Patent ID: 9733719
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04B

Claim:
1. A mobile terminal comprising: a main body; a display unit that is arranged to the main body and to which screen information is output; a sensing unit that senses a gesture that is applied to a region outside of the main body; and a controller that performs a function associated with at least one portion of the screen information that is output to the display unit if a predetermined-type gesture is applied to the region outside of the main body, wherein the region outside of the main body includes multiple regions that correspond to multiple edges of the main body, respectively, wherein the associated function is determined based on the gestures that are applied to at least two regions among the multiple regions that correspond to the multiple edges, respectively, the gestures that are applied to the at least two regions are a first type gesture and a second type gesture different from the first type gesture, respectively, wherein when the first type gesture is applied to a first region, one region among the multiple regions, and then the second type gesture is applied to a second region that lies in the direction opposite to the first region, the controller performs a sound volume control function, and wherein when the first type gesture is applied to the second region and then the second type gesture is applied to the first region, the controller performs a brightness control function.