KR101470010B1 - Portable terminal and vibration delivery method in it - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a mobile terminal for actively editing a vibration pattern, and more particularly to a mobile terminal for transmitting an edited vibration pattern to a counterpart as a kind of message.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vibration transmitting method for a portable terminal, the method including: creating a vibration pattern sentence at an originator terminal according to a user's instruction; Transmitting the vibration pattern sentence from the calling terminal to the recipient terminal; Receiving an instruction to reproduce the received vibration pattern sentence from a user of the recipient terminal; And generating a vibration pattern corresponding to the vibration pattern sentence at the receiver terminal.

Vibration pattern, message, portable terminal, MMS, subtitle

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a vibration transmitting method for a portable terminal and a portable terminal,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a mobile terminal for actively editing a vibration pattern, and more particularly to a mobile terminal for transmitting an edited vibration pattern to a counterpart as a kind of message.

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a portable terminal is a portable device having one or more functions that can carry a voice and video call, a function for inputting / outputting information, and a function for storing data.

Each of the portable terminals is directly carried by the individual, and when called, an incoming call ringing sound signal is generated to inform the incoming call state, and the incoming ringing sound ringing signal is relatively high in level as an alarm signal.

Accordingly, the use of the incoming ringing tone signal is restricted in order to maintain the public order and to prevent harm to a neighboring place, such as meeting place, theater, office, etc., public places where many people gather, , There is a problem that loss of opportunity occurs because an important call state can not be confirmed. In order to solve the above problem, the personal communication portable terminal used in such a place has implemented a predetermined vibration instead of the incoming call bell signal.

As the functions of the portable terminal are diversified, for example, the portable terminal has complicated functions such as photographing and photographing of movies, playing music or moving picture files, receiving games and broadcasting, .

In order to implement complex functions in multimedia devices, various new attempts have been made in terms of hardware or software. For example, a touch screen that combines a display device and a pointing device is applied to a user interface (UI) environment in which a user can easily and conveniently search for or select a function.

On the other hand, even in the case of vibration generated by the portable terminal, new information transmission methods using the tactile sense by the vibration pattern and the like can be used to increase the convenience and aesthetics to the user, since the conventional purpose of preventing noise is removed. However, a portable terminal has not been proposed in which a user freely edits a vibration pattern as a text message and transmits the edited vibration pattern as a message to the other party.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a portable terminal in which a user can edit a vibration pattern and transmit it to a counterpart as a kind of message.

The present invention also provides a portable terminal capable of editing a vibration pattern of a message or moving picture data and transmitting the edited vibration pattern to the other party.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable terminal including: a vibration generator for vibrating a portable terminal; An operation unit for receiving a playback instruction for a received vibration pattern sentence from a user; And a controller for controlling the operation of the vibration generator with the received vibration pattern sentence according to the reproduction instruction.

Accordingly, the mobile terminal has an advantage that the user can feel the vibration of the portable terminal by sensing the tactile message included in the vibration pattern sent by the other party, thereby increasing the emotional satisfaction of the user.

According to embodiments, the wireless terminal includes: a wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication with a partner terminal; And a vibration editing unit for creating a vibration pattern sentence according to a user's instruction, and the control unit can transmit the vibration pattern sentence created in the vibration editing unit to the other party's terminal.

Accordingly, the portable terminal has an advantage that a vibration pattern sentence to be transmitted to the other party can be conveniently created.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting vibration in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: generating a vibration pattern sentence in response to an instruction from a user at a caller terminal; Transmitting the vibration pattern sentence from the calling terminal to the recipient terminal; Receiving an instruction to reproduce the received vibration pattern sentence from a user of the recipient terminal; And generating a vibration pattern corresponding to the vibration pattern sentence at the receiver terminal.

Thereby, the vibration pattern sentence created in the sender terminal can be confirmed by the vibration output in the receiver terminal, and there is an advantage that the feel can be transmitted by the tactile sense.

The portable terminal of the present invention according to the above configuration has an advantage in that the tactile sensation can be transmitted and the user's emotional satisfaction is enhanced.

The portable terminal is wirelessly connected to a computer device constituting a wireless communication network of a company providing a communication service, and can be connected to an Internet service providing server that provides various Internet services such as a messenger via the wireless communication network.

The portable terminal described in this specification includes a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), and a navigation system.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile terminal according to the present invention will be described in terms of components according to functions.

1 is a block diagram of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The portable terminal 100 includes a wireless communication unit 110, an audio / video input unit 120, an operation unit 130, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, a storage unit 160, An interface unit 170, a control unit 180, a power supply unit 190, and the like. It should be noted that when the components are implemented in a practical application, two or more components may be merged into one component, or one component may be subdivided into two or more components as necessary.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

The wireless communication unit 110 may include a broadcast receiving module 111, a mobile communication module 112, a wireless Internet module 113, a short distance communication module 114 and a GPS module 115.

