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US 9,069,760 B2Granted
Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsByoungzoo Jeong, Jiyeon Lee, Hyoungsoo Kim, Hyunho Jee
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Abstract
A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed by which a user can be informed of an event associated with augmented reality based on an occurrence of the event using various haptic effects that differ from each other.
Claims32
A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a camera configured to receive in real-time a preview image for an augmented reality (AR) function of the mobile terminal;
- at least one haptic module configured to generate a plurality of haptic effects;
- a display unit;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- obtain a current position of the mobile terminal;
- control the display unit to display in real-time the preview image,
- wherein the preview image includes a plurality of objects;
- control the display unit to display a plurality of object information items in conjunction with the preview image, wherein each item of the plurality of object information items is descriptive of a characteristic of an associated object of the plurality of objects;
- selecting a first object of the plurality of objects in response to a user input received at the mobile terminal;
- control the at least one haptic module to generate at least one haptic effect that is indicative of distance between the current position of the mobile terminal and a real position of the selected first object;
- control the display unit to display a search window in conjunction with displaying of at least a portion of the preview image, the search window for receiving user input of a search term;
- cause the at least one haptic module to generate a second haptic effect when the search term corresponds to a second object of the plurality of objects included in the preview image or when the search term corresponds to a first item of the plurality of object information items;
- and
- control the display unit to display the second object, or the first item, as shaking when the second haptic effect is generated.
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A method for controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- receiving in real-time, via a camera, a preview image for an augmented reality (AR) function;
- obtaining a current position of the mobile terminal;
- displaying in real-time the preview image, wherein the preview image includes a plurality of objects;
- displaying a plurality of object information items in conjunction with the preview image, wherein each item of the plurality of object information items is descriptive of a characteristic of an associated object of the plurality of objects;
- selecting a first object of the plurality of objects in response to a user input received at the mobile terminal;
- generating at least one haptic effect that is indicative of distance between the current position of the mobile terminal and a real position of the selected first object;
- displaying a search window in conjunction with displaying of at least a portion of the preview image, the search window for receiving user input of a search term;
- and
- generating a second haptic effect when the search term corresponds to a second object of the plurality of objects included in the preview image or when the search term corresponds to a first item of the plurality of object information items;
- and
- displaying the second object, or the first item, as shaking when the second haptic effect is generated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.