METHOD FOR CHANGING RECEIVING MODE IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF

• US 20130117552A1
• Filed: 06/13/2011
• Published: 05/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Hanrim Postech Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Min-Sung
• Granted Patent: US 9,495,328 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/7871 Reconfiguration support, e.g. configuration loading, configuration switching, or hardware OS
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/401 for selecting or indicating operating mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/047 Vibrating means for incoming calls

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a method of changing a receiving mode in a mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal thereof. The method includes entering a charging ready mode when the mobile terminal is positioned adjacent to an external wireless power transmitting module; determining whether the receiving mode of the mobile terminal is a vibration mode; and, when the receiving mode of the mobile terminal is the vibration mode, changing the receiving mode of the mobile terminal to a non-vibration mode.

Claims

1. A method of changing a receiving mode in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

entering a charging ready mode when the mobile terminal is positioned adjacent to an external wireless power transmitting module;

determining whether the receiving mode of the mobile terminal is a vibration mode; and

when the receiving mode of the mobile terminal is the vibration mode, changing the receiving mode of the mobile terminal to a non-vibration mode.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the positioning of the mobile terminal adjacent to the external wireless power transmitting module comprises allowing a wireless charging receiving module of the mobile terminal to directly contact the wireless power transmitting module.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of changing the receiving mode of the mobile terminal from the vibration mode to the non-vibration mode comprises:

presetting the non-vibration mode; and

when the receiving mode of the mobile terminal is the vibration mode, automatically changing the receiving mode of the mobile terminal to the preset non-vibration mode.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-vibration mode comprises any one of a silent mode, a sound mode, and a post-silent sound mode.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the changing the receiving mode of the mobile terminal from the vibration mode to the non-vibration mode comprises:

displaying a mode change menu screen on a display unit configured to change the receiving mode of the mobile terminal from the vibration mode to the non-vibration mode; and

changing the receiving mode of the mobile terminal from the vibration mode to the non-vibration mode using the mode change menu screen.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing an alarm function when the receiving mode of the mobile terminal is the vibration mode.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising changing the receiving mode of the mobile terminal to the vibration mode when a battery of the mobile terminal is fully charged.

8. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless charging receiving module configured to receive a wireless power signal through an external wireless power transmitting module;

a battery charged by the wireless power signal received through the wireless charging receiving module;

a vibrating module configured to vibrate the mobile terminal when an event occurs; and

a controlling unit configured to determine whether a receiving mode of the mobile terminal is a vibration mode when the wireless charging receiving module is positioned adjacent to the external wireless power transmitting module, and, when the receiving mode of the mobile terminal is the vibration mode, to change the receiving mode of the mobile terminal to a non-vibration mode.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, further comprising a user input unit configured to preset the non-vibration mode.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the non-vibration mode comprises any one of a silent mode, a sound mode, and a post-silent sound mode.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 8, further comprising a display unit configured to display a mode change menu screen, the mode change menu screen configured to change the receiving mode of the mobile terminal from the vibration mode to the non-vibration mode,

wherein the controlling unit displays the mode change menu screen on the display unit when the wireless charging receiving module is positioned adjacent to the external wireless power transmitting module.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 8, further comprising an alarm unit,

wherein the controlling unit operates the alarm unit when the wireless charging receiving module is positioned adjacent to the external wireless power transmitting module and the receiving mode is the vibration mode.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controlling unit resets the receiving mode of the mobile terminal to the vibration mode when a battery of the mobile terminal is fully charged.