Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016119464-A1
Application number	US-201514873828-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 2, 2015
Priority date	Oct 24, 2014
Publication date	Apr 28, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a region desired to be shared with a watch type terminal can be guided. The present invention includes a touchscreen configured to output information, a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with a watch type terminal having a display, and a controller configured to control a display of an object on the touchscreen, in response to receiving a touch input at the touchscreen, transmitting, to the watch type terminal, control information, outputted at the displayed object or a request for the watch type terminal to transmit data corresponding to the information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A mobile terminal, comprising:
a touchscreen configured to output information; a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with a watch type terminal having a display; and a controller configured to:
control a display of an object on the touchscreen,
in response to receiving a touch input at the touchscreen, transmitting, to the watch type terminal, control information outputted at the displayed object or a request for the watch type terminal to transmit data corresponding to the information.

2 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein an outline of the displayed object is set based on a shape of the display of the watch type terminal.

3 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein controller is configured to control the object to be displayed on the touchscreen in response to receiving a drag input having a trace corresponding to a shape of the display of the watch type terminal.

4 . The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein a size of the displayed object is based on a size formed by the trace of the drag input.

5 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to change a location of the displayed object in response to a drag input at the object, and
in response to a portion of the object being at an edge of the touchscreen, the displaying of the object on the touchscreen is stopped and an indicator is displayed on the touchscreen rather than the object.

6 . The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein in response to receiving a touch input at the indicator, the controller is to resume displaying the object on the touchscreen.

7 . The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to control an icon to be displayed on the indicator, the icon to correspond to an application currently executed in the watch type terminal or to correspond to an application most recently executed in the watch type terminal.

8 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit, to the watch type terminal, image data corresponding to an inside region of the displayed object.

9 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control displaying of a menu, on the touchscreen, for remotely controlling the watch type terminal, and
in response to receiving a touch input at the menu, the controller is to control transmitting, to the watch type terminal, a remote control command corresponding to the touched input at the menu.

10 . The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the menu is displayed along an outline of the displayed object or at an inside region of the displayed object.

11 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit, to the watch type terminal, an image data generated by capturing an inside of the displayed object.

12 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a camera configured to obtain a photo,
wherein the controller is configured to control a preview image to be displayed on the touchscreen based on information received by the camera, and wherein when the object is displayed on the preview image, the controller is configured to control the camera to obtain a first photo of a full region of the preview image and a second photo of a partial region corresponding to an inside region of the displayed object.

13 . The mobile terminal of claim 12 , wherein when the first photo and the second photo are obtained, the controller is to control transmission, to the watch type terminal, of only the second photo and without the transmission of the first photo.

14 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein when the object is displayed at a map, the controller is to control transmission, to the watch type terminal, of address information of a place corresponding to an inside region of the displayed object.

15 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein when the object is displayed at a data file list, the controller is to control transmission, to the watch type terminal, of a data file corresponding to an inside region of the displayed object.

16 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein when the object is displayed at a data file list and a playable multimedia file corresponds to an inside region of the displayed object, the controller is to transmit, to the watch type terminal, a streaming data for a streaming playback of the multimedia file.

17 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein when the object is displayed at a data file list, the controller is to control transmission, to the watch type terminal, of a data file corresponding to an item dragged & dropped to an inside region of the displayed object.

18 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to adjust a size or a location of the displayed object based on a remote control command received from the watch type terminal.

19 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to make a request for transmitting, to the watch type terminal, a data file of an attribute indicated by the displayed object.

20 . A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:
establishing a wireless communication channel with a watch type terminal; displaying, on a touchscreen, an object indicating a region to share information with the watch type terminal; receiving, at the touchscreen, a touch input; and transmitting, to the watch type terminal, information outputted at the object or a request for transmitting a data of a type corresponding to the information.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Daebum
• Hwang Myunghee
• Eun Jonghyuk

Classifications

• H04M1/724095

  Worn on the wrist, hand or arm · CPC title

• H04M1/724092

  Interfacing with an external cover providing additional functionalities · CPC title

• H04M1/72412

  using two-way short-range wireless interfaces · CPC title

• H04M1/72409

  by interfacing with external accessories (hands-free H04M1/60) · CPC title

• H04N23/635

  Region indicators; Field of view indicators · CPC title