Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 9,793,981 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2014
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Jungseok, Kim, Jungwhan, Kim, Seonghyok, Yoo, Jiyong, Lim, Gukchan, So, Sunsang
• Primary Examiner(s): Hsieh, Ping
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yang, James
• Application Number:
  US14/189,851
• Publication Number:
  US 20140273849A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,330 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• 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 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3215 Monitoring of peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1636 Sensing arrangement for detection of a tap gesture on the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• 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 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3833 Hand-held transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are provided, which facilitates a terminal to be used in further consideration of user'"'"'s convenience. Provided is a method of controlling an operation of a specific mobile terminal by forming a wireless communication group through a short range communication and then synthesizing analyses of motion patterns detected through mobile terminals belonging to the wireless communication group. Accordingly, in performing a function through a motion of each of a plurality of mobile terminals belonging to a single wireless communication group, a function is more accurately activated and accessibility to the function activation is improved, thereby enhancing user'"'"'s convenience.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication interface;

a sensing unit comprising at least one of an acceleration sensor or a gyro sensor, an atmospheric pressure sensor, a proximity sensor or a humidity sensor, and configured to detect a pattern of motion of the mobile terminal, and wherein the pattern of motion comprises an inclination angle and a location of the mobile terminal; and

a controller configured to;

establish a short range communication session with a second mobile terminal,

measure a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a signal received from the second mobile terminal,

control the sensing unit based on the measured RSSI,

wherein the sensing unit comprising at least two sensors and when the measured RSSI is greater than or equal to a prescribed value, at least one sensor included in the sensing unit is activated,

wherein the controller is configured to receive, via the wireless communication interface, a pattern of motion of the second mobile terminal, wherein the pattern of motion of the second mobile terminal comprises an inclination angle and a location of the second mobile terminal,

wherein the controller is configured to calculate a relative pattern between the detected pattern of motion of the mobile terminal and the received pattern of motion of the second mobile terminal, and when the relative pattern correspond to a prescribed saved pattern, activate a function corresponding to the prescribed saved pattern, and

wherein the second mobile terminal is a wearable device and the mobile terminal is a handheld device.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the function corresponding to the prescribed saved pattern is releasing a locked state of the second mobile terminal to the second mobile terminal.

3. The mobile terminal of one of claim 1, wherein the detected pattern of motion of the mobile terminal includes motion of the mobile terminal after a prescribed amount of time at rest, the motion increasing to an amount greater than a prescribed amount of motion, and the mobile terminal being raised to a height greater than a first prescribed height, and

wherein the received pattern of motion of the second terminal includes a rotation of the second mobile terminal over a prescribed angle and the second mobile terminal being raised to a height greater than a second prescribed height.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein, when the function of releasing the locked state of the second mobile terminal is activated and at least one event alarm is received from the second mobile terminal then the controller outputs the received at least one event alarm.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a touchscreen, wherein the RSSI is periodically measured and, when an input is not received for a prescribed duration while the periodically measured RSSI is below the prescribed value, the touchscreen is deactivated.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein a pattern of motion of the mobile terminal is detected by the sensing unit and a pattern of motion of the second mobile terminal is received at the wireless communication interface, and when the pattern of motion of the mobile terminal or the second mobile terminal is a rotation of the mobile terminal or the second mobile terminal greater than a prescribed angle, and an input is not received for a prescribed duration, the touchscreen is deactivated.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a touchscreen,

wherein, when the pattern of motion of the mobile terminal includes a rotational motion over a prescribed angle and a relative inclination angle of the calculated relative pattern over the prescribed angle, an orientation of a display screen of the touchscreen is rotated, and

wherein, when the pattern of motion of the mobile terminal includes a rotational motion over a prescribed angle and a relative inclination angle of the calculated relative pattern doesn'"'"'t over the prescribed angle, the orientation of the display screen of the touchscreen is not rotated.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein in establishing the session for the short range communication with the second mobile terminal, when a pattern of motion corresponding to a prescribed saved pattern is detected, the controller further configured to broadcast, via the wireless communication interface, information regarding the detected pattern of motion and a signal for requesting authentication for the short range communication, and to receive a response from the second mobile terminal based on the information regarding the detected pattern of motion and the signal for requesting authentication for the short range communication.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the short range communication is based on a Bluetooth network, an NFC (near field communication) network or a Wi-Fi network.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein in establishing the session for the short range communication with the second mobile terminal, when a pattern of motion corresponding to a prescribed saved pattern is detected, the controller further configured to

