KR101402243B1 - Mobile terminal for providing haptic service and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable terminal capable of generating a vibration code desired by a user and transmitting the vibration code to one or more desired portable terminals, thereby providing a tactile service between the portable terminals and a method thereof. The present invention provides a method of generating vibration in a portable terminal, comprising the steps of: detecting a vibration event during an arbitrary mode in a portable 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 wireless terminal.

Mobile terminal, vibration event, vibration code, text message, Haptic, motor, CMS

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a mobile terminal for providing a tactile service,

1 schematically shows a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention,

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

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

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

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

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a vibration generation process by receiving vibration information during communication in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of generating a vibration according to characters included in a text message when the mobile terminal receives a text message according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

8 is a diagram illustrating 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 illustrating an example of a process of generating a vibration according to vibration information included in a text message in a wireless terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a portable terminal, and more particularly, to a portable terminal that provides a tactile service that can service an auditory part, a visual part, and a tactile part in a portable terminal, and a method thereof.

2. Description of the Related Art In general, as the wireless communication technology has been developed, the diffusion of wireless terminals has been increasing exponentially, and with the spread of wireless terminals being generalized, communication providers are providing various services for meeting various needs of subscribers. That is, current mobile communication service providers are not limited to space and time-critical calls, but also wireless Internet services, Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) (CMS) and multimedia services such as image, moving picture and digital broadcasting, which enable voice communication and data transmission / reception simultaneously in a channel environment, through mobile terminals.

In addition to the basic functions of carrying out communication with a general telephone subscriber or another mobile communication subscriber through a base station (BS) while arbitrarily moving within a mobile communication service area, such a portable terminal is also used for personal information management, information exchange with a computer, And the like, for example. 2. Description of the Related Art [0002] In recent years, there has been a tendency to develop a complex information device having various additional functions such as a function of transmitting and receiving images and moving images, an MP3 player function, a camera function capable of photographing, and a digital broadcasting reproduction function.

However, such a portable terminal provides only a visual effect due to a voice call or the like among users, and an auditory effect due to a text message, a video transmission / reception, and the like. That is, in a portable terminal up to the present, there is no function that a user can transmit a tactile effect to the other portable terminal when the user is communicating with or not communicating with the other party.

Accordingly, there is a need for a portable terminal capable of providing a different function of the portable terminal by transmitting a tactile part to be transmitted by the user to the other portable terminal through the portable terminal.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a portable terminal which provides a tactile service capable of communicating a feeling by a tactile sensation, And a method thereof.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a portable terminal and a method for providing a tactile service for transmitting a vibration code of a vibration event occurring during a specific mode in a portable terminal to a counterpart portable terminal.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a tactile service capable of imparting a tactile effect to a user by extracting a vibration pattern of a vibration event occurring during a specific mode in the portable terminal and generating vibration according to the vibration pattern The present invention relates to a portable terminal and a method thereof.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal which transmits a vibration code of a vibration event to a counterpart portable terminal during a communication mode and generates a corresponding vibration according to the vibration code in a counterpart portable terminal receiving the vibration code, And provides a tactile service capable of transmitting a feeling by the mobile terminal and a method thereof.

It is still another object of the present invention 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.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a portable terminal that provides a tactile service capable of detecting a vibration event in a multimedia mode or a standby mode and transmitting the vibration code according to the vibration event to a desired receiving portable terminal, .

It is another object of the present invention to provide a tactile service capable of generating a text message that can transmit a vibration message of a user in a header field of a text message or a text message, And a method thereof.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a tactile service capable of extracting vibration information contained in a header of a received text message and informing receipt of a text message based on the vibration pattern / And a method thereof.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a portable terminal which extracts a character string related to vibration in the contents of a received text message and provides a tactile service capable of generating vibration in accordance with a vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the character string, And to provide such a method.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for generating a vibration in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: detecting a vibration event during an arbitrary mode in a mobile terminal; Extracting the vibration code corresponding to the vibration event from the mapping information, generating a control message including the vibration code, and transmitting the generated control message to the target portable terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of generating a vibration in a portable terminal, the method comprising: detecting a vibration event during a certain mode in a first mobile terminal; 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 target second portable terminal; 1) receiving the control message related to the vibration event from the portable terminal; and generating vibration at the vibration pattern / vibration level based on the vibration code included in the control message.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for generating a vibration in a portable terminal, the method comprising: receiving a text message during a mode of the portable terminal; A step of sequentially displaying the characters in the text message at the time of display of the characters, comparing the characters with the characters of the vibration code mapping table for each vibration event preset at the time of display of the characters, And generating a predetermined vibration at the time of display of the corresponding character.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for generating a vibration in a mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of: Transmitting a text message including at least one character string to which the vibration information is set to one or more target second portable terminals, receiving a text message during a mode of the second portable terminal, A step of displaying a text message when a confirmation of a text message is requested; a step of extracting vibration information set in an arbitrary character string when the second portable terminal displays the text message; Thereby generating vibration.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of generating a vibration in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: detecting a vibration event during a multimedia mode in a mobile terminal; Extracting a vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the vibration event from the information, determining preset reception information on the corresponding multimedia being displayed in the multimedia mode, and transmitting the control message including the set vibration pattern / To the destination wireless terminal corresponding to the received information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of generating vibration in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: determining whether vibration information is added when a mobile terminal generates a text message; Requesting input of the corresponding 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 portable terminal based on the received information .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of generating a vibration in a portable terminal, the method comprising: receiving a text message during a mode of the portable terminal; And a step of informing reception of the text message by vibration based on the vibration information when the vibration information exists in the text message header.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for communicating with a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising: a communication channel for communicating with a mobile communication system; 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 upon activation of the tactile function, A memory unit for storing application programs and setting information related to tactile function generated by the user or received from the outside, a vibration driving unit for controlling vibration generation corresponding to the vibration event, Controls its operation, judges the vibration event inputted from the outside, A controller for controlling the vibration generated according to.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described, and the description of other parts will be omitted so as not to disturb the gist of the present invention.

The terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed to be limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings and the inventor is not limited to the concept of terminology for describing his or her invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the technical ideas of the present invention are described. Therefore, It should be understood that various equivalents and modifications may be present.

