Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9826078-B2
Application number	US-201514873828-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 2, 2015
Priority date	Oct 24, 2014
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

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 wearable device; and
a controller configured to:
control a display of an object on the touchscreen in response to receiving a first user input corresponding to touch drag input having a trace, wherein a shape of the displayed object is set based on a shape of a display of the wearable device,
in response to receiving a second user input at the touchscreen, transmit, to the wearable device, an information corresponding to the displayed object,
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.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein a size of the displayed object is based on a size formed by the trace of the first user input.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein in response to receiving a touch input at the indicator, the controller is to resume displaying the object on the touchscreen.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , 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 wearable device or to correspond to an application most recently executed in the wearable device.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit, to the wearable device, image data corresponding to an inside region of the displayed object.

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

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein the menu is displayed along an outline of the displayed object or at an inside region of the displayed object.

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

9. 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.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein when the first photo and the second photo are obtained, the controller is to control transmission, to the wearable device, of only the second photo and without the transmission of the first photo.

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

12. 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 wearable device, of a data file corresponding to an inside region of the displayed object.

13. 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 wearable device, a streaming data for a streaming playback of the multimedia file.

14. 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 wearable device, of a data file corresponding to an item dragged & dropped to an inside region of the displayed object.

15. 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 wearable device.

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

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first user input includes at least one of a drag input of drawing a prescribed trace, a touch input of tapping the touchscreen or a long touch input of touching the touchscreen over a prescribed time.

18. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:
establishing a wireless communication channel with a wearable device;
displaying, on a touchscreen, an object indicating a region to share information with the wearable device in response to receiving a first user input corresponding to touch drag input having a trace, wherein a shape of the displayed object is set based on the shape of the display of the wearable device;
receiving, at the touchscreen, a second user input;
transmitting, to the wearable device, an information corresponding to the displayed object,
changing a location of the displayed object in response to a drag input at the object; and
stopping the displaying of the object on the touchscreen in response to a portion of the object being at an edge of the touchscreen and displaying an indicator on the touchscreen rather than the object.

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