MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20170038845A1
• Filed: 01/22/2016
• Published: 02/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: CHI, Jumin, KIM, Jonghwan, SONG, Younghoon, KIM, Yung
• Granted Patent: US 10,082,876 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/05 specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72484 wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A wearable watch type mobile terminal of a watch type, comprising: a display unit, and a controller configured to: cause the display to if the display unit is set to a landscape mode, control display an object indicating an occurrence of an event to be outputted through the display unit when the display is positioned in a first orientation, if a prescribed gesture input is received, switch the display unit to a portrait mode from the landscape mode, and control cause the display to display a detailed information of the event to be outputted through the display unit when the display unit is moved to be in a second orientation according to movement of an arm on which the mobile terminal is worn, wherein the detailed information is not displayed while the object is displayed on the display positioned in the first orientation switched into the portrait mode.

Claims

1. A wearable watch type mobile terminal, comprising:

a display; and

a controller configured to;

cause the display to display an object indicating an occurrence of an event when the display is positioned in a first orientation; and

cause the display to display detailed information of the event when the display is moved to be in a second orientation according to movement of an arm on which the mobile terminal is worn,

wherein the detailed information is not displayed while the object is displayed on the display positioned in the first orientation.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the controller is further configured to cause the display to display time information; and

a size of the displayed time information is adjusted according to an amount or size of the detailed information displayed on the display.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the display is set to a landscape mode when the arm is moved from a folded configuration to an unfolded configuration; and

the display is set to a portrait mode when the arm is moved from the unfolded configuration to the folded configuration.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein:

the display is divided into a right region and a left region by a virtual line when the display is set to the landscape mode; and

the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the object via one of the right and left regions based on the arm such that the object is displayed via the right region when the arm is a left arm and the object is displayed via the left region when the arm is a right arm.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein:

the display is divided into a top region and a bottom region by a virtual line when the display is set to the portrait mode; and

the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the detailed information at the bottom region.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to:

cause the display to display information related to currently played content when the display is set to the landscape mode; and

cause the display to display a control screen for controlling a play of the content when the display is switched to the portrait mode from the landscape mode.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to input a text, which is converted from a voice received via a microphone, as a message in response to the event when a gesture of lifting the mobile terminal is detected while the detailed information is displayed.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the detailed information in response to a gesture of rotating the mobile terminal on a wrist, the gesture detected while the object is displayed.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to increase an amount of the displayed detailed information as a rotation degree of the mobile terminal is increased.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the detailed information in response to a touch input of touching both edges of the display simultaneously, the touch input detected while the object is displayed.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the event comprises at least one of a text message, an instant message, or an email.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein data indicating confirmation of details of the event is not transmitted to a counterpart that sent the at least one of the text message, the instant message, or the email when the detailed information is displayed in response to the touch input.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display time information, the object not displayed, when no event is detected at the mobile terminal.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display content received from a feed server in response to a gesture of rotating the mobile terminal on a wrist, the gesture detected while the time information is displayed.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the content comprises at least one of location information, weather information, or news information.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust a setting value of the mobile terminal in response to a gesture of rotating the mobile terminal on a wrist.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the setting value comprises at least one of an interruption prohibition mode, an airplane mode, or a vibration mode.

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

set the setting value to an ON state when the mobile terminal is rotated on the wrist in a first direction; and

set the setting value to an OFF state when the mobile terminal is rotated on the wrist in a second direction.

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

cause the display to display a call connection screen indicating reception of an incoming call in response to the incoming call that is detected while the display is positioned in the first orientation; and

cause the display to display information corresponding to an external terminal associated with the incoming call in the call connection screen when the display is moved to be in the second orientation.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 19, wherein the controller is further configured to answer or reject the incoming call in response to a gesture of rotating the mobile terminal on a wrist.

21. A method for controlling a wearable watch type mobile terminal, comprising:

displaying an object indicating an occurrence of an event when a display is positioned in a first orientation; and

displaying detailed information of the event when the display is moved to be in a second orientation according to movement of an arm on which the mobile terminal is worn,

wherein the detailed information is not displayed while the object is displayed on the display positioned in the first orientation.