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US 9,442,689 · App. 14/455,599 · Granted Sep 13, 2016

Wearable glass-type terminal, system having the same and method of controlling the terminal

Inventors: Jumin Chi (Seoul, KR); Jinwook Ro (Seoul, KR); Yeseul Jang (Seoul, KR); Inyong Hwang (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
G06F3/1454G02B27/017G06F3/013
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,442,689
App. No.
14/455,599
Filed
Aug 8, 2014
Granted
Sep 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Examiner
LI, LIN
Art Unit
2693
USPC
345/2.3
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a wearable glass-type terminal including a body that is formed to be worn on a user's face, a wireless communication unit that is wirelessly connected to an input device and a plurality of output devices and configured to receive data from the input device and transmit data to the output devices, a camera that is mounted to the body and configured to detect one of the plurality of output devices, and a controller that is configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit data received from the input device to the output device detected by the camera.

Claims (42)

1. A wearable glasses-type terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit;

a camera configured to capture image data; and

a controller configured to:

receive input information from an external input device via the wireless communication unit;

recognize a first external output device of a plurality of external output devices based on image recognition of the image data of the first external output device captured by the camera;

transmit the input information to the first external output device via the wireless communication unit while the first external output device is recognized; and

recognize a second external output device of the plurality of external output devices based on image recognition of image data of the second external output device captured by the camera; and

continue transmitting the input information to the first external output device wherein the input information is not transmitted to the second external output device after recognizing the second external output device when the input information is continuously received from the external input device without a pause of at least a threshold length of time.

2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the input information contemporaneously with receiving the input information.

3. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the input information to the second external output device and stop transmitting the input information to the first external output device when the input information is no longer being received and the second external output device is recognized.

4. The terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a memory, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the memory to store an output of the first external output device captured by the camera, the output based on the transmitted input information.

5. The terminal of claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit, via the wireless communication unit, the stored output to the second external output device.

6. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to activate the camera to capture an output of the first external output device when an event is received at the first external output device.

7. The terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a touch sensor, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit a control command to the first external output device via the wireless communication unit in response to a first touch input detected by the touch sensor.

8. The terminal of claim 7 , further comprising a memory, wherein the controller is further configured to:

cause the memory to store screen information output by the first external output device in response to the first touch input; and

transmit information related to the stored screen information to the second external output device in response to a second touch input detected by the touch sensor.

9. The terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a display configured to allow a user to view a real world object there through, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display a specific indicator corresponding to the recognized first external output device.

10. The terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a display configured to allow a user to view a real world object there through, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the transmitted input information.

11. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit, via the wireless communication unit, data associated with an image captured by the camera to the first external output device.

12. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the data in response to a hand gesture captured by the camera.

13. A data output system comprising:

a plurality of output devices;

an input device; and

a glasses-type terminal configured to be worn on a user's face, the terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit;

a camera configured to capture image data corresponding to a viewing direction of the user; and

a controller configured to:

receive input information from the input device via the wireless communication unit;

recognize a first output device of the plurality of output devices based on image recognition of image data of the first output device captured by the camera; and

transmit the input information to the first output device via the wireless communication unit while the first output device is recognized:

recognize a second output device of the plurality of output devices based on image recognition of image data of the second output device captured by the camera; and

continue transmitting the input information to the first output device wherein the input information is not transmitted to the second output device after recognizing the second output device when the input information is continuously received from the input device without a pause of at least a threshold length of time.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to

transmit screen information of the first output device captured by the camera to the second output device.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit control information related to controlling the first output device to the input device via the wireless communication unit.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the input device comprises a touch screen configured to display an input interface for controlling the first output device based on the control information.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein

at least the first output device or the second output device displays a cursor based on the output device currently recognized by the controller.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive screen information from the first output device via the wireless communication unit in response to a control command to an icon displayed by the first output device.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the glasses-type terminal further comprises a display and the controller is further configured to cause the display to display the screen information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2014
From: CHI, JUMIN; RO, JINWOOK; JANG, YESEUL; HWANG, INYONG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 033499/0289 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0104320 · Aug 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150061969A1 · Mar 5, 2015