Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof using a blowing action

• US 9,288,840 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2013
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Mihyun, Eum, Hyejin, Ahn, Saeyoung, Shim, Hongjo, Kim, Seonghyok
• Primary Examiner(s): Prez-Gutirrez, Rafael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pannell, Mark G.
• Application Number:
  US13/911,619
• Publication Number:
  US 20140004908A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,013 Days
• Field of Search: 455/411, 455/414.1, 455/418, 455/556.1, 455565-567, 73/233, 24/84, 105/43
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a first sensor configured to detect a blowing action on the mobile terminal; a second sensor configured to detect an input action of a user; and a controller configured to execute a prescribed function on the mobile terminal when detecting the input of the user, detecting the blowing action on the mobile terminal, and detecting a release of the input action.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal;

a touchscreen configured to display an unlock object and a plurality of display objects when the touchscreen is locked;

a first sensor configured to detect a blowing action on the mobile terminal;

a second sensor configured to detect an input action of a user including a touch action on the unlock object; and

a controller configured to;

execute a prescribed function on the mobile terminal when detecting the blowing action on the mobile terminal while the input action of the user is detected,

wherein the prescribed function includes;

removing or changing at least a portion of the display objects based on the blowing action while the input action is being performed on the unlock object; and

unlocking the touchscreen when a number of the removed or changed display objects equals a predetermined set number.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the second sensor includes at least one of an acceleration sensor configured to detect a movement of the mobile terminal and a pressure sensor configured to detect a squeezing or pressing of the mobile terminal.

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

arrange at least one virtual step on the touchscreen and display the unlock object and a plurality of display objects on each virtual step, and

remove at least a portion of the display objects in a first virtual step based on the blowing action while the input action is being performed on the unlock object of the first virtual step.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the plurality of display objects include images of lit candles, and the blowing action extinguishes flames of the lit candles, and

wherein when the number of unlit candles matches the predetermined set number, the controller unlocks the touchscreen.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the prescribed function further includes copying and pasting a prescribed content displayed on a touchscreen of the mobile terminal.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the prescribed function further includes gradually outputting contents of a received message in response to the input action and the blowing action.

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

displaying an unlock object and a plurality of display objects when the touchscreen is locked on a touch screen;

detecting, via a first sensor of the mobile terminal, a blowing action on the mobile terminal;

detecting, via a second sensor of the mobile terminal, an input action of a user including a touch action on the unlock object;

executing, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a prescribed function on the mobile terminal when detecting the blowing action on the mobile terminal while the input action of the user is detected,

wherein the prescribed function includes;

removing or changing at least a portion of the display objects based on the blowing action while the input action is being performed on the unlock object; and

unlocking the touchscreen when a number of the removed or changed display objects equals a predetermined set number.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second sensor includes at least one of an acceleration sensor configured to detect a movement of the mobile terminal and a pressure sensor configured to detect a squeezing or pressing of the mobile terminal.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

arranging, via the controller, at least one virtual step on the touchscreen and displaying the unlock object and a plurality of display objects on each virtual step; and

removing, via the controller at least a portion of the display objects in a first virtual step based on the blowing action while the input action is being performed on the unlock object of the first virtual step.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of display objects include images of lit candles, and the blowing action extinguishes flames of the lit candles, and

wherein when the number of unlit candles matches the predetermined set number, the touchscreen is unlocked.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the prescribed function further includes copying and pasting a prescribed content displayed on a touchscreen of the mobile terminal.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the prescribed function further includes gradually outputting contents of a received message in response to the input action and the blowing action.