Wearable watch-type terminal and system equipped with the same

• US 9,519,340 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2014
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Chi, Jumin, Ro, Jinwook, Jang, Yeseul, Hwang, Inyong
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Sanjiv D
• Application Number:
  US14/282,881
• Publication Number:
  US 20150061997A1
• Time in Patent Office: 938 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-175
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/086 touch control
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/00 Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/40 Remote control systems using repeaters, converters, gateways

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a main body configured to be worn on a user'"'"'s wrist; a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a glasses-type terminal worn by the user, said glasses-type terminal including a camera configured to capture an image including operational data for operating an external apparatus; and a controller configured to receive including the operational data from the glasses-type terminal, store the operational data in a memory associated with the mobile terminal, and transmit a control signal to the external apparatus to control the external apparatus according to the stored operational data.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a main body configured to be worn on a user'"'"'s wrist;

a display unit outputting screen information indicating current hour-and-minute;

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a glasses-type terminal worn by the user, said glasses-type terminal including a camera configured to capture an image including operational data for operating an external apparatus and information of a type of the external apparatus; and

a controller configured to;

receive the operational data from the glasses-type terminal and the information of the type of the external apparatus;

store the operational data in a memory associated with the mobile terminal;

display, on the display unit, an image indicating the external apparatus corresponding to the operational data and time information for which the external apparatus operates based on the received operational data;

form a control signal based on the stored operational data, in response to a user input received by the mobile terminal;

transmit the control signal to the external apparatus to control the external apparatus when the mobile terminal is held in close proximity to the external apparatus; and

redisplay the screen information indicating the current hour-and-minute when the control signal is transmitted to the external apparatus,

wherein while the display unit displays a plurality of operational data stored in the memory, the operation data matched to the external apparatus among the plurality of operational data is adjusted, when the mobile terminal is held in close proximity to the external apparatus.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the operational data includes time information indicating a time of operating the external apparatus.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the control signal transmitted to the external apparatus includes the time information so the external apparatus is operated according to the time information.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the time information includes baking time information and the external apparatus is an oven or microwave.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the time information includes a television program time and the external apparatus is a television.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to store the operational data in the memory based on a preset command input by the user.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the external apparatus includes a home appliance.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the home appliance includes one of an oven, a microwave, a washing machine, a dryer and a television.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the image including operational data is displayed on the external apparatus or is displayed on a device different than the external apparatus.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the main body includes:

a housing configured to support the display unit;

a wrist band connected to the housing and configured to surround the user'"'"'s wrist; and

a user input unit configured to receive a control command associated with the external apparatus.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the user input unit is arranged in an edge of the housing and includes a wheel structure configured to be rotated, and

wherein the controller is further configured to change the operational data based on the received control command.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the user input unit includes a touch sensing sensor configured to receive an input applied to at least one of the wrist band and the housing, and

wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the control signal to the external apparatus based on the received input.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the control signal includes instructions for turning on or off the external apparatus or deleting the operational data associated with the mobile terminal.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the received input includes one of a touch and drag input on the wrist band and a squeezing of the housing.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display progress information of the external apparatus on the display unit.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the progress information includes an icon corresponding to the external apparatus and a remaining time for which the external apparatus is to operate.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to detect the mobile terminal is within a predetermined communication distance from the external apparatus, and then transmit the control signal to the external apparatus.

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

outputting, via a display unit, screen information indicating current hour-and-minute;

wirelessly communicating with a glasses-type terminal having a camera configured to capture an image including operational data for operating an external apparatus and information of a type of the external apparatus;

receiving the operational data from the glasses-type terminal and the formation of the type of the external apparatus;

storing the operational data in a memory associated with the mobile terminal;

displaying an image indicating the external apparatus corresponding to the operational data and time information for which the external apparatus operates based on the received operational data;

forming a control signal based on the stored operational data, in response to a user input received by the mobile terminal;

transmitting the control signal to the external apparatus to control the external apparatus when the mobile terminal is held in close proximity to the external apparatus; and

redisplaying the screen information indicating the current hour-and-minute the control signal is transmitted to the external apparatus,

wherein while the display unit displays a plurality of operational data stored in the memory, the operation data matched to the external apparatus among the plurality of operational data is adjusted, when the mobile terminal is held in close proximity to the external apparatus.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the operational data is displayed on the display unit of the glasses-type terminal.