Mobile terminal and control method thereof

• US 9,129,011 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2009
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yang, Seung-Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Kent
• Assistant Examiner(s): MORALES FERNANDE, BENJAMIN
• Application Number:
  US12/433,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20100105364A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,322 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3334 Selection or weighting of terms from queries, including natural language queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to access a web page, a display unit configured to display the accessed web page, a receiving unit configured to receive input voice information, and a controller configured to convert the input voice information into text information, to search the displayed web page for objects that include the converted text information, and to control the display unit to distinctively display found objects that include the converted text information from other information displayed on the web page.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to access a web page;

a display unit configured to display the accessed web page; and

a controller configured to;

generate objects of the displayed web page as a database;

receive first input voice information for searching the database;

convert the first input voice information into text information;

search the database including the objects representing the displayed web page for objects that include the converted text information;

distinctively display found objects that include the converted text information from other information displayed on the web page, the found objects displayed on a corresponding location of each of the found objects on the web page with changed object features;

receive second input voice information for selecting one of the distinctively displayed objects on the web page;

select one of the distinctively displayed objects based on the second input voice information and change a display state of the selected object by at least one of changing to a highlighted state, overlaying an indicator having a specific shape, changing a color, changing a size, and changing a thickness of the selected object;

display information linked to the selected object while displaying the web page and release the distinctively display state of other found objects; and

release the distinctively display of the found objects while displaying the web page when the second input voice information is not received in a preset time after the found objects are displayed on the web page.

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

distinctively display the found objects by at least one of enlarging a size of the found objects, changing a color of the found objects, changing a background color display of the found objects, changing a transparency of the found objects, underlining the found objects, changing a font of the found objects and highlighting the found objects.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when a corresponding found object includes a link to a separate web page, the controller is further configured to automatically access the separate web page when the corresponding found object is selected with a voice command.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to construct objects of the displayed web page as a database that can be searched.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to enter an information search mode for searching the currently displayed web page before the first input voice information is received.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the information search mode is entered based on a voice command, a key input, or in a direct touching of a predetermined portion of the displayed web page.

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

displaying an accessed web page on a display of the mobile terminal;

generating objects of the displayed web page as a database;

receiving first input voice information for searching the database;

converting the first input voice information into text information;

searching the database including the objects representing the displayed web page for objects that include the converted text information;

distinctively displaying found objects that include the converted text information from other information displayed on the web page, the found objects displayed on a corresponding location of each of the found objects on the displayed web page with changed object features;

receiving second input voice information for selecting one of the distinctively displayed objects on the displayed web page;

selecting one of the distinctively displayed objects based on the second input voice information and changing a display state of the selected object by at least one of changing to a highlighted state, overlaying an indicator having a specific shape, changing a color, changing a size, and changing a thickness of the selected object;

displaying information linked to the selected object while displaying the web page and releasing the distinctively display state of other found objects; and

releasing the distinctively display of the found objects while displaying the web page when the second input voice information is not received in a preset time after the found objects are displayed on the web page.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the distinctively displaying step distinctively displays the found objects by at least one of enlarging a size of the found objects, changing a color of the found objects, changing a background color display of the found objects, changing a transparency of the found objects.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein when a corresponding found object includes a link to a separate web page, the method further comprises automatically accessing the separate web page when the corresponding found object is selected with a voice command.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

constructing objects of the displayed web page as a database that can be searched.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

entering an information search mode for searching the currently displayed web page before the receiving step receives the first input voice information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the information search mode is entered based on a voice command, a key input, or in a direct touching of a predetermined portion of the displayed web page.