Mobile terminal and method of performing functions using the same

• US 8,271,021 B2
• Filed: 08/19/2009
• Issued: 09/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jeong, Woo Young
• Primary Examiner(s): DOAN, KIET M
• Application Number:
  US12/543,883
• Publication Number:
  US 20100323671A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,126 Days
• Field of Search: 348/180, 348/231.99, 348/744, 348/372, 345/589, 345/690, 705/27, 382/100, 707/10, 455/456.2, 455/66.1, 455/550.1, 455/414.1, 358/1.15, 358/1.9, 358/520, 358/504, 358/523, 358/407
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/02 Details
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0256 Compact construction
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0264 Electrical interface; User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0272 Handheld
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/46 Measurement of colour; Colour measuring devices, e.g. colorimeters measuring colour temperature G01J5/60
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/463 Colour matching
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0272 for a projector or beamer module assembly constructional features of projectors per se G03B21/00; constructional details of projectors using electronic spatial light modulators per se H04N9/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method of performing functions using the mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal performs various functions using color information acquired through a color sensor, and the method performs functions using the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a communication unit configured to access the Internet;

a color sensor configured to sense one or more colors of an external object; and

a controller configured to

transmit color information corresponding to the one or more colors sensed by the color sensor to a website as a search parameter via the communication unit, and

receive and output a search result searched based on the color information corresponding to the sensed one or more colors by the website.

2. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a user input of a search word as a second search parameter.

3. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

a display unit,

wherein the controller is further configured to provide the display unit with the color information for display, enable a user to select one or more of the sensed one or more colors via the display unit, and transmit corresponding selected color information as the search parameter.

4. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

a touch screen,

wherein the controller is further configured to provide the touch screen with the color information for display, provide the touch screen with a webpage of the website, a sensed color selection region and a search term input region, and transmit the color information to the website in response to a user'"'"'s touch and/or drag operation.

5. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to automatically transmit the color information after receiving the input of the search word.

6. A method of performing functions using a mobile terminal, comprising:

accessing a website that provides a search function;

sensing a color of an external object using a color sensor;

transmitting color information corresponding to the sensed color to the website as a search parameter;

receiving a search result searched based on the color information corresponding to the sensed one or more colors by the search function of the website; and

outputting the search result.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

receiving an input of a search word,

wherein the step of transmitting the color information includes automatically transmitting the search word to the website with the color information after receiving the input of the search word.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

receiving a corresponding search result from the website; and

outputting the received search result.