Mobile terminal for sharing image with nearby blackbox device and method for controlling the same

• US 10,354,530 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2015
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Taehoon, Seol, Jie
• Primary Examiner(s): Badii, Behrang
• Assistant Examiner(s): Greene, Daniel L
• Application Number:
  US14/979,041
• Publication Number:
  US 20160379496A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,302 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/308 using the Internet of Things
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/321 using wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/386 using messaging services or messaging apps using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS G06Q20/3255
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/30 Parking meters registering or indicating waiting time of vehicles by means driven by the vehicle G07C5/02; coin-freed parking meters G07F17/24
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/13 the indicator being in the form of a map
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/144 on portable or mobile units, e.g. personal digital assistant [PDA]

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a touchscreen configured to display a map of a parking lot including a plurality of parking spaces; a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with at least one black box device of a corresponding vehicle parked in the parking lot; and a controller configured to identify a location of the at least one black box device and a location of the corresponding vehicle parked in the parking lot based on the communication with the least one black box device, and display the identified location of the at least one black box device and the identified location of the corresponding vehicle on the map of the parking lot.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a memory;

a touchscreen;

a wireless communication unit; and

a controller configured to;

cause the touchscreen to display a map of a parking lot including a plurality of parking spaces on the touchscreen when the mobile terminal enters the parking lot,

communicate, via the wireless communication unit, with a plurality of black box devices of a plurality of vehicles parked in the parking lot, wherein each black box comprises at least a controller, a device capturing images, a location identification device, a memory for storing the captured images and the location of the black box, and a wireless communication unit,

identify a location of the plurality of black box devices and a location of the plurality of vehicles parked in the parking lot based on the communication with the plurality of black box devices,

cause the touchscreen to display the identified location of the plurality of black box devices and the identified location of the plurality of vehicles on the map of the parking lot,

when a request for a recommended parking space is received, cause the touchscreen to display at least one vacant parking space in which a number of adjacent black box devices is greater than a predetermined number among a plurality of vacant parking spaces in the map of the parking lot as the recommended parking space based on the identified location of the plurality of the black box devices,

cause the touchscreen to display information indicating a number of recommended parking spaces,

periodically store a plurality of maps of the parking lot including the plurality of black box devices and the plurality of vehicles in the memory per time slot, and the locations of the black box devices,

when an input for setting a search time is received, cause the touchscreen to display the map of the parking lot corresponding to the set search time among the stored maps,

when a location of a specific black box device from the map of the parking lot corresponding to the set search time is selected, transmit, via the wireless communication unit, a black box image sharing request signal to the selected black box device for sharing a black box image with a request to pay for the black box image, and

receive, via the wireless communication unit, and displaying via the touchscreen of the mobile terminal the requested black box image based on completing a payment for the black box image.

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

receive an input selecting one of the identified location of the plurality of black box devices,

transmit a request for a black box image from the selected black box device, and

receive and store the requested black box image from the selected black box device.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display a route to the recommended parking space on the map of the parking lot.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein controller is further configured to display different parking areas or floors of the parking lot on the map in response to a predetermined touch gesture on the touchscreen.

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

displaying, via a touchscreen of the mobile terminal, a map of a parking lot including a plurality of parking spaces when the mobile terminal enters the parking lot;

communicating, via a wireless communication unit, with a plurality of black box devices of a plurality of vehicles parked in the parking lot, wherein each black box comprises at least a controller, a device capturing images, a location identification device, a memory for storing the captured images and the location of the black box, and a wireless communication unit;

identifying, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a location of the plurality of black box devices and a location of the plurality of vehicles parked in the parking lot based on the communication with the plurality of black box devices;

displaying via the touchscreen the identified location of the plurality of black box devices and the identified location of the plurality of vehicles on the map of the parking lot;

when a request for a recommended parking space is received, displaying via the touchscreen at least one vacant parking space in which a number of adjacent black box devices is greater than a predetermined number among a plurality of vacant parking spaces in the map of the parking lot as the recommended parking space based on the identified location of the plurality of the black box devices;

displaying via the touchscreen information indicating a number of recommended parking spaces;

periodically storing a plurality of maps of the parking lot including the plurality of black box devices and the plurality of vehicles in a memory of the mobile terminal per time slot;

when an input for setting a search time is received via the mobile terminal, displaying via the touchscreen the map of the parking lot corresponding to the set search time among the stored maps and the locations of the black box devices;

when a location of a specific black box device from the map of the parking lot corresponding to the set search time is selected via the touchscreen, transmitting via the mobile terminal a black box image sharing request signal to the selected black box device for sharing a black box image with a request to pay for the black box image; and

receiving and displaying via the touchscreen of the mobile terminal the requested black box image based on completing a payment for the black box image.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving an input selecting one of the identified location of the plurality of black box devices;

transmitting a request for a black box image from the selected black box device; and

receiving and storing the requested black box image from the selected black box device.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

displaying a route to the recommended parking space on the map of the parking lot.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

displaying different parking areas or floors of the parking lot on the map in response to a predetermined touch gesture on the touchscreen.