Mobile terminal and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10997578-B2
Application number	US-201515746800-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2015
Priority date	Jul 24, 2015
Publication date	May 4, 2021
Grant date	May 4, 2021

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal which is capable of executing some functions in a power-off state, and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal includes a user input unit for sensing a predetermined user input in a power-off state; a controller for entering into an emergency settlement mode, in which only some functions are executed using the remaining power, on a basis of user information inputted by the user input being authenticated; and a wireless communication unit for receiving a settlement request signal from an external terminal and transmitting settlement information corresponding to the settlement request signal to the external terminal in the emergency settlement mode.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a touch screen configured to sense a preset user input in a power-off state;
a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna configured to receive a settlement request signal from an external terminal in the power-off state;
a Near Field Communication integrated circuit (NFC IC);
an energy storage configured to store energy; and
a controller operably coupled to the touch screen and the NFC antenna, and configured to:
cause the NFC IC to store token data of a default card associated with settlement information in a program memory region of the NFC IC;
cause the NFC antenna to receive a radio frequency (RF) field energy from the external terminal in the power-off state;
cause the energy storage to store the received RF field energy in the power-off state;
determine whether a power amount of the stored RF field energy is more than a threshold value for entering an emergency settlement mode;
cause the mobile terminal to enter the emergency settlement mode by using the stored RF field energy when a value of the power amount corresponding to the stored RF field energy is more than the threshold value in response to authentication of user information received via the touch screen in the power-off state, wherein only some functions among all functions available for the mobile terminal are performable by using power acquired from the stored RF field energy in the emergency settlement mode;
cause the NFC antenna to transmit the settlement information corresponding to the settlement request signal to the external terminal while no settlement application program is activated in the emergency settlement mode,
wherein the token data stored in the program memory region of the NFC IC is used at a time of an emergency settlement in the emergency settlement mode;
access the settlement information stored in a universal subscriber identity module (USIM) when the mobile terminal is turned on in the emergency settlement mode; and
cause the touch screen to display usage history associated with the settlement information by executing a settlement application program when the mobile terminal is turned on in the emergency settlement mode,

wherein the controller is further configured to supply the power to the NFC IC and the USIM based on the received RF field energy stored in the energy storage.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive the RF field energy from the external terminal until the value of the power amount of the stored RF field energy is more than the threshold value in response to the mobile terminal approaching the external terminal such that a distance between the mobile terminal and the external terminal is within a threshold range; and
cause the power amount to increase to a value that is greater than the threshold value for entering the emergency settlement mode.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , further comprising an optical output module for outputting light in a preset manner according to a corresponding event such that the light is output in a different manner based on one of:
a case that the preset user input is sensed;
a case that the received user information is authenticated;
a case that the mobile terminal enters the emergency settlement mode;
a case that the settlement request signal is received from the external terminal;
a case that settlement information corresponding to the settlement request signal is transmitted to the external terminal; or
a case that the power is received from the external terminal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the mobile terminal to enter the emergency settlement mode in response to authentication of user fingerprint information received in the power-off state via a fingerprint input unit disposed on a front or rear surface of the mobile terminal.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to additionally receive preset user information via the touch screen while the mobile terminal is located at a preset position prior to causing the NFC antenna to transmit the settlement information corresponding to the settlement request signal to the external terminal.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the NFC antenna to transmit the settlement information to the external terminal in the emergency settlement mode in response to authentication of the additionally received preset user information.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to calculate a communication network to which the settlement information is to be transmitted based on a range of a settlement amount corresponding to the settlement request signal.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the NFC antenna to transmit the settlement information corresponding to the settlement request signal to the external terminal through the calculated communication network.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
control the optical output module to output light in a second preset manner corresponding to an event of which settlement cannot be completed by a first preset settlement means in response to the settlement request signal; and
change settlement means to a second settlement means based on a preset user input received in response to the light output in the second preset manner.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a display for outputting video information corresponding to the settlement information at one region of the display, the one region being in an off state.

11. A method for controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
sensing a preset user input received via a touch screen in a power-off state;
storing token data of a default card associated with settlement information in a program memory region of a Near Field Communication integrated circuit (NFC IC);
receiving a radio frequency (RF) field energy via an NFC antenna from an external terminal in the power-off state;
storing the received RF field energy in an energy storage in the power-off state;
determining whether a power amount of the stored RF field energy is more than a threshold value for entering an emergency settlement mode;
entering the emergency settlement mode by using the stored RF field energy when a value of the power amount corresponding to the stored RF field energy is more than the threshold value in response to authentication of user information received via the touch screen in the power-off state, wherein only some functions among all functions available for the mobile terminal are performable by using power acquired from the stored RF field energy in the emergency settlement mode;
receiving a settlement request signal from the external terminal via the NFC antenna;
transmitting the settlement information corresponding to the settlement request signal to the external terminal via the NFC antenna while no settlement application program is activated in the emergency settlement mode,
wherein the token data is used at a time of an emergency settlement in the emergency settlement mode;
accessing the settlement information stored in a universal subscriber identity module (USIM) when the mobile terminal is turned on in the emergency settlement mode; and
displaying usage history associated with the settlement information on the touch screen by executing a settlement application program when the mobile terminal is turned on in the emergency settlement mode,
wherein the power is supplied to the N

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Song Hyewon
• Han Dongsu
• Park Mihyun

Classifications

• H02J7/47

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• G06Q20/04

  Payment circuits · CPC title

• H02J50/12

  of the resonant type · CPC title

• H02J50/10

  using inductive coupling · CPC title

• H02J2207/40

  adapted for charging from various sources, e.g. AC, DC or multivoltage · CPC title