The present invention relates to a portable terminal capable of realizing a visual and auditory part as well as a tactile part in a portable terminal and a control method thereof. Particularly, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user of the portable terminal generates the tactile sense to be transmitted by the user during the execution of the specific mode with the vibration code and transmits the vibration code to the counterpart portable terminal, while the counterpart portable terminal uses the vibration pattern corresponding to the vibration code To a mobile terminal capable of imparting a tactile effect to a party in a call, and a control method thereof.

Also, in the embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal may transmit the vibration information of the user in the header field of the text message or the contents of the text message when the text message is transmitted. Also, the portable 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. In addition, the portable terminal receiving the text message may extract a character string related to the vibration in the contents of the received text message, and may generate vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the character string.

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

Accordingly, the portable terminal according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention preferably includes a mobile communication terminal, a digital broadcasting receiver, a PDA, a smart phone, an International Mobile Telecommunication 2000 (IMT-2000) (WCDMA) terminal, a Universal Mobile Telecommunication Service (UMTS) terminal, a mobile phone, a portable multimedia player (PMP), an MP3 terminal, and a notebook computer It will be obvious that the present invention can be applied to communication devices and multimedia devices and applications therefor.

1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an originating mobile terminal 100 that generates and transmits an oscillation code according to user input, (300) for transmitting the vibration code transmitted from the mobile communication system (300) to at least one receiving portable terminal (500) existing in the service area of the mobile communication system And a receiving portable terminal 500 or the like.

The originating portable terminal 100 and the receiving portable terminal 500 can use voice communication and various wireless data services through the mobile communication system 300. Herein, the calling portable terminal 100 and the receiving portable terminal 500 are distinguished to clarify the gist of the invention. Accordingly, the originating portable terminal 100 and the receiving portable terminal 500 can perform the same configuration and operation.

Hereinafter, a mobile terminal for generating and transmitting the vibration code is referred to as an originating mobile terminal 100, a mobile terminal 100 for receiving the vibration code transmitted from the originating portable terminal 100, Will be referred to as a receiving portable terminal 500 and an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The originating portable terminal 100 may transmit the function activation request (for example, a hot key input for activating the tactile function) of the present invention to the calling portable terminal 100 in the current use mode (e.g., communication mode, multimedia mode, Activate the tactile function. Then, the originating portable terminal 100 generates a vibration code corresponding to the vibration event when a vibration event input from the user (for example, an input signal such as a touch event or a key event for generating vibration) is generated.

Next, the originating 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. The originating portable terminal 100 converts the vibration code into a control message of a specific message format and transmits the control message to the counterpart portable terminal 500 in communication via the mobile communication system 300 or one or more receiving portable terminals 500 ).

In addition, the calling mobile terminal 100 may transmit the text message including the vibration information when the text message is transmitted. For example, the originating portable terminal 100 may transmit vibration information such as a vibration code to a header field of a text message or a specific area. Alternatively, the calling portable 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 with reference to Table 1 which will be described later. Also, the originating portable terminal 100 may generate or not generate its own vibration based on the generated vibration code based on the preset information. A detailed description of such an embodiment will be given in the description with reference to FIG. 2, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

The mobile communication system 300 receives a control message including the vibration code from the originating portable terminal 100 and transmits the control message to the originating portable terminal 100 from among a plurality of portable terminals existing in the self service area And transmits the control message to at least one receiving portable terminal 500 that identifies the portable terminal 500 based on reception information included in the control message. The method of transmitting the control message will be described later with reference to FIG. 2, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

In addition, the mobile communication system 300 may receive a text message including the vibration information from the calling portable terminal 100, and transmit the text message to the calling portable terminal 100, And transmits the text message to the receiving portable terminals 500. At this time, it is preferable that the text message includes the vibration information added by the user of the originating mobile terminal 100 in a header or a specific area according to an embodiment of the present invention in an arbitrary code form.

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) (E.g., a message service center, etc.), and the like.

The mobile communication system 300 provides a network for wireless data communication between the originating portable terminal 100 and the receiving portable terminal 500 through such a configuration. For example, the mobile communication system 300 forms a communication channel corresponding to the system used by the originating portable terminal 100 and the receiving portable terminal 500, and processes transmission and reception of voice and data, etc. . Also, the mobile communication system 300 may include a communication path (e.g., a traffic channel) for transmitting and receiving messages, picture data, and moving picture data between the originating portable terminal 100 and the receiving portable terminal 500, Lt; / RTI > Particularly, even when the originating portable terminal 100 and the receiving portable terminal 500 are in voice communication, the mobile communication system 300 can receive a message through a specific channel for CMS during the communication based on a Concurrent Multiple Service (CMS) Transmission, and transmission of photographs or moving picture data.

Here, the communication channel can be formed based on various communication methods. For example, the present invention can be applied to various wireless communication systems such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Time Division Multiple Access, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) (UMTS), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), and Portable Internet (e.g., Wireless Broadband Internet (WiBro, Wireless) Broadband Internet), or the like, or a combination thereof.

The receiving portable terminal 500 receives the 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 tactile function is activated or not. Then, the receiving portable terminal 500 extracts a vibration pattern corresponding to the vibration code through a predetermined mapping table. The receiving portable terminal 500 generates vibration according to the extracted vibration pattern and transmits the generated vibration to the user.

Also, the receiving portable terminal 500 receives the text message transmitted from the mobile communication system 300. At this time, the receiving portable terminal 500 extracts vibration information included in a header or a specific area of the text message upon receiving the text message. When the vibration information is extracted, the receiving portable terminal 500 informs the user of the reception of the text message based on the vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the vibration information.

Also, the receiving portable terminal 500 displays the text message when a request for confirming a text message is input from the user. At this time, the receiving portable terminal 500 extracts a character string related to the vibration in the text message, and generates vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the character string.

According to the present invention, the originating portable terminal 100 and the receiving portable terminal 200 can communicate a visual part and an auditory part by voice communication and image communication, and additionally, feel a tactile part . Therefore, differentiated functions can be provided to the mobile terminal users.

