Mobile terminal and controlling method for displaying information of a wearable device

• US 9,426,275 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2015
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Eim, Sanghyun, Chi, Jumin, Lim, Gukchan
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisner, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US14/614,130
• Publication Number:
  US 20150350403A1
• Time in Patent Office: 566 Days
• Field of Search: 4555501- 903
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which various convenient functions including application management in association with such a wearable external device as a watch type mobile terminal and the like can be provided. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit, a touchscreen, and a controller, when the touchscreen is turned off, if a 1^st touch is inputted to the touchscreen and a 2^nd touch is then inputted to the touchscreen by maintaining the 1^st touch, turning on the touchscreen and controlling information of at least one wearable device currently connected through the wireless communication unit to be displayed on the touchscreen.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with at least one wearable device;

a touchscreen configured to display information and to receive touch inputs; and

a controller configured to, in response to a first touch input, which is received via the touchscreen while the touchscreen is in a turned-off status, and a second touch input that is received via the touchscreen while the first touch input is maintained on the touchscreen, turn on the touchscreen and cause the touchscreen to display information of the at least one wearable device, the wearable device being wirelessly connected with the mobile terminal via the wireless communication unit.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when a plurality of wearable devices are wirelessly connected to the mobile terminal, the controller is further configured to arrange the information on the touchscreen based on whether each the plurality of wearable devices is worn on a body part.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touchscreen to display the information of the plurality of wearable devices in a rotating manner in response to a scroll command received via the touchscreen such that information of each of the plurality of wearable devices is displayed according to the rotation of the displayed information.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the information of the at least one wearable device comprises information of at least one application installed in the at least one wearable device.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein:

the information of the at least one wearable device further comprises at least one graphic object representing at least one type of the at least one wearable device; and

at least one icon representing the at least one application is enclosed within a boundary of the at least one graphic object such that a plurality of graphic objects are displayed on the touchscreen when a plurality of wearable devices are wirelessly connected to the mobile terminal and a plurality of icons are included within a boundary of a corresponding one of the plurality of graphic objects when a plurality of applications are installed in a corresponding one of the plurality of wearable devices.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the touchscreen to display detailed information of an application installed in the corresponding one of the plurality of wearable devices in response to selection of an icon corresponding to the application from among the plurality of icons included within the boundary of the corresponding one of the plurality of graphic objects.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein in response to selection of a first icon corresponding to a first application installed in a first wearable device among the plurality of wearable devices followed by movement of the selected first icon to a first region of the touchscreen, the controller is further configured to install the first application in the mobile terminal or in at least one of the plurality of wearable devices except for the first wearable device based on where the first region is located on the touchscreen.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein when the first region is located at an edge region of the touchscreen, in response to the selection of the first icon and the movement of the selected first icon to the first region, the controller is further configured to:

cause the touchscreen to display, on a second region of the touchscreen, an icon corresponding to each of at least one application installed in the mobile terminal, a boundary of the second region including the first region;

install the first application in the mobile terminal; and

cause the touchscreen to display, on the second region of the touchscreen, an additional icon corresponding to the first application when the installation of the first application in the mobile terminal starts or is completed.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein in response to selection of a first icon corresponding to a first application installed in a first wearable device among the plurality of wearable devices followed by movement of the selected first icon to another region of the touchscreen, the controller is further configured to delete the first application from the first wearable device.

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

determine whether the connected at least one wearable device is on a body part;

cause the touchscreen to display an icon indicating presence of the connected at least one wearable device on the body part; and

cause the touchscreen to display the information of the connected at least one wearable device in response to selection of the icon.

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

communicating with at least one wearable device; and

in response to a first touch input, which is received via the touchscreen while the touchscreen is in a turned-off status, and a second touch input that is received via the touchscreen while the first touch input is maintained on the touchscreen, turning on the touchscreen and displaying information of the at least one wearable device, the wearable device being wirelessly connected with the mobile terminal.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein when a plurality of wearable devices are wirelessly connected to the mobile terminal, the method further comprises arranging the information on the touchscreen based on whether each the plurality of wearable devices is worn on a body part.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising displaying the information of the plurality of wearable devices in a rotating manner in response to a scroll command received via the touchscreen such that information of each of the plurality of wearable devices is displayed according to the rotation of the displayed information.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the information of the at least one wearable device comprises an information of at least one application installed in the at least one wearable device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein:

the information of the at least one wearable device further comprises at least one graphic object representing at least one type of the at least one wearable device; and

at least one icon representing the at least one application is enclosed within a boundary of the at least one graphic object such that a plurality of graphic objects are displayed on the touchscreen when a plurality of wearable devices are wirelessly connected to the mobile terminal and a plurality of icons are included within a boundary of a corresponding one of the plurality of graphic objects when a plurality of applications are installed in a corresponding one of the plurality of wearable devices.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising displaying detailed information of an application installed in the corresponding one of the plurality of wearable devices in response to selection of an icon corresponding to the application from among the plurality of icons included within the boundary of the corresponding one of the plurality of graphic objects.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising in response to selection of a first icon corresponding to a first application installed in a first wearable device among the plurality of wearable devices followed by movement of the selected first icon to a first region of the touchscreen, installing the first application in the mobile terminal or in at least one of the plurality of wearable devices except for the first wearable device based on where the first region is located on the touchscreen.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein when the first region is located at an edge region of the touchscreen, in response to the selection of the first icon and the movement of the selected first icon to the first region, the method further comprises:

displaying, on a second region of the touchscreen, an icon corresponding to each of at least one application installed in the mobile terminal, a boundary of the second region including the first region;

installing the first application in the mobile terminal; and

displaying, on the second region of the touchscreen, an additional icon corresponding to the first application when the installation of the first application in the mobile terminal starts or is completed.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising in response to selection of a first icon corresponding to a first application installed in a first wearable device among the plurality of wearable devices followed by movement of the selected first icon to another region of the touchscreen, deleting the first application from the first wearable device.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining whether the connected at least one wearable device is on a body part;

displaying an icon indicating presence of the connected at least one wearable device on the body part; and

displaying the information of the connected at least one wearable device in response to selection of the icon.