Method and system for remote control, and remote-controlled user interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9594502-B2
Application number	US-201214368139-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 29, 2012
Priority date	Dec 21, 2011
Publication date	Mar 14, 2017
Grant date	Mar 14, 2017

Abstract

A method and system for remote control and remote-controlled user interface. A remote control method of target terminal by a mobile communication terminal comprises: displaying a plurality of control methods for remote control of the target terminal; when one of the plurality of control methods is selected, displaying a control screen corresponding to the selected control method; and when a control attribute value displayed in the control screen is set, transmitting a control message comprising the set control attribute value to the target terminal, wherein the control methods include at least one of a directional touch, a tilt and a pattern input by continuous touch.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for remotely controlling a target terminal by a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:
displaying a plurality of control methods on a display of the mobile communication terminal;
displaying a control screen corresponding to a selected control method based on a selection of control method from the displayed plurality of control methods, the control screen comprising an interface configured for setting a moving pattern and a control attribute value for the target terminal according to the selected control method; and
transmitting to the target terminal a control message comprising a set moving pattern and a set control attribute value based on a setting of the moving pattern and the control attribute value in the control screen,
wherein each of the plurality of control methods comprises at least an input pattern configured to be drawn by a continuous touch on a region of the control screen, and
wherein the input pattern drawn by the continuous touch corresponds to the moving pattern set for the target terminal according to the selected control method.

2. The remote control method of claim 1 , wherein, in response to receiving a selection of another control method with a directional touch from the plurality of control methods, displaying the control screen having at least one of: a moving direction setting region to set at least one of moving direction and a moving distance of the target terminal and a moving speed setting region to set moving speed of the target terminal using the directional touch.

3. The remote control method of claim 1 , wherein, in response to receiving a selection of another control method with a directional touch from the plurality of control methods, displaying the control screen having an action setting region to set a moving direction and a moving speed of the target terminal using the directional touch.

4. The remote control method of claim 2 , wherein the transmitting the control message further comprises calculating a direction and a length of touch input via the control screen as a control attribute value for at least one of the moving direction, moving distance, and moving speed.

5. The remote control method of claim 1 , wherein, in response to receiving a selection of another control method with a tilt from the plurality of control methods, displaying the control screen having at least one of: a moving direction setting region to set at least one of moving direction and moving distance of the target terminal and a moving speed setting region to set moving speed of the target terminal using the tilt.

6. The remote control method of claim 5 , wherein the moving direction setting region comprises an avatar relating to the target terminal in which the avatar moves within the moving direction setting region according to a tilt angle and a duration of the tilt of the mobile communication terminal.

7. The remote control method of claim 5 , wherein the transmitting the control message further comprises calculating a tilt angle and a duration of the tilt of the mobile communication terminal as a control attribute value for the moving direction and moving distance, and calculating a setting value corresponding to touch input to the moving speed setting region as a control attribute value for the moving speed.

8. The remote control method of claim 1 , wherein, in response to receiving a selection of another control method with a tilt from the plurality of control methods, the control screen to set moving direction and moving speed of the target terminal by using motion comprising a tilt of the mobile communication terminal is displayed,
wherein the control screen comprises a fingerprint region where a user of the mobile communication terminal contacts the control screen, and
wherein, when motion comprising the tilt is performed while the user is in contact with the fingerprint region, setting a moving direction and a moving speed of the target terminal.

9. The remote control method of claim 8 , wherein the transmitting the control message further comprises calculating motion comprising the tilt of the mobile communication terminal as a control attribute value for the moving direction and moving speed in which the motion comprising the tilt directs the screen of the mobile communication terminal to an up, down, left or right direction.

10. The remote control method of claim 1 , wherein, in response to receiving a selection of another control method with the input pattern drawn by the continuous touch from the plurality of control methods, displaying the control screen having at least one of: a moving path setting region to set a moving path of the target terminal and a moving speed setting region to set moving speed of the target terminal according to the pattern by the continuous touch.

11. The remote control method of claim 10 , wherein the moving path setting region comprises a plurality of nodes in an n×n grid, where n is a positive integer and further comprising forming the pattern by the continuous touch passing each node by the continuous touch.

12. The remote control method of claim 10 , wherein the transmitting the control message further comprises:
calculating the input pattern as a control attribute value for the moving path, and calculating a setting value corresponding to the touch input to the moving speed setting region as a control attribute value for the moving speed.

13. The remote control method of claim 1 , wherein the control method further comprises a control based on emotion selected by a user of the mobile communication terminal, and
wherein, in response to receiving a selection of another control method with the control based on emotion selected by a user from the plurality of control methods, displaying the control screen to set at least one of: a moving direction, a moving pattern, a moving speed, text to speech (TTS) and color and lighting speed of a light-emitting part of the target terminal.

14. The remote control method of claim 1 , wherein said one of the plurality control methods further comprises a control of contents stored in the target terminal,
wherein, in response to receiving a selection of another control method with the control of contents from the plurality of control methods, displaying the control screen to set at least one of: a playback, pausing the playback, and an output method of the contents stored in the target terminal.

15. The remote control method of claim 1 , wherein the control screen displays a plurality of concentric circles, each having a respectively different radius, and an avatar within at least one of the plurality of concentric circles, and
a tilt of the mobile communication terminal causes a movement of both the avatar and the target terminal,
a first tilt of the mobile communication terminal, at a first azimuth angle, causes the avatar to appear outside of a radius of a smallest circle of the plurality of concentric circles but within a radius of a second smallest of the plurality of concentric circles, the second smallest circle having a radius greater than that of the smallest circle,
a second tilt of the mobile communication terminal, at a second azimuth angle, causes the avatar to appear outside of the radius of the second smallest circle, and
the first tilt causes a lesser movement of the target terminal than the second tilt, wherein
the first and the second azimuth angles are measured with respect to a user holding the mobile communication terminal.

16. The remote control method of claim 1 , wherein a movement speed of the target terminal is caused to in

Assignees

• Lee Young Hoon
• Kang Chan Hui
• Kim Jong Cheol
• Kim Hyun Ho
• Kt Corp

Inventors

• Lee Young Hoon
• Kang Chan Hui
• Kim Jong Cheol
• Kim Hyun Ho

Classifications

• G08C2201/70

  Device selection · CPC title

• G08C17/02

  using a radio link · CPC title

• G06F3/0488 Primary

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• H04M1/72533

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G05D1/0022

  characterised by the communication link (data switching networks in general H04L12/00) · CPC title