IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,412,555
Granted Patent B2
US 11,412,555 · App. 16/606,905 · Granted Aug 9, 2022

Mobile terminal

Inventors: Jaehyu Kim (Seoul, KR); Taeyoung Song (Seoul, KR); Jonghun Song (Seoul, KR); Minsoo Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W76/10G06F3/0482G06V20/20H04N5/23293H04W4/80
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Patent No.
US 11,412,555
App. No.
16/606,905
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a mobile terminal comprising: a communication unit for communicating with a plurality of target devices in a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) manner; a camera for capturing an image; and a controller configured for: receiving a plurality of advertisement information respectively including a plurality of shape information of the plurality of target devices from the plurality of target devices; and when first and second target devices among the plurality of target devices have the same shape information and when a distance of the first target device is equal to a distance of the second target device, activating a connection between the mobile terminal and the first target device based on an operation of at least one of the first target device or the second target device.

Claims (32)

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a communicator configured to communicate with a plurality of target devices in a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) manner;

a camera configured to capture an image; and

a controller configured to perform a procedure comprising:

receiving a plurality of advertisement information respectively including a plurality of shape information of the plurality of target devices from the plurality of target devices; and

based on first and second target devices among the plurality of target devices having the same shape information and based on a distance of the first target device being equal to a distance of the second target device:

transmitting an operation execution command;

activating a connection between the mobile terminal and the first target device based on an operation of at least one of the first target device or the second target device;

receiving first action information from the first target device and receiving second action information from the second target device; and

based on one of two target devices contained in a captured image performing an operation corresponding to the first action information, and the other thereof performing an operation corresponding to the second action information, determining that the one target device is the first target device and the other target device is the second target device.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the procedure further comprises:

activating a connection between the second target device and mobile terminal.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein the terminal further includes an input interface configured to receive an input from the user,

wherein the procedure further comprises:

receiving an input for selecting the first target device; and

wherein the connection between the mobile terminal and the first target device is further activated based on the input for selecting.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first action information includes at least one of an optical indication presence or absence, an optical indication color, an optical indicating pattern, or an image pattern of an optical indicator.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein the procedure further comprises displaying an action request; and

wherein activation of the connection between the first target device and the mobile terminal is further based on the action request.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the action request includes at least one of a button pressing operation of the first target device or a control operation of at least one component of the first target device.

7. A method performed by a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

communicating with a plurality of target devices in a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) manner;

capturing an image; and

performing a procedure comprising:

receiving a plurality of advertisement information respectively including a plurality of shape information of the plurality of target devices from the plurality of target devices; and

based on first and second target devices among the plurality of target devices having the same shape information and based on a distance of the first target device being equal to a distance of the second target device:

transmitting an operation execution command;

activating a connection between the mobile terminal and the first target device based on an operation of at least one of the first target device or the second target device;

receiving first action information from the first target device and receiving second action information from the second target device; and

based on one of two target devices contained in a captured image performing an operation corresponding to the first action information, and the other thereof performing an operation corresponding to the second action information, determining that the one target device is the first target device and the other target device is the second target device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2019
From: KIM, JAEHYU; SONG, TAEYOUNG; SONG, JONGHUN; LEE, MINSOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 050780/0753 →
Continuity (1)
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