WATCH TYPE MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

• US 20180367944A1
• Filed: 07/17/2015
• Published: 12/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: HEO, Jeongyun, JANG, Hyungtae, JOUNG, Wonseok, JEONG, Jaewoo, CHU, Junghoon, SHIN, Minkyoung, CHOI, Jinhae
• Granted Patent: US 10,623,885 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/33 using wearable devices, e.g. using a smartwatch or smart-glasses
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A watch type mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a short range communication module for performing short range communication with a mobile terminal located around the watch type mobile terminal; an output unit for outputting a sound pattern or a vibration pattern; and a control unit for controlling the output unit to output a connection pattern for pairing with the mobile terminal, and the short range communication module to pair with the mobile terminal on the basis of the output connection pattern, wherein the connection pattern may be one of a sound pattern or a vibration pattern.

Claims

1. A watch-type mobile terminal comprising:

a short-range communication module configured to perform short-range communication with a mobile terminal around the watch-type mobile terminal;

an output unit configured to output a sound pattern or a vibration pattern; and

a control unit configured to control the output unit to output a connection pattern for pairing with the mobile terminal and control the short-range communication module to perform pairing with the mobile terminal based on the output connection pattern,

wherein the connection pattern is any one of a sound pattern and a vibration pattern.

2. The watch-type mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein a pairing request code for authenticating the pairing is inserted into the sound pattern.

3. The watch-type mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein the pairing request code comprises a plurality of unit codes each inserted into each of a plurality of sound signal sections constituting the sound pattern.

4. The watch-type mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit,

wherein, while the control unit outputs the connection pattern, the control unit controls the display unit to display a process of the pairing.

5. The watch-type mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein, when the watch-type mobile terminal is paired with the mobile terminal through the sound pattern, the control unit executes a first application corresponding to the sound pattern.

6. The watch-type mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein, when the watch-type mobile terminal is paired with the mobile terminal through the vibration pattern, the control unit executes a second application corresponding to the vibration pattern

7. The watch-type mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit automatically changes at least one of sound setting and alarm setting of the watch-type mobile terminal according to a kind of the connection pattern.

8. The watch-type mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit converts an operation mode of the watch-type mobile terminal into a user mode corresponding to a specific user according to a kind of the connection pattern.

9. An operation method of a watch-type mobile terminal, the operation method comprising:

outputting a connection pattern for pairing with a mobile terminal around the watch-type mobile terminal; and

performing pairing with the mobile terminal based on the output connection pattern,

wherein the connection pattern is any one of a sound pattern and a vibration pattern.

10. The operation method according to claim 9, wherein a pairing request code for authenticating the pairing is inserted into the sound pattern.

11. The operation method according to claim 10, wherein the pairing request code comprises a plurality of unit codes each inserted into each of a plurality of sound signal sections constituting the sound pattern.

12. The operation method according to claim 9, further comprising displaying a process of the pairing while outputting the connection pattern.

13. The operation method according to claim 9, further comprising executing a first application corresponding to the sound pattern when the watch-type mobile terminal is paired with the mobile terminal through the sound pattern.

14. The operation method according to claim 9, further comprising executing a second application corresponding to the vibration pattern when the watch-type mobile terminal is paired with the mobile terminal through the vibration pattern.

15. The operation method according to claim 9, further comprising automatically changing at least one of sound setting and alarm setting of the watch-type mobile terminal according to a kind of the connection pattern.

16. The operation method according to claim 9, further converting an operation mode of the watch-type mobile terminal into a user mode corresponding to a specific user according to a kind of the connection pattern.

17. A mobile terminal comprising:

a short-range communication module configured to perform short-range communication with a watch-type mobile terminal around the mobile terminal;

an input unit configured to acquire a sound pattern or a vibration pattern output from the watch-type mobile terminal; and

a control unit configured to control the short-range communication module to perform pairing with the watch-type mobile terminal when the sound pattern or the vibration pattern acquired by the input unit is a preset pattern.

18. The mobile terminal according to claim 17, wherein, when a pairing request code for authenticating the pairing, inserted into the sound pattern, is a preset code, the control unit controls the short-range communication module to perform pairing with the watch-type mobile terminal.

19. The mobile terminal according to claim 17, further comprising a display unit,

wherein, while the control unit acquires the connection pattern, the control unit controls the display unit to display a process of the pairing.

20. The mobile terminal according to claim 17, wherein, when the mobile terminal is paired with the watch-type mobile terminal, the control unit executes an application corresponding to the connection pattern.