KR20080058124A - Mobile terminal for providing haptic service and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method for providing a tactile service are provided to transfer a feeling according to a tactile sense as well as transfer an intention according to the sense of sight and the sense of hearing. An RF processing unit(210) performs communication with a mobile terminal and forms a communication channel with a mobile communication system to perform a code transmission/reception corresponding to voice communication, message communication and a vibration event. An input unit(240) receives a control signal related to controlling a tactile function, and receives a touch event and a key event for generating a vibration event when the tactile function is activated. A memory unit(250) stores an application program for performing controlling of the tactile function, data generated by a user or received from the exterior, and setting information related to the tactile function. A vibration driving unit(270) controls generation of vibration corresponding to the vibration event. A controller(280) controls activation/deactivation of the tactile function, and its operation, and determines a vibration event inputted from the exterior to control generation of vibration.

Description

Mobile terminal providing a tactile service and a method thereof {MOBILE TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC SERVICE AND METHOD THEREOF}

1 is a view schematically showing a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a view showing a state diagram for examples of generating and transmitting vibration information in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 illustrates an example of a process of generating and transmitting vibration information during communication in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of generating vibration information during multimedia execution in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a view showing an example of a vibration generation process by receiving vibration information during communication in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of generating vibration according to a text included in a text message when a text message is received according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

8 illustrates an example of generating and transmitting a text message including vibration information in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

9 is a view showing an example of a process for generating a vibration in accordance with the vibration information included therein when receiving a text message in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal and a method for providing a tactile service capable of serving an tactile part, including an audio part and a visual part.

In general, with the development of wireless communication technology, the spread of portable terminals is increasing exponentially, and as the spread of portable terminals is generalized, communication providers provide various services to satisfy various needs of subscribers. That is, mobile service providers are currently using wireless internet services, short message services (SMS), multimedia messaging services (MMS), voice, and voice. The mobile terminal provides a variety of services such as multiple communication services (CMS) that enable simultaneous voice communication and data transmission and reception in a channel environment, and multimedia services such as image, video, and digital broadcasting.

In addition to the basic functions of arbitrarily moving within the mobile communication service area, the mobile terminal communicates with a general subscriber or another mobile subscriber through a base station (BS), personal information management, information exchange with a computer, and the Internet. And additional functions such as performing a data connection. In recent years, the portable terminal has been developed as a complex information device having various additional functions such as transmission and reception of images and videos, an MP3 player function, a camera function capable of taking a picture, and a digital broadcast reproduction function.

However, such mobile terminals provide only visual effects due to voice calls and audio effects between text messages and video transmission and reception among users. That is, in the mobile terminal to date, when the user is communicating with or not in communication with the other party, the user does not have a function of delivering a tactile effect to the other mobile terminal.

Accordingly, the necessity for a portable terminal capable of providing a differentiated function of the portable terminal is emerging by transmitting a tactile part that the user wants to deliver to the other terminal during a call using the portable terminal.

Therefore, the present invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a tactile service capable of delivering a sense of touch by communicating with visual and auditory senses in a portable terminal. A terminal and a method thereof are provided.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal and a method for providing a tactile service capable of transmitting a vibration code of a vibration event occurring while performing a specific mode in a mobile terminal to a counterpart portable terminal.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a tactile service that can provide a tactile effect to a user by extracting a vibration pattern of a vibration event occurring while performing a specific mode in a mobile terminal and generating a vibration according to the vibration pattern. A mobile terminal and a method thereof are provided.

It is still another object of the present invention to transmit a vibration code of a vibration event to a counterpart mobile terminal during a communication mode in a mobile terminal, and to generate a corresponding vibration according to the vibration code in a counterpart portable terminal receiving the same, thereby tactile sensation during communication. The present invention provides a mobile terminal and a method for providing a tactile service capable of delivering a feeling.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal and a method for detecting a vibration event in a multimedia mode or a standby mode and providing a tactile service capable of generating a corresponding vibration according to a vibration code of the vibration event. have.

Still another object of the present invention is a portable terminal for providing a tactile service capable of detecting a vibration event in a multimedia mode or a standby mode and delivering the vibration code according to the vibration event to a target receiving portable terminal. In providing.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a tactile service for generating a text message that can be transmitted by including vibration information of a user in a text field in a header field of a text message or a text message. And it provides a method.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a tactile service for extracting vibration information included in a header of a received text message from a portable terminal and informing a text message reception based on the vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level thereof. And it provides a method.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal for extracting a string related to vibration from the contents of a received text message in a portable terminal and providing a tactile service capable of generating vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the string. To provide a method.

Method according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the vibration generating method in a mobile terminal, the process of detecting a vibration event during the execution of any mode in the mobile terminal, and a predetermined vibration code for each event And extracting a vibration code corresponding to the vibration event from mapping information, generating a control message including the vibration code, and transmitting the generated control message to a target mobile terminal.

The method according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the vibration generating method in the portable terminal, the process of detecting the vibration event during the execution of any mode in the first portable terminal, and for each preset event Extracting a vibration code corresponding to the vibration event from the vibration code mapping information, generating a control message including the vibration code, and transmitting the generated control message to a second mobile terminal of interest; 1 includes receiving a control message related to a vibration event from a mobile terminal, and generating a vibration at a corresponding vibration pattern / vibration level based on the vibration code included in the control message.

The method according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the vibration generating method in a mobile terminal, the process of receiving a text message while the mobile terminal performs a certain mode, and the request for confirmation of the received text message Sequentially displaying the characters in the text message; comparing the characters in the vibration code mapping table for each vibration event preset when displaying the characters; and detecting specific characters that match the characters in the mapping table. And generating a preset vibration at the time of displaying the corresponding character.

The method according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the vibration generating method in a portable terminal, a process of setting the vibration information in any character string according to the user request when the text message is written by the first portable terminal And transmitting a text message including one or more character strings in which the vibration information is set to one or more second portable terminals for receiving a text message, receiving a text message while the second portable terminal performs a random mode, and receiving the text message. Displaying a text message upon request for confirmation of a text message; extracting vibration information set in an arbitrary character string when the text message is displayed; and displaying vibration patterns / vibration levels of the extracted vibration information. Along the process of generating vibrations.

The method according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the vibration generating method in the portable terminal, the process of detecting the vibration event during the multimedia mode in the portable terminal, vibration code mapping for each preset event Extracting a vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the vibration event from the information, determining a predetermined reception information for the corresponding multimedia being displayed in the multimedia mode, and a control message including the set vibration pattern / vibration level And transmitting the received information to a target portable terminal corresponding to the received information.

Method according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the vibration generating method in the portable terminal, the process of determining whether to add the vibration information when the portable terminal generates a text message, and the addition request of the vibration information Requesting input of the vibration information, generating the text message by adding the vibration information to the header of the text message, and transmitting the generated text message to the portable terminal based on the received information. It includes.

The method according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the vibration generating method in a mobile terminal, the process of receiving a text message while the mobile terminal performs a certain mode, and the text message when receiving the text message Checking the header of the message, and if there is vibration information in the text message header includes a step of notifying the reception of the text message by vibration based on the vibration information.

An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the mobile terminal, performs communication of the mobile terminal, and forms a communication channel with the mobile communication system to respond to voice communication, message communication and vibration events A radio frequency unit performing code transmission / reception, a control signal related to tactile function control, an input unit receiving a touch event and a key event for generating a vibration event when the tactile function is activated, and performing tactile function control A memory unit for storing data generated by an application and a user or received from the outside and setting information related to the tactile function, a vibration driver for controlling the generation of vibration corresponding to the vibration event, whether to activate / deactivate the haptic function, and Control its operation, judge the vibration event input from the outside and A controller for controlling the vibration generated according to.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, only the parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described, it should be noted that the description of other parts will be omitted so as not to distract from the gist of the present invention.

The terms or words used in the specification and claims described below should not be construed as being limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings, and the inventors are appropriate as concepts of terms for explaining their own invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meanings and concepts in accordance with the technical spirit of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only one of the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, which can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be various equivalents and variations.

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of realizing tactile parts as well as visual and auditory parts in a mobile terminal and a control method thereof. Particularly, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user of the portable terminal generates a sense of tactile feeling to be transmitted by the user while performing a specific mode as a vibration code, and transmits it to the other mobile terminal. The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of giving a haptic effect to a party on a call and a control method thereof by causing vibration to occur.

