# US 2016/0366266 A1 · Insole, mobile terminal and method of controlling therefor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0366266 A1 - Document ID: US20160366266A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/971,748 - Filed: 2015-12-16 - Published: 2016-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2015-06-11 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Minjoo CHUNG; Minjeong SHIN; Chul PARK; Jinho CHO; Kiwoong KIM; Sangki KIM - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160366266A1 ## CPC - H04B 1/385: {Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets} - G06F 3/011: {Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00)} - G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)} - G06F 3/0334: {Foot operated pointing devices} - H04M 1/72412: using two-way short-range wireless interfaces - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - H04B: TRANSMISSION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A mobile terminal including a display unit; a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with an insole in a shoe and an external device; and a controller configured to receive a foot gesture input signal from the insole for controlling the mobile terminal or the external device, control the function on the mobile according to the foot gesture input signal in response to the foot gesture input signal being mapped a function of the mobile terminal, and transmit a control signal to the external device to control the function on the external device in response the foot gesture input signal being mapped the function of the external device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile terminal, comprising: a display unit; a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with an insole in a shoe and an external device; and a controller configured to: receive a foot gesture input signal from the insole for controlling the mobile terminal or the external device, control the function on the mobile terminal according to the foot gesture input signal in response to the foot gesture input signal being mapped as a function of the mobile terminal, and transmit a control signal to the external device to control the function on the external device in response the foot gesture input signal being mapped to the function of the external device, wherein the control signal to the external device to control the function on the external device is generated by the mobile terminal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the foot gesture input signal corresponds to a foot placed in the shoe interacting with the insole. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the foot gesture input signal further includes at least one of the foot pressing the insole and the foot moving the insole and shoe in prescribed motions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the prescribed motions of the foot moving the insole and the shoe include at least one of a heel of the foot remaining fixed while the toe of the insole and shoe moving left and right in predetermined angles, the toe of the insole and shoe remaining fixed and the heel moving up and down in predetermined angles, the heel remaining fixed and the toe moving up and down in predetermined angles, a tapping of the toe of the insole and shoe, and a tapping of the heel of the insole and shoe. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the insole includes a left insole for a left foot and a right insole for a right foot, and wherein the foot gesture input signal further includes heels of the left and right insoles being adjacent each other, the left and right insoles being overlapped with one another, the toes of the right and left insoles being in contact with the ground and the heels being raised from the ground, a kicking motion of one of the right and left insoles, and a rotation of one of the right and left insole. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display a user interface including options for mapping the function to one of the mobile terminal and the external device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the user interface includes: a first option for selecting the mobile terminal and a second option for selecting the function to be mapped to the mobile terminal based on the foot gesture input signal, and a third option for selecting the external device and a fourth option for selecting the function to be mapped to the external device based on the foot gesture input signal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the external device includes a vehicle and the fourth option includes one of unlocking a particular door of the vehicle, unlocking all doors of the vehicle and opening a trunk or hatch of the vehicle in response to the foot gesture input signal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the second option includes one of sending a secret message, changing the mobile terminal to a vibrate mode, recording a video and receiving an incoming call. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit a control signal to the external device to perform the function mapped to the external device in response to receiving the foot gesture input signal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the function of the mobile terminal includes a music function. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to: play music in response to a first foot gesture input signal, play a next music item in a track in response to a second foot gesture input signal, and play a previous music item in the track in response to a third foot gesture input signal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the function of the mobile terminal corresponds to recording of a video on the mobile terminal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the function of the mobile terminal corresponds to an exercise application on the mobile terminal. ### Claim 15 An insole for a shoe, the insole comprising: a sensing unit configured to sense foot gesture input signals of a foot placed within the shoe; a communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a mobile terminal; and a controller configured to: activate the insole in response to a predetermined first foot gesture input signal, transmit a signal to the mobile terminal for controlling a function on the mobile terminal in response to a predetermined second foot gesture input signal, wherein the function on the mobile terminal is mapped to the predetermined second foot gesture input signal such the function on the mobile terminal is performed in response to the predetermined second foot gesture input signal, and transmit a signal to the mobile terminal for controlling a function on an external device communicating with the mobile terminal in response to a predetermined third foot gesture input signal, wherein the function on the external device is mapped to the predetermined second foot gesture input signal such the function on the external device is performed in response to the predetermined third foot gesture input signal. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The insole of claim 15, wherein the insole comprises at least one of a left insole and a right insole placed within a left shoe and a right shoe respectively. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The insole of claim 16, wherein the predetermined first foot gesture input signal corresponds to a pressing a toe portion of at least one of the first and second insoles, and wherein the predetermined second foot gesture input signal corresponds to a predetermined foot gesture of at least one of the first and second insoles. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The insole of claim 15, further comprising: a haptic module, wherein the controller is further configured to provide vibration generated by the haptic module to a user wearing the insole according to a control signal received from the mobile terminal and corresponding to another insole of another user. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The insole of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to deactivate the insole in response to a predetermined third foot gesture input signal. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The insole of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to perform pairing with the mobile terminal.