# US 2017/0255169 A1 · Watch type terminal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0255169 A1 - Document ID: US20170255169A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/507,039 - Filed: 2015-01-22 - Published: 2017-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2014-08-29 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Chulbae LEE; Hyunju KIM; Sungwon SHIN; Goeun LEE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170255169A1 ## CPC - G04G 21/08: Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces - G04B 19/04: Hands; Discs with a single mark or the like {(moving indicating arrangements which have scales or numbers with stationary hands or reading means G04B19/20; optical projection of the position of the hands G04B19/34)} - G04B 19/06: Dials ({moving discs G04B19/20; illuminated dials or hands G04B19/30;} for time-pieces without clockwork G04B49/04 {; machines and arrangements for the manufacture of dials or hands G04D3/0048}) - G04B 19/283: {on rotatable rings, i.e. bezel (for graduations on the bezels G04B19/18)} - G04G 9/00: Visual time or date indication means - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/1438: {using more than one graphics controller} - G06F 3/1454: {involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay} - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G04G: ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES - G04B: MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS (spring- or weight-driven mechanisms in general F03G; electromechanical clocks or watches G04C; electromechanical clocks with attached or built-in means operating any device at pre-selected times or after predetermined time intervals G04C23/00; clocks or watches with stop devices G04F7/08) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A watch type terminal includes: a body formed to be fixed to a user's wrist; a display unit mounted to the body, and configured to display current time information; a memory configured to store therein a plurality of graphic images sorted from one another according to a plurality of contents for indicating the time information; and a controller configured to control the display unit to output screen information indicating the time information, the screen information including at least one graphic image selected from the plurality of graphic images based on a control command. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A watch type terminal, comprising: a body formed to be fixed to a user's wrist; a display unit mounted to the body, and configured to display current time information; a memory configured to store therein a plurality of graphic images sorted from one another according to a plurality of contents for indicating the time information; and a controller configured to control the display unit to output screen information indicating the time information, the screen information including at least one graphic image selected from the plurality of graphic images based on a control command. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The watch type terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display unit to output an edition screen corresponding to an edition mode activated based on an edition control command applied to the display unit, wherein the edition screen includes: a selection menu for selecting a plurality of contents; and an inactive region formed to enclose the edition menu. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The watch type terminal of claim 2, wherein the edition menu includes a plurality of menu icons configured to receive a touch input so as to select a first content to be changed, among the plurality of contents. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The watch type terminal of claim 3, wherein the display unit outputs an edition image corresponding to the selected first content, and changes the edition image into another image based on a preset type of first touch applied to the edition image. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The watch type terminal of claim 4, wherein upon input of a second touch applied to the display unit in a different direction from the first touch, the controller controls the display unit to output a graphic image corresponding to second content among the plurality of contents. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The watch type terminal of claim 5, wherein the first touch corresponds to a consecutive touch input applied along the inactive region. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The watch type terminal of claim 5, wherein the body further includes a bezel portion configured to support an edge of the display unit, and wherein the controller controls the display unit to sequentially output the plurality of graphic images, based on a touch input applied to the bezel portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The watch type terminal of claim 4, wherein the display unit outputs the edition image together with the rest contents rather than the first content. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The watch type terminal of claim 2, wherein the plurality of contents include a dial portion informing hours, a hands-portion informing a time by indicating the dial portion, and a background image, and wherein the edition control command corresponds to a consecutive touch input applied along the hands-portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The watch type terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller forms the edition control command by sensing a palm covering the display unit within a specific range. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The watch type terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller divides the display unit into a plurality of regions for receiving touch inputs so as to select content to be edited in the edition mode. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The watch type terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller activates the edition mode based on a touch input applied to one of the plurality of contents, and wherein the controller controls the display unit to output graphic images corresponding to the plurality of contents in the edition mode. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The watch type terminal of claim 1, wherein the plurality of contents include a dial portion having a plurality of dials so as to inform hours, a hands-portion informing a time by indicating the dial portion, and a background image, and wherein the controller activates an edition mode for editing part of the plurality of dials, based on a touch input which moves along the dial portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The watch type terminal of claim 11, wherein when a dial to be edited is selected from the plurality of dials, the controller controls the display unit to output a virtual keyboard including a plurality of images. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The watch type terminal of claim 1, wherein the plurality of contents include a dial portion including a plurality of dials so as to inform hours, a hands-portion informing a time by indicating the dial portion, and a background image, and wherein the controller controls the display unit to move the hands-portion and to change the background image, as time lapses. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The watch type terminal of claim 1, further including a wireless communication unit configured to receive data on the background image, from outside, wherein the controller controls the display unit to change the time information based on the data. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The watch type terminal of claim 16, wherein the wireless communication unit performs wireless communication with a charging device for charging a power supply unit of the watch type terminal, and wherein the data includes information on the background image similar to a pattern of appearance of the charging device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The watch type terminal of claim 16, wherein the wireless communication unit is wirelessly connected to a mobile terminal including a display unit, and wherein the controller controls the wireless communication unit to receive data on a plurality of graphic images output to the display unit of the mobile terminal, the plurality of graphic images corresponding to the plurality of contents. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The watch type terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller controls the wireless communication unit to perform wireless communication, when the display unit of the watch type terminal is overlapped with the display unit of the mobile terminal. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The watch type terminal of claim 16, wherein the data includes an image captured by the mobile terminal, the image formed as an external environment is patterned. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The watch type terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display unit to output a mode menu screen for selecting a plurality of modes, and wherein the memory includes data on the plurality of modes, and stores therein data on an information window output to the one region of the display unit.