In addition, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the mobile terminal transmits a text message, the user's vibration information may be included in the header field of the text message or the content in the text message. In addition, the mobile terminal receiving the text message may extract the vibration information included in the header of the received text message and notify the reception of the text message based on the vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level thereof. In addition, the mobile terminal receiving the text message may extract a string associated with the vibration from the contents of the received text message, and generate a vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the string.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal is described using a mobile communication terminal as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Therefore, the portable terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention is preferably a mobile communication terminal, a digital broadcast receiver, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart phone, an IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication 2000). All information such as terminals, wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) terminals, universal mobile telecommunication service (UMTS) terminals, mobile phones, portable multimedia players (PMPs), MP3 terminals, and note-book computers It will be apparent that the present invention may be applied to communication devices and multimedia devices and applications thereof.

1 is a view schematically showing a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an outgoing mobile terminal 100 that generates and transmits a vibration code largely according to a user input, and receives the vibration code from the outgoing mobile terminal 100. The mobile communication system 300 to transmit to the at least one receiving mobile terminal 500 present in its service area and the vibration code transmitted from the mobile communication system 300, and receives the vibration by the vibration code. And a receiving mobile terminal 500 to generate.

The calling mobile terminal 100 and the receiving mobile terminal 500 may use voice communication and various wireless data services through the mobile communication system 300. Here, the outgoing mobile terminal 100 and the receiving mobile terminal 500 are divided to clarify the gist of the present invention. Therefore, the calling mobile terminal 100 and the receiving mobile terminal 500 can perform the same configuration and operation.

Hereinafter, a mobile terminal for generating and transmitting the vibration code is called the calling mobile terminal 100, and receives the vibration code transmitted from the calling mobile terminal 100 and generates a vibration corresponding thereto. An embodiment of the present invention will be described by referring to the receiving mobile terminal 500.

When the originating portable terminal 100 generates a function activation request (eg, a hotkey input for tactile function activation) of the present invention from the user, the originating mobile terminal 100 is configured in the current use mode (eg, communication mode, multimedia mode and standby mode). Activate the tactile function. Thereafter, when the outgoing mobile terminal 100 generates a vibration event (for example, an input signal such as a touch event or a key event for generating a vibration) generated by the user, the calling mobile terminal 100 generates a vibration code corresponding to the vibration event.

Next, the outgoing portable terminal 100 generating the vibration code determines a vibration pattern corresponding to the vibration code, and generates vibration according to the determined vibration pattern. In addition, the outgoing mobile terminal 100 converts the vibration code into a control message of a specific message format to communicate with the mobile terminal 500 or the one or more receiving mobile terminals 500 that the user desires. To send).

In addition, the outgoing mobile terminal 100 may transmit vibration information to the text message when the text message is transmitted. For example, the mobile terminal 100 may transmit vibration information such as a vibration code to a header field or a specific region of a text message. Alternatively, the outgoing mobile terminal 100 may transmit vibration information to the contents of the text message.

Here, specific embodiments of the vibration information such as the vibration event, the vibration code and the vibration pattern will be described in the description with reference to Table 1 to be described later. In addition, the outgoing portable terminal 100 may or may not generate its own vibration by the generated vibration code based on preset information. Since a detailed description of such an embodiment is described in the description with reference to FIG. 2, the detailed description thereof will be omitted herein.

The mobile communication system 300 receives a control message including the vibration code from the calling mobile terminal 100 and communicates with the calling mobile terminal 100 among a plurality of mobile terminals existing in its service area. The control message is transmitted to at least one receiving mobile terminal 500 or at least one receiving mobile terminal 500 identified based on the received information included in the control message. Since the method for transmitting the control message will be described with reference to FIG. 2 to be described later, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, the mobile communication system 300 receives a text message including the vibration information from the outgoing mobile terminal 100, and based on the received information of the text message one or more of the destination mobile terminal 100 The text message is transmitted to the receiving mobile terminals 500. In this case, it is preferable that the text message includes vibration information added by the user of the calling mobile terminal 100 to transmit an emotion in an arbitrary code form in a header or a specific area according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile communication system 300 includes a base station (BS), a base station controller (BSC), a mobile switching center (MSC), a home location register (HLR) and an information provision server. (Eg, message service center, etc.), and the like.

The mobile communication system 300 provides a network for wireless data communication between the calling mobile terminal 100 and the receiving mobile terminal 500 through such a configuration. For example, the mobile communication system 300 forms a communication channel corresponding to a method used in the system with the calling mobile terminal 100 and the receiving mobile terminal 500 to transmit and receive voice and data. . In addition, the mobile communication system 300 is a communication path (eg, a traffic channel, etc.) for transmitting and receiving messages, picture data, and video data between the calling mobile terminal 100 and the receiving mobile terminal 500. To provide. In particular, the mobile communication system 300 may transmit a message through a specific channel for CMS during the communication based on a CMS (Concurrent Multiple Service) even when the calling mobile terminal 100 and the receiving mobile terminal 500 are in voice communication. Provides transfer of photos, video and video data.

Here, the communication channel may be formed based on various communication methods. For example, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) Code Division Multiple Access (UMTS), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), and Portable Internet (e.g., Wireless Broadband Internet (WiBro, Wireless) The channel may be formed by any one of various communication methods such as Broadband Internet)) or a combination thereof.

The receiving portable terminal 500 receives a control message including the vibration code transmitted from the mobile communication system 300, and extracts the vibration code by analyzing the control message according to whether the haptic function is activated. Thereafter, the receiving portable terminal 500 extracts a vibration pattern corresponding to the vibration code through a preset mapping table. The receiving mobile terminal 500 generates a vibration according to the extracted vibration pattern and transmits the vibration to the user.

In addition, the receiving mobile terminal 500 receives the text message transmitted from the mobile communication system 300. In this case, the receiving portable terminal 500 extracts vibration information included in a header or a specific area of the text message when the text message is received. When the vibration information is extracted, the reception portable terminal 500 notifies the user of the reception of the text message on the basis of the vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the vibration information.

In addition, the receiving portable terminal 500 displays the text message when a request for confirmation of the text message is input from the user. In this case, the receiving portable terminal 500 extracts a character string related to vibration from the text message and generates vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the character string.

According to the present invention, the transmitting and receiving terminal 100 and the receiving terminal 200 can communicate the visual and auditory parts by voice communication and video communication, etc., and additionally feel the tactile part. It can be delivered. As a result, it is possible to provide more differentiated functions to mobile terminal users.

Meanwhile, the system configuration of the present invention according to FIG. 1 is only an embodiment, and the system according to the present invention may be applied to various applications based on the configuration of FIG. 1. For example, the outgoing mobile terminal 100 may generate a vibration code according to a setting method, and share the vibration code with a plurality of other mobile terminals through the mobile communication system 300.

As another example, the calling mobile terminal 100 may request a call connection by including a vibration code (for example, xxxx011-123-4567 or 011-123-4567, etc.) in the telephone number of the receiving mobile terminal 500. In this case, when the mobile communication system 300 receives a call connection including the vibration code from the originating mobile terminal 100, the mobile communication system 300 may transmit the vibration code to the corresponding reception mobile terminal 500. Then, the receiving portable terminal 500 may generate a vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level by the vibration code to inform that the call connection request is received. Alternatively, the reception portable terminal 500 may transmit the emotion of the user of the originating portable terminal 100 by generating only the corresponding vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level of the vibration code.

As described above, the mobile terminals 100 and 500 according to the embodiment of the present invention have a configuration for generating a vibration code, a configuration for generating vibrations according to the vibration code, the vibration event, a vibration code, and the like. The apparatus may further include a configuration for storing vibration information corresponding to the vibration pattern. The configuration of the mobile terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Before describing FIG. 2, the mobile terminal 200 of the present invention can perform the operation as the originating mobile terminal 100 and the operation as the receiving mobile terminal 500 as shown in FIG. 1.

When the portable terminal 200 operates as the outgoing portable terminal 100, the portable terminal 200 activates a tactile function according to a user input and generates a vibration code according to the vibration event input in the tactile function activated state. It generates and transmits the generated vibration code to the at least one receiving portable terminal 500 through the mobile communication system (300).

