Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same

• US 9,800,717 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2015
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ma, Yongbeom, Kim, Hyongguk, Lee, Jaekul, Seo, Moonkil, Chang, Mihwa
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngo, Chuong A
• Application Number:
  US14/724,933
• Publication Number:
  US 20150350413A1
• Time in Patent Office: 879 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3423 Multimodal routing, i.e. combining two or more modes of transportation, where the modes can be any of, e.g. driving, walking, cycling, public transport
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72463 to restrict the functionality of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion

Abstract

An embodiment disclosed in the present disclosure discloses a mobile terminal for performing communication with a vehicle control apparatus installed in a vehicle, and the mobile terminal may include a wireless communication unit configured to form a network comprising the vehicle control apparatus and the mobile terminal, respectively, as one node thereof, and a controller configured to allow the vehicle control apparatus or the mobile terminal to perform an operation corresponding to an event according to whether or not the vehicle is moving or whether a user is getting on or off the vehicle based on the event generated from at least one node.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal configured to perform communication with a vehicle control apparatus installed in a vehicle, the mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with a network comprising the vehicle control apparatus and the mobile terminal; and

a controller configured to;

cause the vehicle control apparatus or the mobile terminal to perform an operation corresponding to one or more events that have been detected related to the vehicle;

cause the mobile terminal to generate an output based at least in part on the one or more events that have been detected related to the vehicle; and

based on the vehicle arriving at a preset destination, execute an outgoing call program to place a call to a contact associated with the preset destination.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication unit is configured to transmit, to the vehicle control apparatus, data corresponding to the detected one or more events that causes the vehicle control apparatus to perform an operation corresponding to the one or more events.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit configured to display a pop-up window that is configured to receive the user input.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the display unit is configured to display at least one graphic object within the pop-up window, and

the controller is configured to perform an operation corresponding to the one or more events according to a selection input to the at least one graphic object.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the display unit is configured to display, on or around the at least one graphic object, an indication of a number of the one or more events that have been detected.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further configured to, based at least in part on detecting an event related to a user entering the vehicle, display information regarding the vehicle according to a user input.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the information regarding the vehicle comprises at least one of an air conditioning state inside the vehicle, an open state of a vehicle door, an open state of a vehicle window, an alarm state of the vehicle, an open state of a movable cover in the vehicle, an open state of an enclosable aperture in the vehicle, an open state of a sunroof, a battery charging state of the vehicle, a fueling state of the vehicle, or tire pressure information.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further configured to, based at least in part on detecting an event related to a user entering the vehicle, execute a program for transmitting a control command to the vehicle according to a user input.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further configured to, based at least in part on detecting an event related to a user entering the vehicle, execute a program configured to cause one or more processors to set a destination on the vehicle control apparatus according to a user input.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the program is configured to cause the one or more processors to set, as the destination of the vehicle control apparatus, at least one of:

a place for which a name has been retrieved more than a predetermined number of times based on a search log stored in the mobile terminal,

a place that has been registered more than a predetermined number of times on a schedule management program, or

a place that is included in a message in which the message including a specific place name is repeated more than a predetermined number of times.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further configured to:

as a result of receiving an incoming call while the vehicle is moving and based on detecting an event related to non-movement of the vehicle or an event related to a user exiting the vehicle, reject the incoming call and send a response message to an outgoing call destination, and execute a program configured to cause one or more processors to originate a call to the outgoing call destination according to a user input.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further configured to, as a result of receiving a message including a schedule-related text while the vehicle is moving and based on detecting an event related to non-movement of the vehicle or an event related to a user exiting the vehicle, execute a schedule management program according to a user input.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further configured to, as a result of capturing a voice recording while the vehicle is moving and based on detecting an event related to non-movement of the vehicle or an event related to a user exiting the vehicle, execute a program configured to cause one or more processors to manipulate a file that stores the voice recording according to a user input.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further configured to, as a result of determining that the vehicle has not arrived to a preset destination and based on detecting an event related to non-movement of the vehicle or an event related to a user exiting the vehicle, display, a route from a current location to the destination on the screen according to a user input.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein

the vehicle control apparatus is configured to, subsequent to determining that the vehicle has arrived to a preset first destination, set a second destination for the vehicle, and

the mobile terminal is configured to, as a result of determining the arrival of the vehicle at the second destination and based on detecting an event related to non-movement of the vehicle or an event related to a user exiting the vehicle, display a route from the second destination back to the first destination according to a user input.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further configured to, as a result of the vehicle control apparatus determining the arrival of the vehicle to a preset destination and based on detecting an event related to non-movement of the vehicle or an event related to a user exiting the vehicle, display information associated with the preset destination.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, further configured to:

transmit a query including a name associated with the preset destination to a server, and

display data received from the server on the screen according to a user input.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further configured to, as a result of the vehicle control apparatus determining the arrival of the vehicle to the preset destination and based on determining that a distance between the preset destination and an address stored in an address book is within a predetermined distance, execute the outgoing call program to place the call to a contact corresponding to the address stored in the address book according to a user input.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further configured to, as a result of the vehicle control apparatus determining the arrival of the vehicle to the preset destination and based on determining that a distance between the preset destination and a location included in a pre-stored message is within a predetermined distance, execute the outgoing call program to place the call to a contact indicated in the pre-stored message or to an originator of the message according to a user input.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further configured to, as a result of the vehicle control apparatus determining the arrival of the vehicle to the preset destination and based on determining that a distance between the preset destination and a location stored in a schedule management program is within a predetermined distance, execute an outgoing call program to place the call to a contact stored along with the location in the schedule management program according to a user input.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further configured to, as a result of the vehicle control apparatus determining the arrival of the vehicle to the preset destination and based on detecting an event related to non-movement of the vehicle or an event related to a user exiting the vehicle, execute a photo capture program, a memo program, or a recording program according to a user input.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to cause the mobile terminal to generate the output that is based at least in part on the detected one or more events related to the vehicle in the form of a visual indication, a vibration, or a sound based on the event being detected.

23. A system comprising:

a vehicle control apparatus provided in a vehicle and communicative with one or more communication networks, the vehicle control apparatus configured to;

determine one or more events that have been detected related to the vehicle; and

transmit, through the one or more communication networks, information regarding the detected one or more events related to the vehicle; and

a mobile terminal communicative with the one or more communication networks and configured to;

receive the information transmitted by the vehicle control apparatus regarding the detected one or more events related to the vehicle;

generate an output based at least in part on the received information regarding the detected one or more events related to the vehicle; and

based on the vehicle arriving at a preset destination, execute an outgoing call program to place a call to a contact associated with the preset destination.