Mobile terminal

• US 8,948,819 B2
• Filed: 05/24/2012
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yun, Yeerang, Lee, Hoyoun
• Primary Examiner(s): Sabouri, Mazda
• Application Number:
  US13/479,571
• Publication Number:
  US 20120302167A1
• Time in Patent Office: 985 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 455/41.2
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/171 by use of digital ink
• 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 including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a touch screen; an input unit configured to generate input data; and a controller configured to activate a handwriting input function in response to the input data generated by the input unit, capture an image of a display screen being displayed on the touch screen, receive handwriting input received through the touch screen, generate output data corresponding to the received handwriting input, and generate a file including the generated output data and the captured image of the display screen.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal;

a touch screen;

a controller configured to;

activate a handwriting input function on the touch screen while displaying an image of a display screen on the touch screen,

receive handwriting input through the touch screen on the displayed image,

display on the touch screen a user interface for determining whether or not to include the displayed image with the handwriting input,

store a file including the displayed image with the handwriting input when it is determined based on a selection of the user interface to include the displayed image with the handwriting input, and

store a file including the handwriting input without the displayed image when it is determined based on a selection of the user interface not to include the displayed image with the handwriting input.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

an input unit configured to receive an input for activating the handwriting input function,

wherein the received input corresponds to one of;

a selection of a predetermined hardware hot key included in the input unit,

at least one of particular user gesture recognized through a camera included in the input unit and a particular voice command through a microphone included in the input unit,

a touch on a soft key displayed on the touch screen, and

a particular touch pattern formed on the touch screen.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein when the input unit receives the input while a power supply to the touch screen is turned off, the controller is further configured to turn on the power supply to the touch screen, activate the handwriting input function and display on the touch screen the user interface for determining whether or not to include the displayed image with the handwriting input.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein when the input unit receives the input while the touch screen is in a lock-screen state and the displayed image is a lock screen, the controller is further configured to activate the handwriting input function, and display on the touch screen the user interface for determining whether to include the lock screen with the handwriting input.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to activate a speaker phone function of the mobile terminal when the handwriting input function is activated while a call application is occurring on the mobile terminal.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when a call reception event occurs on the mobile terminal while the handwriting input function is activated, the controller is further configured to convert the display screen of the touch screen from a handwriting input screen to an execution screen of a call application and switch back to the handwriting input screen when the call application is terminated.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when a predetermined event occurs on the mobile terminal while the handwriting input function is activated, the controller is further configured to display a notification user interface notifying the occurrence of the predetermined event on a handwriting input screen for a predetermined time period.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein when a touch action is received through the displayed notification user interface within the predetermined time period, the controller is further configured to convert the display screen of the touch screen into an execution screen of an application corresponding to the particular event.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes an option for transmitting the stored file to said at least one other terminal using the wireless communication unit.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the handwriting input function is activated, the controller is further configured to automatically deactivate hardware keys disposed in a front surface of the mobile terminal or display on the touch screen a user interface for deactivating the hardware keys.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to obtain particular information corresponding to the display screen and store the obtained particular information together with the stored file.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes an editing tool for editing the handwriting input.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes an editing tool for editing the file including the image with the handwriting input.

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

display a memo user interface option based on a selection of a hardware key on the mobile terminal for activating the handwriting input function.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the memo user interface is displayed in an indicator area.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the handwriting input function is activated when the memo user interface option is selected.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes a memo option for displaying a screen with the received handwriting input without the displayed image.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes a sharing option for sharing the file.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the sharing option includes email and social media options for sharing the file.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the file is stored to a specific folder on the mobile terminal.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the displayed image corresponds to an execution screen of a particular application.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the handwriting input is overlapped on the execution screen of the particular application.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 22, wherein the stored file includes the handwriting input overlapped on the execution screen.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the controller is further configured to deactivate the execution screen of the particular application, when the handwriting input function is activated.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the controller is further configured to change the execution screen of the particular application into a translucent state, when the handwriting input function is activated.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the stored file including the handwriting input without the displayed image corresponds to one of an image of the handwriting input, character-recognized text of the handwriting input or a combination of the image and character-recognized text of the handwriting input.

