Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016119897-A1
Application number	US-201514846207-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 4, 2015
Priority date	Oct 23, 2014
Publication date	Apr 28, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed are a mobile terminal capable of allowing a driver to drive a vehicle safely, by providing notification information related to the vehicle, and notification information received from the mobile terminal according to priorities, and a method of controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes: a communication unit; an output unit configured to output road guidance information; and a controller configured to detect first notification information related to a vehicle, to receive second notification information from a mobile terminal through the communication unit, to set priorities of the first and second notification information, and to output the first and second notification information to the output unit according to the set priorities.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A mobile terminal, comprising:
a communication unit; an output unit configured to output road guidance information; and a controller configured to:
detect first notification information related to a vehicle,
receive second notification information from another mobile terminal through the communication unit,
set priorities related to the first notification information and the second notification information, and
output, using the output unit, the first notification information and the second notification information according to the set priorities,
wherein the controller is configured to output the first notification information and the second notification information according to the set priorities by changing an output order of the first notification information and the second notification information based on the set priorities.

2 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first notification information is turn-by-turn navigation information, driving speed limit information, point of interest (POI) notification information, destination notification information, and overspeed notification information, and
wherein the second notification information is notification information indicating a call signal, notification information indicating a short message service (SMS) message, and notification information indicating social networking service (SNS) activity.

3 . The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to set a first priority of the first notification information to be higher than a second priority of the second notification information.

4 . The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to temporarily stop output of the second notification information and output the first notification information based on detection of the first notification information while the second notification information is being output and the first priority of the first notification information being higher than the second priority of the second notification information.

5 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to delay output of the second notification information until the first notification information is completely output based on the second notification information being received while the first notification information is being output, and
wherein the controller is configured to output, after the delay, the second notification information through the output unit.

6 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to delay output of the second notification information until the first notification information is completely output based on the second notification information being received while the first notification information is being output through the output unit, and
wherein the controller is configured to output, after the delay, the second notification information through the output unit at a preset time after the first notification information is completely output.

7 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to delay output of the second notification information and output the first notification information through the output unit based on the first notification information and the second notification information being simultaneously generated, and
wherein the controller is configured to output, after the delay, the second notification information through the output unit at a preset time after the first notification information has been output.

8 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to detect, from the first notification information, an expected generation time of turn-by-turn navigation information to be generated after a current time, and
wherein the controller is configured to output the second notification information through the output unit based on the detected expected generation time.

9 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to calculate a distance between the vehicle and another vehicle in front of the vehicle based on an image captured by a camera, and
wherein the controller is configured to delay output of at least one of the first notification information and the second notification information based on the calculated distance being shorter than a threshold distance.

10 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to output the first notification information and the second notification information with different sizes according to the priorities.

11 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to output audio notification information corresponding to the first notification information and the second notification information with different sound levels according to the priorities.

12 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to assign scores to vehicle data included in the first notification information, set a safe region and a dangerous region according to the scores, and output the vehicle data included in the first notification information or delay the output of the vehicle data included in the first notification information according to the safe region or the dangerous region.

13 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to delay output of the second notification information until the first notification information is completely output based on the second notification information being received while the first notification information is being output,
wherein the controller is configured to calculate a spare time from a termination time when the first notification information is completely output, to an expected generation time of next first notification information subsequent to the first notification information, wherein the controller is configured to output the second notification information after the first notification information is completely output based on the detected spare time being longer than an output time of the second notification information, and wherein the controller is configured to continue to delay output of the second notification information based on the detected spare time being shorter than the output time of the second notification information.

14 . A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:
detecting first notification information related to a vehicle; receiving second notification information from another mobile terminal through a communication unit of the mobile terminal; setting priorities related to the first notification information and the second notification information; and outputting, using an output unit of the mobile terminal, the first notification information and the second notification information according to the set priorities, wherein outputting the first notification information and the second notification information comprises changing an output order of the first notification information and the second notification information based on the set priorities.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the first notification information is turn-by-turn navigation information, driving speed limit information, point of interest (POI) notification information, destination notification information, and overspeed notification information, and
wherein the second notification information is notification information indicating a call signal, notification information indicating a short message service (SMS) message, and notification information indicating social networking servic

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Mingoo
• Lee Kwangjae

Classifications

• G01C21/3697

  Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level (G01C21/3679 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04W4/14 Primary

  Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD] · CPC title

• H04W68/04 Primary

  multi-step notification using statistical or historical mobility data · CPC title

• G01C21/3655 Primary

  Timing of guidance instructions · CPC title

• H04M11/00

  Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems · CPC title