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management server (not shown) through a broadcast channel. The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. The broadcast management server may refer to a server for generating and transmitting broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information, or a server for receiving broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information generated by the broadcast management server and transmitting the generated broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information. The broadcast-related information may refer to a broadcast channel, a broadcast program, or information related to a broadcast service provider. The broadcast signal may include a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, a data broadcast signal, and a broadcast signal in which a data broadcast signal is combined with a TV broadcast signal or a radio broadcast signal.

Meanwhile, the broadcast related information may be provided through a mobile communication network, and in this case, it may be received by the mobile communication module 112.

The broadcast-related information may exist in various forms. For example, an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) of DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) or an ESG (Electronic Service Guide) of Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H).

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives broadcasting signals using various broadcasting systems. In particular, the broadcasting receiving module 111 may be a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DMB-T), a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Satellite (DMB-S) Only Digital Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H), Integrated Services Digital Broadcast-Terrestrial (ISDB-T), and the like. Of course, the broadcast receiving module 111 is adapted to all broadcasting systems that provide broadcast signals as well as the digital broadcasting system described above.

The broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information received through the broadcast receiving module 111 may be stored in the storage unit 160.

In addition, the mobile communication module 112 transmits and receives radio signals to at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. Here, the wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal, or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The wireless Internet module 113 is a module for wireless Internet access, and the wireless Internet module 113 can be built in or externally.

The short-range communication module 114 refers to a module for short-range communication. Bluetooth, radio frequency identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), ultra wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like can be used as the short distance communication technology.

In addition, the GPS (Global Position System) module 115 receives navigation information from a plurality of satellites.

The A / V (Audio / Video) input unit 120 is for inputting an audio signal or a video signal. The audio / video input unit 120 may include a camera module 121 and a microphone module 122. The camera module 121 processes image frames such as still images or moving images obtained by the image sensor in the video communication mode or the photographing mode. Then, the processed image frame can be displayed on the display module 151.

The image frame processed by the camera module 121 may be stored in the storage unit 160 or transmitted to the outside through the wireless communication unit 110. [ The camera module 121 may be equipped with two or more cameras according to the configuration of the terminal.

The microphone module 122 receives an external sound signal through a microphone in a communication mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and processes it as electrical voice data. The processed voice data can be converted into a form that can be transmitted to the mobile communication base station through the mobile communication module 112 when the voice data is in the call mode, and output. The microphone module 122 may be implemented with various noise reduction algorithms for eliminating noise generated in receiving an external sound signal.

The operation unit 130 generates key input data that the user inputs for controlling the operation of the terminal. The operation unit 130 may include a key pad dome switch, a touch pad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like. Particularly, when the touch pad has a mutual layer structure with the display module 151 described later, it can be called a touch screen.

The sensing unit 140 senses the current state of the portable terminal 100 such as the open / close state of the portable terminal 100, the position of the portable terminal 100, Thereby generating a sensing signal. For example, when the portable terminal 100 is in the form of a slide phone, it is possible to sense whether the slide phone is opened or closed. Also, it is responsible for a sensing function related to whether or not the power supply unit 190 is powered on, whether the interface unit 170 is connected to an external device, and the like.

The interface unit 170 serves as an interface with all the external devices connected to the portable terminal 100. For example, it may be a wired / wireless headset, an external charger, a wired / wireless data port, a card socket (e.g. a memory card, a SIM / UIM card), an audio I / I / O (input / output) terminals, and earphones. The interface unit 170 receives data from an external device or receives power from the external device, transfers the data to each component in the portable terminal 100, or transmits data in the portable terminal 100 to an external device.

The output unit 150 is for outputting an audio signal, a video signal, or an alarm signal. The output unit 150 may include a display module 151, an audio output module 152, an alarm output module 153, and the like.

The display module 151 displays and outputs information processed in the portable terminal 100. [ For example, when the portable terminal 100 is in the call mode, a UI (User Interface) or a GUI (Graphic User Interface) associated with a call is displayed. When the portable terminal 100 is in the video communication mode or the photographing mode, the captured image and / or the received image or UI and GUI are displayed.

Meanwhile, as described above, when the display module 151 and the touch pad have a mutual layer structure to constitute a touch screen, the display module 151 can be used as an input device in addition to the output device. The display module 151 may be a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, a three-dimensional display 3D display). Also, there may be two or more display modules 151 according to the implementation mode of the portable terminal 100. [ For example, the portable terminal 100 may include an external display module (not shown) and an internal display module (not shown) at the same time.