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

activating, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a handwriting input function on a touch screen while displaying an image of a display screen on the touch screen;

receiving handwriting input through the touch screen on the displayed image;

displaying on the touch screen a user interface for determining whether or not to include the displayed image with the handwriting input;

storing, via the controller, a file including the displayed image with the handwriting input when it is determined based on a selection of the user interface to include the displayed image with the handwriting input; and

storing, via the controller, a file including the handwriting input without the displayed image when it is determined based on a selection of the user interface not to include the displayed image with the handwriting input.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

receiving, via an input unit of the mobile terminal, an input for activating the handwriting input function,

wherein the received input corresponds to one of;

a selection of a predetermined hardware hot key included in the input unit,

at least one of particular user gesture recognized through a camera included in the input unit and a particular voice command through a microphone included in the input unit,

a touch on a soft key displayed on the touch screen, and

a particular touch pattern formed on the touch screen.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein when the input unit receives the input while a power supply to the touch screen is turned off, the method further comprises turning on the power supply to the touch screen, activating the handwriting input function and displaying on the touch screen the user interface for determining whether or not to include the displayed image with the handwriting input.

30. The method of claim 28, wherein when the input unit receives the input while the touch screen is in a lock-screen state and the displayed image is a lock screen, the method further comprises activating the handwriting input function, and displaying on the touch screen the user interface for determining whether to include the lock screen with the handwriting input.

31. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

activating a speaker phone function of the mobile terminal when the handwriting input function is activated while a call application is occurring on the mobile terminal.

32. The method of claim 27, wherein when a call reception event occurs on the mobile terminal while the handwriting input function is activated, the method further comprises converting the display screen of the touch screen from a handwriting input screen to an execution screen of a call application and switching back to the handwriting input screen when the call application is terminated.

33. The method of claim 27, wherein when a predetermined event occurs on the mobile terminal while the handwriting input function is activated, the method further comprises displaying a notification user interface notifying the occurrence of the predetermined event on a handwriting input screen for a predetermined time period.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein when a touch action is received through the displayed notification user interface within the predetermined time period, the method further comprises converting the display screen of the touch screen into an execution screen of an application corresponding to the particular event.

35. The method of claim 27, wherein the user interface includes an option for transmitting the stored file to said at least one other terminal using the wireless communication unit.

36. The method of claim 27, wherein when the handwriting input function is activated, the method further comprises automatically deactivating hardware keys disposed in a front surface of the mobile terminal or displaying on the touch screen a user interface for deactivating the hardware keys.

37. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

obtaining particular information corresponding to the display screen and storing the obtained particular information together with the stored file.

38. The method of claim 27, wherein the user interface includes an editing tool for editing the handwriting input.

39. The method of claim 27, wherein the user interface includes an editing tool for editing the file including the image with the handwriting input.

40. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

displaying a memo user interface option based on a selection of a hardware key on the mobile terminal for activating the handwriting input function.

41. The method of claim 40, wherein the memo user interface is displayed in an indicator area.

42. The method of claim 40, wherein the handwriting input function is activated when the memo user interface option is selected.

43. The method of claim 27, wherein the user interface includes a memo option for displaying a screen with the received handwriting input without the displayed image.

44. The method of claim 27, wherein the user interface includes a sharing option for sharing the file.

45. The method of claim 44, wherein the sharing option includes email and social media options for sharing the file.

46. The method of claim 27, wherein the file is stored to a specific folder on the mobile terminal.

47. The method of claim 27, wherein the displayed image corresponds to an execution screen of a particular application.

48. The method of claim 47, wherein the handwriting input is overlapped on the execution screen of the particular application.

49. The method of claim 48, wherein the stored file includes the handwriting input overlapped on the execution screen.

50. The method of claim 47, further comprising:

deactivating the execution screen of the particular application, when the handwriting input function is activated.

51. The method of claim 47, further comprising:

changing the execution screen of the particular application into a translucent state, when the handwriting input function is activated.

52. The method of claim 27, wherein the stored file including the handwriting input without the displayed image corresponds to one of an image of the handwriting input, character-recognized text of the handwriting input or a combination of the image and character-recognized text of the handwriting input.