Wearable device and mobile terminal for supporting communication with the device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016110012-A1
Application number	US-201514885563-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 16, 2015
Priority date	Oct 17, 2014
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a wearable device; a touch screen; a sensor unit configured to sense at least one of a mobile terminal acceleration signal and a mobile terminal vibration signal; and a controller configured to display a screen corresponding to an application executing on the mobile terminal, receive first state information from the wearable device indicating at least one of a wearable device acceleration signal and a wearable device vibration signal of the wearable device, receive second state information from the sensor unit indicating said at least one of the mobile terminal acceleration signal and the mobile terminal vibration signal of the mobile terminal, and transfer operations of the application executing on the mobile terminal to the wearable device, based on the first and second state information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A wearable device, comprising:
a touch screen; a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a mobile terminal; a sensor unit configured to sense at least one of a wearable device acceleration signal and a wearable device vibration signal; and a controller configured to: display a screen corresponding to an application executing on the wearable device, receive first state information indicating the at least one of the wearable device acceleration signal and the wearable device vibration signal, receive second state information from the mobile terminal indicating at least one of a mobile terminal acceleration signal and a mobile terminal vibration signal of the mobile terminal, and transfer operations of the application executing on the wearable device to the mobile terminal based on the first and second state information.

2 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display an image received from the mobile terminal on the touch screen when only the wearable device vibration signal is sensed by the sensor unit.

3 . The device according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to transfer an image displayed on the touch screen to at least part of a screen where an application is executed on the mobile terminal.

4 . The device according to claim 3 , wherein the image displayed on the touch screen comprises at least one menu for controlling an operation of the application executing on the mobile terminal.

5 . The device according to claim 3 , wherein the image displayed on the touch screen comprises a list of at least one content information or content relating to the application executing on the mobile terminal.

6 . The device according to claim 3 , wherein the image displayed on the touch screen comprises event information occurring on the mobile terminal.

7 . A mobile terminal, comprising:
a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a wearable device; a touch screen; a sensor unit configured to sense at least one of a mobile terminal acceleration signal and a mobile terminal vibration signal; and a controller configured to: display a screen corresponding to an application executing on the mobile terminal, receive first state information from the wearable device indicating at least one of a wearable device acceleration signal and a wearable device vibration signal of the wearable device, receive second state information from the sensor unit indicating said at least one of the mobile terminal acceleration signal and the mobile terminal vibration signal of the mobile terminal, and transfer operations of the application executing on the mobile terminal to the wearable device based on the first and second state information.

8 . The mobile terminal according to claim 7 , wherein, when the first state information includes only the wearable device vibration signal and the second state information includes both the mobile terminal acceleration signal and the mobile terminal vibration signal, the controller is configured to transfer partial operations of the executing application to the wearable device.

9 . The mobile terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the controller is configured to transfer, to the wearable device, identical information of the executing application displayed on the touch screen with a reduce size to match a display of the wearable device.

10 . The mobile terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the controller is configured to transfer information including a menu for controlling an operation of the executing application to the wearable device.

11 . The mobile terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the controller is configured to transfer event information occurring from a second application different from the executing application to the wearable device.

12 . The mobile terminal according to claim 7 , wherein when the first state information includes both the wearable device acceleration signal and the wearable device vibration signal and the second state information includes only the mobile terminal vibration signal, the controller is configured to execute an application corresponding to an image displayed on the wearable device.

13 . The mobile terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
display a virtual keyboard on the touch screen, and transfer text input through the virtual keyboard to the wearable device.

14 . The mobile terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to transfer event information to the wearable device corresponding to an event occurring on the mobile terminal.

15 . The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein when the first state information includes only the wearable device vibration signal and the second state information includes both the mobile terminal acceleration signal and the mobile terminal vibration signal, the controller is configured to designate the mobile terminal as a main device executing the application and the wearable terminal as a sub device displaying partial information the application executing on the mobile terminal.

16 . The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein when the first state information includes both the wearable device vibration signal and wearable device acceleration signal, and the second state information includes only the mobile terminal vibration signal, the controller is configured to designate the wearable device as a main device and the mobile terminal as a sub device displaying partial information the application executing on the wearable device.

17 . A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
performing, via a wireless communication unit, wireless communication with a wearable device; sensing, via a sensor unit, at least one of a mobile terminal acceleration signal and a mobile terminal vibration signal; displaying, via a touch screen, a screen corresponding to an application executing on the mobile terminal; receiving, via a controller, first state information from the wearable device indicating at least one of a wearable device acceleration signal and a wearable device vibration signal of the wearable device; receiving, via the controller, second state information from the sensor unit indicating said at least one of the mobile terminal acceleration signal and the mobile terminal vibration signal of the mobile terminal; and transferring, via the wireless communication unit, operations of the application executing on the mobile terminal to the wearable device based on the first and second state information.

18 . The method according to claim 17 , wherein, when the first state information includes only the wearable device vibration signal and the second state information includes both the mobile terminal acceleration signal and the mobile terminal vibration signal, the method further comprises transferring partial operations of the executing application to the wearable device.

19 . The method according to claim 17 , further comprising:
transferring, to the wearable device, identical information of the executing application displayed on the touch screen with a reduce size to match a display of the wearable device.

20 . The method according to claim 17 , further comprising:
transferring information including a menu for controlling an operation of the executing application to the wearable device.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Yim Soyeon
• Ahn Shinhui
• Jeon Youjin
• Kim Soomin

Classifications

• G06F1/1694 Primary

  the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F3/0416 Primary

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• G06F2203/0384

  Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices · CPC title

• H04M1/7253

  Electricity · mapped topic