The audio output module 152 outputs audio data received from the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the storage unit 160 in a call signal reception mode, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, The sound output module 152 outputs sound signals related to functions (e.g., call signal reception sound, message reception sound, and the like) performed in the portable terminal 100. The sound output module 152 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm output module 153 outputs a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event of the portable terminal 100. Examples of events generated in the portable terminal 100 include a call signal request for requesting a telephone call, a message reception, a key signal input, and an alarm for notifying a predetermined time. The alarm output module 153 outputs a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event in a form other than an audio signal or a video signal. For example, it is possible to output a signal in a vibration mode. When a call signal is received or a message is received, the alarm output module 153 may output a vibration to inform it. Alternatively, when the key signal is input, the alarm output module 153 can output the vibration as the feedback to the key signal input. The user can recognize the occurrence of an event through the vibration output as described above. Of course, a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event may also be output through the display module 151 or the sound output module 152.

The storage unit 160 may store a program for processing and controlling the control unit 180 and may have a function for temporarily storing input / output data (e.g., a phone book, a message, a still image, . ≪ / RTI >

The storage unit 160 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory) A RAM, and a ROM. In addition, the portable terminal 100 may operate a web storage that performs a storage function of the storage unit 150 on the Internet.

The control unit 180 typically controls the overall operation of the portable terminal 100. For example, voice communication, data communication, video communication, and the like. In addition, the control unit 180 may include a multimedia playback module 181 for multimedia playback. The multimedia playback module 181 may be configured in hardware in the controller 180 or separately from software in the controller 180. [

In addition, the controller 180 may identify an operation of touching or directly touching the touch screen by an object (e.g., a user's finger) to change the size or area of the screen displayed on the touch screen . For this, the controller 180 may form a scroll bar or a mini map for adjusting the size or area of a screen displayed on the touch screen. The detailed function of the controller 180 will be described in more detail below.

The power supply unit 190 receives external power and internal power under the control of the controller 180 and supplies power necessary for operation of the respective components.

In the foregoing, the mobile terminal related to the present invention has been examined from the viewpoint of components according to functions. Hereinafter, the portable terminal related to the present invention will be further described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 in terms of components according to the external form. Hereinafter, for simplicity of explanation, a touch screen type portable terminal will be exemplified among various types of portable terminals such as a folder type, a bar type, a swing type, a slider type, and the like. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the touch screen type portable terminal but can be applied to all types of portable terminals including the above-described type.

2 is a perspective view of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The portable terminal 100 of the present invention includes a first body 100A and a second body 100B configured to be slidable along at least one direction on the first body 100A.

The state where the first body 100A is disposed in a state of being overlapped with the second body 100B may be referred to as a closed configuration and the first body 100A may be referred to as a second body 100B ) May be referred to as an open configuration.

The portable terminal 100 operates mainly in the standby mode in the closed state, but the standby mode is also released by the operation of the user. Also, the mobile terminal 100 operates mainly in a call mode in an open state, but is also switched to a standby mode after an operation of a user or a predetermined time elapses.

The casing (casing, housing, cover, etc.) constituting the outer appearance of the first body 100A is formed by the first front case 100A-1 and the first rear case 100A-2. Various electronic components are embedded in the space formed by the first front case 100A-1 and the first rear case 100A-2. At least one intermediate case may be additionally disposed between the first front case 100A-1 and the first rear case 100A-2.

The cases may be formed by injection molding of a synthetic resin or may be formed of a metal material such as stainless steel (STS) or titanium (Ti).

The display module 151, the first sound output module 152-1, the first camera module 121-1, or the first operation unit (not shown) is connected to the first body 100A, specifically, the first front case 100A- 130-1 may be disposed.

The display module 151 includes a liquid crystal display (LCD), organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and the like, which visually represent information.

In addition, the display module 151 is overlapped with the touch pad in a layer structure, so that the display module 151 may operate as a touch screen to enable information input by a user's touch.

The first sound output module 152-1 may be implemented in the form of a receiver or a speaker.

The first camera module 121-1 may be adapted to photograph an image or a moving image of a user.

Like the first body 100A, the case constituting the outer appearance of the second body 100B is formed by the second front case 100B-1 and the second rear case 100B-2.

The second operation unit 130-2 may be disposed on the front face of the second body 100B, specifically, the second front case 100B-1.

The third operating unit 130-3, the microphone module 122, and the interface unit 170 may be disposed on at least one of the first front case 100B-1 and the second rear case 100B-2.

The first to third operating portions 130-1, 130-2, and 130-3 may be collectively referred to as a manipulating portion 130. In a tactile manner, Any way can be employed.

