Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 9,635,163 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2015
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Seojin, Yu, Donghwan, Kim, Samsick
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, CONGVAN
• Application Number:
  US14/845,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20160094698A1
• Time in Patent Office: 600 Days
• Field of Search: 455557, 455566, 455 90, 4551584, 345 34, 345156, 345158, 345699
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• 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 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• 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: G06Q 20/321 using wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/36 using electronic wallets or electronic money safes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a prescribed function can be performed using a more intuitive gesture. The present invention includes a touchscreen; a wireless communication device configured to communicate with an external terminal; a band configured to be worn on a user; a sensing device configured to sense movement of a physical object having the mobile terminal provided thereon; and a controller to detect a gesture based on the sensed movement, and to perform a prescribed function with respect to the external terminal based on the detected gesture.

Claims

1. A watch type mobile terminal, comprising:

a touchscreen;

a wireless communication device configured to communicate with an external terminal;

a band configured to be worn on a user;

a sensing device configured to sense movement of a physical object having the mobile terminal provided thereon; and

a controller configured to;

display, on the touchscreen, a guide screen corresponding to a selected one of a plurality of prescribed gesture patterns, wherein the selected one of the prescribed gesture patterns corresponds to a prescribed function to be performed,

after the display of the guide screen, detect a bumping gesture based on the sensed movement, and

in response to the detect of the bumping gesture, perform the prescribed function with respect to the external terminal based on the detected bumping gesture, wherein the bumping gesture includes a bumped gesture of the watch type mobile terminal and the external terminal.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller distinguishes patterns of the bumping gesture into the plurality of gesture patterns based on at least one of a bumping speed and a bumping direction.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein in response to detecting the bumping gesture corresponding to the selected one of the prescribed gesture patterns, the controller performs the prescribed function.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the plurality of prescribed gesture patterns include:

a first gesture that includes bumping the mobile terminal to the external terminal horizontally,

a second gesture that includes bumping the external terminal to the mobile terminal horizontally,

a third gesture that includes bumping the mobile terminal to the external terminal vertically, and

a fourth gesture that includes bumping the external terminal to the mobile terminal vertically.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the prescribed function is a function related to transferring a prescribed amount of money.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein in response to detecting a first adjustment gesture, the controller adjusts the prescribed amount of money by a first unit, and

in response to detecting a second adjustment gesture, the controller adjusts the prescribed amount of money by a second unit.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the prescribed function is a function relating to controlling the wireless communication device to transmit a command for activating the external terminal and to transmit a prescribed content to the external terminal.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein in response to detecting the gesture, the controller determines location information of the mobile terminal, wherein the controller identifies the external terminal, from among external terminals adjacent to the determined location information, and wherein identification of the external terminal is based on a prescribed specifying condition.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the prescribed specifying condition is a condition that the mobile terminal and the external terminal are adjacent to each other at a specific time.

10. A method of controlling a watch type mobile terminal comprising:

sensing movement of a physical object having the mobile terminal provided thereon;

displaying, on a touchscreen, a guide screen corresponding to a selected one of a plurality of prescribed gesture patterns, wherein the selected one of the prescribed gesture patterns corresponds to a prescribed function to be performed;

after displaying the guide screen, detecting a bumping gesture based on the sensed movement; and

in response to detecting the bumping gesture, performing the prescribed function with respect to an external terminal based on the detected bumping gesture, wherein the bumping gesture includes a bumped gesture of the watch type mobile terminal and the external terminal.

11. The method of claim 10, comprising:

distinguishing patterns of the bumping gesture into the plurality of gesture patterns based on at least one of a bumping speed and a bumping direction; and

displaying the guide screen for the selected prescribed gesture pattern, from among the plurality of gesture patterns.

12. The method of claim 11, comprising:

detecting the bumping gesture corresponding to the selected prescribed gesture pattern, and

performing the prescribed function based on the detected bumping gesture.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the plurality of prescribed gesture patterns include:

a first gesture that includes bumping the mobile terminal to the external terminal horizontally,

a second gesture that includes bumping the external terminal to the mobile terminal horizontally,

a third gesture that includes bumping the mobile terminal to the external terminal vertically, and

a fourth gesture that includes bumping the external terminal to the mobile terminal vertically.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the prescribed function is a function related to transferring a prescribed amount of money.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

detecting a first adjustment gesture, and adjusting the prescribed amount of money by a first unit based on the detected first adjustment gesture; and

detecting a second adjustment gesture, and adjusting the prescribed amount of money by a second unit based on the detected second adjustment gesture.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the prescribed function is a function related to transmitting a command for activating the external terminal and transmitting a prescribed content to the external terminal.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

detecting the gesture, and determining location information of the mobile terminal based on the detected gesture; and

identifying the external terminal, from among external terminals adjacent to the determined location information,

wherein identification is based on a prescribed specifying condition.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the prescribed specifying condition is a condition that the mobile terminal and the external terminal are adjacent to each other at a specific time.