# US 9,519,340 B2 · Wearable watch-type terminal and system equipped with the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,519,340 B2 - Document ID: US9519340B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/282,881 - Filed: 2014-05-20 - Published: 2015-03-05 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2013-08-30 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Jumin Chi; Jinwook Ro; Yeseul Jang; Inyong Hwang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9519340B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/005: {Input arrangements through a video camera} - F24C 7/086: {touch control} - G04G 21/00: Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces - G06F 1/163: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt} - G06F 3/014: {Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves} - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - G02B 2027/0178: {Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C)} - G08C 2201/40: Remote control systems using repeaters, converters, gateways - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - F24C: DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES (exclusively for solid fuels F24B); DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION - G04G: ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS ## Abstract A mobile terminal including a main body configured to be worn on a user's wrist; a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a glasses-type terminal worn by the user, said glasses-type terminal including a camera configured to capture an image including operational data for operating an external apparatus; and a controller configured to receive including the operational data from the glasses-type terminal, store the operational data in a memory associated with the mobile terminal, and transmit a control signal to the external apparatus to control the external apparatus according to the stored operational data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile terminal, comprising: a main body configured to be worn on a user's wrist; a display unit outputting screen information indicating current hour-and-minute; a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a glasses-type terminal worn by the user, said glasses-type terminal including a camera configured to capture an image including operational data for operating an external apparatus and information of a type of the external apparatus; and a controller configured to: receive the operational data from the glasses-type terminal and the information of the type of the external apparatus; store the operational data in a memory associated with the mobile terminal; display, on the display unit, an image indicating the external apparatus corresponding to the operational data and time information for which the external apparatus operates based on the received operational data; form a control signal based on the stored operational data, in response to a user input received by the mobile terminal; transmit the control signal to the external apparatus to control the external apparatus when the mobile terminal is held in close proximity to the external apparatus; and redisplay the screen information indicating the current hour-and-minute when the control signal is transmitted to the external apparatus, wherein while the display unit displays a plurality of operational data stored in the memory, the operation data matched to the external apparatus among the plurality of operational data is adjusted, when the mobile terminal is held in close proximity to the external apparatus. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the operational data includes time information indicating a time of operating the external apparatus. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the control signal transmitted to the external apparatus includes the time information so the external apparatus is operated according to the time information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the time information includes baking time information and the external apparatus is an oven or microwave. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the time information includes a television program time and the external apparatus is a television. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to store the operational data in the memory based on a preset command input by the user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the external apparatus includes a home appliance. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the home appliance includes one of an oven, a microwave, a washing machine, a dryer and a television. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the image including operational data is displayed on the external apparatus or is displayed on a device different than the external apparatus. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the main body includes: a housing configured to support the display unit; a wrist band connected to the housing and configured to surround the user's wrist; and a user input unit configured to receive a control command associated with the external apparatus. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the user input unit is arranged in an edge of the housing and includes a wheel structure configured to be rotated, and wherein the controller is further configured to change the operational data based on the received control command. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the user input unit includes a touch sensing sensor configured to receive an input applied to at least one of the wrist band and the housing, and wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the control signal to the external apparatus based on the received input. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the control signal includes instructions for turning on or off the external apparatus or deleting the operational data associated with the mobile terminal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the received input includes one of a touch and drag input on the wrist band and a squeezing of the housing. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display progress information of the external apparatus on the display unit. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the progress information includes an icon corresponding to the external apparatus and a remaining time for which the external apparatus is to operate. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to detect the mobile terminal is within a predetermined communication distance from the external apparatus, and then transmit the control signal to the external apparatus. ### Claim 18 A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: outputting, via a display unit, screen information indicating current hour-and-minute; wirelessly communicating with a glasses-type terminal having a camera configured to capture an image including operational data for operating an external apparatus and information of a type of the external apparatus; receiving the operational data from the glasses-type terminal and the formation of the type of the external apparatus; storing the operational data in a memory associated with the mobile terminal; displaying an image indicating the external apparatus corresponding to the operational data and time information for which the external apparatus operates based on the received operational data; forming a control signal based on the stored operational data, in response to a user input received by the mobile terminal; transmitting the control signal to the external apparatus to control the external apparatus when the mobile terminal is held in close proximity to the external apparatus; and redisplaying the screen information indicating the current hour-and-minute the control signal is transmitted to the external apparatus, wherein while the display unit displays a plurality of operational data stored in the memory, the operation data matched to the external apparatus among the plurality of operational data is adjusted, when the mobile terminal is held in close proximity to the external apparatus. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the operational data is displayed on the display unit of the glasses-type terminal.