MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100105364A1
• Filed: 04/30/2009
• Published: 04/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: YANG, Seung-Jin
• Granted Patent: US 9,129,011 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3334 Selection or weighting of terms from queries, including natural language queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to access a web page, a display unit configured to display the accessed web page, a receiving unit configured to receive input voice information, and a controller configured to convert the input voice information into text information, to search the displayed web page for objects that include the converted text information, and to control the display unit to distinctively display found objects that include the converted text information from other information displayed on the web page.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to access a web page;

a display unit configured to display the accessed web page;

a receiving unit configured to receive input voice information; and

a controller configured to convert the input voice information into text information, to search the displayed web page for objects that include the converted text information, and to control the display unit to distinctively display found objects that include the converted text information from other information displayed on the web page.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to distinctively display the found objects by at least one of enlarging a size of the found objects, changing a color of the found objects, changing a background color display of the found objects, changing a transparency of the found objects, underlining the found objects, changing a font of the found objects and highlighting the found objects.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to distinctively display the found objects by grouping the found objects together.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to display the grouped found objects in a predetermined display region of the display unit.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to distinctively display the found objects by displaying the found objects in an overlaying manner on the displayed web page or in a separate popup window.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when a corresponding found object includes a link to a separate web page, the controller is further configured to automatically access the separate web page when the corresponding found object is selected with a voice command, a key input, or in a direct touching of the corresponding found object.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to stop distinctively display the found objects after a predetermined amount of time or when one of the found objects is selected.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to construct objects of the displayed web page as a database that can be searched.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to enter an information search mode for searching the currently displayed web page before the receiving unit receives the voice information.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the information search mode is entered based on a voice command, a key input, or in a direct touching of a predetermined portion of the displayed web page.

11. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an accessed web page on a display of the mobile terminal;

receiving input voice information;

converting the input voice information into text information;

searching the displayed web page for objects that include the converted text information; and

distinctively displaying found objects that include the converted text information from other information displayed on the web page.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the distinctively displaying step distinctively displays the found objects by at least one of enlarging a size of the found objects, changing a color of the found objects, changing a background color display of the found objects, changing a transparency of the found objects, underlining the found objects, changing a font of the found objects and highlighting the found objects.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the distinctively displaying step distinctively displays the found objects by grouping the found objects together.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the distinctively displaying step distinctively displays the grouped found objects in a predetermined display region of the display unit.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the distinctively displaying step distinctively displays the found objects by displaying the found objects in an overlaying manner on the displayed web page or in a separate popup window.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein when a corresponding found object includes a link to a separate web page, the method further comprises automatically accessing the separate web page when the corresponding found object is selected with a voice command, a key input, or in a direct touching of the corresponding found object.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

stop distinctively displaying the found objects after a predetermined amount of time or when one of the found objects is selected.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

constructing objects of the displayed web page as a database that can be searched.

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

entering an information search mode for searching the currently displayed web page before the receiving step receives the voice information.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the information search mode is entered based on a voice command, a key input, or in a direct touching of a predetermined portion of the displayed web page.