Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 10,551,929 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2014
• Issued: 02/04/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Taeseong, Lee, Jisun, Yim, Soyeon, Myung, Eugene
• Primary Examiner(s): Ell, Matthew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ayad, Maria S
• Application Number:
  US14/518,952
• Publication Number:
  US 20150362999A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,933 Days
• Field of Search: 715716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a mobile terminal of a watch type can be remotely controlled. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform a wireless communication, a sensing unit configured to sense a gesture input, a display unit configured to output an information, and a controller, if a first type gesture is inputted, controlling at least one of a display of a detailed information of an unidentified event, a response to an event occurrence and an activation of a prescribed application to be performed in response to the inputted first type gesture.

Claims

1. A watch-type mobile terminal comprising:

a sensor configured to sense a movement of fingers on a user'"'"'s hand corresponding to a wrist on which the mobile terminal is worn by the user;

a display; and

a controller configured to;

identify a first gesture input based on input received from the sensor, wherein the first gesture input corresponds to a movement or rotation of the watch-type mobile terminal;

cause the display to display information of an event at the watch-type mobile terminal in response to identifying the first gesture input; and

cause the display to display a response screen for responding to the event when the first gesture input is identified again while the information of the event is displayed,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

increase a brightness of the display in response to a second gesture input identified via the sensor, wherein the second gesture input corresponds to a lateral clockwise movement of the watch-type mobile terminal while worn on a wrist of the user such that a direction that the display faces is maintained during the lateral clockwise movement; and

decrease the brightness of the display in response to a third gesture input identified via the sensor, wherein the third gesture input corresponds to a lateral counterclockwise movement of the watch-type mobile terminal while worn on the wrist of the user such that the direction that the display faces is maintained during the lateral counterclockwise movement.

2. The watch-type mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the response screen comprises a message-composing screen when the event is an incoming message.

3. The watch-type mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the response screen comprises a telephone call-placing screen when the event is an unanswered incoming telephone call.

4. The watch-type mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising an audio output, wherein the controller is further configured to:

identify a fourth gesture input based on input received from the sensor while the detailed information of the event is displayed,

cause the display to display a scrolling portion of the detailed information;

cause the display to display the detailed information in an increased size or a reduced size; and

cause the audio output to output the detailed information converted to voice audio.

5. The watch-type mobile terminal of claim 1,

wherein the controller is further configured to:

identify a fourth gesture input based on input received from the sensor while a multimedia playback application is being executed;

stop playback of a currently playing multimedia file of the multimedia playback application; and

change a playlist order of the multimedia playback application or change a current playback time point of the currently playing multimedia file in response to the fourth gesture input.

6. The watch-type mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the event is an incoming telephone call;

the response screen comprises a connected telephone call screen; and

the controller is further configured to;

accept the incoming telephone call when the first gesture input is identified; and

identify a fourth gesture input based on input received from the sensor, and decline the incoming telephone call when the fourth gesture input is identified.

7. The watch-type mobile terminal of claim 6, further comprising a communication unit, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the communication unit to send a message to a mobile terminal corresponding to the incoming telephone call when the incoming telephone call is declined when the fourth gesture input is identified.

8. The watch-type mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the sent message in response to identifying the fourth gesture input after the incoming telephone call has been declined.

9. The watch-type mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the event is an alarm;

the detailed information includes alarm information or schedule information associated with the alarm; and

the controller is further configured to identify a fourth gesture input based on input received from the sensor, and turn off the alarm or snooze the alarm when the second gesture input is identified.

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

identifying a first gesture input based on input received from the sensor, wherein the first gesture input corresponds to a movement or rotation of the watch-type mobile terminal;

displaying information of an event at the watch-type mobile terminal in response to identifying the first gesture input;

displaying a response screen for responding to the event when the first gesture input is identified again while the information of the event is displayed;

increasing a brightness of the display in response to a second gesture input identified via the sensor, wherein the second gesture input corresponds to a lateral clockwise movement of the watch-type mobile terminal while worn on a wrist of the user such that a direction that the display faces is maintained during the lateral clockwise movement; and

decreasing the brightness of the display in response to a third gesture input identified via the sensor, wherein the third gesture input corresponds to a lateral counterclockwise movement of the watch-type mobile terminal while worn on the wrist of the user such that the direction that the display faces is maintained during the lateral counterclockwise movement.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the response screen comprises a message-composing screen when the event is an incoming message.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the response screen comprises a telephone call-placing screen when the event is an unanswered incoming telephone call.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

identifying a fourth gesture input based on input received from the sensor while the detailed information of the event is displayed, and in response to identifying the fourth gesture input;

displaying a scrolling portion of the detailed information;

displaying the detailed information in an increased size or a reduced size;

or

outputting audio of the detailed information converted to voice audio.

14. The method of claim 10,

identifying a fourth gesture input based on input received from the sensor while a multimedia playback application is being executed;

stopping playback of a currently playing multimedia file of the multimedia playback application; and

changing a playlist order of the multimedia playback application or changing a current playback time point of the currently playing multimedia file in response to the fourth gesture input.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the event is an incoming telephone call and the method further comprises:

accepting the incoming telephone call in response to identifying the first gesture input, wherein the response screen comprises a connected telephone call screen; and

identifying a fourth gesture input based on input received from the sensor, and declining the incoming telephone call in response to identifying the fourth gesture input.