Method for controlling mobile terminal and program for controlling mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9572235-B2
Application number	US-201414563039-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2014
Priority date	Dec 27, 2013
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

A method for controlling a mobile terminal that includes a display and a memory, and that controls one or more lighting devices that illuminate one or more spaces. The method causes a computer of the mobile terminal and includes obtaining terminal location information indicating a location of the mobile terminal, rearranging one or more scene icons corresponding to the one or more scenes on the basis of the terminal location information and the one or more pieces of scene location information, displaying the rearranged one or more scene icons on the display, and transmitting, if one of the one or more scene icons is selected by a user, a control signal for controlling the one or more lighting devices to the one or more lighting devices, so that the one or more spaces are illuminated in an illumination state indicated by a scene corresponding to the selected scene icon.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a mobile terminal that controls one or more lighting devices that illuminate one or more spaces, the mobile terminal including a display and a memory, and the method causing a computer of the mobile terminal to execute:
obtaining terminal location information indicating a location of the mobile terminal;
rearranging, using the memory storing one or more scenes indicating one or more illumination states established by the one or more lighting devices and one or more pieces of scene location information indicating locations of the one or more scenes while associating the one or more scenes and the one or more pieces of scene location information with each other, one or more scene icons corresponding to the one or more scenes on the basis of the terminal location information and the one or more pieces of scene location information;
displaying the rearranged one or more scene icons on the display; and
transmitting, if one of the one or more scene icons is selected by a user, a control signal for controlling the one or more lighting devices to the one or more lighting devices, so that the one or more spaces are illuminated in an illumination state indicated by a scene corresponding to the selected scene icon,
wherein the terminal location information identifies a room or an area in which the mobile terminal is located,
wherein each of the one or more pieces of scene location information identifies a room or an area of each of the one or more scenes,
wherein, in the displaying the one or more scene icons, the one or more scene icons are rearranged and displayed in a matrix form,
wherein one or more first scene icons corresponding to first scene location information of the one or more pieces of scene location information that matches the room or the area identified by the terminal location information is displayed on a first area of the matrix, and
wherein the first area begins at a left top portion of the matrix and sequentially occupies parts of the matrix extending in a row direction.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a location input button on the display along with the one or more scene icons; and
displaying, if the location input button is selected by the user, a first input request screen for enabling the user to input the terminal location information on the display.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a second input request screen for enabling the user to input the one or more pieces of scene location information on the display.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a scene selection screen including the one or more scene icons and a scene setting button on the display;
displaying, if the scene setting button is selected by the user, a scene setting screen including a setting screen for setting a new scene indicating a new illumination state established by the one or more lighting devices and a setting complete button on the display;
transmitting, to the one or more lighting devices, a control signal for controlling the one or more lighting devices on the basis of setting information indicating the new illumination state set by an operation performed by the user in the setting screen;
storing the setting information at a time when the setting complete button is selected by the user in the memory as setting information regarding the new scene;
obtaining location information indicating a location of the mobile terminal at a time when the scene setting button or the setting complete button is selected by the user; and
storing the obtained location information in the memory as new scene location information indicating a location of the new scene while associating the obtained location information with the new scene.

5. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the mobile terminal further includes an imaging device,
the method further comprising:
displaying a scene selection screen including the one or more scene icons and a scene setting button on the display;
displaying, if the scene setting button is selected by the user, a scene setting screen including a setting screen for setting a new scene indicating a new illumination state established by the one or more lighting devices and a setting complete button on the display;
transmitting, to the one or more lighting devices, a control signal for controlling the one or more lighting devices on the basis of setting information indicating the new illumination state set by an operation performed by the user in the setting screen;
activating the imaging device after the setting complete button is selected by the user;
storing the setting information at a time when the setting complete button is selected by the user in the memory as setting information regarding the new scene and, if the imaging device captures an image, storing the image in the memory as a scene icon of the new scene;
obtaining location information indicating a location of the mobile terminal at a time when the imaging device has captured the image;
storing the obtained location information in the memory as new scene location information indicating a location of the new scene while associating the obtained location information with the new scene; and
displaying a new scene selection screen including the scene icon of the new scene on the display.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining location information indicating a location of the mobile terminal at a time when one of the one or more scene icons is selected by the user; and
storing the obtained location information in the memory as scene location information indicating a location of a selected scene, which is a scene corresponding to the selected scene icon, while associating the obtained location information with the selected scene.

7. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the mobile terminal is capable of communicating with a wireless local area network device, and
wherein, in the obtaining the terminal location information, the terminal location information is obtained by identifying the location of the mobile terminal on the basis of an identifier unique to the wireless local area network device included in wireless signal information transmitted from the wireless local area network device.

8. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the mobile terminal is capable of communicating with a BLUETOOTH communication device, and
wherein, in the obtaining the terminal location information, the terminal location information is obtained by identifying the location of the mobile terminal on the basis of an identifier unique to the BLUETOOTH communication device included in wireless signal information transmitted from the BLUETOOTH communication device.

9. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the mobile terminal includes a sensor that receives an electromagnetic wave in a visible light range transmitted from a visible light communication device, and
wherein, in the obtaining the terminal location information, the terminal location information is obtained by identifying the location of the mobile terminal on the basis of an identifier unique to the visible light communication device included in the electromagnetic wave.

10. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the mobile terminal includes a microphone that receives an ultrasonic wave transmitted from a speaker, and
wherein, in the obtaining the terminal location information, the terminal location information is obtained by identifying the location of the mobile terminal on the basis of an identifier unique to the speaker included in the ultrasonic wave.

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Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Corp America

Inventors

• Ogawa Kento

Classifications

• H04W4/16

  Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold · CPC title

• H05B47/11

  by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light · CPC title

• H04W4/00

  Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor · CPC title

• H05B47/16

  by timing means · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title