When the portable terminal 200 operates as the receiving portable terminal 500, the portable terminal 200 receives a vibration code transmitted from the mobile communication system 300 and receives a vibration pattern corresponding to the vibration code. Extract and perform vibration to the user.

To this end, the mobile terminal 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention is a radio frequency (hereinafter referred to as "RF") processing unit 210, data processing unit 220, audio processing unit 230, input unit 240, a memory 250, a display 260, a vibration driver 270, a controller 280, and the like. The memory unit 250 may further include a vibration information storage unit 251. The controller 280 may further include an event detector 281, an event processor 283, a vibration converter 285, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 2, the RF processor 210 communicates with the mobile terminal 200. For example, the RF processor 210 forms a communication channel with a mobile communication system to perform data communication such as text message, picture data, and video data, including voice communication. In addition, the RF processor 210 processes transmission and reception of a control message or a vibration code corresponding to a specific message format corresponding to the vibration event. The RF processor 210 may include an RF transmitter for upconverting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal, and an RF receiver for low noise amplifying and downconverting a received signal.

The data processor 220 may be voice data transmitted from the audio processor 230, numeric / text data input through the input unit 240, and data transmitted / received from the RF processor 210 (eg, a vibration code, Control message, text message, etc.). The data processor 220 may include a transmitter for encoding and modulating a signal transmitted through the RF processor 210, a receiver for demodulating and decoding a signal received through the RF processor 210, and the like. The data processor 220 may include a modem and a codec. The codec includes a data codec for processing packet data and an audio codec for processing an audio signal such as voice.

The audio processor 230 performs a function of reproducing an audio signal output from the data processor 220 or transmitting an audio signal generated from a microphone MIC to the data processor 220. That is, the audio processor 230 converts the voice / sound data into an audible sound through the speaker SPK and outputs the audio signal such as the voice received from the microphone MIC.

The input unit 240 receives numeric and / or character information, and transmits a key signal input in connection with setting various functions and controlling a function of the mobile terminal 200 to the controller 280. The input unit 240 may be formed as a touch pad or a keypad having a general key arrangement according to the form of the portable terminal 200. The input unit 240 further includes function keys such as a direction key, a volume key, and a hot key set to perform a specific function. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the control relating to the activation / deactivation control of the tactile function may be mapped to any one or more of the function keys, or may be performed by a touch signal by the touch pad or an operation of the keypad. In addition, when the haptic function is activated, an input of a vibration event for generating a vibration code may be performed by one or a combination of the function keys, a touch pad, and a keypad.

The memory unit 250 may include application programs (eg, an application program for performing tactile function control) required for function operation according to an embodiment of the present invention, and data generated by a user or received from the outside (eg, Photo and video data, text messages, etc.). The memory unit 250 stores setting information related to the tactile function. In addition, the memory unit 250 may include one or more buffers for temporarily storing user data generated during the execution of the application program.

In addition, the memory unit 250 stores vibration information such as a vibration event, a vibration code, a vibration pattern, a vibration level, and a character string for generating a vibration based on the tactile function. To this end, the memory unit 250 further includes a vibration information storage unit 251. Vibration information such as vibration events, vibration codes, vibration patterns, vibration levels, and character strings are preferably stored in the form of a mapping table, which is shown in Table 1 below.

As shown in Table 1, the mapping table includes an event field indicating vibration event (eg, touch event and key event) information input by the user when the tactile function is activated, and an operation method of each vibration event. An operation field, a vibration code field indicating a corresponding vibration code according to the vibration event, an expression field indicating a type of vibration represented by the vibration event and the vibration code, and a vibration pattern generated by the vibration event and the vibration code Vibration pattern field (for example, vibration level, intensity, etc.), and a character string field for mapping the character string for generating vibration when using the tactile function by the text message corresponding to the vibration event.

<Table 1> is an embodiment shown for convenience of explanation and understanding according to an embodiment of the present invention, the mapping table format including the vibration information of the present invention is not limited to the form of <Table 1> . Accordingly, the mapping table form of the vibration information can be combined in various forms.

In addition, the vibration information as described above is preferably to enable the user to add / modify arbitrarily. In addition, it is preferable that the added / modified vibration information is shared between the calling mobile terminal and the receiving mobile terminal. Basically, the vibration information is basically set between the mobile terminals, or the vibration information can be downloaded from any server for providing a tactile function service to the mobile terminals. Therefore, the server preferably informs the user portable terminal 200 when the vibration information is updated.

In addition, based on the vibration information as shown in Table 1, the vibration code generated by the mobile terminal 200 can be converted into a specific message format such as SMS (Short Message Service) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service). In addition to the format, all types of messages that can be generated by the mobile terminal 200 can be converted into simple command signals. Accordingly, the mobile terminal 200 may transmit the converted vibration code to one or more receiving mobile terminals.

In addition, although not shown in Table 1, the mapping table as described above may further include a "emoticon" form in the "string" field, or may further include a separate "emoticon" field.

Meanwhile, the control message form or command form converted for transmission to the receiving portable terminal as described above includes a specific identifier or vibration code in a header of the message form or command form to distinguish the control signal for vibration generation. It is preferable to. In addition, the vibration code is preferably included in the control message and transmitted as described above, or transmitted in the form of a specific code.

In addition, when the vibration code is transmitted as described above, the user may input and receive reception information (eg, a phone number of the reception portable terminal) of the reception portable terminal. In this case, the control message may further include reception information. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, a case of transmitting without input of the reception information of the reception portable terminal will be described as an example.

The display unit 260 displays screen data (e.g., communication screen data, text messages, various menu data, photos and video data, etc.) generated during program execution under the control of the controller 280, and displays a user's key operation state. And function setting information. The display unit 260 may be formed of a liquid crystal display (hereinafter, referred to as an LCD). When the LCD is formed in a touch screen form, the display unit 260 may be input. It can be included in the means.

The vibration driver 270 processes a function for generating vibration under the control of the controller 280. To this end, the vibration driver 270 may include a motor driver 271 and a vibration motor 273.

The motor driver 271 generates a constant voltage for driving the vibration motor 273. That is, the motor driver 271 inputs a control signal transmitted from the controller 280 according to the vibration event, and generates a constant voltage for driving the vibration motor 273 in response to the control signal. Specifically, the motor driving unit 271 changes the magnitude of the current applied to the vibration motor 273 according to the control signal of the control unit 280 to vibrate through gain control of the vibration motor 273. By changing the pattern / vibration level, it is possible to generate various forms of vibration. In another embodiment, the controller 280 may be implemented using any pin (eg, a general purpose input / output (GPIO) port, etc.) of the controller 280, and may be implemented using current control transferred from any pin of the controller 280. The vibration level may be changed.

The vibration motor 273 is driven by the period and the intensity controlled according to the current control of the motor driver 271, and generates a vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level. The vibration motor 273 may include one or more vibration motors according to the provision form of the mobile terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The controller 280 controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal 200 and the signal flow between the internal blocks of the mobile terminal 200. That is, the controller 280 controls the flow of signals between components such as the data processor 220, the audio processor 230, the input unit 240, the memory unit 250, the display unit 260, and the vibration driver 270. To control. The controller 280 may include the data processor 220.

In particular, the control unit 280 controls whether the tactile function is activated / deactivated and its operation according to an embodiment of the present invention, and determines the vibration event input when the tactile function is activated to generate a vibration code accordingly. To control. The control unit 280 controls the generation of vibration of the mobile terminal 200 by the generated vibration code, and controls a series of operations of transmitting the vibration code to the receiving mobile terminal desired by the user.

In addition, the controller 280 analyzes the vibration pattern or vibration level corresponding to the vibration code or the specific string when receiving a control message or a text message including the specific string or the vibration code from the arbitrary mobile terminal. Based on the control of the vibration of the mobile terminal 200.

In addition, the control unit 280 extracts a predetermined command code for generating vibration information or vibration related to vibration in the header or specific region of the text message when receiving a random text message through the RF processing unit 210. In this case, when vibration information or command codes exist in the header or specific region of the text message, the controller 280 generates a vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level thereof and notifies the user of the reception of the text message.

