METHOD FOR DISPLAY INFORMATION AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME

• US 20120038668A1
• Filed: 11/17/2010
• Published: 02/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Minwoo, Hong, Yong Chul
• Application Number:
  US12/948,540
• Publication Number:
  US 20120038668A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/633
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

A method for controlling information on a mobile terminal may be provided. The method may include displaying an image (at least one object) on a display of the mobile terminal, receiving information regarding movement of a pointer with respect to the displayed image on the display, obtaining augmented reality (AR) information regarding the object based on the received information regarding movement of the pointer, and displaying the image and the augmented reality (AR) information related to the at least one object on the display of the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A method for controlling information on a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an image on a display of the mobile terminal, the image including at least one object;

receiving information regarding movement of a pointer with respect to the displayed image on the display;

obtaining augmented reality (AR) information regarding the object based on the received information regarding movement of the pointer; and

displaying the image and the augmented reality (AR) information related to the at least one object on the display of the mobile terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the AR information includes determining an area of the displayed image based on the movement of the pointer, and determining whether an object is provided within the determined area.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein obtaining the AR information further includes obtaining the AR information of the determined object when the object is determined to be provided within the determined area.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein movement of the pointer includes movement of the pointer over a plurality of predetermined regions of the display and identifying the regions based on the movement of the pointer.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the image and the AR information includes displaying the AR information such that the displayed AR information overlaps a front position of a portion of AR information of another object of the image.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing identification information regarding the object and information regarding whether to display the AR information,

wherein when the object is removed from the display and is again displayed on the display, the AR information regarding the object is displayed or is not displayed based on the stored identification information regarding the object and the stored information regarding whether to display the AR information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the AR information includes obtaining location information of the mobile terminal, an access address to the AR information or identification information of an AR marker associated with the object.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting at least one of the image, the AR information and access address to the AR information or identification information of an AR marker associated with the object to another mobile terminal.

9. A method for controlling information on a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying an image on a display of the mobile terminal, the image including a first object, first augmented reality (AR) information associated with the first object, a second object and second AR information associated with the second object;

receiving information regarding movement of a pointer with respect to the displayed image on the display;

identify the AR information associated with the second object based on the received information regarding movement of the pointer; and

displaying, on the display of the mobile terminal, the image with the first object, the second object and the first AR information associated with the first object and without the AR information associated with the second object when the AR information associated with the second object is identified based on the received information regarding movement of the pointer.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein identifying the AR information includes determining an area of the displayed image based on the movement of the pointer, and determining whether an object is provided within the determined area.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein identifying the AR information further includes identifying the AR information of the determined object when the object is determined to be provided within the determined area.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein movement of the pointer includes movement of the pointer over a plurality of predetermined regions of the display and identifying the regions based on the movement of the pointer.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the displayed second AR information overlaps at least a portion of a front position of the first AR information.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

storing identification information regarding the second object and information regarding whether to display the second AR information,

wherein when the second object disappears from the display and is again displayed on the display, the second AR information associated with the second object is displayed or is not displayed based on the stored identification information regarding the second object and stored information regarding whether to display the stored second AR information.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising transmitting the image with the first object, the second object, and the first AR information to another mobile terminal without transmitting the second AR information.

16. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display to display an image, the image including at least one object, and

a controller to receive information regarding movement of a pointer with respect to the displayed image on the display, the controller to obtain augmented reality (AR) information regarding the object based on the received information regarding movement of the pointer, and the display to display the image and the augmented reality (AR) information related to the at least one object on the display.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the controller obtains the AR information by determining an area of the displayed image based on the movement of the pointer, and by determining whether an object is provided within the determined area.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller obtains the AR information by further obtaining the AR information of the determined object when the object is determined to be provided within the determined area.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein movement of the pointer includes movement of the pointer over a plurality of predetermined regions of the display, and the controller identifies the regions based on the movement of the pointer over the plurality of predetermined regions.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the display displays the image and the AR information by displaying the AR information such that the displayed AR information overlaps a portion of a front position of AR information of another object of the image.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 16, further comprising:

a memory to store identification information regarding the object and information regarding whether to display the AR information,

wherein when the object is removed from the display and is again displayed on the display, the controller determines whether the AR information regarding the object is displayed or is not displayed based on the stored identification information regarding the object and the stored information regarding whether to display the AR information.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the controller obtains the AR information by obtaining location information of the mobile terminal, an access address to the AR information or identification information of an AR marker associated with the object.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 16, further comprising:

a communication unit to transmit at least one of the image, the AR information and access address to the AR information of an AR marker associated with the object to another mobile terminal.

24. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display to display an image, the displayed image including a first object and a second object, the display to further display first augmented reality (AR) information associated with the first object, and second AR information associated with the second object; and

a controller to receive information regarding movement of a pointer with respect to the displayed image on the display, the controller to identify the second AR information associated with the second object based on the received information regarding movement of the pointer, and the controller to control the display to display the image with the first object, the second object and the first AR information associated with the first object and without the second AR information associated with the second object when the second AR information associated with the second object is identified based on the received information regarding movement of the pointer.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 24, wherein the controller identifies the second AR information by determining an area of the displayed image based on the movement of the pointer, and the controller determines whether an object is provided within the determined area.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 25, wherein the controller identifies the second AR information further by identifying the second AR information of the determined object when the object is determined to be provided within the determined area.

27. The mobile terminal of claim 25, wherein movement of the pointer includes movement of the pointer over a plurality of predetermined regions of the display, and the controller identifies the regions based on the movement of the pointer over the plurality of predetermined regions.

28. The mobile terminal of claim 24, wherein the display displays the second AR information by displaying the second AR information such that the second AR information overlaps a portion of a front position of the displayed first AR information.

29. The mobile terminal of claim 24, further comprising:

a memory to store identification information regarding the second object and information regarding whether to display the second AR information,

wherein when the second object disappears from the display and is again displayed on the display, the controller determines whether the second AR information associated with the second object is displayed or is not displayed based on the stored identification information regarding the second object and the stored information regarding whether to display the second AR information.

30. The mobile terminal of claim 24, further comprising a communication unit to transmit the image with the first object, the second object, the first AR information to another mobile terminal without transmitting the second AR information.