It should be noted that the system configuration according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 is only an embodiment, and the system according to the present invention can be applied to various applications based on the configuration of FIG. For example, the originating mobile terminal 100 may generate an oscillation code according to a setting method, and may share the oscillation code with a plurality of other mobile terminals through the mobile communication system 300. [

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

As described above, the portable terminals 100 and 500 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be configured to have a configuration for generating a vibration code, a configuration for generating vibration according to the vibration code, And a configuration for storing vibration information corresponding to a vibration pattern and the like. Hereinafter, a configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

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

2, the portable terminal 200 of the present invention can perform operations as an originating portable terminal 100 and a receiving portable terminal 500 as shown in FIG.

When the portable terminal 200 operates as an originating portable terminal 100, the portable terminal 200 activates a tactile function corresponding to a user's input and outputs a vibration code according to a vibration event input in the tactile- And transmits the generated vibration code to 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 the vibration code transmitted from the mobile communication system 300 and transmits a vibration pattern corresponding to the vibration code And performs an operation of generating vibration to the user.

The portable terminal 200 includes a radio frequency (RF) processing unit 210, a data processing unit 220, an audio processing unit 230, A memory unit 250, a display unit 260, a vibration driving unit 270, a control unit 280, and the like. The memory unit 250 may further include a vibration information storage unit 251. The control unit 280 may further include an event sensing unit 281, an event processing unit 283, and a vibration converting unit 285.

Referring to FIG. 2, the RF processor 210 performs communication with the portable terminal 200. For example, the RF processor 210 forms a communication channel with the mobile communication system to perform voice communication as well as data communication such as text message, picture data, and moving picture data. In addition, the RF processor 210 processes a control message of a specific message format corresponding to a vibration event or transmission / reception of a vibration code corresponding thereto. The RF processor 210 may include an RF transmitter for up-converting and amplifying the frequency of a transmitted signal, and an RF receiver for low-noise amplifying the received signal and down-converting the frequency of the received signal.

The data processing unit 220 receives voice data transmitted from the audio processing unit 230 and the like, numeric / character data input through the input unit 240, and data transmitted and received from the RF processing unit 210, Control messages, text messages, etc.). The data processing unit 220 may include a transmitter for encoding and modulating a signal transmitted through the RF processor 210 and a receiver for demodulating and decoding a signal received through the RF processor 210. The data processing unit 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 processing unit 230 reproduces an audio signal output from the data processing unit 220 or transmits an audio signal generated from a microphone (MIC) to the data processing unit 220. That is, the audio processing unit 230 converts audio / sound data into audible sound through a speaker SPK, and outputs audio data such as voice received from the microphone MIC.

The input unit 240 receives numeric and / or character information and transmits a key signal, which is input in connection with various functions and function control of the portable terminal 200, to the controller 280. The input unit 240 may be a touch pad or a keypad having a general key arrangement according to the type 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. In the embodiment of the present invention, the control relating to the activation / deactivation control of the tactile function may be mapped to 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. Further, the vibration event for generating the vibration code may be input by any one of the function keys, the touch pad and the keypad, or a combination thereof when the tactile function is activated.

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

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 vibration based on the tactile function. To this end, the memory unit 250 further includes a vibration information storage unit 251. The vibration information such as the vibration event, the vibration code, the vibration pattern, the vibration level, and the character string is preferably stored in the form of a mapping table, and this embodiment is shown in Table 1 below.

As shown in Table 1, the mapping table includes an event field indicating information on a vibration event (e.g., a touch event and a key event) input by the user when activating the tactile function, An operation field, an oscillation code field indicating a corresponding oscillation code according to the oscillation event, an expression field indicating a kind of oscillation represented by the oscillation event and the oscillation code, a vibration field generated by the oscillation event and the oscillation code (E.g., a vibration level and an intensity), and a character string field for mapping a character string for vibration generation when the tactile function is used by a text message to correspond to the vibration event.

Table 1 is an example for convenience of explanation and understanding according to the 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, it is a matter of course that the mapping table form of the vibration information can be combined in various forms.

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

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

Although not shown in Table 1, the mapping table may further include an " emoticon "field in the" character string " field or a separate "emoticon" field.

Meanwhile, in order to discriminate that the control message type or the command type to be converted for transmission to the receiving portable terminal is a control signal for generating vibration, a specific delimiter or vibration code is included in the header of the message type or command type . It is preferable that the vibration code is transmitted in a control message or transmitted in a specific code form as described above.

Also, at the time of transmitting the vibration code, the user can input the reception information (e.g., the telephone number of the receiving portable terminal) of the receiving portable terminal and transmit the received information. In this case, the control message may further include reception information. Hereinafter, for the sake of convenience of description, the case of transmitting without receiving the reception information of the receiving portable terminal will be described as an example.

The display unit 260 displays screen data (for example, communication screen data, text messages, various menu data, pictures and moving picture data) generated during program execution under the control of the controller 280, And function setting information. When the LCD is formed as a touch screen, the display unit 260 displays the input image on the display unit 260. The display unit 260 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD) Means may be included.

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

The motor driving unit 271 generates a constant voltage for driving the vibration motor 273. That is, in the motor driving unit 271, the control unit 280 receives a control signal transmitted according to a 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 controller 280, and controls the vibration of the vibration motor 273 Thereby changing the pattern / vibration level, thereby allowing various types of vibration to be generated. Alternatively, the control unit 280 may be implemented using an arbitrary pin (for example, GPIO (general purpose input / output) port) of the control unit 280, The vibration level may be changed.

The vibration motor 273 is driven by controlling the period and intensity according to the current control of the motor driving unit 271, and generates vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level. The vibration motor 273 may include one or more vibration motors according to the provision of the portable terminal 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The controller 280 controls the overall operation of the portable terminal 200 and the signal flow between the internal blocks of the portable terminal 200. That is, the controller 280 controls the signal flow between the data processing unit 220, the audio processing unit 230, the input unit 240, the memory unit 250, the display unit 260, and the vibration driving unit 270 . The control unit 280 may include the data processing unit 220.

