Terminal device, information display system and method of controlling therefor

• US 9,332,172 B1
• Filed: 01/23/2015
• Issued: 05/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Sihwa, Chun, Sinae, Lee, Doyoung
• Primary Examiner(s): Osinski, Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/604,306
• Time in Patent Office: 466 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet

Abstract

A terminal device, an information display system and a method of controlling the terminal device are disclosed. The terminal device includes a camera unit configured to capture a picture in which an external device connected with a network is included, a control unit configured to detect the external device from the captured picture, a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data and a display unit configured to display the captured picture. If the detected external device in the captured picture is selected, the control unit controls the communication unit to receive information on the external device based on a sensing history of the external device and can control the display unit to display the received information on the external device on the display unit.

Claims

1. A terminal device, comprising:

a camera unit configured to capture a picture, the picture containing an external device that is connected to a network;

a control unit configured to detect the external device connected to the network from the captured picture;

a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data; and

a display unit configured to display the captured picture,

wherein when the detected external device in the captured picture is selected, the control unit is further configured to control the communication unit to receive information corresponding to the selected external device based on a sensing history of the selected external device and control the display unit to display the received information corresponding to the selected external device on the display unit.

2. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the communication unit to receive tagging information from the external device placed within a predetermined distance of the terminal device, and detect the external device based on the received tagging information.

3. The terminal device of claim 2, wherein the tagging information comprises at least one selected from unique information, identification information, location information, authority information and owner information of the external device.

4. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein when the detected external device in the captured picture is selected, the control unit is further configured to control the communication unit to receive the information on the selected external device at a point in time on which the picture is captured.

5. The terminal device of claim 4, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the communication unit to further receive at least one of previous information of the point in time on which the picture is captured and later information of the point in time on which the picture is captured.

6. The terminal device of claim 5, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the display unit to display an indicator selecting the previous information or the later information of the displayed information.

7. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the information corresponding to the selected external device comprises at least one of use information, moving path information, location information, content information and list information of the selected external device.

8. The terminal device of claim 7, wherein when the selected external device corresponds to a vehicle, the control unit is further configured to control the display unit to display the location information of a point in time on which the picture is captured.

9. The terminal device of claim 8, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the display unit to display the moving path information of the vehicle on a map.

10. The terminal device of claim 7, wherein when the selected external device corresponds to a content player, the control unit is further configured to control the display unit to display the content information of a point in time on which the picture is captured.

11. The terminal device of claim 10, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the communication unit to receive list information of content played by the content player and wherein when one content is selected from the list information of the received contents, the control unit is configured to play the selected content.

12. The terminal device of claim 10, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the communication unit to receive list information of content played by the content player and wherein when one content is selected from the list information of the received contents, the control unit is configured to control the communication unit to transmit a playback command of the selected content to the content player.

13. The terminal device of claim 11, wherein the content comprises at least one of a sound source, a video and a game.

14. The terminal device of claim 7, wherein when the selected external device corresponds to a smart picture frame, the control unit is further configured to control the display unit to display information on an image displayed on the smart picture frame of a point in time on which the picture is captured.

15. The terminal device of claim 14, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the communication unit to receive list information of the image displayed on the smart picture frame and wherein when one image is selected from the received list information of the image, the control unit is configured to control the display unit to display the selected image in a manner of composing with the captured picture.

16. The terminal device of claim 3, wherein the control unit is further configured to determine an owner of the external device based on the owner information of the external device and wherein when the external device is owned by a different person, the control unit is further configured to make a request for data of the external device to the owner of the external device.

17. An information display system, comprising:

a terminal device configured to capture a picture containing an external device that is connected to a network, the terminal device configured to detect the external device connected to the network from the captured picture, the terminal device configured to display the captured picture, the terminal device, when the detected external device in the captured picture is selected, configured to request information corresponding to the selected external device based on a sensing history of the selected external device; and

an external device configured to transmit the information on the selected external device to the terminal device according to the request of the terminal device,

wherein the terminal device is configured to receive and display the information corresponding to the selected external device.

18. A method for controlling a terminal device, comprising:

capturing a picture containing an external device that is connected to a network;

detecting the external device connected to the network from the captured picture;

when the detected external device in the captured picture is selected, receiving information corresponding to the selected external device based on a sensing history of the selected external device; and

displaying the received information corresponding to the selected external device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the receiving the information corresponding to the selected external device receives the information on the selected external device of a point in time on which the picture is captured.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the receiving the information corresponding to the selected external device further receives at least one of previous information of the point in time on which the picture is captured and later information of the point in time on which the picture is captured.