MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20140002389A1
• Filed: 04/22/2013
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Miyoung, HWANG, Keumsung
• Granted Patent: US 9,176,703 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1462 with means for detecting differences between the image stored in the host and the images displayed on the remote displays
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/04 Changes in size, position or resolution of an image
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2838 Distribution of signals within a home automation network, e.g. involving splitting/multiplexing signals to/from different paths adaptations of television systems for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution H04N7/106; hybrid transport H04L12/6418; home network arrangements specially adapted for distribution of digital video signals H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The mobile terminal shares screens with at least one external electronic device. A capture image of a screen of an electronic device is shared with an external electronic device.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a memory;

a display unit;

a communication unit configured to communicate with one or more external electronic devices; and

a controller configured to share screens with the external electronic devices through the communication unit, to capture a screen displayed on the display unit when a screen capture signal instructing the screen displayed on the display unit to be captured is received, and to store the capture image in the memory and at least one of the external electronic devices.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display related images respectively corresponding to the screens of the external electronic devices, and the capture image includes the related images.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the related images respectively include images respectively mirroring the screens of the external electronic devices.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to receive the screen capture signal from one of the external electronic devices through the communication unit.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, when animation of moving the capture image to a predetermined area of the display unit is displayed, the controller is configured to control the capture image to be stored in the electronic device or a device corresponding to the area to which the capture image is moved from among the external electronic devices.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the predetermined area includes at least one of a first area in which at least one of the mirror images is displayed, a second area in which at least one of a graphical object corresponding to the electronic device and graphical objects corresponding to the external electronic devices is displayed, and a third area other than the first and second areas on the screen.

7. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the animation includes a motion of scaling down the capture image to an icon having a predetermined size and moving the icon to the predetermined area.

8. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein, when the screen capture signal is received while a video is played on the display unit, the controller is configured to scale down the capture image to an icon having a predetermined size and display the icon on a screen of an external device that transmits the screen capture signal.

9. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the predetermined area is a graphical object corresponding to the electronic device or at least one of the external electronic devices, and the controller is configured to display a graphical object that animates the capture image for a predetermined time.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein, when an input predetermined for the graphical object is received, a preview image with respect to the capture image is displayed on the display unit.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein, when a plurality of capture images is present, the capture images are displayed on the display unit.

12. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein, when an input predetermined for the graphical object is received, the controller is configured to display a menu window for sharing the capture image on the display unit.

13. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the display unit includes a touch screen,

wherein, when a drag input for moving the graphical object to one of the mirror images is applied to the touch screen, the controller is configured to control the capture image to be shared with an external electronic device corresponding to the dragged mirror image.

14. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the communication unit includes an HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) standard interface for connecting the electronic device to the one or more external electronic devices, and the controller is configured to control the capture image to be stored in the one or more external electronic devices through the HDMI standard interface.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the capture image includes at least one of a capture image corresponding to a screen displayed on the display unit and related images respectively corresponding to the screens of the one or more external electronic devices.

16. An electronic device displaying a related image corresponding to a screen of an external electronic device on a display unit, the electronic device comprising:

a communication unit configured to include an HDMI standard interface connected to the external electronic device; and

a controller configured to capture a screen displayed on the display unit when a screen capture signal is received from the external electronic device while the electronic device and the external electronic device share screens thereof through the communication unit, and to transmit the capture image to the external electronic device corresponding to the related image through the HDMI standard interface when animation of moving the capture image to the related image is displayed.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the related image includes a graphical object,

wherein the graphical object corresponds to the external electronic device or the electronic device.

18. A method of controlling an electronic device, comprising:

sharing screens with one or more external electronic devices through an HDMI standard interface for interfacing with the one or more external electronic devices;

receiving a screen capture signal instructing a screen displayed on a display unit to be captured; and

capturing the screen and controlling the capture image to be stored in at least one of a memory and the one or more external electronic devices.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the sharing of the screens with the one or more external electronic devices comprises displaying related images respectively corresponding to the screens of the one or more external electronic devices on the display unit.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein controlling the capture image to be stored comprises storing the capture image in an external electronic device corresponding to a related image when animation of moving the capture image to the related image is displayed.