Particularly, the control unit 280 controls whether to activate / deactivate the tactile function and its operation, to determine a vibration event input when the tactile function is activated, and to generate a vibration code corresponding thereto according to the embodiment of the present invention . The control unit 280 controls generation of vibrations of the portable terminal 200 by the generated vibration code and controls a series of operations for transmitting the vibration code to a target receiving portable terminal.

The control unit 280 analyzes the vibration pattern or the vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the specific character string when receiving the control message including the vibration code or the vibration code or the text message including the specific character string from any portable terminal And controls the generation of vibration of the portable terminal 200 based thereon.

In addition, the controller 280 extracts vibration information related to the vibration in the header or specific area of the text message, or a command code predetermined for generating vibration when receiving an arbitrary text message through the RF processor 210. At this time, when vibration information or a command code exists in a header or a specific area of the text message, the controller 280 generates vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level, and notifies the user of the reception of the text message.

In addition, when the user generates a text message according to a request, the controller sets vibration information in an arbitrary character string, and generates a text message including at least one character string in which the vibration information is set. And then controls a series of processes for transmitting the generated text message to one or more desired wireless terminals based on reception information according to user input.

In addition, when the control unit receives and displays a text message in which vibration information is set in an arbitrary character string as described above, vibration is generated at a time point when the character string is displayed according to the vibration pattern / vibration level of the vibration information set in the arbitrary character string .

In addition, the control unit controls the display of the characters in the text message sequentially according to the setting method upon receipt of a confirmation request of the text message received from an arbitrary portable terminal. And when a specific character corresponding to a character of the mapping table is detected, the predetermined vibration is generated at the display time of the corresponding character, .

The control unit 280 may further include an event detection unit 281, an event processing unit 283, and a vibration conversion unit 285.

The event detection unit 281 detects general events (e.g., a call request / reception event, a text message transmission / reception event, etc.) according to the function of the portable terminal 200. In particular, the event sensing unit 281 senses a tactile function activation request signal generated from the outside during a specific mode such as a communication mode, a multimedia mode, a standby mode, and the like of the portable terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, the event sensing unit 281 senses a vibration event (e.g., a touch event, a key event, etc.) input by the user in order to generate vibration when the tactile function is activated.

The event detection unit 281 determines whether the tactile function is activated when receiving a control message including an oscillation code or receiving a text message including a specific character string from an arbitrary portable terminal. At this time, whether or not the tactile function of the present invention is activated / deactivated can be maintained in an active state, that is, an on state at all times based on a user setting method. However, for convenience of use of the mobile terminal 200, . ≪ / RTI >

The event detection unit 281 detects whether the user inputs vibration information or command code into the text message when completing the text message creation. When receiving a text message from a portable terminal, the event detection unit 281 determines whether the text message includes a vibration information or a command code set in a header or a specific area of the text message.

The event processor 283 is responsible for processing the vibration events detected by the event detector 281. In particular, the event processor 283 activates the tactile function corresponding to the tactile function activation request signal when the event detection unit 281 detects the tactile function activation request signal. The event processing unit 283 analyzes the vibration event when the event detection unit 283 detects an arbitrary vibration event in the haptic function activation state, extracts the corresponding vibration code, And transmits the vibration information to the vibration converting unit 285.

The event processor 283 extracts the 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 control unit 280 controls the event processor 283 to transmit the control message to the target receiving portable terminal. That is, the controller 280 controls the transmission path for transmitting the control message to the mobile communication system. The transmission of the control message may be performed through a traffic channel using the CMS, or may be transmitted with a simple command, or may be applied to any air channel or transmission scheme.

When the event detection unit 281 detects the vibration information or the command code input in the text message, the event processing unit 283 adds vibration information or command code requested by the user to the header or the specific area of the text message The generation of the text message is completed.

When the event detection unit 281 detects the vibration information or the command code related to the vibration in the received text message, the event processing unit 283 vibrates at the vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the vibration information or the command code . Accordingly, the portable terminal 200 notifies the user of the originating portable terminal of the reception of the text message with a vibration capable of conveying the emotion to be transmitted.

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

In FIG. 2, for convenience of explanation, a schematic configuration example of the portable terminal 200 required for explaining an operation according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. Accordingly, the portable terminal 200 according to the present invention may further include a camera module, a Bluetooth module, a digital broadcast receiving module, and the like in accordance with the provided mode.

Hereinabove, the schematic configuration of the portable terminal 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention and the operation thereof have been described. Next, a description will be given of a transmission operation for generating and transmitting an oscillation code during an arbitrary mode in the portable terminal 200, a reception operation for receiving the oscillation code and generating a vibration corresponding thereto, A method for providing a tactile service such as an operation for generating a header of a text message or an operation for generating vibration information in a specific area and a processing operation for receiving a text message including vibration information in a header or a specific area Let's take a look. It should be noted, however, that the present invention is not limited to the following description, and thus can be applied to various embodiments based on the following embodiments.

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

Referring to FIG. 3, the portable 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 includes a communication mode (301) in which the portable terminal performs voice communication with an arbitrary portable terminal, and a multimedia mode in which the portable terminal executes a multimedia related function A multimedia mode 303 and a standby mode 303 of the portable terminal. However, this is for convenience of description of the present invention, and the specific mode of the present invention is not limited to the above, and may include all modes in which the portable terminal can perform.

Next, when the portable terminal performing the specific mode as described above detects the occurrence of an arbitrary event from the user or the outside as indicated by reference numeral S310, it is determined that the event is generated. If the event is a general event (e.g., a communication termination request, a photo data storage request, a communication connection request, a general text message reception, etc.) performed in the mobile terminal, the process proceeds to S320 to perform a corresponding operation . In this case, when the mobile terminal receives an arbitrary text message through the receiving operation in S310, it can determine whether the event is a general event or a vibration occurrence event through analysis of the text message.

On the other hand, if the event is an event related to the tactile function performed by the portable terminal (for example, a hot key input, a text message including an oscillation code, etc.), the portable terminal performs an operation for generating vibration. At this time, the portable terminal is divided into an operation as an originating portable terminal and an operation as a receiving portable terminal.

