公开(公告)号：US20230007118A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17756383

申请日：2019-12-18

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Ilhyun KIM ,  Changhwan CHOI

IPC: H04M1/72454 ,  H04M1/02 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06V40/20 ,  G06F21/31 ,  G06F21/44 ,  G06F1/16

Abstract: A mobile terminal comprises: a body frame that is expandable in a first direction and shrinkable in a second direction; a flexible display in which the area of a display unit positioned on the front surface of the body frame is expanded according to the expansion of the body frame; a driving unit that changes the size of the body; a sensing unit that senses a user command; and a control unit that controls the driving unit to expand or shrink the body frame on the basis of the user command sensed by the sensing unit. Thus, a screen of the display unit positioned on the front surface can be expanded through size adjustment. Because a part of the screen always faces the outside, a separate secondary display unit is not required, and the screen may be expanded step by step as needed.