MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20130339304A1
• Filed: 06/13/2013
• Published: 12/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: PARK, Changyoung, KIM, Seonghyok, LEE, Wonjong, PARK, Mihyun, EUM, Hyejin, SHIM, Hongjo, KOH, Hyunho
• Application Number:
  US13/917,098
• Publication Number:
  US 20130339304A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/652
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 1/01 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/004 Error avoidance G06F11/07 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1451 by selection of backup contents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1461 Backup scheduling policy
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/11 File system administration, e.g. details of archiving or snapshots file system backup G06F11/14
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/00 Audible signalling systems; Audible personal calling systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/18 Telephone sets specially adapted for use in ships, mines, or other places exposed to adverse environment H04M1/19 takes precedence

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a memory; a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an external device; at least one information acquisition mechanism configured to acquire emergent situation information for deciding whether an emergent situation has occurred; and a controller configured to transmit predetermined data files stored in the memory to the external device through the wireless communication unit according to a predetermined priority order if the emergent situation has occurred.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory;

a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an external device;

at least one information acquisition mechanism configured to acquire emergent situation information for deciding whether an emergent situation has occurred; and

a controller configured to transmit predetermined data files stored in the memory to the external device through the wireless communication unit according to a predetermined priority order if the emergent situation has occurred.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit location information of the mobile terminal, user information of the mobile terminal, and information related to the emergent situation to a predetermined report agency through the wireless communication unit if the emergent situation has occurred.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to decide that the emergent situation has occurred if the acquired emergent situation information indicates a temperature around the mobile terminal is higher than a predetermined critical temperature.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the acquired emergent situation information includes sound information corresponding to a sound signal occurring around the mobile terminal, and the controller is further configured to analyze the acquired sound signal and decide whether the emergent situation has occurred based on an analyzed result of the sound signal.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the acquired emergent situation information includes disaster alerting data and location data of the mobile terminal, and the controller is further configured to analyze the disaster alerting data and the location data and decide that the emergent situation has occurred if the mobile terminal is located within a certain range of a location of the emergent situation included in the disaster alerting data.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the acquired emergent situation information includes vibration or impulse information and the controller is further configured to decide that the emergent situation has occurred if the vibration or impulse information is higher than a certain level.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to decide that the emergent situation has occurred if a predetermined component does not operate normally and the vibration or impulse information is higher than the certain level.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to assign a priority order for data files assigned to a specific application stored in a memory area of the memory, or for data included in a specific folder.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the memory is configured to classify a plurality of backup data files into a first data group having a higher priority order and a second data group having a lower priority order and store the classified groups, and

wherein the controller is further configured to firstly transmit data files in the first data group to the external device through a first wireless communication network among first and second wireless communication networks according to a capacity of the data files if the emergent situation has occurred and the mobile terminal is only connected to the external device via the first wireless communication network.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to firstly transmit data files in the first data group to the external device through both of the first and second wireless communication networks and then secondly transmit data files in the second data group to the external device through both of the first and second wireless communication networks when the mobile terminals is connected with the external device through both of the first and the second wireless communication networks.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to decide a wireless communication network among the first and second wireless communication networks to use to transmit data files included in a same data group, taking into account a capacity of the data file, a communication speed of the first wireless communication network and a communication speed of the second wireless communication network.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit one data file having a higher capacity of first and second data files included in a same data group through one network having a faster speed among the first and second wireless communication networks to the external device and to transmit the other one of the first and second data files through the other network of the first and second wireless communication networks to the external device.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to additionally form the external device and the second wireless communication network, and firstly transmit the first data group to the external device through both of the first and second wireless communication networks, and then secondly transmit the second data group to the external device through the both of the first and second wireless communication networks.

14. A mobile terminal comprising:

a humidity sensing unit configured to sense humidity;

a memory; and

a controller configured to record flooding information in the memory indicating the mobile terminal has been flooded with water when the sensed humidity reaches a predetermined humidity.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, further comprising:

an acceleration sensing unit configured to sense an acceleration in the direction of gravity,

wherein the controller is further configured to record the flooding information in the memory when the sensed acceleration value is higher than a predetermined value and the sensed humidity reaches the predetermined value.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 14, further comprising:

an atmosphere sensing unit configured to sense an atmosphere,

wherein the controller is further configured to record the flooding information in the memory when an amount of change of the sensed atmosphere is higher than a predetermined value and the sensed humidity reaches the predetermined value.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 14, further comprising:

a temperature sensing unit configured to sense a temperature,

wherein the controller is further configured to record the flooding information in the memory when an amount of change of the sensed temperature is higher than a predetermined value and the sensed humidity reaches the predetermined value.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 14, further comprising:

a Near Field Communication (NFC) module,

wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the flooding information recorded in the memory to an external device through the Near Field Communication module.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the memory further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) memory, and

wherein the controller is further configured to record at least portion of information already stored in the mobile terminal into the NFC memory.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 14, further comprising:

a power supply configured to supply power to the mobile terminal,

wherein the controller is further configured to stop the power supply of the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal has been flooded with water.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 14, further comprising:

an audio output unit,

wherein the controller is configured to report the mobile terminal has been flooded through the audio output unit.