For example, the operation unit 130 may be embodied as a dome switch or a touch pad capable of receiving a command or information by a user's push or touch operation, or may be a wheel, a jog type, a joystick, Or the like.

In terms of functions, the first operation unit 130-1 is for inputting commands such as start, end, and scroll, and the second operation unit 130-2 is for inputting numbers, characters, symbols, will be.

Also, the third operating unit 130-3 may operate as a hot-key for activating a special function in the portable terminal.

The microphone module 122 may be implemented in a form suitable for receiving voice, sound, etc. of the user.

The interface unit 170 is a channel through which the portable terminal 100 related to the present invention can exchange data with an external device. For example, the interface unit 170 may be a wired or wireless connection terminal for connecting to an earphone, a port for short range communication (e.g., an IrDA port, a Bluetooth port, A wireless LAN port, or the like), or power supply terminals for supplying power to each component in the portable terminal 100.

The interface unit 170 may be a card socket for accommodating an external card such as a subscriber identification module (SIM) or a user identity module (UIM) or a memory card for storing information.

A power supply unit 190 for supplying power to the portable terminal 100 is mounted on the second rear case 100B-2.

The power supply unit 190 may be detachably coupled to a rechargeable battery, for example, for charging.

3 is a rear perspective view of the portable terminal of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, a second camera module 121-2 may be further mounted on the rear surface of the second rear case 100B-2 of the second body 100B. The second camera module 121-2 has a photographing direction substantially opposite to that of the first camera module 121-1 (see FIG. 1), and may have different pixels from the first camera module 121-1 (see FIG. 1).

For example, the first camera module 121-1 has low pixels so that it is easy to capture a face of a user in the case of a video call or the like and transmit the face to the other party, and the second camera module 121-2 has a general object It is often desirable to have a high pixel.

A flash 121-3 and a mirror 121-4 may be further disposed adjacent to the second camera module 121-2. The flash 121-3 shines light toward the subject when the subject is photographed by the second camera module 121-2. The mirror 121-4 allows the user to illuminate the user's face or the like when the user intends to take a picture of himself / herself (self-photographing) using the second camera module 121-2.

The second sound output module 152-2 may be additionally disposed in the second rear case 100B-2.

The second sound output module 152-2 may implement a stereo function together with the first sound output module 152-1 (see FIG. 2), and may be used for a call in a speakerphone mode.

On one side of the second rear case 100B-2, a broadcast signal reception antenna 111-1 may be arranged in addition to an antenna for communication. The antenna 111-1 may be installed to be able to be drawn out from the second body 100B.

A part of the slide module 100C that slidably connects the first body 100A and the second body 100B is disposed on the first rear case 100A-2 side of the first body 100A.

The other part of the slide module 100C may be disposed on the second front case 100B-1 side of the second body 100B and may not be exposed to the outside as in this figure.

The second camera module 121-2 and the like are disposed on the second body 100B, the present invention is not limited thereto.

For example, at least two of the configurations 111-1, 121-2 to 121-3, and 152-2 described as being arranged in the second rear case 100B-2, such as the second camera module 121-2, It is also possible that at least one is mounted on the first body 100A, mainly the first rear case 100A-2. In such a case, there is an advantage that the configuration (s) arranged in the first rear case 100A-2 in the closed state is protected by the second body 100B. Further, even if the second camera module 121-2 is not separately provided, the first camera module 121-1 is rotatably formed so that the camera module 121-2 can be photographed up to the photographing direction .

As shown in FIG. 4, the display module 151 according to the present invention includes a touch screen 500 by forming a mutual layer structure with the touch pad 400.

4, the touch pad 400 includes a rectangular conductive film 411 formed of a transparent conductive material such as ITO (Indium Tin Oxide), and metal electrodes (not shown) formed at each corner of the conductive film 411 412-1 to 412-4. A protective layer 420 may be formed on the conductive layer 411.

The touch pad 400 is a capacitance sensing type position detecting device. The touch pad 400 is a position detecting device of a capacitive sensing type, Electric field lines are formed between the reception side metal electrodes (R) 412-1 and 412-4 and the reception side metal electrodes (R) 412-2 and 412-3. The formed line of electric force extends to the outside of the touch panel 400 through the protective film 420. Accordingly, when the object (for example, a user's finger) touches the touch pad 400 or directly touches the touch pad 400, the reception side metal electrodes R 412 -2, and 412-3, changes in the phase and magnitude of the current. This is because the human body has a capacitance of several pF with respect to the ground, and therefore, when the user touches or touches the touch panel 400 with a finger, the electric force line formed on the touch panel 400 is distorted.

