MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20160161277A1
• Filed: 04/27/2015
• Published: 06/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Jinhyoung, LEE, Sukjin, LIM, Gukchan, PARK, Mihyun
• Granted Patent: US 9,891,070 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/343 Calculating itineraries, i.e. routes leading from a starting point to a series of categorical destinations using a global route restraint, round trips, touristic trips travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3614 through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3676 Overview of the route on the road map
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal capable of providing map information and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display unit configured to display map information containing preset route information and at least one graphic object linked to place information and a controller configured to change the preset route information based on place information linked to any one graphic object when a drag touch started from the any one graphic object of the at least one graphic object is released from the map information.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display configured to display a map; and

a controller configured to;

cause the display to display, on the map, a first route from a first point to a second point;

cause the display to display a graphic object related to a place located within an area of the displayed map while the first route is displayed on the map; and

cause the display to display a second route in response to an input received with regard to the graphic object,

wherein the second route includes a first portion that is between the first point and a location of the map associated with the place, and a second portion that is between the location of the map associated with the place and the second point.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the second route includes the location associated with the place related to the graphic object, the first point, and the second point.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein:

the location associated with the place included in the second route satisfies a preset condition; and

the preset condition comprises at least a place previously set by a user, a place having a larger or largest value among a plurality of places related to the graphic object, or a place that is nearest to the first route among a plurality of places related to the graphic object.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the graphic object comprises a plurality of graphic objects;

each of the plurality of graphic objects is associated with a corresponding category; and

the controller is further configured to cause the display to display an icon on the map for guiding selection of a place corresponding to a category associated with one of the plurality of graphic objects when the one of the plurality of graphic objects is dragged and released at a location of the map.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the icon within a specific area on the map, the specific area designated based on the location on the map where the dragged one of the plurality of graphic objects is released.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the icon comprises a plurality of icons and the controller is further configured to cause the display to:

display the plurality of icons on an entire area of the map when the dragged one of the plurality of graphic objects is released at a first location of the map that does not overlap the first route; and

display at least one icon among the plurality of icons within a specific area of the map when the dragged one of the plurality of graphic objects is released at a second location of the map that overlaps the first route such that the specific area is defined by a boundary that is determined based on the second location.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the first route is changed to the second route in response to a touch applied to the displayed icon.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to:

display a second graphic object linked to at least two first graphic objects while the map is displayed, wherein a different category associated with a place is linked to each of the at least two first graphic objects; and

display the at least two first graphic objects in response to a touch applied to the second graphic object.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to:

cause the display to display, on the map, an icon corresponding to a place linked to one of the at least two first graphic objects in response to selection of the one of the at least two first graphic objects; and

select the place corresponding to the icon in response to a touch applied to the icon, the place further corresponding to a category linked to the one of the at least two first graphic objects.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display a replacement icon instead of the touched icon at a same location on the map, on which the touched icon was displayed, such that the replacement icon and the selected one of the at least two first graphic objects have same images.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to generate a third route based on a plurality of places corresponding to a plurality of icons displayed on the map when the plurality of icons are selected from the map.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the third route in response to a command that is received after the plurality of icons are selected.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein:

the controller is further configured to generate at least two tabs in response to a touch applied to the second graphic object; and

each of the at least two tabs is associated with a map including a different route.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to:

display a third route in response to selection of a first tab among the at least two tabs;

display a fourth route in response to selection of a second tab among the at least two tabs; and

display the third route and the fourth route together on the map in response to selection of an icon associated with an overlap function for displaying all routes associated with the at least two tabs at once, the icon displayed while the at least two tabs are displayed.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

cause the display to display a graphic object associated with an application while the map is displayed; and

perform a function associated with the application in response to dragging of the graphic object associated with the application and releasing of the dragged graphic object at a specific location indicated on the displayed map.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein:

the controller is further configured to cause the display to display an execution screen of the application; and

the execution screen includes information related to a place corresponding to the specific location on the map.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

cause the display to display, on the map, a graphic object associated with a specific place; and

cause output of notification when a current location of the mobile terminal is within a threshold distance from the specific place,

wherein the output of the notification comprises at least;

changing a display format of the displayed graphic object associated with the specific place;

outputting an audio signal via an audio output unit;

outputting text notification information;

or

vibrating the mobile terminal.

18. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a map containing a first route from a first point to a second point;

displaying a graphic object related to a place located within an area of the displayed map while the first route is displayed on the map; and

displaying a second route in response to an input received with regard to the graphic object,

wherein the second route, which is generated based on the place related to the graphic object, includes a first portion that is between the first point and a location of the map associated with the place, and a second portion that is between the location of the map associated with the place and the second point.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the second route includes the location associated with the place related to the graphic object, the first point, and the second point.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein:

the place included in the second route satisfies a preset condition; and

the preset condition comprises at least a place previously set by a user, a place having a larger or largest value among a plurality of places related to the graphic object, or a place that is nearest to the first route among a plurality of places related to the graphic object.