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Mobile terminal, image display apparatus mounted in vehicle and data processing method using the same

  • US 9,919,598 B2
  • Filed: 08/22/2012
  • Issued: 03/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image display apparatus mounted in a vehicle, comprising:

  • a processor configured to;

    control the image display apparatus to operate as an access point for accessing the Internet without using a mobile terminal as the access point or to operate as a client for accessing the Internet through the mobile terminal as the access point,wherein in response to the image display apparatus not being able to access the Internet and the mobile terminal being able to access the Internet, the processor is further configured to control the image display apparatus to operate as the access point and control the mobile terminal to operate as the client; and

    an interface connecting the image display apparatus to the mobile terminal,wherein the processor is further configured to control the interface to transmit Internet access information to the mobile terminal, the Internet access information including Internet access state information representing whether the image display apparatus is connected to the Internet,wherein the mobile terminal and the image display apparatus are linked to each other through a wireless local area network (WLAN),wherein the Internet access information further includes WLAN information representing whether the image display apparatus is set to the access point or the client in the WLAN,wherein the processor controls the image display apparatus to operate as the access point and controls the mobile terminal to operate as the client in response to the Internet access state information, andwherein;

    in response to the Internet access state information indicating both the image display apparatus and the mobile terminal being able to access the Internet, and the WLAN information indicating the mobile terminal operating as the access point and the image display apparatus operating as the client, the processor is further configured to access the Internet using the mobile terminal,in response to the Internet access state information indicating both the image display apparatus and the mobile terminal being able to access the Internet, and the WLAN information indicating the mobile terminal operating as the client and the image display apparatus operating as the access point, the processor is further configured to access the Internet using either the image display apparatus or the mobile terminal according to user preference information,in response to the Internet access state information indicating the image display apparatus not being able to access the Internet and the mobile terminal being able to access the Internet, and the WLAN information indicating the mobile terminal operating as the access point and the image display apparatus operating as the client, the processor is further configured to access the Internet using the mobile terminal,in response to the Internet access state information indicating the image display apparatus not being able to access the Internet and the mobile terminal being able to access the Internet, and the WLAN information indicating the mobile terminal operating as the client and the image display apparatus operating as the access point, the processor is further configured to access the Internet using the mobile terminal, andin response to the Internet access state information indicating the image display apparatus being able to access the Internet and the mobile terminal not being able to access the Internet and the WLAN information indicating the mobile terminal operating as the client and the image display apparatus operating as the access point, the processor is further configured to access the Internet using the image display apparatus.

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