METHOD FOR INPUTTING COMMAND IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME

• US 20100262591A1
• Filed: 04/07/2010
• Published: 10/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Ji Woon, Shon, Yoo Sun, Sang, Doo Whan, Lee, Sang Hyuck, Suh, Woo Jin
• Granted Patent: US 9,182,905 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/706
• 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 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

The present disclosure is related to a method of inputting a command in a mobile terminal comprising; storing a table including at least one drawing pattern and a command on the each drawing pattern; receiving a user drawing on a touch screen; and determining a drawing pattern matching with the user drawing pattern by comparing the user drawing pattern and the table to execute a command corresponding the determined drawing pattern, and a mobile terminal using the same.

Claims

1. A method of entering a command in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

storing a table comprising at least one drawing pattern and a command for each corresponding one of the at least one drawing pattern;

receiving a user drawing via a touch screen;

determining the at least one drawing pattern that matches the user drawing by comparing the user drawing to the at least one drawing pattern; and

executing the command corresponding to the determined at least one drawing pattern.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

receiving the user drawing comprises receiving a handwritten search word input on the touch screen and receiving a drawing input for executing a search operation of a search engine, and

executing the command comprises displaying an item related to the handwritten search word by performing a search of the handwritten search word using the search engine.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

receiving the user drawing comprises receiving a handwritten search word input on the touch screen and receiving a drawing input for executing a search operation of a search engine, and

executing the command comprises displaying a previously stored item related to the search word by performing a search of the handwritten search word using the Internet.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the user drawing via the touch screen comprises receiving a drawing of a folder input on the touch screen and executing the command comprises generating the folder.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the user drawing via the touch screen comprises receiving a drawing of a revision symbol that is input on text displayed on the touch screen and executing the command comprises changing the text according to the revision symbol.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the user drawing via the touch screen comprises receiving a drawing of a specific pattern that is input on a file displayed on the touch screen and executing the command comprises executing the file according to the specific pattern.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the user drawing via the touch screen comprises receiving a drawing of a specific pattern input on the touchscreen for controlling a brightness of a display unit in the mobile terminal and executing the command comprises controlling the brightness of the display unit according to the specific pattern.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein storing the table comprises receiving a drawing pattern via a user input unit and setting up a command corresponding to the drawing pattern.

9. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory configured to store a table comprising at least one drawing pattern and a command for each corresponding one of the at least one drawing pattern;

a touch screen configured to receive a user drawing; and

a controller configured to determine the at least one drawing pattern that matches the user drawing by comparing the user drawing to the at least one drawing pattern and to execute the command corresponding to the determined at least one drawing pattern.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein:

the user drawing comprises a drawing of a search word and a drawing for executing a search operation of a search engine, and

the controller is further configured to display an item related to the search word by performing a search of the search word using the search engine upon receipt of the drawing of the search word and the drawing for executing the search operation.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, further comprising a wireless communication module configured to access an Internet, wherein:

the user drawing comprises a drawing of a search word and a drawing for executing a search operation of a search engine, and

the controller is further configured to activate the wireless communication module by executing the search operation and to display Internet information related to the search word on the touch screen.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the user drawing comprises a drawing of a folder and the controller is further configured to generate the folder when the drawing of the folder is received.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein:

the user drawing comprises a drawing of a revision symbol that is input on text displayed on the touchscreen, and

the controller is further configured to change the text according to the revision symbol when the revision symbol is received.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein:

the user drawing comprises a drawing for file execution that is input on a file, and

the controller is further configured to execute the file when the drawing is received.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein:

the user drawing comprises a drawing for controlling a brightness of the touch screen, and

the controller is further configured to control the brightness of the touch screen when the drawing for controlling the brightness is received.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to store a user provided drawing pattern in the table when the user provided drawing pattern is received via the touch screen.

17. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory configured to store a table comprising at least two drawing patterns and a command for each corresponding one of the at least two drawing patterns;

a touch screen configured to receive a first user drawing and a second user drawing; and

a controller configured to determine a first drawing pattern that matches the first user drawing by comparing the first user drawing to the at least two drawing patterns, execute a first command corresponding to the determined first drawing pattern, determine a second drawing pattern that matches the second user drawing by comparing the second user drawing to the at least two drawing patterns, and execute a second command corresponding to the determined second drawing pattern when the second user drawing is received within a predetermined time.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the first user drawing is a drawing of a search word and the second user drawing is a drawing for executing an Internet search.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the first user drawing is a drawing of an arithmetic expression and the second user drawing is for calculating a value of the arithmetic expression.