Processors (not shown) configured in the portable terminal 100 may use the current changes of the reception-side metal electrodes R 412 - 2 and 412 - 3 according to the touch operation of the object, Distance, and the position where the touch is generated.

In addition, the object includes not only the user's finger but also any object that can recognize the touch input by distorting the electric force line formed on the touch pad 400.

In the present invention, the concept of 'vibration pattern sentence' is newly proposed. 'Vibration pattern sentence' means an array of vibration patterns that can be edited by the user like a TXT message. If vibration is generated according to the vibration pattern sentence, the vibration pattern will have a longer time than the vibration pattern in the conventional portable terminal.

Unlike the conventional vibration used as a noiseless notification means for the user, the vibration pattern sentence can be used for transmitting a tactile sense message between users of the portable terminal. Just as people want to compose / edit the auditory pattern changes they feel with music, the present invention provides a means to create a pattern change by tactile sense.

Hereinafter, one of the components of Fig. 1 will be described in connection with the implementation of the concept of the present invention.

A portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a vibration generator for vibrating a portable terminal; An operation unit for receiving a playback instruction for a received vibration pattern sentence from a user; And a control unit for controlling the operation of the vibration generating unit with the received vibration pattern sentence according to the reproduction instruction.

The vibration generating unit may be implemented as a vibration device for mechanically vibrating the portable terminal. The vibration device may be selected to have a size and a performance suitable for being embedded in a portable terminal among various commercially available products.

According to the embodiment, the oscillation element can receive a simple turn-on potential as a power for driving, and can input a clock-shaped signal. In the former case, it is easy to implement and can reduce costs, but the number of vibration patterns that can be generated by the vibration generating unit is reduced, and it is difficult to transmit complex information. In the latter case, a complicated and expensive component is required, but the number of vibration patterns that can be generated by the vibration generating unit is large, so that it is possible to transmit more complex information. In the latter case, the frequency of the clock may be adjusted to adjust the oscillation frequency of the oscillation element.

At least two or more vibration elements may be provided according to the implementation. For example, two or more vibration elements having different natural vibration frequencies may be provided so that the user can differentiate the difference in response by the frequency difference, / Or two or more vibration elements having different positions may be provided so as to discriminate the difference in response from the vibration direction and / or the vibration position felt when the user holds the portable terminal.

The operation unit may be implemented by the operation unit 130 of FIG. Also, the controller may be implemented by the controller 180 of FIG. For example, the invention may be implemented in a microprocessor in which software for performing operations for the purposes of the present invention is implemented.

As in the case of a general mobile terminal, the control unit may execute a program for receiving / sending a text message, a program for playing multimedia data such as a picture or a moving picture, etc. in addition to a call function using a wireless communication network have.

Various implementations of the present embodiment can be achieved by changing the algorithm executed by the control unit and / or the program to be executed.

The vibration pattern sentence according to the present invention can be transmitted between two portable terminals. The control unit of the transmitter-side portable terminal creates a vibration pattern statement, and the receiver-side portable terminal transmits the vibration pattern statement to the portable terminal It can vibrate.

For example, when the moving picture is reproduced, the control unit of the receiving-side portable terminal can control the generation of vibration using the vibration pattern sentence formed in the caption format for the moving picture. When the music file is reproduced, The generation of the vibration can be controlled by the created vibration pattern sentence.

In addition, when the user opens a message, the control unit of the receiving-side portable terminal can control the generation of the vibration using the vibration pattern sentence added to the message, and when the user reproduces the photo file, The occurrence of vibration can be controlled by a sentence.

Further, the portable terminal may further include a wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication with the counterpart terminal, and the controller may generate a vibration pattern statement according to a user's instruction and transmit the vibration pattern statement to the counterpart terminal through the wireless communication unit have.

The above-described additional configurations are intended to constitute a transmitter-side terminal for creating a vibration pattern statement according to the present invention.

The control unit of the transmitting-side portable terminal may generate the vibration pattern sentence in a caption format for a moving picture, create the vibration pattern sentence in a caption format for a music file, or write the vibration pattern sentence in a supplementary information format for a message Or the vibration pattern sentence can be created in the form of additional information for a picture file.

In addition, the transmitting portable terminal may further include other components for generating a vibration pattern sentence.

For example, the transmitting-side portable terminal may further include a pointing device, and the controller of the transmitting-side portable terminal may create a vibration pattern sentence according to a user's pointing pattern input to the pointing device.

Alternatively, the transmitter-side wireless terminal may further include a motion sensing device, and the controller of the transmitter-side wireless terminal may generate a vibration pattern statement according to a movement pattern of the wireless terminal input to the motion sensing device.

