Patent ID: 8195220

Claim:
A method for controlling user interface for a mobile device including at least one input unit and at least one output unit, the method comprising: determining a distance relationship between a user's body and the mobile device; and changing a configuration of at least one of the at least one input and output units depending upon the determined distance relationship, wherein the output unit comprises a display, and wherein the changing step comprises turning off the display, when the determined distance relationship indicates that a distance between the user's body and the mobile device is in a first predetermined range; and turning on the display, when the determined distance relationship indicates that the distance between the user's body and the mobile device is in a second predetermined range as the mobile device goes further away from the user's body beyond the first predetermined range and into the second predetermined range: wherein the turning on step comprises determining whether or not the mobile device is used currently for a phone call; turning on the display to display a common menu displayed during a standby mode, when the mobile device is not used currently for the phone call; and turning on the display to display a phone call menu different from the common menu, when the mobile device is used currently for the phone call, wherein the determining a distance relationship step determines the distance relationship by comparing an actual distance between the user's body and the mobile device with a first or second distance reference depending on a movement of the mobile device, the movement of the mobile device being moving from a first range to a second range with respect to the user's body or moving from the second range to the first range with respect to the user's body.