MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140136213A1
• Filed: 07/16/2013
• Published: 05/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Jonghwan, KIM, Minkyeong, SHIN, Kyungjin
• Application Number:
  US13/943,480
• Publication Number:
  US 20140136213A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• 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 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a microphone configured to receive a user'"'"'s voice; a user input unit configured to sense a user'"'"'s input; a controller configured to start a first operation in response to the user'"'"'s input, and execute a voice recognition mode prior to completing the first operation, and recognize voice received through the microphone during the execution of the voice recognition mode to generate recognition result information, and execute a second operation based on the recognition result information; a display unit configured to display a loading screen image until at least one of the first and the second operation is completed, and display a second execution screen image based on the second operation more preferentially than a first execution screen image based on the execution result of the first operation when the second operation is completed.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a microphone configured to receive a user'"'"'s voice;

a user input unit configured to sense a user'"'"'s input;

a controller configured to;

start a first operation in response to the user'"'"'s input,

execute a voice recognition mode prior to completing the first operation,

recognize voice received through the microphone during the execution of the voice recognition mode to generate recognition result information, and

execute a second operation based on the recognition result information;

is wherein the first operation is different from a voice recognition mode operation.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to maintain the voice recognition mode for a predetermined period of time subsequent to completing the first operation.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to stop the execution of the voice recognition mode in response to the termination of the voice reception and when the voice reception continues to be carried out at a time point at which the predetermined period of time has passed.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when an application having a search function is carried out as the first operation, and when a keyword or a keyword and a command for search is recognized as the recognition result information, the controller is further configured to perform a search using the keyword as the second operation.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the second execution screen image comprises search result information based on the search using the keyword.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when an application having a plurality of modes is carried out as the first operation, and when a keyword associated with a mode is recognized as the recognition result information, the controller is further configured to execute a mode corresponding to the keyword among the plurality of modes as the second operation.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a display unit configured to:

display a loading screen image until at least one of the first and the second operation is completed, and

when the second operation is completed, display a second execution screen image based on the second operation and otherwise display a first execution screen image based on the execution result of the first operation,

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display at least one recommended word on the loading screen image during the execution of the voice recognition mode.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, further comprising:

a memory configured to store unidentified event information,

wherein the controller is further configured to generate the at least one recommended word using the unidentified event information.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller generates the at least one recommended word based on at least one of the current location and current time of the terminal body.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when a plurality of operations associated with the recognition result information are detected, the controller controls the display unit to display a menu list for selecting one of the plurality of operations on the loading screen image.

12. A control method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

starting a first operation in response to a sensed user'"'"'s input;

executing a voice recognition mode prior to completing the first operation;

recognizing a user'"'"'s voice received through a microphone during the execution of the voice recognition mode to generate recognition result information;

executing a second operation based on the recognition result information;

wherein the first operation is different from a voice recognition mode operation.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

maintaining the voice recognition mode for a predetermined period of time subsequent to completing the first operation.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

stopping the execution of the voice recognition mode in response to the termination of the voice reception and when the voice reception continues to be carried out at a time point at which the predetermined period of time has passed.