The vibration pattern sentence proposed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention can be implemented in various forms.

Only the sequence of the vibration patterns according to the progress of the time may be implemented in the described format like the TXT message or in the form of the subtitle file for the multimedia data such as moving picture and mp3 file.

First, we describe the vibration pattern sentence consisting of only pure vibration patterns.

Fig. 5 shows an example of a vibration pattern sentence composed only of the purely vibration pattern.

In the figure, the waveforms are processed / stored as digital values obtained by sampling the waveforms at regular intervals with respect to the time axis.

6A and 6B show an example of a vibration editing method using a touch screen.

As shown in Fig. 6A, first, a vibration pattern of 0 second to 1 second is applied to the touch screen, and then the next item is touched to create a vibration pattern of 1 second to 2 seconds as shown in Fig. 6B . Then create a vibration pattern statement for 2 seconds by drawing the touch screen with a vibration pattern of 1 second to 2 seconds.

The vibration patterns thus generated for the whole time can be stored as vibration pattern sentences. In the drawing, the generation of the vibration pattern sentence between 0 second and 2 seconds has been described. However, such a process can be repeated to create a vibration pattern sentence of several tens of seconds or more.

The vibration pattern sentence of the present embodiment can be prepared by combining unit vibration patterns as in the process of creating a text message of the portable terminal. In this case, the unit vibration patterns that can constitute the vibration pattern sentence can be stored in the portable terminal. When the user edits the vibration pattern sentence, when the user instructs to load a predetermined stored unit vibration pattern, It is possible to output the unit vibration pattern retrieval screen as shown in Fig. The user can select a unit vibration pattern to be included in the vibration pattern sentence being created using the cursor C1.

8 shows an example of a vibration editing method using a movement pattern that a user applies to a portable terminal.

The controller of the portable terminal can determine the intensity of the operation of shaking the portable terminal by the motion detection unit installed in the portable terminal. The control unit continuously grasps the intensity of the shaking motion in accordance with the passage of time, and can store the strength pattern of the continuous shaking motion as the vibration pattern statement.

The motion pattern applied by the user in the human body structure has a somewhat irregular sinusoidal shape (as shown in the time axis) as shown in the figure, and it is preferable that the envelope of the sine wave shape is taken as a vibration pattern.

5 to 8, it has been described that the vibration pattern sentence composed of only the vibration patterns is created. However, during the creation of the vibration pattern sentence of the caption form described below, a process similar to that shown for creating the unit vibration pattern and / Or the screen can be used.

Next, I will describe the vibration pattern sentence of the subtitle type.

In this embodiment, the vibration pattern sentence according to the present invention should handle the original multimedia file to be inserted as a kind of subtitle. For this purpose, the original multimedia file (hereinafter referred to as a moving picture file) And a regenerator function for reproducing the voice pattern sentence generator.

An example of the vibration pattern sentence creator may include screens shown in Figs. 9A and 9B as a display screen of the portable terminal. The vibration pattern sentence generator may be implemented as a software module executed by a controller of the portable terminal.

In the display screen shown in FIG. 9A, a reproduction window for reproducing an original moving picture file is provided, and a position (sink position) currently being reproduced in the original moving picture file is displayed below the reproduction window, and a button B1.

When the user wants to insert a vibration pattern at a specific position of the original moving picture on the display screen shown in the figure, when the button B1 for inserting the vibration pattern is pointed, the reproduction of the original moving picture is temporarily stopped, A display screen appears.

The display screen shown in Fig. 9B is for designating a vibration pattern to be inserted into the sync position of the original moving picture in the screen of Fig. 9A.

In the display screen shown in the figure, a button B2 for creating a new vibration pattern or a button B3 for loading a stored pattern is displayed as a vibration pattern to be inserted into the sink position, ).

In order to facilitate understanding of the flow of the entire vibration pattern sentence by the user who creates the vibration pattern, as shown in the figure, two (2) pieces inserted in the previous position close to the temporarily stopped sink position (20242 in the drawing) The vibration pattern and the two vibration patterns inserted in the following positions can be shown in time sequence.

In the case of the previously inserted vibration patterns, the corresponding alias is described in the vibration pattern description field F1 when aliasing is given to the vibration pattern such as 'cheerful' and 'anger', and an arbitrary vibration pattern The vibration pattern base column F2 can show the schematic shape of the vibration pattern.

When the user points to the button B2 for creating the new vibration pattern, a screen for creating the new vibration pattern shown in Figs. 6A, 6B, or 8 described above is output, Can be performed.

When the user points to the button B3 for loading the stored pattern, the vibration pattern retrieval screen shown in Fig. 7 is output, and the screen selected by the user on the screen is inserted into the paused sink position of the original moving picture Can be determined by the vibration pattern to be performed.

