MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20170147180A1
• Filed: 11/23/2016
• Published: 05/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: YOON, Sunghye, CHUNG, Sooyon, KIM, Sujin
• Granted Patent: US 10,055,086 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3638 including 3D objects and buildings three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects G06T17/00; geographic models G06T17/05
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• 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 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• 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 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 : Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/20 : Perspective computation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2215/16 : Using real world measurements to influence rendering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the mobile terminal. The present invention includes a touch screen, and a controller configured to display a 3D view in a first direction on the touch screen with a view point of a first location when the controller displays a 2D map on the touch screen and receives a touch input in the first direction from the first location of the 2D map. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a user may check the 3D view in a particular direction from a particular location in the 2D map.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a touchscreen configured to display information; and

a controller configured to;

cause the touchscreen to display a 2D map; and

cause the touchscreen to display a 3D view corresponding to the 2D map looking toward a first direction from a first viewpoint location in response to a touch input from a point on the 2D map corresponding to the first viewpoint location and toward the first direction on the 2D map.

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

cause the touchscreen to redisplay the 2D map; and

cause the touchscreen to display an indicator indicating a search area on the displayed 2D map corresponding to the 3D view.

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

cause the touchscreen to update the displayed 3D view in response to an input for moving from the first viewpoint location to a second viewpoint location;

cause the touchscreen to redisplay the 2D map along with an indicator indicating a search area on the displayed 2D map corresponding to the movement from the first viewpoint location to the second viewpoint location.

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

cause the touchscreen to redisplay the 2D map; and

cause the touchscreen to display an indicator for an area on the 2D map which was displayed in the 3D view for at least a threshold period of time.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, further comprising a memory configured to store information, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the memory to store the 3D view to be associated with information related to the movement from the first viewpoint location to the second viewpoint location.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touchscreen to display a stored 3D view corresponding to a particular viewpoint location in response to a touch input selecting a point on the 2D map within the displayed indicator corresponding to the particular viewpoint location.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5, further comprising a wireless communication unit, wherein:

the controller is further configured to cause the wireless communication unit to transmit a stored 3D view or the 2D map to an external device in response to a touch input comprising a multi-touch input followed by a touch drag toward an edge of the touchscreen; and

the stored 3D view or the 2D map view is selected for transmitting according to a characteristic of the multi-touch input.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a microphone; and

a sensor configured to sense tilt or movement of the mobile terminal,

wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touchscreen to change the displayed 2D map or the displayed 3D view based on an audio signal received via the microphone, a sensed tilt of the mobile terminal sensed via the sensor, or a movement of the mobile terminal sensed via the sensor.

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

convert the displayed 2D map to the 3D view based on a tilt value corresponding to the sensed tilt;

or convert the displayed 3D view to the 2D map based on the tilt value corresponding to the sensed tilt.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to change the first direction by rotating it a rotational amount corresponding to a rotation of the mobile terminal sensed via the sensor.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to change a scale of the displayed 2D map or the displayed 3D view according to a forward or backward movement of the mobile terminal sensed via the sensor.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, the controller is further configured to cause the touchscreen to display the 3D view in a reduced size in a first region of the touchscreen and display the 2D map in a second region of the touchscreen in response to another touch drag input from an edge of the touchscreen toward a center of the touchscreen.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 3, further comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with a glasses-type mobile terminal,

wherein the controller is further configured to cause the wireless communication unit to transmit a signal for displaying the 3D view to the glasses-type mobile terminal when the glasses-type mobile terminal is in an active state.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touchscreen to display the 3D view displayed at the glasses-type mobile terminal when a user wearing the glasses-type mobile terminal checks the touch screen.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the wireless communication unit to transmit a signal for displaying the 3D view to the glasses-type mobile terminal in response to a gesture sensed at the glasses-type mobile terminal for requesting the 3D view.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the wireless communication unit to transmit a signal to the glasses-type mobile terminal for displaying the 3D view following a movement of the first viewpoint location in response to a gesture sensed at the glasses-type mobile terminal for requesting the 3D view along the movement.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the controller is configured to transmit to the glasses-type mobile terminal a signal for displaying the 3D view following an alternate path in response to a gesture sensed at the glasses-type mobile terminal for requesting the 3D view along the alternate path while the 3D view following the movement of the first viewpoint location is displayed.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the wireless communication unit to transmit to the glasses-type mobile terminal a signal for displaying the 3D view following a movement from the current location of the user to the first viewpoint location in response to a gesture requesting a 3D view to the first viewpoint location sensed at the glasses-type mobile terminal.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the wireless communication unit to transmit to the glasses-type mobile terminal a signal for displaying the 3D view following a movement from the current location of the user to the second viewpoint location in response to a gesture requesting a 3D view to the second viewpoint location sensed at the glasses-type mobile terminal.

20. A method for controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a 2D map on a touchscreen of the mobile terminal; and

displaying a 3D view corresponding to the 2D map looking toward a first direction from a first viewpoint location in response to a touch input to the touchscreen from a point on the 2D map corresponding to the first viewpoint location and toward the first direction on the 2D map.