Watch-type mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 10,229,545 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2016
• Issued: 03/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Chung, Sooyon
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Huy T
• Application Number:
  US15/299,367
• Publication Number:
  US 20170154477A1
• Time in Patent Office: 873 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/225 Display details
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/228 combined with other devices having a different main function, e.g. watches
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10527 Audio or video recording; Data buffering arrangements G11B20/12 - G11B20/18 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10833 Copying or moving data from one record carrier to another
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/005 Reproducing at a different information rate from the information rate of recording for television signals H04N5/783
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver

Abstract

Disclosed are a mobile terminal of a watch type and controlling method thereof. The present invention includes a display unit, a sensing unit, a communication unit configured to transmit/receive a signal with a vehicle accident recording device, and a controller controlling the display unit, the sensing unit and the communication unit, wherein if a state change of a user is sensed, an image request signal for requesting an image is transmitted to the vehicle accident recording device, wherein the image corresponds to at least one of a moving image and a still image corresponding to a first time point of sensing the state change, and wherein if the image is received from the vehicle accident recording device, a notification indicating that the image is received is provided. Accordingly, a photographed image is received from a vehicle accident recording device in case of sensing user'"'"'s state change.

Claims

1. A watch-type mobile terminal comprising:

a display;

a sensor;

a communication unit configured to transceive information with a vehicle accident recorder; and

a controller configured to;

measure a heart rate of a user via the sensor;

cause an image request, requesting an image, to be transmitted to the vehicle accident recorder via the communication unit when a user state change is sensed via the sensor, wherein the image corresponds to at least a moving image or a still image corresponding to a first time point related to the user state change, and wherein the user state change corresponds to an increase of the measured heart rate of the user such that the measured heart rate exceeds a preset range; and

cause the display to display a notification when the image is received from the vehicle accident recorder.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the moving image starting from the first time point when the moving image is received.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the image corresponds to at least a moving image or a still image captured during a preset time before and after the first time point via a camera of the vehicle accident recorder.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the moving image starting from a second time point of the moving image when a first input signal is received during display of the moving image.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the second time point corresponds to a time point of a state change closest to the preset range other than the first time point.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to change a playback speed of the moving image when a second input is received during display of the moving image.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1 further comprising a memory, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the memory to store at least the image, a theme of the image, the user state change related to the image, or location information of the image when the image is received from the vehicle accident recorder.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive location information of the mobile terminal via the sensor; and

cause the display to display a list including at least one image when an image related to the location information is saved in the memory.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the image related to the location information comprises at least an image captured by a camera of the vehicle accident recorder, an image captured by a camera of the mobile terminal, an online saved image, or an image captured by a camera of an external device.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the user state change is related to the user while riding a vehicle.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the communication unit is further configured to transceive information with the vehicle and the controller is further configured to determine whether the user is riding the vehicle based on information received from the vehicle.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display a notification indicating that the image is unchecked when the user alights from the vehicle.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein:

the communication unit is further configured to transceive information with an external mobile terminal; and

the controller is further configured to cause the communication unit to transmit a control signal for displaying the moving image on a display of the external mobile terminal.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display a still image corresponding to a time point of the user state change.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display a time line and further display adjacent to the time line at least:

an indicator indicating the first time point;

a thumbnail image corresponding to the first time point;

location information associated with the first time point;

or

information related to a sensed value from the user corresponding to the user state change at the first time point.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit via the communication unit a voice request to the vehicle accident recorder.

17. A method of controlling a watch-type mobile terminal, the method comprising:

measuring a heart rate of a user via a sensor of the mobile terminal;

transmitting an image request to a vehicle accident recorder when a user state change is sensed, wherein the user state change corresponds to an increase of the measured heart rate of the user such that the measured heart rate exceeds a preset range; and

providing a notification indicating that the image is received when the image is received from the vehicle accident recorder,

wherein the image corresponds to at least a moving image or a still image corresponding to a first time point related to the user state change.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising playing the moving image on a display starting from the first time point when the moving image is received from the vehicle accident recorder.