Mobile terminal and control method for the mobile terminal

• US 9,891,070 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2015
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Jinhyoung, Lee, Sukjin, Lim, Gukchan, Park, Mihyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Olszewski, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Merlino, David P.
• Application Number:
  US14/697,406
• Publication Number:
  US 20160161277A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,023 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/343 Calculating itineraries, i.e. routes leading from a starting point to a series of categorical destinations using a global route restraint, round trips, touristic trips travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3614 through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3676 Overview of the route on the road map
• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal capable of providing map information and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display unit configured to display map information containing preset route information and at least one graphic object linked to place information and a controller configured to change the preset route information based on place information linked to any one graphic object when a drag touch started from the any one graphic object of the at least one graphic object is released from the map information.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display; and

a controller configured to;

cause the display to display a map in a first area of the display;

cause the display to display, on the map, a first route from a first point to a second point;

cause the display to display a plurality of graphic objects while the first route is displayed on the map, wherein the plurality of graphic objects are not displayed on the map and each of the plurality of graphic objects is associated with a corresponding category, and wherein each graphic object has a same size, and the plurality of graphic objects are aligned in a second area of the display;

cause the display to display a plurality of icons on the map when a first graphic object among the plurality of graphic objects is dragged and released at a location of the map, wherein the first graphic object is dragged while no icon is displayed on the map and while the first route is displayed on the map; and

cause the display to display a second route in response to a touch input received with regard to one of the plurality of icons such that the second route includes a place corresponding to the one of the plurality of icons, the first route no longer displayed when the second route is displayed,

wherein;

the plurality of icons are displayed on an entire area of the map when the location at which the dragged first graphic object is released is a first location of the map that does not overlap the first route;

the plurality of icons are displayed within a specific area of the map when the location at which the dragged first graphic object is released is a second location of the map that overlaps the first route, the specific area defined by a boundary that is determined based on the second location; and

a size of the entire area of the map is greater than a size of the specific area of the map,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

cause the display to display a second graphic object associated with an application in the second area while the map is displayed;

perform a function associated with the application in response to dragging of the second graphic object and releasing of the dragged second graphic object at a specific location indicated on the displayed map; and

cause the display to display an execution screen of the application,

wherein the execution screen includes information related to a place corresponding to the specific location on the map, and

wherein the map and the plurality of graphic objects are not displayed when the execution screen is displayed in response to the releasing of the dragged second graphic object.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the second route further includes the first point and the second point; and

a size of the map is maintained regardless of whether the plurality of icons are displayed on the entire area of the map or within the specific area of the map.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein:

the first route does not include the one of the plurality of icons;

the second route further includes the one of the plurality of icons such that the one of the plurality of icons is displayed on the second route.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the plurality of icons displayed on the entire area includes a first icon, a second icon, and a third icon;

the plurality of icons displayed within the specific area includes the first icon and the second icon; and

the third icon is not displayed within the specific area.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the boundary is within a reference range from the second location; and

a size of the reference range is set and variable according to a user'"'"'s setting.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein

the boundary is circular with the second location located at a center of the circular boundary.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the plurality of graphic objects are continuously displayed when the second route is displayed on the map.

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

display a third graphic object linked to at least two fourth graphic objects while the map is displayed, wherein a different category associated with a specific place is linked to each of the at least two fourth graphic objects; and

display the at least two fourth graphic objects in response to a touch applied to the third graphic object.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to:

cause the display to display, on the map, an icon corresponding to a place linked to one of the at least two fourth graphic objects in response to selection of the one of the at least two fourth graphic objects; and

select the place corresponding to the icon in response to a touch applied to the icon, the place further corresponding to a category linked to the one of the at least two fourth graphic objects.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display a replacement icon instead of the touched icon at a same location on the map, on which the touched icon was displayed, such that the replacement icon and the selected one of the at least two fourth graphic objects have same images.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to generate a third route based on a plurality of places corresponding to the plurality of icons displayed on the map when the plurality of icons are selected from the map.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the third route in response to a command that is received after the plurality of icons are selected.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein:

the controller is further configured to generate at least two tabs in response to a touch applied to the third graphic object; and

each of the at least two tabs is associated with a map including a different route.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to:

display a third route in response to selection of a first tab among the at least two tabs;

display a fourth route in response to selection of a second tab among the at least two tabs; and

display the third route and the fourth route together on the map in response to selection of an icon associated with an overlap function for displaying all routes associated with the at least two tabs at once, the icon displayed while the at least two tabs are displayed.

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

cause the display to display, on the map, a third graphic object associated with a specific place in the second area; and

cause output of notification when a current location of the mobile terminal is within a threshold distance from the specific place,

wherein the output of the notification comprises at least;

changing a display format of the displayed third graphic object associated with the specific place;

outputting an audio signal via an audio output unit;

outputting text notification information;

or

vibrating the mobile terminal.

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

displaying, on a display, a map containing a first route from a first point to a second point in a first area of the display;

displaying a plurality of graphic objects while the first route is displayed on the map, wherein the plurality of graphic objects are not displayed on the map and each of the plurality of graphic objects is associated with a corresponding category, and wherein each graphic object has a same size, and the plurality of graphic objects are aligned in a second area of the display;

displaying a plurality of icons on the map when a first graphic object among the plurality of graphic objects is dragged and released at a location of the map, wherein the first graphic object is dragged while no icon is displayed on the map and while the first route is displayed on the map; and

displaying a second route in response to a touch input received with regard to one of the plurality of icons such that the second route includes a place corresponding to the one of the plurality of icons, the first route no longer displayed when the second route is displayed,

wherein;

the plurality of icons are displayed on an entire area of the map when the location at which the dragged first graphic object is released is a first location of the map that does not overlap the first route;

the plurality of icons are displayed within a specific area of the map when the location at which the dragged first graphic object is released is a second location of the map that overlaps the first route, the specific area defined by a boundary that is determined based on the second location; and

a size of the entire area of the map is greater than a size of the specific area of the map,

wherein the method further comprises;

displaying a second graphic object associated with an application in the second area while the map is displayed;

performing a function associated with the application in response to dragging of the second graphic object and releasing of the dragged second graphic object at a specific location indicated on the displayed map; and

displaying an execution screen of the application on the display,

wherein the execution screen includes information related to a place corresponding to the specific location on the map, and

wherein the map and the plurality of graphic objects are not displayed when the execution screen is displayed in response to the releasing of the dragged second graphic object.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein:

the second route further includes the first point and the second point; and

a size of the map is maintained regardless of whether the plurality of icons are displayed on the entire area of the map or within the specific area of the map.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the first route does not include the one of the plurality of icons;

the second route further includes the one of the plurality of icons such that the one of the plurality of icons is displayed on the second route.