First, when the mobile terminal operates as an originating mobile terminal, the mobile terminal proceeds to S331 corresponding to the determined event, and activates the tactile function in a state where the corresponding modes such as S301 to S305 are maintained. When the vibration event for vibration generation is inputted from the user while the portable terminal is performing the corresponding mode as shown in S333, the portable terminal proceeds to S335. At this time, the vibration event includes a touch event or a key event.

The touch event includes a user input operation such as rubbing, touch and circle 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>.

Next, at S335, the portable terminal extracts and analyzes a corresponding vibration code according to the vibration event with reference to Table 1 above. Next, at step S337, the portable terminal determines whether the self vibration generating function according to the vibration code is set. The portable terminal generates a corresponding vibration corresponding to the vibration code in S339 and then proceeds to S341 or directly proceeds to S341 to generate a control message including the vibration code. The control message may include a specific message format such as SMS and MMS.

At this time, the order of S337 to S341 is not necessarily followed. That is, the description with reference to the reference numerals 337 to 341 is for illustrative purposes only, and in the embodiment of the present invention, the procedures of S337 and S339 may be omitted, The procedure of the code S341 may be performed before the procedures of the above S337 and S339 procedures.

Next, the portable terminal transmits the control message generated in S341 to the target receiving portable terminal as indicated by reference numeral S343. At this time, the control message transmission can be applied differently according to the current mode of the portable terminal. For example, in the case of the communication mode, the mobile terminal can transmit the control message to the corresponding receiving portable terminal through the traffic channel based on the CMS. In a multimedia mode (e.g., display of photo data), the mobile terminal extracts reception information (e.g., a phone number of the receiving portable terminal, a portable terminal identifier, etc.) included in the picture data and transmits the control message Lt; / RTI &gt; Also, in the multimedia mode or the standby mode, the mobile terminal can receive the received information from the user and transmit the control message based on the received information.

Next, the portable terminal transmits the control message as indicated by reference numeral S343, and then proceeds to step S359 to maintain the corresponding mode in operation.

Next, when the portable terminal is operated as a receiving portable terminal, the portable terminal proceeds to S351 corresponding to the determined event and maintains a corresponding mode such as S301 to S305 to activate the tactile function Whether or not it exists. At this time, if the tactile function is inactivated, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S353, ignoring the event and terminating the operation related to the tactile function.

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

Next, the portable terminal generates the vibration by the vibration code as described in S357, and then proceeds to S359 to maintain the corresponding mode being performed.

Meanwhile, in the embodiment of the present invention, as described above, an exemplary embodiment of the process of controlling the mobile terminal through the vibration code or the control message including the vibration code to generate vibration during the communication mode has been described. However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, when a mobile terminal is performing a communication mode and a tactile function of the present invention is activated by a dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF) Of course.

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. Hereinafter, a detailed control operation for providing a tactile service by the portable terminal in each mode will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 9. FIG.

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

Referring to FIG. 4, in step S401, if the tactile function activation is requested by the user as in step S403 during communication with the mobile terminal, the process proceeds to step S405. In step S405, the portable terminal activates the tactile function. At this time, in step S405, the portable terminal preferably maintains the communication mode during the activation of the tactile function.

Next, the portable terminal proceeds to step S407 to activate the tactile function in step S405, and checks whether an event has occurred. In step S407, the portable terminal checks whether an event for generating vibration is input from a user.

If it is determined in step S407 that no event has occurred, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S409 and performs the corresponding operation. For example, the portable terminal may perform the communication mode of step S401 in the haptic function activation state, or may terminate the communication mode based on a user request or perform other additional functions requested from the user have.

If it is determined in step S407 that an event has occurred, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S411 and determines the type of the generated event. That is, in step S411, the mobile terminal determines a touch event or a 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. At this time, the portable terminal can perform steps S411 through S413 referring to Table 1 above.

Next, the portable terminal proceeds to step S415 and determines whether to activate / deactivate the self vibration generation function according to the vibration code. As a result of the determination in step S415, if the self vibration generating function is activated, the portable terminal proceeds to step S417 to extract a vibration pattern corresponding to the vibration code, and generates vibration based on the extracted vibration pattern. Thereafter, the mobile terminal generates a control message including the vibration code in step S419, and transmits the control message to the counterpart mobile station in communication in step S421. As a result of the determination in step S415, if the self vibration generating function is in an inactive state, the mobile terminal proceeds directly to step S419 to generate a control message including the vibration code. In step S421, To the portable terminal.

In this case, steps S415 through S417 may be omitted according to the setting method. Also, it goes without saying that steps S415 through S417 may be performed after step S419.

In step S419 through step S421, the control message generation and transmission may be transmitted to a counterpart mobile station currently communicating through a communication channel (e.g., 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 the vibration code to be extracted with reference to Table 1, and a code type including a vibration code And may include control signals.

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

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

Before describing FIG. 5, the operation of the present invention according to the embodiment of FIG. 5 includes an example of a process of generating and transmitting an oscillation code during the multimedia mode (e.g., display of photo data) . Therefore, FIG. 5 is similar in operation to the processes illustrated in FIG.

4, steps S403 and S505 of FIG. 4 correspond to steps S405 and S407 of FIG. 4, steps S407 and S407 of FIG. 4, steps S407 and S407 of FIG. 4, step S411 and step S411 of FIG. And step S513 is similar to step S413 of FIG. 4, step S515 is step S413, step S517 is similar to step S413.

5, the operations of steps S519 to S525 are performed in step S501, which indicates that the portable terminal is currently performing a multimedia mode, and steps S519 to S525, which are performed in step S501. Therefore, other operations except for steps S501, S519, and S525 are similar to or the same as those described with reference to FIG. 4, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 5, in step S501, the mobile terminal performs steps S503 to S517 during the multimedia mode, and then proceeds to step S519. That is, the portable terminal performs steps S503 to S513 on the basis of the procedure described with reference to FIG. 4, and then, in step S515, the self-vibration generating function is deactivated, or in step S517, After the vibration pattern is extracted and the vibration is generated, the process proceeds to step S519.

In step S519, the portable terminal extracts reception information from the picture data being displayed through the multimedia mode. For example, the user of the portable terminal can store the received information when storing any picture data. If such a case is assumed, a vibration event for generating vibration (e.g., a touch event or a key event such as a key number 1 key input) is generated by the user in the tactile function activation state as in step S505 do. Then, the portable terminal senses the occurrence of the vibration event, analyzes the storage information of the photo data corresponding thereto, and extracts the reception information included therein.