In addition, the controller sets vibration information to an arbitrary character string when creating a text message according to a user's request, and generates a text message including one or more character strings in which the vibration information is set. Then, a series of processes of transmitting the generated text message to one or more other portable terminals of interest based on the received information according to a user input is controlled.

The controller may generate vibrations at the time of displaying the character string according to the vibration pattern / vibration level of the vibration information set in the arbitrary character string when receiving and displaying a text message having the vibration information set in the arbitrary character string as described above. To control.

In addition, the control unit controls to sequentially display the characters in the text message based on the setting method upon request for confirmation of the text message received from any mobile terminal. In addition, when the display of each munda in the text message is compared with the character of the vibration code mapping table for each preset vibration event, and when a specific character matching the character of the mapping table is detected, the preset vibration occurs at the display time of the character To control.

To this end, the controller 280 further includes an event detector 281, an event processor 283, a vibration converter 285, and the like.

The event detector 281 detects a general event (eg, a call request / receive event, a text message send / receive event, etc.) according to the performance of the portable terminal 200. In particular, the event detector 281 detects a tactile function activation request signal generated from the outside while performing a specific mode such as a communication mode, a multimedia mode, a standby mode, etc. of the mobile terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, the event detector 281 detects a vibration event (eg, a touch event, a key event, etc.) input by the user to generate vibration when the tactile function is activated.

In addition, the event detection unit 281 determines whether the haptic function is activated when receiving a control message including a vibration code from a mobile terminal or receiving a text message including a specific character string. In this case, whether to activate or deactivate the tactile function according to the present invention may be always maintained in an activated state, ie, on state, based on a user setting method, but for convenience of use of the mobile terminal 200, activation / deactivation of the corresponding mode. It is preferred to select.

In addition, the event detector 281 detects whether vibration information or command code input is requested for the text message when the user completes the preparation of a text message. In addition, the event detector 281 determines whether the vibration message or command code included in the header or specific region of the text message is received when the text message is received from a mobile terminal.

The event processor 283 is in charge of processing vibration events detected by the event detector 281. In particular, the event processor 283 activates the haptic function in response to the event detecting unit 281 detecting the tactile function activation request signal. In addition, the event processing unit 283 analyzes the vibration event when the event detection unit 283 detects any vibration event in the tactile function activation state, extracts a vibration code corresponding thereto, and according to the vibration code The vibration information is transmitted to the vibration converter 285.

The event processor 283 extracts a vibration code corresponding to the vibration event and generates a control message for converting the vibration code into a specific message format such as SMS or MMS. The event processor 283 processes the control message to be transmitted to a target receiving mobile terminal under the control of the controller 280. That is, the controller 280 controls the transmission path for transmitting the control message to the mobile communication system. The control message may be transmitted through a traffic channel utilizing a CMS, or the vibration code may be transmitted by a simple command, which may be applied to any air channel or transmission method.

In addition, the event processor 283 adds the vibration information or command code requested from the user to the header or specific region of the text message when the event detector 281 detects the input of the vibration information or command code in the text message. Complete the generation of the text message.

In addition, when the event detection unit 283 detects vibration information or command codes related to vibration in the received text message, the event processor 283 may generate vibrations at vibration patterns / vibration levels corresponding to the vibration information or command codes. Process it to occur. Through this, the mobile terminal 200 notifies the reception of the text message with a vibration capable of transmitting the emotion that the user of the calling mobile terminal wants to deliver.

The vibration converter 285 generates a control signal corresponding to the vibration pattern / vibration level and transmits the control signal to the vibration driver 270 to generate a vibration corresponding to the control signal. Then, the vibration driver 270 performs an operation of generating vibration in the mobile terminal 200 based on the control signal.

Meanwhile, FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic configuration example of the mobile terminal 200 for explaining the operation according to an embodiment of the present invention for convenience of description, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. Therefore, the mobile terminal 200 of the present invention may further include a camera module, a Bluetooth module, a digital broadcast receiving module and the like according to the provision form thereof.

In the above, the schematic configuration of the mobile terminal 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention and the operation thereof have been described. Next, a transmission operation for generating and transmitting a vibration code while performing any mode in the mobile terminal 200, a reception operation for receiving the vibration code and generating a vibration corresponding thereto, and vibration by detecting a specific string A method of providing a tactile service such as an operation to be generated, an operation of including a vibration information in a header or a specific area of a text message, and a processing operation when receiving a text message including vibration information in a header or a specific area, etc. Let's look at it. However, the present invention is not limited to the contents described below, it should be noted that it can be applied to various embodiments based on the following embodiments.

3 is a view illustrating a state diagram for examples of generating and transmitting vibration information in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, the mobile terminal of the present invention may perform an operation of generating and transmitting vibration information while performing a specific mode, and an operation of generating vibration by receiving the vibration information.

As shown in Fig. 3, the specific mode is a communication mode 301 in which the mobile terminal performs voice communication with an arbitrary portable terminal, and the mobile terminal executes multimedia related functions such as displaying picture data according to a user's request. Multimedia mode 303 and the standby mode 303 of the mobile terminal. However, this is shown for convenience of description of the present invention, the specific mode of the present invention is not limited to those described above, and may include all modes that the portable terminal can perform.

Next, when the mobile terminal in the specific mode as described above detects the occurrence of any event from the user or the outside, as indicated by reference numeral S310, it is determined. In this case, if the event is a general event (eg, communication termination request, photo data storage request, communication connection request, general text message reception, etc.) performed by the mobile terminal, the operation proceeds to reference S320 to perform a corresponding operation requested from the user or the outside. Perform. In this case, when the mobile terminal receives an arbitrary text message by the reception operation in S310, it may be determined whether the event is a general event or an event for vibration generation through an analysis process on the text message.

On the other hand, if the event is an event related to the tactile function performed in the portable terminal (eg, a hotkey input, a text message including a vibration code, etc.), the portable terminal performs an operation for generating a vibration. In this case, the portable terminal is divided into an operation as a transmitting portable terminal and an operation as a receiving portable terminal.

First, when operating as a calling mobile terminal, the mobile terminal proceeds to reference S331 in response to the determined event to activate the haptic function in a state of maintaining the corresponding mode, such as reference numerals S301 to S305. Subsequently, the mobile terminal proceeds to reference S335 when a vibration event for generating a vibration, such as reference S333, is input from the user while performing the corresponding mode. In this case, the vibration event includes a touch event or a key event.

The touch event includes a user input operation such as rubbing, touching, and drawing as shown in Table 1. The key event includes a user input operation such as a numeric key of a keypad as shown in Table 1 above.

Next, in reference numeral S335, the portable terminal extracts and analyzes the corresponding vibration code according to the vibration event with reference to <Table 1>. Subsequently, the portable terminal determines whether to set the self-vibration generating function according to the vibration code in S337. Based on this, the mobile terminal generates a control message including the vibration code after generating a corresponding vibration corresponding to the vibration code in reference S339 or directly to reference S341, or proceeding directly to the reference code S341. The control message may include specific message formats such as SMS and MMS.

At this time, the order of the reference numeral S337 to S341 is not necessarily to be observed. That is, the description with reference to the reference numerals 337 to 341 shows an example for better understanding of the description, in the embodiment of the present invention may omit the procedures of the reference numeral S337 and S339, or the reference The procedure of S341 may be performed before the procedure of S337 and S339.

Next, the portable terminal transmits the control message generated by the reference numeral S341 to the corresponding receiving portable terminal as in reference S343. In this case, the control message transmission may be applied differently according to the current execution mode of the mobile terminal. For example, in the communication mode, the portable terminal may transmit the control message to a corresponding receiving mobile terminal currently communicating through a traffic channel based on a CMS. In the multimedia mode (eg, display of photo data), the mobile terminal extracts received information (eg, a phone number of the receiving mobile terminal, a mobile terminal identifier, etc.) included in the photo data and transmits the control message based on the received information. Can transmit In addition, in the multimedia mode or the standby mode, the portable terminal may receive the received information from the user and transmit the control message based on the received information.

Next, the mobile terminal proceeds to reference S359 after transmitting the control message as in reference S343 and maintains the corresponding mode being performed.

