Patent ID: 8878822

Claim:
A method of controlling the operation of a mobile terminal, the method comprising: displaying, on a display module of the mobile terminal, a stereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) image using a disparity between left-eye and right-eye images; receiving a touch input within the stereoscopic 3D image; determining whether a position of the touch input is received within a first area of, a second area of or a third area of a touch-sensing area, wherein the right-eye image is displayed in the first area, the left-eye image is displayed in the second area, and the third area is an overlapping area of the left-eye and right-eye images; correcting the touch-sensing area on the display module according to the position of the received touch input, wherein the touch-sensing area receives a touch for selecting the stereoscopic 3D image; and setting a new touch-sensing area based on the corrected touch sensing area; wherein when the position of the received touch input is within the first area, a dominant eye is determined to be a right eye of a user, and the new touch-sensing area is set based on the first area, when the position of the received touch input is within the second area, the dominant eye is determined to be a left eye of the user, and the new touch-sensing area is set based on the second area, and when the position of the received touch input is within the third area, both eyes of the user are determined to be dominant, and the new touch-sensing area is set based on the third area.