Mobile terminal and method of display position on map thereof

• US 8,180,370 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2009
• Issued: 05/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jong-Hwan, Chae, Myung-Joo, Kim, Hee Won
• Primary Examiner(s): Corsaro, Nick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Johnson, Gerald
• Application Number:
  US12/391,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20100093367A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,176 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes displaying contents in a first region of a display on the mobile terminal, deriving position information from the contents displayed in the first region, and displaying a map including a position corresponding to the derived position information in a second region of the display on the mobile terminal.

Claims

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

displaying at least two regions comprising a first region and a second region of a display on the mobile terminal, wherein the first region displays contents comprising position information and the second region displays a first map;

obtaining a selecting signal to the displayed contents, wherein the selecting signal corresponds to a selection of at least a section of the displayed contents;

obtaining position information from the contents based on the selecting signal; and

changing the first map to a second map comprising a specific position corresponding to the obtained position information, when obtaining a drag touch from the first region to the second region.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the position information is included in at least one of a text, an image and a voice in the contents.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the contents include a moving image and the section corresponds to a section of the moving image, and the obtaining position information step obtains the position information based on speech information included in the designated section of the moving image.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtained selecting signal corresponding to a designation of the section of the contents includes a signal corresponding to start and end points of the section being touched and the section being dragged into the second region of the display.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the section is designated through at least one of a touch input, a proximity input, a key input, a jog wheel input, a track ball input and a joystick input.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying step further comprises displaying the obtained position information such that the obtained position information can be viewed to determine if the obtained position information is accurate.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtained position information includes at least one of a word, a phrase and a sentence included in the contents.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein, when the obtaining position information step obtains a plurality of position information items from the contents, the displayed position information includes the plurality of position information items such that one or more of the plurality of position information items can be selected and a position or positions corresponding to the selected position information items is displayed in the second region of the display.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the map including the position corresponding to the obtained position; and

transmitting the stored map to at least one other mobile terminal.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an identification icon at the position to identify the position corresponding to the obtained position information.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an identification icon indicating that the position exists on the map;

receiving an input signal corresponding to a selection of the displayed identification icon;

changing the first map in the second region to include the second map including the position corresponding to the obtained position information; and

displaying another identification icon at the position to identify the position corresponding to the obtained position information.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the contents comprising the position information is received via a mobile terminal communication application that is completely independent of the first map when the contents are first received by the mobile terminal.

12. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit configured to display at least two regions comprising a first region and a second region, wherein the first region displays contents comprising position information and the second region displays a first map; and

a controller configured to obtain a selecting signal to the displayed contents, wherein the selecting signal corresponds to a selection of at least a section of the displayed contents, obtain position information from the contents based on the selecting signal, and change the first map to a second map comprising a specific position corresponding to the obtained position information, when obtaining a drag touch from the first region to the second region.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the position information is included in at least one of a text, an image and a voice in the contents.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the contents include a moving image and the section corresponds to a section of the moving image, and

wherein the controller is further configured to obtain the position information based on speech information included in the designated section of the moving image.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the obtained selecting signal corresponding to a designation of the section of the contents includes a signal corresponding to start and end points of the section being touched and the section being dragged into the second region of the display.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the section is designated through at least one of a touch input, a proximity input, a key input, a jog wheel input, a track ball input and a joystick input.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display the obtained position information such that the obtained position information can be viewed to determine if the obtained position information is accurate.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the displayed position information includes at least one of a word, a phrase and a sentence included in the contents.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein, when the controller obtains a plurality of position information items from the contents, the displayed position information includes the plurality of position information items such that one or more of the plurality of position information items can be selected, and

wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display a position or positions corresponding to the selected position information items in the second region of the display unit.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 12, further comprising:

a memory configured to store the map including the position corresponding to the obtained position; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the stored map to at least one other mobile terminal.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display an identification icon at the position to identify the position corresponding to the obtained position information.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display an identification icon indicating that the position exists on the map, the receiving unit is further configured to receive an input signal corresponding to a selection of the displayed identification icon, and the controller is further configured to control the display unit to change the first map in the second region to include the second map including the position corresponding to the obtained position information and to display another identification icon at the position to identify the position corresponding to the obtained position information.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the contents comprising the position information is received via a mobile terminal communication application that is completely independent of the first map when the contents are first received by the mobile terminal.