MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20160360087A1
• Filed: 12/08/2015
• Published: 12/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KWON, Yunmi, LEE, Kiseon
• Granted Patent: US 9,918,002 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/024 of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 47/08 Arrangements of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/30 for imaging, photography or videography
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2201/20 Remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0016 characterised by the operator's input device input arrangements for computing systems in general G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0094 involving pointing a payload, e.g. camera, weapon, sensor, towards a fixed or moving target
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/66 Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/80 Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a flying object equipped with a camera can be remotely controlled. The present disclosure includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform a communication with a flying object, a touchscreen configured to output a preview image received from the flying object, and a controller outputting a shot mode list on the preview image, the controller, if at least one shot mode is selected from the shot mode list, remotely controlling a flight location of the flying object in accordance with the selected at least one shot mode.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to perform a communication with a flying object;

a touchscreen configured to output a preview image received from the flying object; and

a controller configured to;

output a shot mode list on the preview image, and

if a shot mode is selected from the shot mode list, remotely control a flight location of the flying object in accordance with the selected shot mode.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the shot mode list includes a recommended shot mode.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to select the recommended shot mode based on whether a shooting place is located indoor, number of persons to be photographed, and weather.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a drag input of dragging an item included in the shot mode list in a first direction is received, the controller is further configured to delete the dragged item from the shot mode list.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a plurality of shot modes are selected from the shot mode list, the controller is further configured to control the flying object to sequentially take shots in accordance with a plurality of the shot modes, respectively.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a user input for selecting a subject partially included in the preview image is received, the controller is further configured to control the flight location of the flying object to be changed such that the selected subject is completely included in the preview image.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a user input for selecting a subject included in the preview image is received, the controller is further configured to control the flight location of the flying object to be changed such that the subject is not included in the preview image.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a user input for selecting a subject included in the preview image is received, the controller is further configured to control the flying object to take a first picture including the subject and then if a space occupied by the subject gets empty, control the flying object to take a second picture.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to merge the first picture and the second picture by pasting a region corresponding to the space occupied by the subject in the second picture to a region occupied by the subject in the first picture.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a user input of touching the preview image is received, the controller is further configured to control the flying object to take a picture.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a drag input of dragging a pointer currently touching the preview image is received, the controller is further configured to control the flying object to take a shot after expiration of a set timer.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to set an expiry time of the timer in accordance with a dragging length of the pointer.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a user input for zooming in on the preview image is received, the controller is further configured to control the flying object to move close to the mobile terminal and wherein a user input for zooming out on the preview image is received, the controller is further configured to control the flying object to move away from the mobile terminal.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the flying object to be landed nearby a preset communication device.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein if the flying object moves nearby the preset communication device, a connection between the flying object and the mobile terminal is terminated.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if a previously taken picture is selected, the controller is further configured to control the flying object to take a picture in accordance with a shot mode applied to the selected picture.

17. A flying object, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to perform a communication with a mobile terminal;

a flight unit configured to generate a lift for a flight;

a camera configured to take a shot; and

a control unit configured to;

if shot mode information is received from the mobile terminal, adjust a flight location in accordance with a shot mode indicated by the shot mode information, and

if a shot composition corresponding to the shot mode is formed, control the camera to take a picture.

18. The flying object of claim 17, wherein the camera is installed on the flying object in a manner of being rotatable and wherein if a user'"'"'s gesture input is detected through the camera, the control unit is further configured to rotate the camera in response to the user'"'"'s gesture input.

19. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:

outputting a preview image received from a flying object;

outputting a shot mode list on the preview image;

selecting at least one shot mode from the shot mode list; and

remotely controlling a flight location of the flying object in accordance with the selected at least one shot mode.