Mobile terminal and method for controlling same

• US 9,867,025 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2012
• Issued: 01/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Hangyu, Oh, Minseok, Park, Kyujin
• Primary Examiner(s): Magloire, Vladimir
• Assistant Examiner(s): Syed, Majid
• Application Number:
  US14/114,491
• Publication Number:
  US 20140087770A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,080 Days
• Field of Search: 455456, 4554561, 455419, 455457
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

The present invention provides a mobile terminal comprising: a wireless communication unit for sensing a location of a mobile terminal, and receiving, from the outside, a place image corresponding to the location of the mobile terminal and neighboring terminal information of at least one neighboring terminal at the same place as the mobile terminal; a control unit for generating a device map on which the neighboring terminal which is at the same place as the mobile terminal, is displayed on the basis of the place image and the neighboring terminal information; a memory for storing the device map; and a display unit for displaying the device map.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit;

a camera capturing a place image corresponding to a location of the mobile terminal;

a wireless communication unit configured to receive;

location information of the mobile terminal,

neighbor terminal information about at least one neighbor terminal through an ad-hoc network; and

a controller coupled to a memory and configured to;

display an interface for selecting one or more search parameters among a plurality of parameters, the plurality of parameters comprising a device type, a specific communication scheme, and a distance from the mobile terminal,

configure the selected one or more search parameters as a search parameter for filtering the received neighbor terminal information,

extract one or more neighbor terminals satisfying a condition indicated by the configured search parameter from the at least one neighbor terminal using the received neighbor terminal information,

generate a device map by marking locations of the extracted one or more neighbor terminals on the place image, and

update the device map when the locations of the extracted one or more neighbor terminals are changed,

wherein, if a detected moving speed of the mobile terminal is equal to or greater than a prescribed threshold, the controller is configured to control the display unit to display locations of the mobile terminal and the extracted one or more neighbor terminals as vehicle icons, respectively.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one neighbor terminal comprises a terminal located within a prescribed spaced distance from the mobile terminal.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one neighbor terminal comprises a terminal belongs to a same network as the mobile terminal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the at least one neighbor terminal comprises a terminal that accesses a same access point as the mobile terminal.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the at least one neighbor terminal comprises a terminal located within a same cell with the mobile terminal.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein, if the configured search parameter comprises the device type, the controller is further configured to extract the one or more neighbor terminals from the at least one neighbor terminal if the neighbor device corresponds to the specific device type.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein, if the configured search parameter comprises the specific communication scheme, the controller is further configured to extract the one or more neighbor terminals from the at least one neighbor terminal if the neighbor device supports the specific communication scheme.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein, if the configured search parameter comprises the distance from the mobile terminal, the controller is further configured to extract the one or more neighbor terminals from the at least one neighbor terminal if the neighbor device is located within the distance from the mobile terminal.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the display unit to display the device map which comprises a first marker indicating the locations of the extracted one or more neighbor terminals.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the device map further comprises a second marker indicating the location of the mobile terminal.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to control the first and second markers to be visually discriminated from each other.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein one of the first and second markers is represented by a cursor and the other of the first and second markers is represented by an icon.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the place image corresponding to the location of the mobile terminal comprises a map image corresponding to the location of the mobile terminal.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein, if an input for selecting one of the extracted one or more neighbor terminals displayed on the device map is received, the controller is configured to perform a data communication with the selected neighbor terminal.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the controller is configured to control the wireless communication unit to receive a file from the neighbor terminal.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein, if an input for selecting one of the extracted one or more neighbor terminals displayed on the device map is received, the controller is configured to:

control the wireless communication unit to receive video from the selected neighbor terminal, and

control the display unit to display the received video.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein, if the wireless communication unit receives an event occurrence message regarding an occurrence of an event from the neighbor terminal displayed on the device map, the controller is configured to output a feedback for informing the occurrence of the event.