MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110306387A1
• Filed: 05/05/2011
• Published: 12/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: MOON, Doohyun
• Granted Patent: US 8,886,213 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/434 using image data, e.g. images, photos, pictures taken by a user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/447 Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar 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 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method includes displaying an image on a display of a mobile terminal, wherein the image depicts an object; displaying information simultaneously with the image, wherein the information relates to the object at a particular time point of any of a plurality of different time points of a timeline; and changing the displayed information to reflect a change in the particular time point to another time point of the plurality of different time points of the timeline, wherein the changed displayed information is displayed simultaneously with the image and relates to the object at the another time point.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying an image on a display of a mobile terminal, wherein the image depicts an object;

displaying information simultaneously with the image, wherein the information relates to the object at a particular time point of any of a plurality of different time points of a timeline; and

changing the displayed information to reflect a change in the particular time point to another time point of the plurality of different time points of the timeline, wherein the changed displayed information is displayed simultaneously with the image and relates to the object at the another time point.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the image is obtained via a camera of the mobile terminal, a memory of the mobile terminal, or a wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is obtained from a server or a memory of the mobile terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a user interface with respect to the timeline; and

receiving a user input via the user interface to select the particular time point or the another time point.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the user interface comprises:

displaying at least one indicator relative to the displayed user interface to indicate a specific time point at which a state of the depicted object changes.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

changing the depicted object to a particular state corresponding to the another time point; and

displaying the changed depicted object simultaneously with the changed displayed information.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining geographic information relating to the displayed object.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the obtained geographic information relates to a general location at which the displayed object is photographed.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the obtained geographic information relates to at least a photographing point or a photographing direction.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein displaying the image comprises:

activating a camera in the mobile terminal; and

extracting the depicted object from the image.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining whether the information is stored in a memory of the mobile terminal;

transmitting the obtained geographic information and information identifying the extracted object to a server when the information is not stored in the memory;

receiving the information relating to the extracted object from the server; and

storing the received information in the memory.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the information comprises:

displaying a specific link;

determining whether the displayed specific link is selected; and

displaying information corresponding to the selected specific link.

13. A method of controlling information in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an image on a display of a mobile terminal, wherein the image depicts an object;

displaying information simultaneously with the image, wherein the information relates to the object at a particular time point of any of a plurality of different time points of a timeline; and

changing the depicted object to a different version to reflect a change in the particular time point to another time point of the plurality of different time points of the timeline, wherein the different version of the depicted object generally corresponds to a state of the object at the another time point, and wherein the changed depicted object is displayed simultaneously with the information.

14. A method of controlling information in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an image on a display of a mobile terminal, wherein the image depicts an object;

displaying information simultaneously with the image, wherein the information relates to the object at a particular time point of any of a plurality of different time points of a timeline;

changing the displayed information to reflect a change in the particular time point to another time point of the plurality of different time points of the timeline; and

changing the depicted object to reflect the object at the another time point, wherein the changed displayed information is displayed simultaneously with the changed depicted object.

15. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display; and

a controller configured to;

display an image on the display, wherein the image depicts an object;

display information simultaneously with the image, wherein the information relates to the object at a particular time point of any of a plurality of different time points of a timeline; and

change the displayed information to reflect a change in the particular time point to another time point of the plurality of different time points of the timeline, wherein the changed displayed information is displayed simultaneously with the image and relates to the object at the another time point.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, further comprising a wireless communication unit configured to receive the information.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, further comprising a memory configured to store the received information.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to:

display a user interface corresponding to the timeline on the display; and

receive a user input for selecting the particular time point via the user interface.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the user input is a dragging touch input or a flicking touch input in either a first direction or a second direction in which the first direction corresponds to a past time point of the timeline and the second direction corresponds to a future time point of the timeline.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the timeline comprises a past time point, a present time point or a future time point.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to display on the display at least one indicator relative to the user interface to indicate a specific time point at which a state of the object changes.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the displayed information comprises weather information, event information, financial information or traffic information.