receive information regarding a prescribed pattern of motion of the second mobile terminal and a signal for requesting authentication for the short range communication from the second mobile terminal,

determine whether the detected pattern of motion and the received pattern of motion of the second remote terminal match each other, and

when the detected pattern of motion and the received pattern of motion of the second remote terminal match each other, transmit a response to the second mobile terminal in response to the received signal requesting authentication.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the received information regarding the prescribed pattern of motion of the second mobile terminal includes a motion information of the second mobile terminal detected at the second mobile terminal.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein respective patterns of motion of the wearable device and the handheld device are obtained while the handheld device is held in a hand of the same arm on which the wearable device is worn.

13. A method of controlling a mobile terminal configured to establish short range communication with a second mobile terminal, the method comprising:

establishing a short range communication session with a second mobile terminal;

measuring a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of a signal received from the second mobile terminal;

controlling a sensing unit based on the measured RSSI, where the sensing unit is configured to detect a motion of the mobile terminal and a pattern of motion of the mobile terminal, where the sensing unit comprising at least two sensors, and comprising at least one of an acceleration sensor or a gyro sensor, an atmospheric pressure sensor, a proximity sensor or a humidity sensor;

activating at least one sensor included in the sensing unit when the measured RSSI is greater than or equal to a prescribed value;

receiving a pattern of motion of the second mobile terminal via the wireless communication interface;

calculating a relative pattern between the detected pattern of motion of the mobile terminal and the received pattern of motion of the second mobile terminal; and

activating a function corresponding to a prescribed saved pattern when the relative pattern corresponds to the prescribed saved pattern,

wherein the second mobile terminal is a wearable device and the mobile terminal is a handheld device.

14. A wireless system that includes a wireless communication group formed using short range communication between mobile terminals, the wireless system comprising:

a first mobile terminal and second mobile terminal configured to form a wireless communication group,

wherein the first mobile terminal is configured to detect a first pattern of motion of the first mobile terminal, wherein when the detected first pattern of motion corresponds to a prescribed saved pattern, the first mobile terminal transmits information regarding the detected first pattern of motion to a second mobile terminal, wherein the respective pattern of motion is detected by a respective sensing unit comprising at least one of an acceleration sensor or a gyro sensor, an atmospheric pressure sensor, a proximity sensor or a humidity sensor, and

wherein the second mobile terminal is configured to detect a second pattern of motion of the second mobile terminal, wherein the second mobile terminal is configured to calculate a relative pattern between the detected pattern of motion of the second mobile terminal and the received pattern of motion of the first mobile terminal, and determine whether the relative pattern matches the prescribed saved pattern, a prescribed function corresponding to the prescribed saved pattern is activated,

wherein the second mobile terminal is a wearable device and the mobile terminal is a handheld device.

15. The wireless system of claim 14, wherein the second mobile terminal saves at least one pattern and at least one function by matching the at least one pattern and the at least one function to each other.

16. The wireless system of claim 15, wherein, in saving the at least one pattern and the at least one function by matching the at least one pattern and the at least one function to each other, the second mobile terminal detects a third pattern of motion,

wherein the second mobile terminal determines whether the detected third pattern of motion is input repeatedly at least a prescribed number of times, and when the third pattern of motion is input repeatedly at least the prescribed number of times, a function is saved to correspond to the third pattern of motion.

17. A method of controlling a wireless system that includes a wireless communication group formed using short range communication between mobile terminals, the method comprising:

detecting a first pattern of motion at a first mobile terminal that belongs to the wireless communication group;

transmitting the detected first pattern of motion from the first mobile terminal to a second mobile terminal when the detected first pattern of motion corresponds to a prescribed saved pattern;

detecting a second pattern of motion at the second mobile terminal that belongs to the wireless communication group;

calculating a relative pattern between the detected pattern of motion of the mobile terminal and the received pattern of motion of the second mobile terminal; and

when the relative pattern is determined to match the prescribed saved pattern, activating a prescribed function associated with the prescribed saved pattern,

wherein the respective pattern of motion is detected by a respective sensing unit comprising at least one of an acceleration sensor or a gyro sensor, an atmospheric pressure sensor, a proximity sensor or a humidity sensor, and

wherein the second mobile terminal is a wearable device and the mobile terminal is a handheld device.