Next, when operating as a receiving portable terminal, the portable terminal proceeds to reference S351 in response to the determined event, and the haptic function is activated in a state of maintaining the corresponding modes such as the reference numerals S301 to S305. Determine whether there is. At this time, if the haptic function is deactivated, the portable terminal proceeds to S353 and ignores the event and ends the operation related to the haptic function.

On the other hand, if the haptic function is activated, the portable terminal proceeds to reference S355 and parses a control message received from an arbitrary portable terminal to analyze the vibration code included in the control message. Thereafter, the mobile terminal extracts a vibration pattern corresponding to the vibration code to be analyzed from the mapping table as shown in Table 1 and generates vibrations based thereon.

Next, the mobile terminal proceeds to reference S359 after the occurrence of vibration by the vibration code as in reference S357 to maintain the corresponding mode being performed.

On the other hand, the embodiment of the present invention has been described for the embodiment of the process of the mobile terminal to control the vibration code or the control message including the same for generating the vibration in the communication mode as described above. However, embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto. For example, the tactile service of the present invention is performed by a dual frequency code (hereinafter referred to as DTMF) generated by a key event when the mobile terminal is in a communication mode and the tactile function is activated. Of course it can also provide.

In FIG. 3, the overall operation of the portable terminal related to the tactile function in each mode supported by the portable terminal of the present invention has been described. Next, a detailed control operation for providing a tactile service by the mobile terminal in each mode will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 9.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of generating and transmitting vibration information during communication in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, in step S401, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S405 when a tactile function is requested from the user, such as step S403, while performing communication with a certain portable terminal. In step S405, the mobile terminal activates the tactile function. In this case, when the haptic function is activated in step S405, the mobile terminal preferably maintains the communication mode.

Next, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S407 to activate the tactile function in step S405 to check whether an event occurs. In step S407, the portable terminal checks whether an event for generating vibration is input from the user.

If no event occurs as a result of the check in step S407, the portable terminal proceeds to step S409 to perform a corresponding operation. For example, the portable terminal may perform the communication mode of step S401 in the tactile function activation state, terminate the communication mode based on a user request, or perform other additional functions requested by a user. have.

If an event occurs as a result of the check in step S407, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S411 to determine the type of the generated event. That is, in step S411, the portable terminal determines the touch event or key event as described in the description with reference to FIG. 3 and proceeds to step S413 to analyze the vibration code according to the corresponding event. In this case, the portable terminal may perform the steps S411 to S413 with reference to the <Table 1>.

Next, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S415 to determine whether to activate / deactivate the self vibration generating function according to the vibration code. If it is determined in step S415 that the self-vibration generating function is activated, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S417 to extract the vibration pattern according to the vibration code and generate vibration based thereon. Thereafter, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S419 to generate a control message including the vibration code, and transmits the control message to the counterpart mobile terminal in communication in step S421. If it is determined in step S415 that the self-vibration generation function is inactive, the mobile terminal proceeds directly to step S419 to generate a control message including the vibration code, and the counterpart communicating the control message in step S421. Transfer it to the mobile terminal.

In this case, steps S415 to S417 may be omitted according to a setting method. In addition, the steps S415 to S417 may proceed after the step S419.

In addition, the generation and transmission of the control message generated in steps S419 to S421 may be transmitted to the counterpart mobile terminal currently communicating through a communication channel (eg, a traffic channel) used in the CMS. In addition, the control message includes a message generated in a specific message format such as SMS and MMS, including a vibration code extracted with reference to the <Table 1>, and also in the form of a code generated by the command including the vibration code It may include a control signal.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 4, the portable terminal maintains the communication mode performed in step S401 after transmitting the generated control message to the receiving portable terminal.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of generating and transmitting vibration information during multimedia execution in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Before describing FIG. 5, the operation of the present invention according to the embodiment of FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a process in which the mobile terminal generates and transmits a vibration code while performing a multimedia mode (eg, displaying photo data). It is shown. Thus, FIG. 5 is similar in operation to the processes illustrated in FIG. 4.

That is, step S503 is a step S403 of FIG. 4, a step S505 is a step S405 of FIG. 4, a step S507 is a step S407 of FIG. 4, a step S509 is a step S407 of FIG. 4, a step S511 is a step S411 of FIG. 4. The operation S513 is similar to operation S413 of FIG. 4, operation S515 is operation S413, operation S517 is similar to operation S413.

However, in FIG. 5, operations S501 indicating that the portable terminal is currently executing a multimedia mode, and operations S519 to S525 of an operation performed according to the multimedia mode operation in step S501 are added. Therefore, other operations except for steps S501 and S519 to S525 are similar or identical to those mentioned in FIG. 4, and thus detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 5, first, in step S501, the mobile terminal performs steps S503 to S517 as described above during the execution of the multimedia mode, and then proceeds to step S519. That is, the mobile terminal performs steps S503 to S513 based on the procedure described with reference to FIG. 4, after which the self vibration generating function is inactivated in step S515, or according to the vibration code in step S517. After the vibration pattern is extracted and vibration is generated based on this, the flow proceeds to step S519.

In step S519, the portable terminal extracts the received information from the picture data being displayed through the multimedia mode. For example, the user of the portable terminal may store the received information including the received information when storing the arbitrary picture data. Assuming such a case, the user generates a vibration event (for example, a rub due to a touch event or a number 1 key input to a key event, etc.) for generating vibration in the photo data in the tactile function activation state as in step S505. do. Then, the mobile terminal detects the occurrence of the vibration event, and analyzes the storage information of the photo data correspondingly and extracts the reception information included therein.

Next, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S521 to check whether the received information extracted in step S519 is extracted from the photo data. That is, it is determined whether or not the reception information exists in the picture data.

Next, the mobile terminal proceeds directly to step S525 if there is reception information in step S521, and proceeds to step S523 if there is no reception information in step S521. In step S523, the portable terminal receives the reception information of the receiving portable terminal to which vibration is to be transmitted. That is, the portable terminal requests input of reception information of the receiving portable terminal. To this end, an input window for inputting received information may be activated and displayed, thereby receiving the received information from a user.

Next, when the reception information is extracted in step S519 or when the reception information is input from the user in step S523, the mobile terminal generates a control message including the vibration code in step S525, and S527. In the step, the control message is transmitted to the corresponding receiving mobile terminal based on the received information.

At this time, it is preferable that the control message in FIG. 5 further includes the received information extracted or input as described above. In addition, after generating the control message, the portable terminal preferably performs a procedure of connecting a communication channel for transmitting the control message to the corresponding receiving portable terminal based on the received information.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 5, the portable terminal maintains the multimedia mode performed in step S501 after transmitting the generated control message to the receiving portable terminal.

In addition, although the operation in the multimedia mode has been described with reference to FIG. 5, the present invention can provide a tactile service based on the procedure of FIG. 5 even in the standby mode. For example, the portable terminal activates the haptic function in response to an external request in the standby mode. Thereafter, a control message may be generated by extracting a vibration code according to an input vibration event, and the control message may be transmitted based on the received reception information.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a vibration generation process by receiving vibration information during communication in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. In particular, FIG. 6 illustrates a reception operation of the mobile terminal. In this case, although FIG. 6 illustrates a case in which the mobile terminal is performing a communication mode as an example, a specific embodiment thereof will be omitted as the operation similar to FIG. 6 is performed in a standby mode or a multimedia mode other than the communication mode. do.

Referring to FIG. 6, first, in step S601, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S605 when a random event occurs in a communication mode, that is, in step S603 while performing communication with an arbitrary mobile terminal. In step S605, the portable terminal determines whether the event is a control message for generating a vibration from the communicating mobile terminal in communication. For example, when the mobile terminal receives a text message while communicating with the mobile terminal, it may be determined by analyzing whether the text message includes a vibration code.

For example, the portable terminal may determine whether a vibration code is included by parsing a header of a text message received during communication with the arbitrary portable terminal. Also, when the portable terminal receives an arbitrary command for generating vibration during communication with any portable terminal, it may be determined.

As a result of the determination in step S605, if the generated event is not a control message for vibration generation, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S607 and performs a corresponding operation in response to the generated event. For example, when a text message is received during the communication, an alarm is output to the user, or when the communication end request event is received, the communication mode is terminated, or various additional functions requested by the user are performed during the communication. can do.

