Watch type terminal and method of controlling the same

• US 10,088,809 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2015
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Yongdeok, Yoo, Mijun, Bae, Kwonhan, Kim, Minjoo, Min, Jihye, Chung, Yeehyun, Bu, Hyekyoung
• Primary Examiner(s): Bycer, Erick J.
• Application Number:
  US14/942,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20160320756A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,051 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G04C 3/001 Electromechanical switches for setting or display in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/08 Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/00 Visual time or date indication means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• 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 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• 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

Abstract

A watch type terminal including a body; a display unit disposed on a front surface of the body; a wheel surrounding an outer side of the body, and configured to be turned along the outer side of the body; and a controller configured to display information on the display unit corresponding to an angle and a direction in which the wheel is turned.

Claims

1. A watch type terminal comprising:

a body;

a display unit disposed on a front surface of the body;

a wheel surrounding an outer side of the body, and configured to be turned along the outer side of the body; and

a controller configured to;

receive a first input of turning the wheel to a first angle in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction,

select a specific time range corresponding to the first angle formed by turning the wheel in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction,

receive a second input of turning the wheel to a second angle greater than the first angle in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction while the specific time range is selected,

enlarge information corresponding to the selected specific time range and display the enlarged information in a first region on the display unit corresponding to the second angle, and

reduce information corresponding to a time range other than the selected specific time range and display the reduced information in a second region on the display unit excluding the first region.

2. The watch type terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display a first circle corresponding to a first type of event and a second circle corresponding to a second type of event different than the first type of event on the display unit,

display a first time indicator indicating a first time on the first circle corresponding to a first event of the first type that occurred on the watch type terminal, and

display a second time indicator indicating a second time on the second circle corresponding to a second event of the second type that occurred on the watch type terminal.

3. The watch type terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display a first icon representing the first event on the first circle at a position of the first time, and

display a second icon representing the second event on the second circle at a position of the second time.

4. The watch type terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display the first circle without displaying the second circle in response to the wheel being turned a first angle in a first direction, and

display the second circle without displaying the first circle in response to the wheel being turned a second angle in the first direction.

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

display the first circle without displaying the second circle in response to the wheel being turned in a clockwise direction, and

display the second circle without displaying the first circle in response to the wheel being turned in a counter clockwise direction.

6. The watch type terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display a first portion of the first circle corresponding to the first time of the first event with a first color, and

display a second portion of the first circle corresponding to another event of the first type with a second color different than the first color.

7. The watch type terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display a plurality of icons representing applications on the watch type terminal in a circle on the display unit and display a first icon among the plurality of icons in a center area of the circle,

display the plurality of icons as moving around the circle in a first direction in response to the wheel being turned in the first direction, and

display a second icon among the plurality of icons in the center area of the circle in response to the wheel no longer being turned in the first direction.

8. The watch type terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display a plurality of objects generated during a predetermined first period, and

display objects generated during a second period included in the predetermined first period among the generated plurality of objects, in response to the wheel being turned.

9. The watch type terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to set a user input value associated with a predetermined application, based on the angle and the direction by which the wheel is turned.

10. The watch type terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to display information on the display unit corresponding to the set user input value.

11. The watch type terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display a first time-changing information value on the display unit for a first time, and

display a second time-changing information value on the display unit for a second time based on the angle and the direction by which the wheel is turned.

12. The watch type terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to enlarge information displayed on a certain region of the display unit, based on a user input that selects the certain region, and the angle and the direction by which the wheel is turned.

13. The watch type terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display second visual information while first visual information is being displayed, based on the angle and the direction by which the wheel is turned.

14. The watch type terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to again display the first visual information while the second visual information is being displayed, based on the angle and the direction by which the wheel is turned.

15. A method of controlling a watch type terminal having a body;

a display unit disposed on a front surface of the body; and

a wheel surrounding an outer side of the body, and configured to be turned along the outer side of the body, the method comprising;

receiving, via a controller of the watch type terminal, a first input of turning the wheel to a first angle in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction;

selecting, via the controller, a specific time range corresponding to the first angle formed by turning the wheel in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction;

receiving, via the controller, a second input of turning the wheel to a second angle greater than the first angle in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction while the specific time range is selected;

enlarging information, via the controller, corresponding to the selected specific time range and displaying the enlarged information in a first region on the display unit corresponding to the second angle; and

reducing information, via the controller, corresponding to a time range other than the selected specific time range and displaying the reduced information in a second region on the display unit excluding the first region.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

displaying a first circle corresponding to a first type of event and a second circle corresponding to a second type of event different than the first type of event on the display unit;

displaying a first time indicator indicating a first time on the first circle corresponding to a first event of the first type that occurred on the watch type terminal; and

displaying a second time indicator indicating a second time on the second circle corresponding to a second event of the second type that occurred on the watch type terminal.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

displaying a first icon representing the first event on the first circle at a position of the first time; and

displaying a second icon representing the second event on the second circle at a position of the second time.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

displaying the first circle without displaying the second circle in response to the wheel being turned a first angle in a first direction; and

displaying the second circle without displaying the first circle in response to the wheel being turned a second angle in the first direction.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

displaying the first circle without displaying the second circle in response to the wheel being turned in a clockwise direction; and

displaying the second circle without displaying the first circle in response to the wheel being turned in a counter clockwise direction.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

displaying a first portion of the first circle corresponding to the first time of the first event with a first color; and

displaying a second portion of the first circle corresponding to another event of the first type with a second color different than the first color.