Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 9,952,592 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2015
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Na, Sungchae, Kwon, Jungin, Ahn, Dohwan, No, Hyohoun
• Primary Examiner(s): Jos, Basil T.
• Application Number:
  US14/941,232
• Publication Number:
  US 20160139596A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/024 of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/13 Flying platforms
• 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 1/0022 characterised by the communication link data switching networks in general H04L12/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0038 by providing the operator with simple or augmented images from one or more cameras located onboard the vehicle, e.g. tele-operation images analyzed by a computer and used for automatic navigation G05D1/0246
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a display unit; a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a flying object; and a controller configured to receive an input for setting at least one member of a created group of members to be a target, and remotely control the flying object to obtain an image of the at least one member set as the target.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display unit;

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a flying object; and

a controller configured to;

receive an input for setting at least one member of a created group of members to be a target,

remotely control the flying object to obtain an image of the at least one member set as the target,

display the image received from the flying object as a preview image on the display unit, and

determine whether to set a person in the preview image as the target based on a preset gesture that the person makes in the preview image.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit at least one of location information of the target and face information of the target to the flying object via the wireless communication unit for the flying object to track the target.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the input includes setting a plurality of members in the group as targets, and

wherein the controller is further configured to remotely control the flying object to capture each of the plurality of the targets in sequence.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to determine a capture order based on a priority of each the plurality of targets.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller is further configured to control the flying object to capture the plurality of targets based on quantities assigned to the plurality of targets, respectively.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the input for setting the at least one member as the target corresponds to selecting an object in the preview image.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the flying object to move to a previously registered return place after obtaining the image.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to display a notification message on the display unit in response to a remaining battery level of the flying object being equal to or lower than a level required for returning the flying object to the return place.

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

display a map for setting a return place of the flying object on the display unit, and

set a selected location as the return place.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to display a fly zone of the flying object on the map, and

wherein the fly zone is determined based on a remaining battery level of the flying object.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust a flight trace of the flying object based on a selected shot mode.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to output a notification in response to the flying object being spaced apart from the mobile terminal over a prescribed distance.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to skip obtaining the image of the target in response to the target being spaced apart from the mobile terminal over a prescribed distance.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the flying object to capture either a first target in the group who has left the group or other targets of the group.

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

set a plurality of persons making the preset gesture in the preview image as the target, and

capture each of the plurality of persons in sequence.

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

wirelessly communicating, via a wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal, with a flying object;

receiving, via a controller of the mobile terminal, an input for setting at least one member of a created group of members to be a target;

remotely controlling, via the controller, the flying object to obtain an image of the at least one member set as the target;

displaying, via the display unit, the image received from the flying object as a preview image; and

determining, via the controller, whether to set a person in the preview image as the target based on a preset gesture that the person makes in the preview image.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

transmitting at least one of location information of the target and face information of the target to the flying object via the wireless communication unit for the flying object to track the target.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the input includes setting a plurality of members in the group targets, and

wherein the method further comprises remotely controlling the flying object to shoot each of the plurality of the targets in sequence.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

performing a shooting order based on a priority of each the plurality of targets.