Mobile terminal and control method therefor

• US 10,122,448 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2015
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Kiwan, Son, Jiyen, Park, Sungjin
• Primary Examiner(s): Torres, Juan A
• Application Number:
  US15/503,562
• Publication Number:
  US 20170230114A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,247 Days
• Field of Search: 398128
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/40 Circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/1143 Bidirectional transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders

Abstract

Disclosed are a mobile terminal capable of starting data sharing through an infrared signal and a control method therefor. To this end, the mobile terminal may comprise: a wireless communication unit for performing wireless communications; and infrared transceiver for transmitting and receiving an infrared signal; a user input unit for receiving a user input; and a control unit for controlling a first infrared signal to be output through the infrared transceiver when a first user input is received through the user input unit, and controlling shared data to be transmitted to an external terminal through the wireless communication unit when a second infrared signal is received from the external terminal which has received the first infrared signal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication;

an IR (infrared) transceiver configured to transceive IR signals;

a user input unit configured to receive a user input;

a camera; and

a controller configured to;

activate the camera when receiving a first user input through the user input unit,

display a preview image based on the activated camera,

recognize a user wearing an external terminal and a region estimated to output an IR signal in the preview image,

control a first IR signal to be outputted through the IR transceiver when the user is in the region, and

control shared data to be sent to the external terminal through the wireless communication unit when receiving a second IR signal from the external terminal having received the first IR signal,

wherein the mobile terminal comprises a wearable device of a glass type.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the second IR signal includes communication information of the external terminal,

wherein the controller controls the wireless communication unit to establish a wireless communication channel with the external terminal based on the communication information of the external terminal, and

wherein if the wireless communication channel is established, the controller controls the shared data to be sent to the external terminal through the wireless communication channel.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the wireless communication unit is connected to a plurality of external terminals, the controller determines a target for sending the shared data thereto based on identification information included in the second IR signal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a distance between the mobile terminal and the external terminal is equal to or smaller than a preset value, the controller sends the shared data to the external terminal.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the shared data starts to be sent, the controller controls the IR transceiver to periodically output the first IR signal.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the mobile terminal and the external terminal are spaced apart from each other over a preset value, the controller controls the shared data to stop being sent.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein as the first user input is received through the user input unit, if the controller sends the shared data, the controller controls the shared data to be sent using a first wireless communication technology and wherein as a second user input is received through the user input unit, if the controller sends the shared data, the controller controls the shared data to be sent using a second wireless communication technology.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a person is recognized from an image inputted through the camera, the controller sends a captured photo of the recognized person as the shared data to the external terminal.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal sends a photo, which is captured within a preset distance from a current location of the mobile terminal, as the shared data to the external terminal.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a start timing and an end timing are set, the controller sends a content, which is created between the start timing and the end timing, as the shared data to the external terminal.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a video is selected as the shared data, the controller plays the video and also controls the external terminal to play the video by streaming.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein if failing to receive the second IR signal in response to the periodically outputted first IR signal, the controller controls the shared data to stop being sent.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein each of the first user input and the second user input is received if a lateral side of glasses is touched.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the start timing comprises a timing of recognizing a prescribed person from an image inputted through the camera and

wherein the end timing comprises a timing of re-recognizing the prescribed person from the image inputted through the camera.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein if the video stops being played by the streaming in the external terminal, the controller sends data of a quantity failing to be played in the external terminal in a whole quantity of the video to the external terminal.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein if receiving a second user input through the user input unit, the controller continues to send the shared data despite failing to receive the second IR signal in response to the periodically outputted first IR signal.

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

activating a camera when receiving a first user input through a user input unit;

displaying a preview image based on the activated camera;

recognizing a user wearing an external terminal and a region estimated to output an IR (infrared) signal in the preview image;

controlling a first IR signal to be outputted through an IR transceiver when the user is in the region; and

controlling shared data to be sent to the external terminal through a wireless communication unit when receiving a second IR signal from the external terminal having received the first IR signal,

wherein the mobile terminal comprises a wearable device of a glass type.