Mobile terminal
View Patent ↗A mobile device stores a TV application for serving as a remote control capable of controlling a TV receiver. The mobile device starts the process of starting the TV application and transmits, to the TV receiver, control signals to turn on the TV receiver before the TV application has been started. More particularly, the mobile device transmits the control signals to turn on the TV receiver while performing the process of starting the TV application. When the mobile device has started the TV application and then the TV receiver has been turned on in normal mode, a user can control the TV receiver by using the mobile device.
1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a signal transmission unit which transmits control signals to an external device;
an operation unit for a user to perform various actions; and
a microprocessor that starts a control application for control of the external device, and transmits, to the external device, an operation control signal based on remote control function of the control application, in response to a user action on the operation unit by using the signal transmission unit, wherein
when starting the control application, the microprocessor transmits, to the external device, a turning-on control signal to turn on the external device by using the signal transmission unit before the process of starting the control application is completed.
2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the external device is a television receiver.
3. The mobile terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the control signals transmitted from the signal transmission unit are omnidirectional wireless signals.
4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the control signals transmitted from the signal transmission unit are omnidirectional wireless signals.