MOBILE TERMINAL, METHOD OF MANAGING SCHEDULE USING THE MOBILE TERMINAL, AND METHOD OF MANAGING POSITION INFORMATION USING THE MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20100222079A1
• Filed: 12/16/2009
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Won Young
• Granted Patent: US 8,265,659 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.300
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/343 Calculating itineraries, i.e. routes leading from a starting point to a series of categorical destinations using a global route restraint, round trips, touristic trips travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3608 using speech input, e.g. using speech recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A mobile terminal, a method of managing a schedule using the mobile terminal, and a method of managing position information using the mobile terminal are provided. The method of managing a schedule using the mobile terminal can interoperate schedule information with a navigation function, the method of managing position information using the mobile terminal can manage position information included in audio data received in various forms, and the mobile terminal implements the methods.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal for integrating at least two functions, the mobile terminal comprising:

a first unit configured to receive first information related to a first function;

a second unit configured to receive second information related to a second function; and

a controller configured to process the first information and the second information to provide a third function integrating the first information and second information.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the first unit is a receiving unit configured to receive schedule information including a scheduled place and a scheduled time,

the second unit is a position information module configured to acquire position information using a navigation satellite system, and

the controller is further configured to determine an expected travel time from a current position acquired using the position information module to the scheduled place, calculate a remaining travel time based on a difference between the scheduled time and a current time, and to announce the schedule information according to whether the expected travel time exceeds the remaining travel time.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, further comprising a memory that stores a map and wherein the controller is further configured to determine the expected travel time in consideration of road information included in the map.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to determine the expected travel time in consideration of traffic situation information stored in the memory or received from an external source.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to update the current position and the expected travel time periodically.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to announce the schedule information periodically or at a preset time before the remaining travel time and the expected travel time are the same.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to provide directions from the current position to the scheduled place in response a user command or automatically in consideration of the expected travel time.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the receiving unit is a user input module configured to receive the schedule information input by a user or a communication module configured to receive the schedule information from an external mobile terminal via a network.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the first unit is a receiving unit configured to receive schedule information as speech,

the second unit is a speech recognition unit configured to convert the speech into text using a speech recognition algorithm, and

the controller is configured to control the speech recognition unit to convert the received schedule information into text, extract a scheduled time, a scheduled place and scheduled contents from the converted text, and store the received schedule information in a schedule management database according to at least the extracted scheduled time, the extracted scheduled place or the extracted scheduled contents.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to provide at least one user interface to request at least the scheduled time, the scheduled place or the scheduled contents, and process at least the scheduled time, the scheduled place and the scheduled contents received as speech samples through the at least one user interface.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to receive the scheduled time, the scheduled place and the scheduled contents simultaneously through the receiving unit as speech regardless of order and extract the scheduled time, the scheduled place and the scheduled contents from the converted text by using a context analysis algorithm.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to announce the schedule information at a preset time in consideration of the scheduled time and a current time.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the first unit is a radio communication unit configured to perform a call function,

the second unit is a speech recognition unit configured to convert speech into text using a speech recognition algorithm, and

the controller is further configured to control the speech recognition unit to extract position information as text using the speech recognition algorithm from speech of at least one participant in a call performed by the radio communication unit and drive one or more applications using the extracted position information.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein each of the one or more applications comprise a navigator that provides a navigation function using a navigation satellite system by setting the position information as a destination, a map application that displays the position information on a map, a scheduler that sets the position information as a scheduled place, or a communication application that transmits the position information to an external terminal.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to drive the one or more applications in response to a user command or to drive a predesignated one of the one or more applications.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to store the speech of the at least one participant, convert the stored speech into text, and extract the position information from the converted text.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

The first unit is a radio communication unit configured to provide a communication function via a network,

the second unit is a speech recognition unit configured to convert speech into text using a speech recognition algorithm, and

the controller further configured to receive audio data from an external mobile communication terminal via the radio communication unit, control the speech recognition unit to convert the received audio data into text, extract position information from the converted text, and display a point corresponding to the extracted position information on a map.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, further comprising a position information module configured to acquire position information using a navigation satellite system and wherein the controller is further configured to acquire a current position using the position information module and to provide directions from the current position to a position corresponding to the displayed point.

19. A method of integrating at least two functions in the mobile terminal, the method comprising:

receiving first information related to a first function;

receiving second information related to a second function; and

processing the first information and the second information to provide a third function integrating the first information and second information.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first information is schedule information including a scheduled place and a scheduled time, the second information is an expected travel time from a current position to the scheduled place, and further comprising:

calculating a remaining travel time based on a difference between the scheduled time and a current time; and

announcing the schedule information according to whether the expected travel time exceeds the remaining travel time.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the schedule information is received as speech and further comprising:

converting the received schedule information into text using a speech recognition algorithm;

extracting a scheduled time, a scheduled place and scheduled contents from the converted text; and

storing the schedule information in a schedule management database according to at least the extracted scheduled time, the extracted scheduled place or the extracted scheduled contents.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the first information is speech of at least one participant in a call, the second information is position information extracted from the speech as text using a speech recognition algorithm and further comprising;

driving one or more applications using the extracted position information

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the first information is audio data received from an external source, the second information is position information extracted by converting the received audio data into text using a speech recognition algorithm, and further comprising:

displaying a point corresponding to the extracted position information on a map.