FIG. 10 shows an example of a subtitle type vibration pattern sentence completed through the above process. In the illustrated vibration pattern sentence, sync positions of vibration patterns inserted in the original multimedia file are described.

As described above, in the case of the moving picture file or the MP3 file, since the multimedia data is reproduced according to the temporal flow, the vibration pattern sentence according to the present invention can be applied to the subtitle according to the temporal flow. However, in the case of a message (TXT, MMS) or a picture file, the vibration pattern sentence of the subtitle format for the sync position as described above can not be applied because it is stopped data.

Accordingly, when a vibration pattern sentence according to the present invention is attached to still data such as a message or a photograph, a vibration pattern sentence composed of only vibration patterns can be applied to the original data. The vibration pattern sentence including only the vibration patterns has been described above, and therefore, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In this case, when a message or a photograph attached with the vibration pattern sentence is opened according to a user's instruction, the control unit of the portable terminal displays the message or the photograph on the display of the portable terminal, Vibration can be generated. According to the implementation, the operation of generating vibration according to the vibration pattern sentence may be performed once, or periodically, when the message or photo is output to the display according to the user's instruction.

11 shows a process of attaching a vibration pattern sentence to an MMS message. The illustrated MMS message has two pages, each consisting of a TXT message, a picture file, and a vibration pattern sentence.

The first screen D1 shows a state in which a TXT message for the first page is created and a picture file is attached. When the user performs a key operation of Option -> Insert -> Vibration pattern on the first screen D1, a second screen D2 for generating a vibration pattern sentence on the touch screen is outputted. When the user performs the Insert key operation in the second screen D2, a third screen D3 in which a clip-shaped vibration insertion mark is specified is output on the first screen D1.

The next fourth screen D4 shows a state in which a TXT message for the second page is created and a picture file is attached. When the user performs a key operation of Option -> Insert -> Vibration pattern on the fourth screen D4, a fifth screen D5 for generating a vibration pattern sentence in the movement pattern is outputted.

Although the key operation in the first screen and the key operation in the fourth screen are shown to be identical to each other in the first screen, actually, in the final stage, the touch input is selected in the case of the key operation for the first screen, The user selects the movement pattern input.

The vibration pattern sentence according to the envelope of the movement pattern applied in the fifth screen D5 is attached to the second page and the vibration insertion mark of the clip form is specified on the sixth screen D6.

A vibration pattern sentence can be attached to each instance message of the instant messaging service which is a messenger service operating in the mobile terminal. In this case, similar to the case where the vibration pattern sentence is attached to the message, the other party's mobile terminal outputs the vibration according to the attached vibration pattern sentence when the corresponding message is displayed on the other party's mobile terminal.

12A shows a screen in process of attaching a vibration pattern sentence to one message during execution of the instance message service.

12A, when a message sentence to be transmitted by a user is typed and a vibration attached button is clicked, a vibration pattern sentence editing process using the vibration pattern attached screen as shown in FIGS. 5 to 8 is performed, The pattern sentence may be displayed in a window provided below the typed message sentence window as shown in FIG. 12B.

When the user instructs transmission of a message sent with a vibration pattern sentence by an operation of pressing an OK button, the message sent is transmitted to the other party's mobile terminal on the messenger service together with the vibration pattern sentence, The terminal vibrates according to the received vibration pattern sentence while displaying the message sent to the display.

The present invention is also applicable to other message transmission means between portable terminals. For example, in a message transfer service using blue-tooth communication (or zigbee communication), a message transfer service using human body communication, an emoticon or a photo transfer service, a vibration pattern sentence according to the idea of the present invention is attached to the transferred data can do. The detailed procedure is omitted because it can be easily deduced from the above-mentioned contents.

FIG. 13 illustrates a method of transmitting vibration between portable terminals according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The illustrated method for transmitting vibration includes a step (S110) of creating a vibration pattern sentence in response to an instruction from a user at a caller terminal; Transmitting the vibration pattern sentence from the calling terminal to the recipient terminal (S130); Receiving an instruction to reproduce the received vibration pattern sentence from a user of the receiver terminal (S160); And generating a vibration pattern corresponding to the vibration pattern sentence at the recipient terminal (S180).

The method may further include storing the sentence pattern sent from the recipient terminal in the internal storage unit at step S140 before the step S130 and after step S160.

6A and 6B, in step S110, a vibration pattern sentence corresponding to the touch pattern input on the touch screen of the caller terminal is created.

11, in step S130, the vibration pattern sentence is transmitted in the form of a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message. In step S160, the user's instruction to reproduce the message includes a message containing the vibration pattern sentence, To indicate an opening operation.

