Patent ID: 9001046
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a display in a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising a touch screen having a display area including an input area and a control area that are separated from each other, the method comprising: displaying at least one application icon on the display area, the at least one application icon including a cursive script application icon for enabling input of cursive script; receiving a selection of one application icon of the at least one displayed application icon; entering an information input mode based on the selection of the one application icon, wherein an initial screen of the information input mode includes an information input window for displaying information input via the input area and an instruction prompt sign displayed in the information input window, the instruction prompt sign indicating that the information input window is to be touched to activate the information input mode, and wherein the instruction prompt sign is displayed in a form of a blink, a color, a text or an icon; displaying a first error sign on the display area to indicate that the information input mode cannot be activated when a region on the touch screen other than the information input window is touched, wherein information received via the input area when the information input mode is not activated is not processed; activating the information input mode when the information input window including the instruction prompt sign is touched such that information received via the input area can be processed; receiving first information input via the input area while the information input mode is activated, wherein receiving the first information comprises: determining that the received first information is a character via a sign/character recognition algorithm; displaying the character corresponding to the received information in the information input window; receiving second information input via the input area after receiving the first information; recognizing the received second information as an image when the received second information input is not determined as a character; displaying the image corresponding to the second information with the character corresponding to the first information in the information input window, wherein the displayed image is not a standard image provided by the mobile terminal, and the image and the character are displayed in a substantially same size; recognizing a first touching manner in at least part of the control area as input data information during the information input mode; displaying the recognized input data information in the display area such that the input data information is distinguished from graphic icons displayed in the control area for controlling the input data information; and enabling the control area to be used for controlling a mobile terminal operation when no data information input is recognized for a predetermined duration, wherein recognizing the first touching manner comprises: wherein a control function related to the graphic icons is deactivated when the control area is recognized as the additional input area, and wherein the control function related to the graphic icons is activated when the control area is recognized as the area for controlling the mobile terminal.