein the user's gaze information further indicates gaze time indicating a period the user substantially stares the display …d2

›15.↳ 10The method of claim 10, wherein the changing step further comprises:nChanging the first delay time T1 to the second delay time T2 based on a type of a…d2

›16.↳ 10The method of claim 10, the method further comprising:ndetecting tilt of the mobile terminal or a user's grip type of the mobile terminal.d2+1

›18.↳ 10The method of claim 10, wherein the changing step further comprises:nchanging the first delay time T1 to the second delay time T2 further based on the…d2

Classifications

5 codes

IPC · International Patent Classification

Section H — Electricity

H04W88/02

USPC · US Patent Classification

455/566340/571375/331345/173

Claim changes

Soon

Coming soonHow the claims changed between publication and grant

See which claims were amended, added or cancelled during examination, with every added and removed word marked.

AmendedAddedCancelledUnchanged

The published claims of this patent are not paired with the granted ones in what we hold.

File wrapper

Pendency

0.8 y

305 days filing → grant

Office actions

non-final + final

Responses

1 RCE

Examiner

Phuoc Doan

art unit 2646 · TC 2600

Law firm

Law firm · Log in to unlock

Citations: 20 back · 0 forward

See the full prosecution history — every USPTO and applicant action on this file, in order.

Term & fees

See the term timeline — pendency span, in-force span, the maintenance fees paid and both computed expiry dates.

Priority chain

1 priority documents

›Priority documents — 1

Type	Document	Date
related publication	US 20130116013 A1	9 May 2013

Validity challenges

See the validity challenges on record — reexaminations, IPRs and PGRs, with their institution decisions and outcomes.

Citations

See every patent this one cites and every patent that cites it back — publication, assignee, and how each one was found.