IP Library Granted Patent US 8,862,111
Granted Patent B2
US 8,862,111 · App. 13/151,663 · Granted Oct 14, 2014

Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same

Inventors: Hyewon Seo (Seoul, KR); Songhee Han (Seoul, KR); Yongjun Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,862,111
App. No.
13/151,663
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a body; a sensing unit for acquiring a motion of the body; a camera provided in at least one side of the body to photograph an image; at least one display provided in at least one side of the body; and a controller for forming information related to at least one object included in the photographed image into a group according to the acquired motion and for controlling to display the information in the at least one display. Therefore, information is formed into a group and displayed according to a motion of a body and thus a state that can easily select necessary information can be provided.

Claims (37)

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a body;

a sensing unit configured to acquire a motion of the body;

a camera provided in at least one side of the body to photograph an image;

at least one display provided in at least one side of the body; and

a controller configured to form information related to at least one object included in the photographed image into a group according to the acquired motion and control to display the information in the at least one display,

wherein the controller is configured to control to selectively display at least one layer for displaying information formed into the group according to an angle between a ground and the body.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the motion of the body comprises at least one of an angle in which the body is tilted in a specific direction to a reference position and a time period in which a tilt of the body is sustained in the specific direction.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the reference position is a state in which the camera faces toward the front side.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller controls to display an image photographed by the camera when the body is in a state of a first angle from the ground and to divide and display information related to the object to the at least one layer according to an attribute of the object when the body is in a state of a second angle from the ground.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller increases the quantity of layers as an angle in which the body forms with the ground reduces.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller inactivates the camera when the layer is displayed.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a radio communication unit for acquiring the information,

wherein the controller acquires the information corresponding to at least one object included in an image photographed through the camera through the radio communication unit.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller controls to overlap and display the information acquired through the radio communication unit with an image photographed by the camera and to display the information at a position corresponding to geography information tagged to the acquired information.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein, when at least one layer is selected, the controller is configured to display information group corresponding to the selected at least one layer.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to change a position of at least one layer from a first position to a second position, wherein the first position is an initial position of the at least one layer and the second position is a corresponding position received by a user's touch input.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to display attribute information to each of the at least one layer, the attribute information reflects an attribute of information group.

12. A mobile terminal comprising:

a body;

a sensing unit configured to acquire a motion of the body;

a camera provided in at least one side of the body to photograph an image;

at least one display provided in at least one side of the body; and

a controller configured to display a plurality of objects included in the photographed image into at least one group according to an attribute of the plurality of objects when a motion of the body is acquired through the sensing unit,

wherein the controller is configured to control to selectively display at least one layer for displaying information formed into the group according to an angle between a ground and the body.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12 , further comprising:

a camera provided in at least one side of the body; and

a radio communication unit for acquiring the information,

wherein the controller acquires information corresponding to at least one object included in an image photographed by the camera through the radio communication unit.

14. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

acquiring an image;

acquiring information related to an object included in the image; and

forming and displaying, when a motion of a body is detected, information related to at least one object included in a photographed image into a group according to the acquired motion,

wherein the forming and displaying of information comprises selectively displaying at least one layer for displaying information formed into a group according to the motion reflecting an angle of the body to the ground.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the motion of the body comprises at least one of an angle in which the body is tilted in a specific direction to a reference position and a time period in which a tilt of the body is sustained in the specific direction.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the selectively displaying of at least one layer comprises increasing the quantity of layers as an angle in which the body forms with the ground reduces.

17. The method of claim 14 , further comprising stopping acquisition of the image when the layer is displayed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2011
From: SEO, HYEWON; HAN, SONGHEE; KIM, YONGJUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 026384/0669 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2011-0020476 · Mar 8, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120231839A1 · Sep 13, 2012