As a result of the determination in step S605, if the generated event is a control message for vibration generation, the portable terminal proceeds to step S609 to determine whether the haptic function is activated. If it is determined in step S605 that the haptic function is not activated, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S607 to perform a corresponding operation. For example, the communication mode of step S601 is maintained or a corresponding operation requested by the user is performed.

If it is determined in step S609 that the haptic function is activated, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S611 and extracts and analyzes the vibration code included in the control message. That is, the mobile terminal may extract the vibration code and compare the vibration code with the vibration code based on a preset mapping table.

Next, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S613 to determine the vibration pattern corresponding to the vibration code to be analyzed. This can be done with reference to Table 1 above. Subsequently, the portable terminal generates the corresponding vibration in step S617 according to the vibration pattern determined in step S615. Thereafter, as shown in step S617, the portable terminal preferably maintains a mode that is being performed in step S601, for example, a communication mode.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of generating vibration according to a text included in a text message when a text message is received in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. In particular, although FIG. 7 illustrates a case where the portable terminal is in the standby mode, the present invention is not limited thereto.

Referring to FIG. 7, first, in step S701, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S705 when receiving a text message from an arbitrary mobile terminal as in step S703. In step S705, the mobile terminal analyzes the received text message.

For example, a procedure of checking a header of the text message, checking whether a vibration code is included in the text message, and comparing a string or an emoticon in the text message with a string set in a mapping table may be performed. In FIG. 7, a case in which vibration occurs when detecting a specific character string included in a text message will be described as an example.

Therefore, the mobile terminal determines whether a vibration related character exists in the text message in step S707 by analyzing the text message in step S705. For example, the portable terminal compares the character string in the text message with the character string set in the mapping table as shown in Table 1 and determines whether there is a matching character string.

As a result of the determination in step S707, when there is a vibration related string, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S709 to extract a vibration pattern corresponding to the string. The vibration pattern extraction may extract a vibration pattern corresponding to the extracted character string with reference to <Table 1>.

Next, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S711 to generate a corresponding vibration in response to the vibration pattern extracted in step S709. Thereafter, the portable terminal preferably proceeds to step S713 to perform a corresponding operation. For example, after the vibration is generated in step S711, the standby mode as in step S701 may be maintained or the received text message may be displayed in response to a user request after the vibration is generated in step S711.

In this case, when displaying the received text message based on a user setting method, vibration corresponding to the corresponding character string may be generated. Preferably, when receiving a text message, it is preferable that vibration is generated upon reception so that the contents of the text message can be previously recognized by the user of the portable terminal. In addition, when a plurality of strings related to vibrations are extracted, it is preferable to generate vibrations corresponding to the first extracted strings, and of course, vibrations may be generated corresponding to each string based on a setting method.

In addition, although not shown in FIG. 7, the portable terminal may further include determining whether the haptic function is activated. Based on the determination result, even if the string related to the vibration is included, it is possible to control whether or not the vibration occurs according to the user's convenience.

Next, as shown in FIG. 7, a description will be given of a display method for receiving a text message and another example of a process of generating vibration according to the text included therein, as shown in FIG. 7.

First, the mobile terminal of the present invention receives a text message while performing any mode. Subsequently, when the received text message confirmation is requested from the user, the mobile terminal sequentially displays the characters in the text message. For example, the characters in the text message can be displayed in a slide manner.

In this case, the mobile terminal compares the character of the vibration code mapping table for each vibration event preset when displaying the characters, and if a specific character matching the character of the mapping table is detected, the vibration is preset at the time of displaying the character. Occurs. Specifically, when a specific character that matches the character of the mapping table is detected, the mobile terminal extracts vibration information mapped to the character from the mapping table and generates vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level of the vibration information. do.

In the above, the operation of the present invention for receiving a text message has been described. Next, an operation of generating and transmitting the text message as described above will be described.

First, when a text message is requested from a user, the first mobile terminal may display a screen for writing a text message. The user may input a character string desired by the user using an input unit or the like on the screen. Here, the string includes a specific character, a specific string and an emoticon input by the user.

On the other hand, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user can set the vibration information desired by the specific string when the text message is written through the string input as described above. For example, after inputting a specific character string, it is possible to map and set specific vibration information (vibration pattern / vibration level) to be set in the character string by selecting an arbitrary menu. In addition, the vibration information may map different vibration information to all character strings desired by the user in the text message.

Thereafter, when the user completes the preparation of the text message according to the above-described procedure, the portable terminal may detect the request and request input of the reception information of the portable terminal for transmitting the text message. Therefore, when the user requests the transmission of the text message, the portable terminal transmits the text message to which the vibration information is set based on the received information to one or more second portable terminals.

Meanwhile, the second mobile terminal receiving the text message receives the text message and displays the text message when it detects the request for confirmation of the received text message based on a user request. In this case, the text message display may sequentially display each character string as described above. For example, it can display based on a sliding system. Here, the string may include a specific character, a specific string and an emoticon.

Subsequently, the second mobile terminal detects vibration information (vibration pattern / vibration level) set in an arbitrary character string when displaying the text message. In this case, when the vibration information is detected from an arbitrary character string, the second portable terminal generates the vibration at the time when the character string is displayed according to the vibration pattern / vibration level of the vibration information.

In addition, when different vibration information is set for each character string, the second portable terminal may generate vibrations having different vibration patterns / vibration levels each time the character string is displayed.

8 illustrates an example of generating and transmitting a text message including vibration information in a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, first, in step S801, the mobile terminal creates an arbitrary text message according to a user's request, and proceeds to step S903. In step S803, the portable terminal determines whether to add vibration information. For example, the user of the portable terminal may complete input of the text message and add vibration information to express his emotion. To this end, the portable terminal can provide a corresponding user interface based on a selection signal for adding vibration information of the user. Then, the user can select / add the desired vibration information based on the user interface.

Next, if there is no request for adding vibration information as a result of the determination in step S803, the mobile terminal generates a text message according to a general text message generation procedure in step S805. For example, when the user inputs a selection signal for completing text message writing without inputting a selection signal for adding vibration information, the mobile terminal performs step S805.

Next, if there is a request for adding vibration information as a result of the determination in step S803, the portable terminal receives the corresponding vibration information based on the user interface as described above in step S807. In operation S809, the mobile terminal adds the vibration information to the header field or the specific region of the text message, and generates a text message including the contents of the text message to be written in the data field.

Next, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S811 and transmits the generated text message to the mobile terminal based on the received information. Therefore, although not shown in FIG. 8, the portable terminal may further perform a process of receiving reception information.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 8, the case in which vibration information such as a vibration code is added to a header or a specific region of the text message has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. Therefore, a text message may be generated by including a command code previously promised for generating vibration in a header or a specific region of the text message. Accordingly, the mobile terminal receiving the text message may immediately generate the vibration based on the command code. Here, the command code is similar to the vibration code as described above, but the command code may further include a command signal for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal.

9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of generating a vibration according to vibration information included therein when a text message is received in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, first, in step S901, the mobile terminal receives a text message from any mobile terminal as in step S903 while performing any mode (eg, standby mode, communication mode, multimedia mode, etc.). Proceed. In step S905, the mobile terminal analyzes a specific area (eg, a header, etc.) of the received text message.

For example, the header of the text message may be parsed to perform an analysis procedure such as checking vibration information such as a vibration code and checking vibration information such as a vibration code defined in a specific region of the text message. In FIG. 9, a case in which vibration patterns corresponding to vibration information or vibration levels are detected when the vibration information is detected in the header of the text message is compared with the information set in the mapping table, and the corresponding vibration is generated.

Therefore, the portable terminal determines whether the vibration information is present in the header of the text message in step S907 by checking the header of the text message in step S905. For example, the portable terminal determines whether a vibration code as shown in Table 1 exists in the header of the text message. Here, the vibration information is described as being a vibration code, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Therefore, the vibration information may be information related to the generation of vibration in the header or specific region of the text message. Therefore, the vibration information may include the vibration code set in the present invention as described above, and may also include an identifier (ID) form for identifying a vibration pattern or vibration level.

As a result of the determination in step S907, if vibration information does not exist in the text message header, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S913 to perform a corresponding operation. For example, in step S913, the mobile terminal may display the received text message or maintain a previous mode in response to a user request.

