Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 10,082,876 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2016
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Chi, Jumin, Kim, Jonghwan, Song, Younghoon, Kim, Yung
• Primary Examiner(s): Awad, Amr
• Assistant Examiner(s): BRAY, STEPHEN A
• Application Number:
  US15/004,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20170038845A1
• Time in Patent Office: 977 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/05 specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72484 wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A wearable watch type mobile terminal of a watch type, comprising: a display unit, and a controller configured to: cause the display to if the display unit is set to a landscape mode, control display an object indicating an occurrence of an event to be outputted through the display unit when the display is positioned in a first orientation, if a prescribed gesture input is received, switch the display unit to a portrait mode from the landscape mode, and control cause the display to display a detailed information of the event to be outputted through the display unit when the display unit is moved to be in a second orientation according to movement of an arm on which the mobile terminal is worn, wherein the detailed information is not displayed while the object is displayed on the display positioned in the first orientation switched into the portrait mode.

Claims

1. A wearable watch type mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit;

a display; and

a controller configured to;

cause the display to display an object indicating an occurrence of an event while the display is positioned at a first location on a wrist;

cause the display to display detailed information of the event in response to a gesture of rotating the mobile terminal around the wrist such that the display is positioned at another location on the wrist, wherein the detailed information is not displayed while the object is displayed on the display positioned at the first location prior to detecting the gesture, an amount of the displayed detailed information increasing as a rotation degree of the mobile terminal corresponding to the gesture is increased;

cause the wireless communication unit to transmit information indicating that the detailed information has been displayed at the mobile terminal to another terminal that caused the occurrence of the event when the detailed information is displayed in response to the gesture; and

cause the display to display detailed information of the event in response to a touch input received via the display on which the object is displayed, the detailed information displayed in response to the touch input displayed only while the touch input is maintained at the display, wherein the touch input comprises touching both edges of the display simultaneously, the touch input detected while the object is being displayed,

wherein the information indicating that the detailed information has been displayed at the mobile terminal is not transmitted to the other terminal when the detailed information is displayed in response to the touch input.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the object is displayed while the display is positioned in a first orientation;

the controller is further configured cause the display to display the detailed information when the display is moved to be in a second orientation according to movement of an arm on which the mobile terminal is worn;

the display is set to a landscape mode, in which the display is positioned in the first orientation, when the arm is moved from a folded configuration to an unfolded configuration; and

the display is set to a portrait mode, in which the display is positioned in the second orientation, when the arm is moved from the unfolded configuration to the folded configuration.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein:

the display is divided into a right region and a left region by a virtual line when the display is set to the landscape mode; and

the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the object via one of the right and left regions based on the arm such that the object is displayed via the right region when the arm is a left arm and the object is displayed via the left region when the arm is a right arm.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein:

the display is divided into a top region and a bottom region by a virtual line when the display is set to the portrait mode; and

the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the detailed information at the bottom region.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:

cause the display to display information related to currently played content when the display is set to the landscape mode; and

cause the display to display a control screen for controlling a play of the content when the display is switched to the portrait mode from the landscape mode.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to input a text, which is converted from a voice received via a microphone, as a message in response to the event when a gesture of lifting the mobile terminal is detected while the detailed information is displayed.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the object is no longer displayed when the detailed information is displayed.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display a maximum amount of the detailed information when the rotation degree of the mobile terminal is increased to 180 degree.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the event comprises at least one of a text message, an instant message, or an email.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the detailed information displayed in response to the touch input is no longer displayed when the touch input is released from the display.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display time information, the object not displayed, when no event is detected at the mobile terminal.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display content received from a feed server in response to a second gesture of rotating the mobile terminal on a wrist, the second gesture detected while the time information is displayed.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the content comprises at least one of location information, weather information, or news information.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust a setting value of the mobile terminal in response to a second gesture of rotating the mobile terminal on a wrist.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the setting value comprises at least one of an interruption prohibition mode, an airplane mode, or a vibration mode.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to:

set the setting value to an ON state when the mobile terminal is rotated on the wrist in a first direction; and

set the setting value to an OFF state when the mobile terminal is rotated on the wrist in a second direction.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

cause the display to display a call connection screen indicating reception of an incoming call in response to the incoming call that is detected while the display is positioned in the first orientation; and

cause the display to display information corresponding to an external terminal associated with the incoming call in the call connection screen when the display is moved to be in the second orientation.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to answer or reject the incoming call in response to a gesture of rotating the mobile terminal on a wrist.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display a second object associated with a function related to the detailed information when the display is positioned at a second location corresponding to the rotation degree of 180 degree, the function executed in response to an input received via the second object, wherein the second object is not displayed when the display is positioned at the first location and when the rotation degree is less than 180 degree.

19. A method for controlling a wearable watch type mobile terminal, comprising:

displaying an object indicating an occurrence of an event on a display while the display is positioned at a first location on a wrist;

displaying detailed information of the event in response to a gesture of rotating the mobile terminal around the wrist such that the display is positioned at another location on the wrist, wherein the detailed information is not displayed while the object is displayed on the display positioned at the first location prior to detecting the gesture, an amount of the displayed detailed information increasing as a rotation degree of the mobile terminal corresponding to the gesture is increased;

transmitting information indicating that the detailed information has been displayed at the mobile terminal to another terminal that caused the occurrence of the event when the detailed information is displayed in response to the gesture; and

displaying detailed information of the event in response to a touch input received via the display on which the object is displayed, the detailed information displayed in response to the touch input displayed only while the touch input is maintained at the display, wherein the touch input comprises touching both edges of the display simultaneously, the touch input detected while the object is being displayed,

wherein the information indicating that the detailed information has been displayed at the mobile terminal is not transmitted to the other terminal when the detailed information is displayed in response to the touch input.