Next, the portable terminal proceeds to step S521 and determines whether the reception information extracted in step S519 is extracted in the photograph data. That is, it is determined whether the received information exists in the picture data.

If the received information exists in step S521, the portable terminal proceeds directly to step S525. If the received information does not exist in step S521, the portable terminal proceeds to step S523. In step S523, the portable terminal receives reception information of a receiving portable terminal to transmit vibration. That is, the portable terminal requests input of reception information of the receiving portable terminal. To this end, an input window for inputting the reception information is activated and displayed, and the reception information can be input from the user through the input window.

Next, when the reception information is extracted in step S519 or when the reception information is inputted from the user in step S523, the mobile terminal generates a control message including the vibration code in step S525, And transmits the control message to the receiving portable terminal based on the received information.

In this case, the control message in FIG. 5 may further include reception information to be extracted or received as described above. In addition, after the control message is generated, the mobile terminal may further perform a procedure of connecting a communication channel for transmitting a control message to the corresponding receiving portable terminal based on the received information.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 5, the portable terminal may transmit the generated control message to the receiving portable terminal, and then maintain the multimedia mode performed in operation S501.

Although the operation in the multimedia mode has been described with reference to FIG. 5, the present invention can provide the tactile service according to the procedure of FIG. 5 even in the standby mode. For example, the portable terminal activates the tactile function based on an external request in the standby mode. And then generates a control message by extracting an oscillation code according to a vibration event to be input thereafter, and transmits the control message 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 portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Particularly, FIG. 6 shows a receiving operation of the portable terminal. 6, an operation similar to that shown in FIG. 6 is performed in a standby mode or a multimedia mode other than the communication mode, so that a specific embodiment will not be described do.

Referring to FIG. 6, first, in step S601, when the mobile terminal is in a communication mode, that is, when an arbitrary event such as step S603 occurs during communication with an arbitrary mobile terminal, the process proceeds to step S605. In step S605, the mobile terminal determines whether the event is a control message for generating vibration from the originating portable terminal in communication. For example, when the portable terminal receives a text message while communicating with the arbitrary portable terminal, it can determine whether the voice message includes the vibration code and determine the voice code.

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

If it is determined in step S605 that the generated event is not a control message for generating a vibration, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S607 and performs an operation corresponding to the generated event. For example, when receiving a text message 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 from the user during the communication are performed can do.

If it is determined in step S605 that the generated event is a control message for generating vibration, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S609 and determines whether the tactile function is activated. If it is determined in step S605 that the tactile function is not activated, the mobile terminal proceeds to step S607 and performs the corresponding operation. For example, the communication mode of step S601 is maintained or the corresponding operation requested by the user is performed.

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

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

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

Referring to FIG. 7, in step S701, the portable terminal proceeds to step S705 when receiving a text message from any portable terminal as in step S703 in a standby mode. In step S705, the portable terminal analyzes the received text message.

For example, it is possible to perform a procedure such as checking the header of the text message, confirming whether or not the vibrate code is included in the text message, comparing a character string or emoticon in the text message with a character string set in the mapping table, and the like. In FIG. 7, a case of generating a vibration when detecting a specific character string included in a text message will be described as an example.

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

If it is determined in step S707 that the vibration related character string exists, the wireless terminal proceeds to step S709 and extracts a vibration pattern corresponding to the character string. With reference to Table 1, the vibration pattern extraction can extract the vibration pattern corresponding to the extracted character string.

Next, the portable terminal proceeds to step S711 and generates a corresponding vibration corresponding to the vibration pattern extracted in step S709. The portable terminal then proceeds to step S713 and performs the corresponding operation. For example, after the vibration is generated in step S711, the standby mode may be maintained as in step S701, or the received text message may be displayed in response to a user request after the vibration occurs in step S711.

At this time, when the received text message is displayed based on the user setting method, vibration corresponding to the character string may be generated. Preferably, when receiving a text message, it is preferable that the user of the portable terminal perceive the contents of the text message to vibrate upon reception. In addition, when a plurality of vibration related strings are extracted, it is preferable that vibration corresponding to the string to be extracted first is generated, and it is of course possible to generate vibration corresponding to each string based on the setting method.

Also, although not shown in FIG. 7, the portable terminal may further include a step of determining whether or not the tactile function is activated. Based on the determination result, even if the character string related to the vibration is included, it is possible to control whether the vibration is generated according to user convenience.

Hereinafter, a description will be made of a display method of a text message when the portable terminal of the present invention receives a text message and another example of generating a vibration according to characters included in the text message, as shown in FIG.

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

In this case, when the characters are displayed, the portable terminal compares the characters with the characters of the vibration code mapping table for each vibration event, and when a specific character matching the characters of the mapping table is detected, . Specifically, when a specific character matching the character of the mapping table is detected, the portable terminal extracts the vibration information mapped to the corresponding character from the mapping table, and generates vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level of the vibration information do.

The operation of the present invention in the case of receiving a text message has been described above. Hereinafter, an operation of generating and transmitting a text message as described above will be schematically described.

First, when a user requests to create a text message, the first portable terminal can display a screen capable of creating a text message. The user can input a desired character string using the input unit or the like on the screen. Here, the character string includes a specific character, a specific character string, an emoticon, etc. input by the user.

Meanwhile, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the user can set the desired vibration information of a specific character string when creating a text message by inputting the character string. 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 through an arbitrary menu selection or the like. In addition, the vibration information may map different vibration information to all the strings desired by the user in the text message.

Thereafter, when the user completes the creation of the text message according to the above-described procedure, the portable terminal can detect the request and request input of the receiving information of the portable terminal for transmitting the text message. Accordingly, when the user requests transmission of the text message, the portable terminal transmits the text message to the at least one second portable terminal based on the received information.

On the other hand, the second portable terminal receiving the text message receives the text message and displays the text message upon detecting a request for confirmation of the received text message based on a user request. At this time, the text message display can sequentially display each character string as described above. For example, it can be displayed based on a sliding method. Here, the character string may include a specific character, a specific character string, and an emoticon.

