Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same

• US 9,014,760 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2012
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Song, Yoomee, Yun, Yeerang, Lee, Choonjae
• Primary Examiner(s): Yun, Eugene
• Application Number:
  US13/366,616
• Publication Number:
  US 20130040562A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,170 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/04 including near field communication means, e.g. RFID
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/06 including a wireless LAN interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method of controlling a mobile terminal may be provided. The mobile terminal may include a sensing unit, a wireless communication unit for exchanging data with at least one other terminal, and a controller for acquiring data from the at least one other terminal or transmitting data to the at least one other terminal through the wireless communication unit according to a transmission direction of determined data based on a result acquired through the sensing unit.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory;

a display;

a sensing unit configured to sense a motion of the mobile terminal;

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly exchange data with at least one other terminal; and

a controller configured to receive from the at least one other terminal through the wireless communication unit based on a transmission direction determined according to the motion sensed by using the sensing unit, to compare the received data and stored contents in the memory, to combine the received data and the stored contents in the memory when the received data and the stored contents have at least one common attribute after comparing the received data with the stored contents, and to display the combined contents on the display,

wherein the controller is configured to;

display different portions between the received data and the stored contents, the different portions being displayed with different colors or different shapes,

receive user'"'"'s selection to one portion from among the different portions, and

display the selected one portion.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication unit includes a near field communication (NFC) module, wherein the controller determines the transmission direction when the at least one other terminal is provided in a communication available area of the NFC communication module.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display to distinguish data stored in the memory from the received data.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller changes a display position of the received data based on a touch signal received through the display.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller applies the received data to an application that is being executed on the mobile terminal.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the sensed motion of the sensing unit is an impact to the mobile terminal.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller determines a transmission direction based on one of a motion, a moving direction, or an impact of the mobile terminal that is sensed by the sensing unit.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the sensing unit is a touch screen, and

the controller determines the transmission direction based on a drag direction that is provided on the touch screen.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display of data in the display based on a received order of the data.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display to distinguishingly display data stored in the memory from the received data.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller changes a display position of the received data based on a touch signal received at the display.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display to partition into a plurality of areas, to display the received data in a first area of the display, and to display selected data from among the received data in a second area of the display.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display the combined contents which are removed at least one of overlapped portions from among the received data and the stored contents.

14. A method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

detecting a motion of the mobile terminal;

determining a data transmission direction with respect to another terminal based on the detected motion;

receiving data from the other terminal or transmitting the data to the at least one other terminal based on the determined data transmission direction;

comparing the received data and stored contents in a memory;

combining the received data and the stored contents in the memory when the received data and the stored contents have at least one common attribute after the comparing of the received data with the stored contents; and

displaying the combined contents on a display,

wherein the displaying the combined contents includes;

displaying different portions between the received data and the stored contents, the different portions being displayed with different colors or different shapes,

receiving user'"'"'s selection to one portion from among the different portions, and

displaying the selected one portion.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein detecting the motion comprises detecting one of a motion of the mobile terminal, a moving direction of the mobile terminal, or an impact to the mobile terminal.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein determining the data transmission direction comprises determining the data transmission direction based on one of the detected motion, a moving direction of the mobile terminal, or an impact to the mobile terminal.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising activating an NFC communication module,

wherein receiving the data and transmitting the data are performed by the activated NFC communication module.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying the data based on the received order.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising distinguishing the display of data stored in memory from the received data.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising changing a display position of the received data based on a received touch signal.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein the received data is displayed at a first area of the display, and selected data from among the received data is displayed in a second area of the display.