As a result of the determination in step S907, if vibration information is present in the text message header, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S909 to extract the vibration pattern, the vibration level, or a combination thereof in response to the vibration information (hereinafter, ' Vibration pattern / vibration level). For example, the portable terminal compares the vibration information with a preset mapping table as described in the description of FIG. 1 and extracts the vibration pattern, the vibration level, or a combination thereof.

Next, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S911 and generates a corresponding vibration in response to the vibration pattern / vibration level extracted in step S909. Thereafter, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S913 to perform a corresponding operation. For example, after the vibration is generated in step S911, any mode performed in step S901 may be maintained or the received text message may be displayed in response to a user request after the vibration is generated in step S911.

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention as shown in FIG. 9, the user of the mobile terminal receiving the text message can check the intention of the user who transmits the text message without checking the text message.

For example, when the first user completes writing a text message content and selects vibration information for delivering an angry emotion, the mobile terminal adds the vibration information to the header of the text message and adds the vibration information to the data field. A text message is generated including the text message contents. Thereafter, the portable terminal transmits the generated text message to the second user portable terminal based on the received information.

The second user portable terminal then receives the text message and notifies the second user of the text message reception. In this case, when receiving the text message, the second user portable terminal parses the header of the text message and checks whether the vibration information is included. In this case, if there is no vibration information in the header, the mobile terminal notifies the reception of a general text message. For example, a text message reception notification sound is generated based on a user setting method, or when the notification is set to vibration, general vibration is generated.

On the other hand, if vibration information is present in the header, the mobile terminal generates vibration corresponding to the vibration information. In detail, the mobile terminal extracts a vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the vibration information and generates a corresponding vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level. In the above, as the first user adds vibration information for transmitting angry emotions, the mobile terminal generates vibrations according to vibration patterns / vibration levels mapped to the angry emotions in the mapping table as shown in Table 1 below.

Accordingly, even when the second user does not check the contents of the text message when the text message is received, the second user may previously recognize the text message content and transmit the text message based on the vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level. The emotion of the first user may be recognized.

In the above description, the case of using the mapping table has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, it is also possible to generate a text message including a command code previously promised to generate vibration in a header or a specific region of the text message. Therefore, in the mobile terminal receiving the text message, the text message may be parsed and the vibration may be immediately generated based on the command code of the text message.

In addition, although not shown in FIG. 9, the portable terminal may further include determining whether the haptic function is activated. Based on the determination result, even if the vibration information related to the vibration is included, it is possible to control whether or not the vibration occurs according to the user's convenience.

On the other hand, in performing the embodiments of the present invention as described above, it is preferable to store the mapping table of the same type in the calling mobile terminal and the receiving mobile terminal, the setting information of the mapping table is arbitrarily added / modified / deleted by the user And the like, and also exchange / sharing between users is of course possible. In addition, the mapping table may be downloaded and updated from a web server that provides a tactile service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, in the detailed description of the present invention has been described with respect to specific embodiments, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, according to the mobile terminal providing the tactile service proposed by the present invention and a method thereof, the portable terminal can transmit a sense of touch and a sense of communication through visual and auditory hearing.

In addition, according to the present invention, the mobile terminal can generate a vibration code corresponding to the vibration event while performing a specific mode to transmit to the counterpart mobile terminal in communication, the corresponding mobile terminal can receive the corresponding vibration in accordance with the vibration code have. Through this, the mobile terminal can provide a differentiated function of the mobile terminal by providing a tactile effect together with the visual and auditory effects.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to transmit a specific vibration, such as to express the emotion of the user in the text message. That is, by transmitting information including a predefined vibration in a specific area of the text message, by generating a specific vibration according to the vibration information when receiving a text message at the receiving side, the user intention of the transmitting side according to the specific vibration I can grasp feelings in advance.

In addition, according to the present invention, when transmitting a text message in a mobile terminal, the user's vibration information may be added to a specific region of the text message and transmitted, or transmitted as a specific character string in the text message. Therefore, the receiving mobile terminal can extract the vibration information included in the specific area of the text message or the specific character string in the text message, and notify the reception of the text message by the vibration generated corresponding to the vibration pattern / vibration level thereof. Through this, the emotion of the transmitting user can be transmitted to the receiving user.

