MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20180011673A1
• Filed: 09/16/2016
• Published: 01/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Namki, KIM, Insuk, OH, Sesook, SEO, Kyunghye, CHOI, Jian, KANG, Shinnyue, JEON, Bongjeong, YANG, Yoonseok
• Application Number:
  US15/268,413
• Publication Number:
  US 20180011673A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 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 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724092 Interfacing with an external cover providing additional functionalities
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices

Abstract

A mobile terminal and method for controlling the same, and a display device and method for controlling the same are disclosed. The present invention provides a mobile terminal including a sensing unit, a wireless communication unit for communicating with a display device, a display unit, and a control unit, wherein when detecting that the mobile terminal satisfies a first location condition of a display unit of the display device, the control unit receives, from the display device, a signal corresponding to a first content executed in the display device. Moreover, the invention provides a display device including a sensing unit, a wireless communication unit for communicating with a mobile terminal, a display unit, and a control unit, wherein when the control unit detects that the mobile terminal satisfies a first location condition while running a first content, the control unit transmits information corresponding to the running first content to the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a sensor;

a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with an external display device;

a display; and

a controller configured to receive, via the wireless communication unit, information corresponding to a first content displayed on the external display device when position information of the mobile terminal received via the sensor satisfies a first position condition with respect to a display of the external display device.

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

cause the display of the mobile terminal to display a list of contents linkable to the first content when a first input is received;

execute second content in response to an input selecting the second content from the content list, wherein the second content corresponds to an application related to the first content.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, further comprising a camera, wherein the second content is a camera application and the controller is further configured to:

capture one or more images via the camera; and

cause the wireless communication unit to transmit, to the external display device, a control signal to display the captured one or more images on the first content.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein:

the controller is further configured to terminate execution of the second content in response to a second input while the mobile terminal is positioned in a first predetermined position with respect to the display of the external display device; and

the second input is a same type of input as the first input.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a memory, wherein the controller is further configured to:

execute second content which is a same type of content as the first content;

cause the display of the mobile terminal to display a first list related to the first content in response to a list input received while the position information of the mobile terminal satisfies a second position condition with respect to the display of the external display device, wherein the first list is stored in the memory and is displayed via the executed second content; and

transmit to the external display device, via the wireless communication unit, a control signal for displaying a second list related to the first content stored in a memory of the external display device.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the first content corresponds to a music playback application and the controller is further configured to cause the display of the mobile terminal to display a third list including the entries contained in the first list and the entries contained in the second list in response to an input selecting the first list.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to execute a second content corresponding to a web browser application for retrieving information related to an item displayed in the first content.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to retrieve the related information and cause the display of the mobile terminal to display the related information via the web browser application.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the wireless communication unit to transmit, to the external display device, a control signal for executing a second content in a predetermined partial area of the display of the external display device when the position information of the mobile terminal satisfies a second position condition while the second content is being executed at the mobile terminal.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the first content corresponds to an application comprising a displayed control region;

the controller is further configured to recognize the first content when the position information of the mobile terminal satisfies a second position condition with respect to the display of the external display device;

the second position condition comprises a position in which the mobile terminal is overlaid over at least a part of the displayed control region of the first content displayed on the external display device; and

the controller is further configured to cause the display of the mobile terminal to display another control region of the first content.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, the controller is further configured to cause the wireless communication unit to transmit, to the external display device, a control signal for controlling the first content based on an input to the another control region.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the first content corresponds to an application for downloading data comprising a displayed download status region;

the controller is further configured to recognize the first content when the position information of the mobile terminal satisfies a second position condition with respect to the display of the external display device;

the second position condition comprises a position in which the mobile terminal is overlaid over at least a part of the displayed download status region displayed on the external display device; and

the controller is further configured to download data, to the mobile terminal, in response to an input selecting a specific download task from the download status region.

13. A display device comprising:

a sensor;

a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with an external mobile terminal;

a display; and

a controller configured to transmit, to the external mobile terminal, information corresponding to first content being executed at the display device when position information of the external mobile terminal received via the sensor satisfies a first position condition.

14. The display device of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to execute a second content in interaction with the first content in response to a control signal for executing the second content received from the mobile terminal via the wireless communication unit.

15. The display device of claim 13, further comprising a memory, wherein:

the first content corresponds to a music playback application;

the controller is further configured to cause the display of the display device to display a first list of the first content stored in the memory in when a control signal for displaying the first list is received from the external mobile terminal via the wireless communication unit while the position information of the external mobile terminal satisfies a second position condition; and

the controller is further configured to cause the display of the display device to display a third list including the entries contained in the first list and the entries contained in a second list of the first content displayed at the external mobile terminal in response to a list input selecting the displayed first list.

16. The display device of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display of the display device to display, at a predetermined partial area of the display, a third content executed at the external mobile terminal when the position information of the external mobile terminal satisfies a third position condition while executing the first content.

17. The display device of claim 13, wherein:

the first content corresponds to an application comprising a displayed control region;

the controller is further configured to cause the wireless communication unit to transmit, to the external mobile terminal, a control signal for displaying another control region of the first content when the position information of the external mobile terminal satisfies a second position condition;

the second position condition comprises a position in which the external mobile terminal is overlaid over at least a part of the displayed control region of the first content displayed on the display device, and the controller is further configured to terminate the display of the control region on the display device when the another control region is displayed on the external mobile terminal.

18. The display device of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to control the first content according to a control signal received from the external mobile terminal via the wireless communication unit, the control signal comprising information of an input received to the another control region.

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

receiving, from an external display device, information corresponding to a first content displayed on the external display device when position information of the mobile terminal received via a sensor of the mobile terminal satisfies a first position condition with respect to a display of the external display device;

displaying a list of contents linkable to the first content in response to a first input; and

executing second content in response to an input selecting the second content from the content list, wherein the second content corresponds to an application related to the first content.

20. A method of controlling a display device, the method comprising:

executing a first content;

detecting a position of an external mobile terminal with respect to a display of the display device; and

transmitting, to an external mobile terminal, information corresponding to the first content when the position of the external mobile terminal satisfies a first position condition while the first content is executed.