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US 10,567,567 B2Granted
Electronic device and method for controlling of the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsKyunghye Seo, Juhyun Jung, Younghoon Lee
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Abstract
A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the mobile terminal are disclosed. A mobile terminal according to the present invention may figure out a user's intention for controlling an IoT device on the basis of at least one of a grip sensor, attitude detection sensor, camera image, and context awareness information without involving a process of executing a separate application for controlling the IoT device, thereby providing a control menu for controlling the IoT device more intuitively.
Claims17
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a body;
- a touchscreen coupled to a front side of the body;
- a first sensor coupled to an edge of the body and configured to sense an applied grip;
- a second sensor configured to detect attitude of the body;
- an input unit being located at a rear side of the body;
- a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an external electronic device;
- a first camera and a second camera having a wider field of view than the first camera;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- cause the mobile terminal to enter a remote control mode, for remotely controlling the external electronic device, when an input from the first sensor indicates a grip state that satisfies a first defined condition, or when an input from the second sensor satisfies a second defined condition;
- after entering the remote control mode, control the external electronic device in response to a received input;
- capture a first image through the first camera that is in an Always on Camera (AOC) mode when the touchscreen is in an inactive state;
- capture a second image through the second camera, when only a part of the external electronic device is present in the first image;
- recognize the external electronic device in the captured second image;
- and
- display an extracted name corresponding to the external electronic device as being overlapped on a preview image.
13 more elements
A method performed at a mobile terminal having a first camera and a second camera having a wider field of view than the first camera and a touchscreen to control an external electronic device, the method comprising:
- causing the mobile terminal to enter a remote control mode, for remotely controlling the external electronic device via a network, when an input from a first sensor indicates a grip state that satisfies a first defined condition, or when an input from a second sensor satisfies a second defined condition as to attitude of the mobile terminal;
- entering the remote control mode;
- controlling the external electronic device in response to an input received at the mobile terminal,
- capturing a first image through the first camera that is in an Always on Camera (AOC) mode when the touchscreen is in an inactive state;
- capturing a second image through the second camera, when only a part of the external electronic device is present in the first image;
- recognizing the external electronic device in the captured second image;
- and
- displaying an extracted name corresponding to the external electronic device as being overlapped on a preview image.
5 more elements
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a body;
- a touchscreen coupled to the body;
- a first sensor coupled to the body and configured to measure an applied grip;
- a second sensor configured to detect attitude of the body;
- a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an external electronic device;
- a first camera and a second camera having a wider field of view than the first camera;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- cause the mobile terminal to enter a remote control mode, for remotely controlling the external electronic device, when measurement from the first sensor indicates a first defined condition or when an input from the second sensor indicates a second defined condition;
- and
- control the external electronic device in response to a received input, after entering the remote control mode;
- capture an image through the first camera that is in an Always on Camera (AOC) mode when the touchscreen is in an inactive state;
- capture a second image through the second camera that is in an Always on Camera (AOC) mode when only a part of the external electronic device is present in the first image;
- recognize the external electronic device in the captured second image;
- and
- display an extracted name corresponding to the external electronic device as being overlapped on a preview image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.