Glasses-type mobile terminal and method of operating the same

• US 10,297,060 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2016
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Jisoo, Kim, Hyunwoo, Sohn, Youngho
• Primary Examiner(s): Flora, Nurun N
• Application Number:
  US15/394,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20180005421A1
• Time in Patent Office: 873 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/20 Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/003 to produce spatial visual effects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/144 for flicker reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/189 Recording image signals; Reproducing recorded image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/344 with head-mounted left-right displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2213/002 Eyestrain reduction by processing stereoscopic signals or controlling stereoscopic devices

Abstract

A glasses-type mobile terminal includes a display configured to display a virtual reality image and a controller configured to acquire reality information from a mobile terminal connected to the glasses-type mobile terminal and controlling the virtual reality image if a reality returning time indicating that viewing of the virtual reality image should be finished is reached based on the acquired reality information.

Claims

1. A glasses-type mobile terminal comprising:

a display configured to display a virtual reality image; and

a controller configured to;

receive reality information from an external mobile terminal; and

adjust display of the virtual reality image using the received reality information during a reality returning time;

wherein the reality returning time corresponds to a time point at which viewing the virtual reality is to be ceased, and

wherein adjusting display of the virtual reality image comprises gradually switching the displayed virtual reality image from a three-dimensional (3D) virtual reality image to a two-dimensional (2D) virtual reality image.

2. The glasses-type mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein adjusting display of the virtual reality image comprises switching from displaying the virtual reality image to displaying a reality image.

3. The glasses-type mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein adjusting display of the virtual reality image comprises inserting a portion of a reality image into the displayed virtual reality image and gradually switching from the virtual reality image to the reality image.

4. The glasses-type mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein adjusting display of the virtual reality image comprises changing a visual movement speed of the virtual reality image.

5. The glasses-type mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein adjusting display of the virtual reality image comprises decreasing a visual movement speed of a virtual object included in the virtual reality image.

6. The glasses-type mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein adjusting display of the virtual reality image comprises changing a response speed of a user input device for controlling a virtual object of the virtual reality image.

7. The glasses-type mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein:

the reality information includes illuminance information of a surrounding environment; and

adjusting display of the virtual reality image comprises changing a brightness of the virtual reality image based on the illuminance information.

8. The glasses-type mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the reality information comprises at least one of:

schedule information stored at the mobile terminal;

location information of the mobile terminal;

a recommended viewing time of the virtual reality image;

a reproduction end time of the virtual reality image;

speed information of the mobile terminal;

or

illuminance information of a surrounding environment.

9. The glasses-type mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein:

the reality information is stored at the mobile terminal and comprises schedule information and a reproduction end time of the virtual reality image; and

the reality returning time is determined based on the schedule information or the reproduction end time.

10. A method of operating a glasses-type mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a virtual reality image;

receiving reality information from an external mobile terminal; and

adjusting display of the virtual reality image using the received reality information during a reality returning time;

wherein the reality returning time corresponds to a time point at which viewing the virtual reality image is to be ceased, and

wherein adjusting display of the virtual reality image comprises gradually switching the displayed virtual reality image from a three-dimensional (3D) virtual reality image to a two-dimensional (2) virtual reality image.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein adjusting display of the virtual reality image comprises switching from displaying the virtual reality image to displaying a reality image.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein adjusting display of the virtual reality image comprises inserting a portion of a reality image into the displayed virtual reality image and gradually switching from the virtual reality image to the reality image.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein adjusting display of the virtual reality image comprises changing a visual movement speed of the virtual reality image.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein adjusting display of the virtual reality image comprises decreasing a visual movement speed of a virtual object included in the virtual reality image.

15. The method according to claim 10, wherein adjusting display of the virtual reality image comprises changing a response speed of a user input device for controlling a virtual object of the virtual reality image.

16. The method according to claim 10, wherein:

the reality information includes illuminance information of a surrounding environment; and

adjusting display of the virtual reality image comprises changing a brightness of the virtual reality image based on the illuminance information.

17. The method according to claim 10, wherein the reality information comprises at least one of:

schedule information stored at the mobile terminal;

location information of the mobile terminal;

a recommended viewing time of the virtual reality image;

a reproduction end time of the virtual reality image;

speed information of the mobile terminal;

or

illuminance information of a surrounding environment.

18. The method according to claim 10, wherein:

the reality information is stored at the mobile terminal and comprises schedule information and a reproduction end time of the virtual reality image; and

the reality returning time is determined based on the schedule information or the reproduction end time.