Then, the second portable terminal detects vibration information (vibration pattern / vibration level) set in an arbitrary character string when the text message is displayed. At this time, if the vibration information is detected in an arbitrary character string, the second portable terminal generates the corresponding vibration at the time of displaying the character string according to the vibration pattern / vibration level of the vibration information.

In addition, when the second mobile terminal sets different vibration information for each character string, the second portable terminal can generate vibrations of different vibration patterns / vibration levels each time the character strings are displayed.

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

Referring to FIG. 8, in step S801, the wireless terminal generates a random text message according to a user request, and proceeds to step S903. In step S803, the mobile terminal determines whether vibration information is added. For example, the user of the portable terminal may complete the content of the text message and add vibration information for expressing his / her emotions. For this, 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.

If it is determined in step S803 that there is no request for adding the vibration information, 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 a text message without inputting a selection signal for adding vibration information, the portable terminal performs step S805.

Next, if it is determined in step S803 that there is a request to add vibration information, the wireless terminal receives the corresponding vibration information based on the user interface as described above in step S807. In step S809, the mobile terminal adds the vibration information to a header field or a specific area of the text message, and generates a text message by including the contents of the text message in the data field.

Next, the portable terminal proceeds to step S811 and transmits the generated text message to the portable terminal based on the received information. Therefore, although not shown in FIG. 8, the wireless terminal may further receive the reception information.

8, vibration information such as an oscillation code is added to a header or a specific area of the text message. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. Accordingly, a text message can be generated by including a command code predetermined for generating vibration in a header or a specific area of the text message. Accordingly, the portable terminal receiving the text message may immediately generate the corresponding 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 portable terminal.

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

Referring to FIG. 9, in step S901, when the mobile terminal receives a text message from an arbitrary portable terminal in step S903 during an arbitrary mode (e.g., standby mode, communication mode, multimedia mode, Go ahead. In step S905, the portable terminal analyzes a specific area (e.g., header, etc.) of the received text message.

For example, the header of the text message may be parsed to perform analysis procedures such as checking vibration information such as an oscillation code, and checking vibration information such as an oscillation code defined in a specific area of the text message. In FIG. 9, a case will be described in which a vibration pattern or a vibration level according to a case of detecting vibration information in a header of a text message is compared with information set in a mapping table, and a corresponding vibration is generated.

Accordingly, the mobile terminal determines whether there is vibration information in the header of the text message in step S907 by checking the header of the text message in step S905. For example, the mobile terminal determines whether a vibrate 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 relating to occurrence of vibration in a header or a specific area of the text message. Accordingly, the vibration information may include the vibration code set in the present invention as described above, or may be included in the form of an identifier (ID) capable of identifying a vibration pattern, a vibration level, or the like.

As a result of the determination in step S907, if there is no vibration information in the text message header, the wireless terminal proceeds to step S913 and performs the corresponding operation. For example, in step S913, the wireless terminal may display the received text message or maintain a previous mode in response to a user request.

If it is determined in step S907 that the vibration information exists in the text message header, the wireless terminal proceeds to step S909 and extracts a vibration pattern, a vibration level, or a combination thereof according to the vibration information, Quot; vibration pattern / vibration level &quot;). For example, the portable terminal compares the vibration information with a predetermined mapping table as described in the description with reference to Table 1, and extracts a vibration pattern, a vibration level, or a combination thereof corresponding thereto.

Next, the portable terminal proceeds to step S911 and generates a corresponding vibration corresponding to the vibration pattern / vibration level extracted in step S909. Then, the portable terminal proceeds to step S913 and performs the corresponding operation. For example, after the vibration is generated in step S911, an arbitrary 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 occurs in step S911.

As shown in FIG. 9, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a user of a portable terminal receiving a text message can confirm a user's intention to transmit a text message without checking the text message.

For example, when the first user completes composing a certain text message content and selects vibration information for delivering an anger feeling, the wireless terminal adds the vibration information to the header of the text message, And generates a text message including the contents of the text message. The portable terminal then transmits the generated text message to the second user portable terminal based on the received information.

Then, the second user portable terminal receives the text message and notifies the second user of the reception of the text message. At this time, when the second user portable terminal receives the text message, it parses the header of the text message and checks whether vibration information is included. At this time, if there is no vibration information in the header, the portable terminal notifies reception of a general text message. For example, when a user notices a text message or a notification is set to vibration based on a user setting method, a general vibration is generated.

On the other hand, if vibration information exists in the header, the portable terminal generates vibration corresponding to the vibration information. Specifically, the portable 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 this case, as the first user adds the vibration information for transmitting the anger feeling, the portable terminal generates vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level mapped to the anger feeling in the mapping table as shown in Table 1 above.

Accordingly, even when the second user does not check the content of the text message at the time of receiving the text message, the second user can determine whether the text message is a dictionary of the contents of the text message based on the vibration according to the vibration pattern / The emotion of the first user can be recognized.

In the above description, a mapping table is used as an example. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, it is possible to generate a text message including a header of the text message or a command code predetermined for vibration occurrence in a specific area. Accordingly, the portable terminal receiving the text message may parse the text message and immediately generate the corresponding vibration based on the command code of the text message.

In addition, although not shown in FIG. 9, the portable terminal may further include a step of determining whether or not the tactile 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 is generated according to user's convenience.

Meanwhile, in performing the embodiments of the present invention as described above, it is preferable that the calling mobile terminal and the receiving mobile terminal store the same type of mapping table, and the setting information of the mapping table is arbitrarily added / modified / Of course, and it is also possible to exchange / share among users. In addition, the mapping table may be downloaded and updated from a web server providing tactile services according to an embodiment of the present invention.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and similarities. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the illustrated embodiments, but should be determined by the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

As described above, according to the portable terminal providing the tactile service proposed by the present invention and the method thereof, it is possible to transmit the tactile sensation in addition to the communication by visual and hearing in the portable terminal.