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In the vibration generating method in a mobile terminal, Detecting a vibration event while performing a random mode in the mobile terminal; Extracting a vibration code corresponding to the vibration event from preset vibration code mapping information for each event; Generating a control message including the vibration code; And transmitting the generated control message to a target mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the control message transmission is And the control message is transmitted through a specific channel for the multi-communication service when the vibration event occurs during a call based on a multiple communication service (CMS). The method of claim 2, Vibration generation method of the portable terminal further comprising the step of setting the reception information of the target portable terminal. The method of claim 2, And the control message is generated in a specific message format based on a text message service. The method of claim 2, Determining whether the vibration generating function is activated when the vibration event is detected; And generating a vibration in response to the vibration event when the self vibration generating function is activated. The method of claim 2, Vibration generation method of the mobile terminal further comprising the step of determining whether to activate the haptic function during the arbitrary mode. The method of claim 2, The random mode is a vibration generating method in a mobile terminal including any one of a communication mode, a multimedia mode and a standby mode. The method of claim 2, The vibration event is a vibration generating method in a mobile terminal including any one or more of a touch event and a key event. The method of claim 2, The mapping information includes information on an event, an operation, a vibration code, a vibration pattern, a vibration level, and a character string, and is randomly set according to a user. The method of claim 1, And generating a vibration after the vibration is generated. In the vibration generating method in a mobile terminal, Detecting a vibration event while performing a random mode in the first mobile terminal; Extracting a vibration code corresponding to the vibration event from preset vibration code mapping information for each event; Generating a control message including the vibration code and transmitting the generated control message to a target second mobile terminal; Receiving, by the second portable terminal, the control message related to the vibration event from the first portable terminal; And generating a vibration in a corresponding vibration pattern / vibration level based on the vibration code included in the control message. In the vibration generating method in a mobile terminal, Receiving a text message while the mobile terminal is executing a random mode; Sequentially displaying characters in the text message when requesting confirmation of the received text message; Comparing each character with a character of a vibration code mapping table for each vibration event preset when the characters are displayed; And generating a predetermined vibration at the time of displaying the corresponding character when a specific character matching the character of the mapping table is detected. The method of claim 12, wherein the generating of the vibration comprises: Extracting vibration information mapped to the corresponding character from the mapping table when a specific character matching the character of the mapping table is detected; And generating a vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level based on the vibration information. The method of claim 13, And a step of determining whether the haptic function is activated when the matching character string is present. The method of claim 13, The character vibration method in the mobile terminal further comprises a random character, a specific character string and an emoticon. The method of claim 13, The random mode is a vibration generating method in a mobile terminal including any one of a communication mode, a multimedia mode and a standby mode. The method of claim 13, The mapping table includes information on an event, an operation, a vibration code, a vibration pattern, a vibration level, and a character string, and sets randomly according to a user. The method of claim 13, Vibration generation method of a mobile terminal further comprising the step of analyzing the text message when receiving the text message. The method of claim 18, wherein the text message analysis process, Vibration generation method in a mobile terminal further comprising the step of checking the header of the text message. The method of claim 18, wherein the text message analysis process, Vibration generation method of a mobile terminal further comprising the step of checking whether or not the text message includes a vibration code. The method of claim 12, And generating a vibration after the vibration is generated. In the vibration generating method in a mobile terminal, Setting vibration information to an arbitrary character string according to a user's request when the first mobile terminal creates a text message; Transmitting the text message including one or more character strings in which the vibration information is set to one or more second portable terminals; Receiving a text message while the second mobile terminal performs a random mode; Displaying a text message when requesting confirmation of the received text message; Extracting, by the second mobile terminal, vibration information set in an arbitrary character string when displaying the text message; And generating a vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level of the extracted vibration information. The method of claim 22, wherein displaying the text message comprises: Sequentially displaying strings in the text message when the received text message is displayed; And generating a vibration in a vibration pattern / vibration level of the vibration information set in the character string at the time of displaying the character string when detecting the character string in which the vibration information is set among the sequential display of the character strings. The method of claim 23, wherein The string is a vibration generating method in a mobile terminal further comprises a random character, a specific string and an emoticon. The method of claim 23, wherein The vibration information is a vibration generating method of the portable terminal, characterized in that set to different vibration information for each character string. In the vibration generating method in a mobile terminal, Detecting a vibration event during the multimedia mode in the mobile terminal; Extracting a vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the vibration event from preset vibration code mapping information for each event; Determining received information preset for the multimedia being displayed in the multimedia mode; And transmitting a control message including the set vibration pattern / vibration level to a target portable terminal corresponding to the received information. The method of claim 26, The vibration event is a vibration generating method in a mobile terminal including any one or more of a touch event and a key event. The method of claim 26, The mapping information includes information on an event, an operation, a vibration code, a vibration pattern, a vibration level, and a character string, and is randomly set according to a user. The method of claim 26, And generating the multimedia mode after transmitting the control message. In the vibration generating method in a mobile terminal, Determining whether the mobile terminal adds vibration information when generating a text message; Requesting input of the vibration information if there is a request for adding the vibration information; Generating a text message by adding the vibration information to the header of the text message; And transmitting the generated text message to the corresponding mobile terminal based on the received information. The method of claim 30, wherein the generating of the text message comprises: And adding the vibration information to the header field of the text message, and generating the text message by including the contents of the text message in the data field of the text message. The method of claim 31, wherein And generating a text message by including a command code previously promised for generating vibration in the header of the text message. The method of claim 31, wherein And the command code further comprises a command signal for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal. 32. The method of claim 31, wherein receiving the vibration information comprises: Receiving a vibration signal addition request signal from a user; Providing a user interface based on the request signal; Vibration generation method of the portable terminal further comprising the step of receiving the vibration information based on the user interface. The method of claim 31, wherein And generating a text message according to a general text message generating procedure, if there is no request for adding the vibration information. In the vibration generating method in a mobile terminal, Receiving a text message while the mobile terminal is executing a random mode; Checking a header of the text message when the text message is received; And generating a text message by vibrating based on the vibration information when vibration information is present in the text message header. The method of claim 36, And extracting a vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the vibration information from the mapping table when vibration information is present in the text message header. The method of claim 37, And generating a corresponding vibration based on the command code when a predetermined command code exists for the vibration of the text message header. The method of claim 38, And the command code further comprises a command signal for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal. The method of claim 37, The random mode is a vibration generating method in a mobile terminal including any one of a communication mode, a multimedia mode and a standby mode. The method of claim 37, The mapping table is a vibration generating method of the portable terminal including information on the event, motion, vibration code, vibration pattern, vibration level and string. The method of claim 37, Vibration generation method in a mobile terminal further comprising the step of displaying the text message in response to a user request. In a mobile terminal, A radio frequency unit which performs communication of the mobile terminal, forms a communication channel with the mobile communication system, and transmits and receives codes corresponding to voice communication, message communication, and vibration events; An input unit receiving a control signal related to tactile function control and receiving a touch event and a key event for generating a vibration event when the tactile function is activated; A memory unit storing data generated by the user and the application program performing the tactile function control and received from the outside and setting information related to the tactile function; A vibration driver for controlling generation of vibration corresponding to the vibration event; And a control unit controlling whether the tactile function is activated / deactivated and its operation, and determining a vibration event input from the outside to control the generation of vibration. The method of claim 43, wherein the control unit And extracting a vibration code according to the vibration event and generating a control message including the vibration code to control transmission to a target portable terminal. 45. The method of claim 44, wherein the control unit And adding vibration information corresponding to the vibration event to a header field of a text message, generating a text message by including the content of the text message in a data field, and controlling transmission to a target mobile terminal. 45. The method of claim 44, wherein the control unit And a text message including a command code previously promised for generating vibration in the header of the text message. 47. The method of claim 46 wherein The command code further comprises a command signal for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal. 45. The method of claim 44, wherein the control unit And determining vibration information corresponding to the vibration code and controlling generation of vibration corresponding thereto. 45. The method of claim 44, wherein the control unit When receiving a control message from any mobile terminal, characterized in that for extracting the vibration code of the control message to control the generation of vibration corresponding thereto. 45. The method of claim 44, wherein the control unit And when receiving a text message from any mobile device, comparing a specific text string in the text message with a text string in a preset mapping table and controlling generation of vibration corresponding to the matching text string. 45. The method of claim 44, wherein the control unit And displaying characters in the text message sequentially based on a setting method upon request for confirmation of a text message received from an arbitrary mobile terminal. The method of claim 51, When displaying each character in the text message, the vibration code mapping table for each vibration event is preset, and when a specific character matching the character of the mapping table is detected, a preset vibration is generated at the time of displaying the character. A mobile terminal, characterized in that the control box. 45. The method of claim 44, wherein the control unit Set the vibration information to any character string according to the user's request, generate a text message including the one or more strings the vibration information is set, and then control the transmission to the at least one second portable terminal of interest . The method of claim 53, wherein the control unit When receiving and displaying a text message including the vibration information in the arbitrary character string, the mobile terminal characterized in that the generation of vibration at the time of displaying the character string according to the vibration pattern / vibration level of the vibration information set in the arbitrary character string . 45. The method of claim 44, wherein the control unit When receiving a text message from a mobile terminal, analyzing the header in the text message, and when vibration information is present in the header of the text message, characterized in that the text message is received by the vibration corresponding to the vibration information terminal. The method of claim 44, wherein the control unit, An event detection unit for detecting a tactile function activation / non-dialogue request and vibration event generated from the outside while the mobile terminal performs a random mode; An event processing unit for activating the haptic function and analyzing the vibration event and processing vibration information corresponding to the tactile function activation request when the event sensing unit detects a tactile function activation request; And a vibration converter configured to generate a control signal corresponding to the vibration information and to control the generation of vibration by the control signal. The method of claim 56, wherein When the event detection unit detects whether vibration information or command code is input to the text message when generating a random text message, And the event processor adds vibration information or command codes to the text message to complete generation of the text message. The method of claim 56, wherein When the event detection unit receives a text message from any mobile terminal, it is checked whether the vibration information or command code is included from the header of the text message, And the event processor notifies the reception of the text message by vibration of a vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the vibration information or command code. The method of claim 56, wherein The arbitrary mode includes any one of a communication mode, a multimedia mode and a standby mode. The method of claim 56, wherein the event processing unit, And extracting a vibration code corresponding to the vibration event and transmitting vibration information corresponding to the extracted vibration code to the vibration converter. The method of claim 56, wherein the event processing unit, And extracting a vibration code corresponding to the vibration event, generating a control message including the extracted vibration code, and processing a transmission to a desired portable terminal. The method of claim 44, The vibration event may include at least one of a touch event, a key event, and a control message receiving event including vibration information. 45. The method of claim 44, wherein the memory unit And a vibration information storage unit for storing a mapping table including vibration information of vibration events, vibration codes, vibration patterns, vibration levels, and strings based on the tactile function. The method of claim 63, wherein the mapping table, An event field indicating vibration event information input by the user when the tactile function is activated, An operation field indicating an operation method of each vibration event; A vibration code field indicating a corresponding vibration code according to the vibration event; An expression field indicating a type of vibration represented by the vibration event and the vibration code; A vibration pattern field indicating a vibration pattern / vibration level generated by the vibration event and the vibration code; And a text string field for mapping a text string for vibration generation to correspond to the vibration event when utilizing a tactile function by a text message. The method of claim 63, wherein The mapping table is shared between the mobile terminal, characterized in that for updating from any web server. The method of claim 63, wherein The string further comprises a specific character and an emoticon. The method of claim 44, The control message is a mobile terminal, characterized in that for generating a specific message format including a specific identifier for identifying the vibration code and the message type in the header. The method of claim 44, The control message further comprises a reception information of the target mobile terminal. 45. The method of claim 44, The vibration drive unit, A motor driver for generating a constant voltage for driving a vibration motor according to a control signal transmitted according to the vibration event; The mobile terminal further comprises a vibration motor for driving the strength and weakness under the control of the motor driving unit, and generating a vibration according to a specific vibration level. The method of claim 69, wherein the motor drive unit By changing the magnitude of the current applied to the vibration motor in accordance with the control signal of the control unit to change the vibration level through the gain (gain) control of the vibration motor, characterized in that it controls the generation of various forms of vibration by this Mobile terminal.

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