Mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016337612-A1
Application number	US-201514849185-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 9, 2015
Priority date	May 12, 2015
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a camera; a display; a wireless communication unit; and a controller configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit a first signal requesting a video call to provide a virtual reality (VR) image to an external device, the VR image having an angle of view equal to or greater than a preset degree, generate the VR image based on a plurality of images obtained using the camera, control the wireless communication unit to receive a preset second signal from the external device, and control the wireless communication unit to transmit a third signal including the generated VR image to the external device in response to the second signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A mobile terminal, comprising:
a camera; a display; a wireless communication unit; and a controller configured to: control the wireless communication unit to transmit a first signal requesting a video call to provide a virtual reality (VR) image to an external device, the VR image having an angle of view equal to or greater than a preset degree, generate the VR image based on a plurality of images obtained using the camera, control the wireless communication unit to receive a preset second signal from the external device, and control the wireless communication unit to transmit a third signal including the generated VR image to the external device in response to the second signal.

2 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display a guide user interface (UI) for guiding a method of obtaining the plurality of the images on the display, and the guide UI comprises an indicator indicating a direction the camera should be moved to obtain the plurality of the images.

3 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the preset degree is greater than an angle of view of the camera.

4 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the VR image comprises a dynamic image obtained by real time by the camera and a static image pre-obtained by the camera, and
wherein the dynamic image is processed to have a preset depth perceived by a user.

5 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display a first screen corresponding to a user of the external device in a launch screen of a contact application on the display, and
wherein the first screen comprises a first menu option for requesting a voice call to the external device, a second menu option for requesting the video call to the external device, a third menu option for transmitting a text message to the external device and a fourth menu option for requesting the video call to provide the VR image to the external device.

6 . The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to display the dynamic image in the VR image on the display.

7 . The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to output additional information corresponding to the VR image to the dynamic image, and
wherein the additional information comprises an indicator for indicating a location of the dynamic image in the VR image.

8 . The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
control the wireless communication unit to receive from the external device a fourth signal including information of a region, which is viewed by the user of the external device, in the VR image transmitted to the external device, and display the indicator for indicating the region, which is viewed by the user of the external device, in the VR image on the additional information based on the fourth signal.

9 . The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
control the wireless communication unit to receive from the external device a fifth signal including information of a region desired to be viewed as a real-time image by the user of the external device, and display an indicator indicating a direction the camera should be moved on the display in order to obtain an image of the region desired to be viewed as the real-time image by the user of the external device based on the fifth signal.

10 . The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
display the VR image on the display, and display an indicator on the VR image indicating the dynamic image in the VR image.

11 . The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
control the wireless communication unit to receive from the external device a sixth signal for controlling a specific object within the VR image transmitted to the external device, and execute a function corresponding to the specific object within the VR image.

12 . The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the second signal comprises information indicating that the external device has been connected to a VR device, and
wherein the controller is further configured to display a notification message notifying that the external device has been connected to the VR device on the display in accordance with the second signal.

13 . A mobile terminal, comprising:
a wireless communication unit; a display; and a controller configured to: control the wireless communication unit to receive a first signal requesting a video call to provide a virtual reality (VR) image from an external device, the VR image having an angle of view equal to or greater than a preset degree, control the wireless communication unit to transmit a third signal granting the video call to provide the VR image in response to a second signal indicating a connection between the mobile terminal and a VR device, control the wireless communication unit to receive a fourth signal including the VR image from the external device, and display the VR image included in the fourth signal on the display.

14 . The mobile terminal of claim 13 , further comprising:
an interface unit configured to connect the mobile terminal and the VR device to each other, wherein the second signal is detected as the VR device is connected to the interface unit.

15 . The mobile terminal of claim 13 , wherein the VR image comprises a dynamic image obtained by real time by a camera of the external device and a static image pre-obtained by the camera of the external device, and
wherein the dynamic image is processed to have a preset depth perceived by a user.

16 . The mobile terminal of claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to display an indicator indicating the dynamic image in the VR image on the VR image.

17 . The mobile terminal of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to output a guide message guiding a user to wear the VR device to the display if the first signal is received.

18 . The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive at least one of a motion information of the VR device, a tilt information of the VR device, an eye information of a user of the mobile terminal and a user command information of the mobile terminal from the VR device through the interface unit, and control the wireless communication unit to transmit a fifth signal including at least one of the information received through the interface unit to the external device.

19 . The mobile terminal of claim 13 , wherein the fourth signal further comprises audio data corresponding to the VR image, and
wherein the controller is further configured to detect a region, which is viewed by a user of the mobile terminal, in the VR image based on an information received through an interface unit, process the audio data based on the detected region, and output the processed audio data through an audio output unit.

20 . The mobile terminal of claim 16 , wherein if the VR image includes a specific object corresponding a control target, the fourth signal further includes information of the specific object, and
wherein the controller is further configured to display the indicator on the VR image indicating the specific object within the VR image based on the information of the specific object.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Im Soungmin
• Kwon Yunmi
• Lee Kiseon
• Lee Byounggi

Classifications

• H04N23/661

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• H04N23/631

  Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters · CPC title

• H04N23/635

  Region indicators; Field of view indicators · CPC title

• H04N23/62

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• G06F3/011 Primary

  Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00) · CPC title