MOBILE TERMINAL SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL, EXTERNAL DEVICE, AND INPUT/OUTPUT METHOD OF MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20100093394A1
• Filed: 10/13/2009
• Published: 04/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: HIDAKA, Isao
• Application Number:
  US12/578,279
• Publication Number:
  US 20100093394A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/545 Audio/video application, e.g. interphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/548 the power on the line being DC arrangements for feeding power H04L12/10; extracting feeding power from signals H04L25/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

A mobile terminal system including a mobile terminal and an external device is provided. The mobile terminal includes a first external device interface to output screen information to the external device and to receive operation information from the external device. The external device includes a display section to display and output the screen information, a user input section used when a user inputs the operation information on the mobile terminal, and a second external device interface to receive the screen information from the mobile terminal and to output to the mobile terminal the operation information input through the user input section. Transmission of the screen information and the operation information between the first and second external device interfaces is performed through a power signal used for the supply of power to the mobile terminal or for charging a battery in the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal system including a mobile terminal and an external device, comprising:

a first external device interface which is provided in the mobile terminal in order to output screen information to the external device and to receive operation information from the external device;

a display section which is provided in the external device in order to display and output the screen information;

a user input section which is provided in the external device and is used when a user inputs the operation information on the mobile terminal; and

a second external device interface which is provided in the external device in order to receive the screen information from the mobile terminal and to output to the mobile terminal the operation information input through the user input section,

wherein transmission of the screen information and the operation information between the first and second external device interfaces is performed through a power signal used for the supply of power to the mobile terminal or for charging a battery in the mobile terminal.

4. The mobile terminal system according to claim 1 or 2,

wherein the mobile terminal is a mobile phone, and

the screen information is video data or still image data received through a mobile phone network.

5. The mobile terminal system according to claim 1 or 3,

wherein the first and second external device interfaces perform parallel-to-serial conversion of transmission data and superimpose the converted data on the power signal and also reproduce received data superimposed on the power signal by performing serial-to-parallel conversion of the received data.

6. A mobile terminal that operates in the mobile terminal system according to claim 1, comprising:

a display section which outputs screen information;

a user input section which is used when a user inputs operation information on the mobile terminal;

a first external device interface for transmitting the screen information to the external device and receiving the operation information from the external device through a power signal used for the supply of power to the mobile terminal or for charging a battery in the mobile terminal; and

a processor which outputs the screen information to the display section or the first external device interface and performs an operation of the mobile terminal according to the operation information input by the user input section or the operation information read from the first external device interface.

7. A mobile terminal that operates in the mobile terminal system according to claim 1, comprising:

a display section which outputs screen information;

a user input section which is used when a user inputs operation information on the mobile terminal;

a first external device interface which includes a coil and transmits the screen information to the external device and receives the operation information from the external device using the electric field of the coil; and

a processor which outputs the screen information to the display section or the first external device interface and performs an operation of the mobile terminal according to the operation information input by the user input section or the operation information read from the first external device interface.

8. The mobile terminal according to claim 7,

wherein the coil provided in the first external device interface is a coil for power reception, and

a battery in the mobile terminal is charged by using electromagnetic induction between the coil provided in the first external device interface and a coil for power transmission provided in the second external device interface.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 6 or 8,

wherein the first external device interface performs parallel-to-serial conversion of transmission data and superimposes the converted data on the power signal and also reproduces received data superimposed on the power signal by performing serial-to-parallel conversion of the received data.

10. An external device that operates in the mobile terminal system according to claim 1, comprising:

a user input section which is used when a user inputs operation information on the mobile terminal;

a second external device interface for receiving the screen information from the mobile terminal and transmitting the operation information to the mobile terminal through a power signal used for the supply of power to the mobile terminal or for charging a battery in the mobile terminal; and

a display section which outputs the screen information received from the mobile terminal.

11. An external device that operates in the mobile terminal system according to claim 1, comprising:

a user input section which is used when a user inputs operation information on the mobile terminal;

a second external device interface which includes a coil and receives the screen information from the mobile terminal and transmits the operation information to the mobile terminal using the electric field of the coil; and

a display section which outputs the screen information received from the mobile terminal.

12. The external device according to claim 11,

wherein the coil provided in the second external device interface is a coil for power transmission, and

a battery in the mobile terminal is charged by using electromagnetic induction between the coil provided in the second external device interface and a coil for power reception provided in the first external device interface.

13. The external device according to claim 10 or 12,

wherein the second external device interface performs parallel-to-serial conversion of transmission data and superimposes the converted data on the power signal and also reproduces received data superimposed on the power signal by performing serial-to-parallel conversion of the received data.

14. An input/output method of a mobile terminal in the mobile terminal system according to claim 1, comprising the steps of:

outputting the screen information from the first external device interface provided in the mobile terminal;

performing display output of the screen information, which has been input to the second external device interface provided in the external device, in the display section of the external device;

outputting the operation information, which has been input through the user input section of the external device, from the second external device interface; and

operating the mobile terminal according to the operation information input to the first external device interface,

wherein transmission of the screen information and the operation information between the first and second external device interfaces is performed through a power signal used for the supply of power to the mobile terminal or for charging a battery in the mobile terminal.

15. An input/output method of a mobile terminal in the mobile terminal system according to claim 1, comprising the steps of:

outputting the screen information from the first external device interface provided in the mobile terminal;

performing display output of the screen information, which has been input to the second external device interface provided in the external device, in the display section of the external device;

outputting the operation information, which has been input through the user input section of the external device, from the second external device interface; and

operating the mobile terminal according to the operation information input to the first external device interface,

wherein each of the first and second external device interfaces includes a coil, and transmission of the screen information and the operation information is performed using the electric field between the coils.

2. A mobile terminal system including a mobile terminal and an external device, comprising:

a first external device interface which is provided in the mobile terminal in order to output screen information to the external device and to receive operation information from the external device;

a display section which is provided in the external device in order to display and output the screen information;

a user input section which is provided in the external device and is used when a user inputs the operation information on the mobile terminal; and

a second external device interface which is provided in the external device in order to receive the screen information from the mobile terminal and to output to the mobile terminal the operation information input through the user input section,

wherein each of the first and second external device interfaces includes a coil, and transmission of the screen information and the operation information is performed using the electric field between the coils.

3. The mobile terminal system according to claim 2,

wherein the coil provided in the first external device interface is a coil for power reception,

the coil provided in the second external device interface is a coil for power transmission, and

a battery in the mobile terminal is charged by using electromagnetic induction between the coils.