System for linking and controlling terminals and user terminal used in the same

• US 8,913,026 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2013
• Issued: 12/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
• Original Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
• Inventors: Yoo, Chang-sik
• Primary Examiner(s): HARRIS, DOROTHY H
• Application Number:
  US13/785,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20130234983A1
• Time in Patent Office: 651 Days
• Field of Search: 345 11- 33, 455/557, 455/420
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0384 Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• 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: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42209 for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic program guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control

Abstract

A system for linking and controlling terminals includes a user terminal that includes an image unit configured to output image data to be shared with a receiving terminal larger than the user terminal, and a signal unit configured to transmit an image signal and a control signal to the receiving terminal, the image signal having the image data outputted from the image unit, and the control signal including position information of a touch means near the user terminal. An image representing the position information of the touch means is displayed on the receiving terminal to enable a control of the user terminal by way of the receiving terminal viewed by a user of the user terminal.

Claims

1. A user terminal used in a terminal linkage system, the user terminal comprising:

an image unit configured to output image data to be shared with a receiving terminal larger than the user terminal;

a signal unit configured to transmit an image signal and a control signal to the receiving terminal, the image signal having the image data outputted from the image unit, and the control signal including position information of a touch means near the user terminal;

a sensing unit configured to sense a position of the touch means when the touch means is near the user terminal or the touch means touches the user terminal; and

a setting unit configured to set a plurality of sensing levels,

wherein the sensing levels include a first sensing level for sensing the touch means when the touch means is near the user terminal and a second sensing level for sensing the touch means when the touch means touches the user terminal, the second sensing level is higher than the first sensing level, and the setting unit activates both of the first sensing level and the second sensing level when the user terminal and the receiving terminal are in linked operation and activities only the second sensing level when the user terminal and the receiving terminal are not in linked operation,

wherein an image representing the position information of the touch means is displayed on the receiving terminal when the sensing unit senses the position of the touch means.

2. The user terminal of claim 1, wherein the user terminal further comprises:

a display unit configured to display a first image corresponding to the image data outputted from the image unit

wherein an image identical to the first image displayed on the user terminal is displayed on the receiving terminal according to the transmitted image signal, and a second image representing the position of the touch means is displayed together with the first image on the receiving terminal according to the transmitted position information.

3. The user terminal of claim 2, wherein the display unit is a capacitive touch panel, and the user terminal further comprises a setting unit configured to set a plurality of sensing levels,

wherein the sensing levels include a first sensing level for sensing the touch means when the touch means is near the user terminal and a second sensing level for sensing the touch means when the touch means touches the user terminal, the second sensing level is higher than the first sensing level, and the setting unit activates both of the first sensing level and the second sensing level when the user terminal and the receiving terminal are in linked operation and activates only the second sensing level when the user terminal and the receiving terminal are not in linked operation.

4. The user terminal of claim 2, further comprising:

a touch means unit,

wherein the user terminal is installed with a receiver, wherein the receiver senses ultrasonic waves and infrared rays emitted from the touch means to detect the position of the touch means, and the signal unit controls the receiver to transmit the detected position information of the touch means to the receiving terminal.

5. The user terminal of claim 2, further comprising:

an electromagnetic field generator unit attached to a rear surface of the display unit and configured to generate an electromagnetic field,

wherein the touch means has a metal coil wound around a distal end thereof, electromagnetic induction occurs in the metal coil due to the generated electromagnetic field, the electromagnetic field is altered due to the electromagnetic induction, and the sensing unit detects the position of the touch means by sensing the altered electromagnetic field.

6. The user terminal of claim 1, wherein the user terminal and the receiving terminal are connected via a plurality of channels,

wherein the user terminal transmits the image signal to the receiving terminal through a data channel of the channels and sends the control signal to the receiving terminal through a control channel of the channels.

7. The user terminal of claim 1, wherein the user terminal transmits the image signal and the control signal through a same channel,

wherein the user terminal transmits the image signal during data periods and sends the control signal during a blank period between the data periods.

8. The user terminal of claim 1, wherein the signal unit transmits a control signal including the position information of the touch means when the touch means is near the user terminal and a control signal having the position information of the touch means when the touch means touches the user terminal separately to the receiving terminal,

wherein a second image shown on the receiving terminal according to the position information of the touch means when near the user terminal is different in shape from a second image shown on the receiving terminal according to the position of the touch means when touching the user terminal.

