Mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10616755-B2
Application number	US-201715641716-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 5, 2017
Priority date	Jul 5, 2016
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

Provided are a mobile terminal having a display, and particularly, to a mobile terminal capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from a vehicle and a system including the same. The mobile terminal includes a communication unit communicating with a vehicle having a vehicle display, and a controller receiving driving information from the vehicle using the communication unit, wherein the controller executes a certain function in response to occurrence of an event, selects any one execution screen, among a plurality of execution screens corresponding to the executed function, on the basis of the driving information, and transmits the any one execution screen to the vehicle through the communication unit so that the any one execution screen is output on the vehicle display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a communication unit that is configured to communicate with a vehicle system that includes a vehicle display; and
a controller configured to:
receive, from the vehicle system via the communication unit, driving information that describes a status of a vehicle or a surrounding environment of the vehicle,
receive, from the vehicle system via the communication unit, user input information regarding user input received in the vehicle system,
in response to receiving the user input information, execute a particular application installed in the mobile terminal, the particular application including a plurality of preset screens,
select a particular screen among the plurality of preset screens of the particular application, based on the driving information, wherein different screens are selected according to the driving information when the user input information is received, and
provide, to the vehicle system through the communication unit, the particular screen for displaying on the vehicle display,

wherein the driving information includes information about whether the vehicle operates in a manual driving state or an autonomous driving state, and
wherein the controller is further configured to:
select a first screen among the plurality of preset screens of the particular application based on the vehicle operating in the manual driving state, and
select a second screen among the plurality of preset screens of the particular application based on the vehicle operating in the autonomous driving state.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the second screen includes vehicle information related to at least one of a driving speed or a driving direction, and
wherein the first screen includes information other than the vehicle information.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the autonomous driving state indicates a state in which one or more computers of the vehicle system are configured to control acceleration of the vehicle or changing a direction of the vehicle.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the driving information includes current speed of the vehicle, a driving direction of the vehicle, a possibility of collision against an object, characteristics of a road on which the vehicle operates, location information of the vehicle, one or more images of a surrounding environment of the vehicle, navigation information of the vehicle, driver information, passenger information, or driving state information.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:
a touch screen including a touch sensor and a display,
wherein the controller is configured to:
control the touch screen to output a preset image when the display of the touch screen is turned on while the vehicle operates in the manual driving state, and
control the touch screen to output a third screen of the particular application, instead of the preset image, when the manual driving state is switched to the autonomous driving state.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 ,
when a driving state of the vehicle is scheduled to be switched between an autonomous driving state and a manual driving state, the controller is configured to control the touch screen to output time left for the switching or a distance that the vehicle will move during the time left for the switching.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5 ,
wherein the controller is configured to control the touch screen to output a graphic object associated with a control function of the vehicle system when the vehicle is in the autonomous driving state.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the second screen includes the first screen, and further includes one or more graphic objects not included in the first screen, wherein each object is linked to a video for displaying on the vehicle display.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Jaegal Chan
• Kim Inshick

Classifications

• H04W8/22 Primary

  Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities · CPC title

• B60Q9/00

  Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 {, e.g. haptic signalling} · CPC title

• G07C5/085

  using electronic data carriers · CPC title

• H04L67/12 Primary

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• G05D1/0088

  characterized by the autonomous decision making process, e.g. artificial intelligence, predefined behaviours (using knowledge based models G06N5/00) · CPC title