According to the present invention, a vibration code corresponding to a vibration event can be generated and transmitted to a counterpart portable terminal in communication while a specific mode is being performed in the portable terminal, and a corresponding vibration can be generated in the counterpart portable terminal have. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a different function of the portable terminal by providing a tactile effect in addition to the visual effect and the auditory effect in the portable terminal.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to transmit a specific vibration such as a feeling of a user to a text message. In other words, by transmitting information including a predefined vibration in a specific area of a text message, the receiving side generates a specific vibration according to the vibration information upon receipt of a text message, / I can grasp emotions in advance.

In addition, according to the present invention, the vibration information of the user may be added to a specific area of the text message when the text message is transmitted, or may be transmitted as a specific character string in the text message. Accordingly, the receiving portable terminal can extract the vibration information included in the specific area of the text message or a specific character string within the text message, and notify the reception of the text message by the vibration generated corresponding to the vibration pattern / vibration level. Thus, the emotion of the transmitting user can be transmitted to the receiving user.

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A method for generating vibration in a portable terminal, Detecting vibration events during arbitrary mode in the portable terminal; Determining whether the tactile function is activated during the arbitrary mode, Extracting a vibration code corresponding to the touch event according to the activation of the tactile function 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 comprises: Wherein the control message is transmitted over a specific channel for multiple communication services when the vibration event occurs during a call based on a concurrent multiple service (CMS). delete delete 3. The method of claim 2, Determining whether the self vibration generating function is activated when the touch event is detected; And generating vibration in response to the vibration event when the self vibration generating function is activated. delete The method according to claim 1, Detecting a vibration event during the multimedia mode; Extracting a vibration pattern / vibration level corresponding to the vibration event from preset vibration code mapping information for each event; Determining reception information preset for a corresponding multimedia being displayed in the multimedia mode; And transmitting the control message including the vibration pattern / vibration level to the target wireless terminal corresponding to the received information. The method according to claim 1, Determining whether vibration information is added when the mobile terminal generates a text message; Requesting input of the vibration information if the vibration information is requested, Generating a text message by adding the vibration information to a header of the text message; And transmitting the generated text message to the portable terminal based on the received information. The method of claim 8, wherein the generating of the text message comprises: Adding the vibration information to a header field of the text message, and generating the text message by including the contents of the text message in a data field of the text message. The method according to claim 1, Further comprising the step of: maintaining the mode after generating the vibration. delete A method for generating vibration in a portable terminal, Receiving a text message while the portable terminal is performing an arbitrary mode; Sequentially displaying character strings in the text message upon receipt of a confirmation of the received text message; Comparing each of the strings with a character string of a vibration code mapping table for each vibration event, And generating a predetermined vibration at a display time of the character string when a specific character string matching the character string of the mapping table is detected. 13. The method of claim 12, Extracting vibration information mapped to the character string from the mapping table when a specific character string matching the character string of the mapping table is detected; And generating vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level based on the vibration information. 14. The method of claim 13, And determining whether the tactile function is activated when the matching character string exists. delete delete delete delete delete delete 13. The method of claim 12, Further comprising the step of: maintaining the mode after generating the vibration. A method for generating vibration in a portable terminal, Setting vibration information in an arbitrary string according to a user request when the first mobile terminal generates a text message; Transmitting a text message including at least one character string to which the vibration information is set to one or more target second portable terminals; Receiving a text message while the second portable terminal is performing an arbitrary mode; Displaying a text message upon receipt of a confirmation of the received text message; Extracting vibration information set in an arbitrary character string when the second portable terminal displays the text message; And generating vibration according to the vibration pattern / vibration level of the extracted vibration information. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the step of displaying the text message comprises: Sequentially displaying character strings in the text message when the received text message is displayed; And generating vibration at a vibration pattern / vibration level of the vibration information set in the character string at the time of displaying the character string when the character string having the vibration information set is detected during the sequential display of the character strings. delete 24. The method of claim 23, Wherein the vibration information is set to different vibration information for each character string. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete A method for generating vibration in a portable terminal, Receiving a text message while the portable terminal is performing an arbitrary mode; Checking a header of the text message upon receiving the text message; And notifying receipt of a text message by vibration based on the vibration information when vibration information exists in the text message header. delete 37. The method of claim 36, And generating a vibration based on the command code when there is a command code predetermined for vibration occurrence in the text message header. delete delete delete delete In a portable terminal, A radio frequency unit for performing communication of the portable terminal, forming a communication channel with the mobile communication system to perform code transmission and reception corresponding to voice communication, message communication, and vibration event, An input unit for receiving a control signal related to a 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 for storing an application program for performing tactile function control, setting information related to data generated by the user or received from the outside, and tactile function, A vibration driving unit for controlling vibration generation corresponding to the vibration event, And a control unit for controlling whether the tactile function is activated / deactivated and its operation, determining a vibration event to be input, and controlling the generation of vibration according to the vibration event. The apparatus of claim 43, wherein the control unit Extracts a vibration code corresponding to the vibration event, and generates a control message including the vibration code to control transmission to the target portable terminal. 45. The apparatus of claim 44, wherein the controller Adding vibration information corresponding to the vibration event to a header field of a text message, generating a text message by including the contents of the text message in a data field, and controlling transmission to the object portable terminal. 45. The apparatus of claim 44, wherein the controller And generating a text message by including a command code predetermined for vibration occurrence in a header of the text message. delete delete 45. The apparatus of claim 44, wherein the controller When receiving a control message from an arbitrary portable terminal, extracts the vibration code of the control message and controls the generation of vibration corresponding thereto. delete 45. The apparatus of claim 44, wherein the controller When receiving a text message from an arbitrary portable terminal, sequentially displays the characters in the text message, And controls generation of vibration at a time point when the character string is displayed according to the vibration information set in any character string when the characters are displayed. delete 45. The apparatus of claim 44, wherein the controller Wherein the control unit controls the transmission of the text message to at least one second portable terminal after setting the vibration information in an arbitrary character string according to a user request and generating a text message including at least one character string in which the vibration information is set, . delete 45. The apparatus of claim 44, wherein the controller When receiving a text message from an arbitrary portable terminal, analyzes the header in the text message and notifies reception of the text message by vibration corresponding to the vibration information when the vibration information exists in the header of the text message. terminal. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete

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