9. A user terminal used in a terminal linkage system, the user terminal comprising:

an image unit configured to generate image data and position indicator data, the image data corresponding to a first image to be shared with a receiving terminal larger than the user terminal, the position indicator data corresponding to a second image representing a position of a touch means when the touch means is near the user terminal;

a signal unit configured to transmit the image data and the position indicator data generated by the image unit to the receiving terminal;

a sensing unit configured to sense a position of the touch means when the touch means is near the user terminal or the touch means touches the user terminal; and

a setting unit configured to set a plurality of sensing levels,

wherein the sensing levels include a first sensing level for sensing the touch means when the touch means is near the user terminal and a second sensing level for sensing the touch means when the touch means touches the user terminal, the second sensing level is higher than the first sensing level, and the setting unit activates both of the first sensing level and the second sensing level when the user terminal and the receiving terminal are in linked operation and activates only the second sensing level when the user terminal and the receiving terminal are not in linked operation,

wherein an image representing position information of the touch means is displayed on the receiving terminal when the sensing unit senses the position of the touch means.

10. The user terminal of claim 9, wherein the signal unit transmits an image signal including the image data to the receiving terminal through a data channel and sends a control signal having the position indicator data to the receiving terminal through a control channel.

11. A user terminal used in a terminal linkage system, the user terminal comprising:

an image unit configured to output combined image data, the combined image data corresponding to a combined image of a first image to be shared with a receiving terminal larger than the user terminal and a second image indicating a position of a touch means when the touch means is near the user terminal;

a signal unit configured to transmit a combination signal to the receiving terminal, the combination signal having the combined image data outputted from the image unit;

a sensing unit configured to sense a position of the touch means when the touch means is near the user terminal or the touch means touches the user terminal; and

a setting unit configured to set a plurality of sensing levels,

wherein the sensing levels include a first sensing level for sensing the touch means when the touch means is near the user terminal and a second sensing level for sensing the touch means when the touch means touches the user terminal, the second sensing level is higher than the first sensing level, and the setting unit activates both of the first sensing level and the second sensing level when the user terminal and the receiving terminal are in linked operation and activates only the second sensing level when the user terminal and the receiving terminal are not in linked operation,

wherein the second image is displayed on the receiving terminal when the sensing unit senses the position of the touch means.

12. The user terminal of claim 11, wherein the image unit comprises:

a first image generating unit configured to generate the first image;

a second image generating unit configured to generate the second image; and

an image combining unit configured to combine the first image and the second image to generate the combined image,

wherein the second image is shown together with the first image.

13. A user terminal configured for linked operation with a receiving terminal and having a smaller size than the receiving terminal, the user terminal comprising:

a display unit;

a signal unit configured to transmit to the receiving terminal image information and position information of a touch means near the user terminal;

a sensing unit configured to sense a position of the touch means when the touch means is near the user terminal or the touch means touches the user terminal; and

a setting unit configured to set a plurality of sensing levels,

wherein the sensing levels include a first sensing level for sensing the touch means when the touch means is near the user terminal and a second sensing level for sensing the touch means when the touch means touches the user terminal, the second sensing level is higher than the first sensing level, and the setting unit activates both of the first sensing level and the second sensing level when the user terminal and the receiving terminal are in linked operation and activates only the second sensing level when the user terminal and the receiving terminal are not in linked operation,

wherein an image representing the position information of the touch means is displayed on the receiving terminal when the sensing unit senses the position of the touch means.

14. The user terminal of claim 13, further comprising:

a position information generating unit configured to generate the position information by using a sensing result of the sensing unit.

15. The user terminal of claim 13, wherein the position information is of a touch means positioned within a preset distance from the user terminal.

16. A method for controlling a user terminal, the method comprising:

generating an image to be shared with a receiving terminal larger than the user terminal;

sensing a position of a touch means when the touch means is near the user terminal or the touch means touches the user terminal;

generating an image representing a position information of the touch means when the touch means is near the user terminal or the touch means touches the user terminal; and

transmitting the image representing the position information of the touch means to the receiving terminal on which the image representing the position information of the touch means is displayed,

wherein the user terminal comprises a setting unit configured to set a plurality of sensing levels,

wherein the sensing levels include a first sensing level for sensing the touch means when the touch means is near the user terminal and a second sensing level for sensing the touch means when the touch means touches the user terminal, the second sensing level is higher than the first sensing level, and the setting unit activates both of the first sensing level and the second sensing level when the user terminal and the receiving terminal are in linked operation and activates only the second sensing level when the user terminal and the receiving terminal are not in linked operation.