MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100332226A1
• Filed: 06/30/2010
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jung, Dae Sung, Yu, Jae Hoon, Joh, Jae Min, Lee, In Jik, Cha, Sun Hwa, Youn, Jong Keun, Yang, Seung Heon
• Granted Patent: US 8,560,322 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a specific content and another content associated with the specific content can be quickly searched using a user'"'"'s voice. The present invention includes inputting a voice for a search for a specific content provided to the mobile terminal via a microphone, analyzing a meaning of the inputted voice, searching a memory for at least one content to which a voice name having a meaning associated with the analyzed voice is tagged, and displaying the searched at least one content.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit;

a microphone;

a memory configured to store at least one content having at least one voice name tagged thereto; and

a controller configured to analyze a voice for a specific content search is inputted via the microphone, to search the memory for at least one content to which a voice name having a meaning associated with the analyzed voice is tagged, and to display the searched at least one content on the display unit.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the content includes a picture data inputted from a camera of the mobile terminal and wherein when the picture data is inputted via the camera, if a voice name of the picture data is inputted to the microphone, the controller tags the inputted voice name to the picture data and then stores the voice name tagged picture data in the memory.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein when the picture data is inputted via the camera, if a half shutter key is inputted, the controller activates the microphone and wherein if the voice name of the picture data is inputted via the microphone, the controller tags the inputted voice name to the picture data and then stores the voice name tagged picture data in the memory.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein when the picture data is inputted via the camera, the controller activates the microphone and wherein if the voice name having a preset sound pressure is inputted via the microphone, the controller tags the inputted voice name to the picture data and then stores the voice name tagged picture data in the memory.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the picture data further includes a voice memo.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the picture data within the memory further includes a text memo generated from converting the voice memo to a text.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the memory further includes a thesaurus database and wherein the controller searches the thesaurus database for at least one word having the meaning associated with the voice name inputted via the microphone, tags the searched at least one word to the picture data and then stores the searched word tagged picture data in the memory.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller tags the voice name corresponding to the searched word to the picture data.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein when a voice for a picture data search is inputted to the microphone, the controller searches the memory for picture data to which a word having the meaning associated with the inputted voice is tagged and then displays the searched picture data.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller writes the searched at least one word in attribute information of the picture data.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein when at least one word is selected from the attribute information, the controller searches the picture data having the selected word tagged thereto and then displays the searched picture data.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein at least one content and a UI (user interface) object having at least one voice name tagged thereto are displayed on the display unit and wherein when the at least one content and the UI object are selected, the controller tags the voice name tagged to the UI object to the content and then stores the voice name tagged content in the memory.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein a text corresponding to the voice name is further tagged to the UI object.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the memory further includes a thesaurus database and wherein the controller searches the thesaurus database for at least one word having the meaning associated with the voice name tagged to the selected UI object, tags the searched at least one word to the content and then stores the searched word tagged content in the memory.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein when the UI object is dragged &

dropped to the content, the controller tags the voice name tagged to the UI object to the content.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller displays information indicating that the voice name of the UI object is tagged to the content at a position where the UI object is dragged &

dropped within the content.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein when a voice for a content search is inputted to the microphone, the controller searches the memory for a content to which a voice name having a meaning associated with the inputted voice is tagged and then displays the searched content.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein when the voice name of the UI object is tagged to the at least one content, if the UI object is selected, the controller searches and displays at least one content to which the voice name of the UI object is tagged.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the memory further includes a thesaurus database and wherein the controller searches the thesaurus database for at least one word having the meaning associated with the voice inputted via the microphone, searches the memory for at least one content having the searched word tagged thereto and then displays the searched at least one content on the display unit.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the number of the searched at least one content is plural, the searched at least one or more contents are displayed by the controller in a manner of being discriminated from each other according to one selected from the group consisting of a preset priority, a frequency of use and a significance.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the number of the searched at least one content is plural, the controller obtains categories of the searched contents and sorts and displays the searched contents according to the obtained categories, respectively.

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

inputting a voice for a search for a specific content via a microphone of the mobile terminal;

analyzing a meaning of the inputted voice;

searching a memory of the mobile terminal for at least one content to which a voice name having a meaning associated with the analyzed voice is tagged; and

displaying the searched at least one content.