Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsMinjoo Kim, Byoungnam Lee, Inyoung Hwang, Meeyeon Choi, Hyunsuk Jung, Youri Shin, Minhun Kang
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Abstract
A mobile terminal is presented. The mobile terminal includes an elongated body having a central axis and being structured to form an outer side having a circumference, an end portion located at one end of the elongated body, a touch screen coupled to the body, a projector positioned at the end portion and being configured to project an image onto a surface, and a camera coupled to the elongated body and being positioned to capture at least a portion of the image projected onto the surface.
Claims15
A mobile terminal comprising:
- an elongated body having a central axis and being structured to form an outer side having a circumference;
- a motion sensor, disposed on the elongated body, configured to detect a movement of the elongated body;
- a touch screen positioned relative to the elongated body to cooperatively form at least a portion of the outer side of the elongated body, and configured to receive user input responsive to contact with the touch screen;
- a projector positioned at an end portion of the elongated body and being configured to project an image onto a surface;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive a particular event,
- cause the touch screen to display representative information of the received particular event, wherein the displaying of the representative information occurs after receiving of the particular event,
- activate the projector,
- cause the activated projector to display entire information corresponding to the received particular event, wherein the entire information includes information that is not displayed on the touch screen,
- change the entire information to another information corresponding to the displayed representative information when the motion sensor detects the movement of the elongated body, and
- cause the touch screen to display characters corresponding to the movement of the elongated body.
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a body;
- a projector, disposed on one end of the body, configured to project an image;
- a motion sensor configured to detect a movement of the body;
- a camera configured to detect an input on the image projected via the projector;
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- a controller configured to:
- activate the camera and the projector and deactivate the motion sensor when the mobile terminal enters into a first character input mode,
- cause the activated projector to display virtual keys,
- receive characters selected by a user via the activated camera,
- activate the motion sensor and the projector and deactivate the camera when the mobile terminal enters into a second character input mode,
- detect the movement of the body via the activated motion sensor,
- receive characters by analyzing the detected movement.
A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- activating a camera and a projector and deactivating a motion sensor when the mobile terminal enters into a first character input mode,
- displaying virtual keys via the activated projector,
- receiving characters selected by a user via the activated camera,
- activating the motion sensor and the projector and deactivating the camera when the mobile terminal enters into a second character input mode,
- detecting movement of a body of the mobile terminal via the activated motion sensor, and
- receiving characters by analyzing the detected movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.