Patent ID: 8538401
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal, comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a touchscreen configured to display information and receive touch inputs; a sensor unit configured to detect a gravity characteristic of the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to output a user-settable gravity sensitivity threshold option for setting a gravity detecting sensitivity of the sensor unit, to receive a selection signal indicating a selection of a first gravity sensitivity threshold, to determine the mobile terminal is in a state of falling when the detected gravity characteristic of the mobile terminal is less than or equal to the selected first gravity sensitivity threshold, and to execute a predetermined function mapped to the determined falling state, wherein the executed predetermined function includes executing a terminal diagnostic function on the mobile terminal, and wherein the controller is further configured to vary a diagnostic range of the terminal diagnostic function in accordance with at least one of the detected gravity characteristic of the mobile terminal and a detected height at which the mobile terminal fell from.