In the case of FIGS. 9A and 9B, the user's playback instruction in step S160 is for instructing an operation of reproducing a moving image including the vibration pattern sentence in the moving picture storage box.

Alternatively, if a vibration pattern sentence is applied to a music (acoustic) file such as mp3, similar to FIGS. 9A and 9B, the user's playback instruction in step S160 is to reproduce a music file including the vibration pattern sentence And the like.

Alternatively, if a vibration pattern sentence is applied to a picture file similar to FIG. 11, the user's reproduction instruction in step S160 is for instructing an operation of reproducing a picture file including the vibration pattern sentence in the picture file storage box .

The embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. All or some of them may be selectively combined.

In addition, although the technical idea of the present invention has been specifically described according to the above preferred embodiments, it should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments are intended to be illustrative and not restrictive. In addition, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various embodiments are possible within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a front perspective view of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a front perspective view of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 illustrates a structure of a touch screen associated with the present invention.

5 is a view showing an example of a vibration pattern statement for implementing the idea of the present invention.

6A and 6B are display screens showing an example of an editing method for a vibration pattern sentence according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a display screen showing another example of an editing method for a vibration pattern sentence related to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a screen showing another example of the editing method for a vibration pattern sentence according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9A and 9B are display screens showing an example of an editing method for a vibration pattern sentence according to another embodiment of the present invention.

10 illustrates an example of a vibration pattern statement related to an embodiment of the present invention.

11 is a diagram illustrating a process of attaching a vibration pattern sentence according to an embodiment of the present invention to an MMS message;

12A and 12B are display screens showing another example of a method for editing a vibration pattern sentence according to another embodiment of the present invention.

13 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a vibration transmission method using a vibration pattern sentence according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (20)

A vibration generator for vibrating the portable terminal; A touch screen for receiving a user's touch operation; A control unit for generating a vibration pattern sentence that is an array of vibration patterns that are temporally progressed in response to the touch operation and controlling an operation of the vibration generating unit according to a vibration pattern sentence received from a sender; And A wireless communication unit for transmitting the generated vibration pattern sentence; . The method according to claim 1, The control unit Wherein the control unit controls the generation of vibration of the vibration generating unit in accordance with a vibration pattern sentence written in a caption format for the moving picture while receiving the moving picture and received from the caller. The method according to claim 1, The control unit Wherein the control unit controls the generation of vibration of the vibration generating unit in accordance with a vibration pattern sentence written in a caption format for the music file while reproducing the music file. The method according to claim 1, Wherein, When the user opens a message, controls vibration generation of the vibration generating unit according to a vibration pattern sent from the caller in addition to the message. The method according to claim 1, Wherein, When the user reproduces the photo file, controls the generation of the vibration of the vibration generating unit according to the vibration pattern sent from the sender, added to the photo file. delete The method according to claim 1, Further comprising a pointing device, Wherein, And generates a vibration pattern sentence corresponding to the pointing pattern of the user input to the pointing device. The method according to claim 1, Further comprising a motion detection device, Wherein, And generates a vibration pattern sentence corresponding to a movement pattern of the portable terminal input to the motion sensing device. The method according to claim 1, Wherein, And generates the vibration pattern sentence in a caption format for a moving picture. The method according to claim 1, Wherein, And generates the vibration pattern sentence in a caption format for a music file. The method according to claim 1, Wherein, And generates the vibration pattern sentence in a form of additional information for the message. The method according to claim 1, Wherein, And generates the vibration pattern sentence in the form of additional information for the photo file. (a) generating a vibration pattern sentence that is an array of vibration patterns that are temporally progressed in response to a touch operation of the caller received on a touch screen of a caller's mobile terminal; (b) transmitting the created vibration pattern sentence from the calling party's mobile terminal to the recipient's mobile terminal; (c) receiving a reproduction instruction for reproducing the sent vibration pattern sentence from the recipient; And (d) generating a vibration pattern corresponding to the transmitted vibration pattern sentence in the receiver's portable terminal And transmitting the vibration to the portable terminal. 14. The method of claim 13, After step (b) and before step (c) Storing the transmitted vibration pattern sentence in the recipient's portable terminal ≪ / RTI > delete 14. The method of claim 13, In the step (b) And transmitting the generated vibration pattern sentence in an MMS message format. 14. The method of claim 13, In the step (c) Wherein the message is an action of opening a message including the generated vibration pattern sentence in the MMS receiver box. 14. The method of claim 13, In the step (c) The method of claim 1, wherein the moving picture includes a motion pattern including the generated vibration pattern. 14. The method of claim 13, In the (c) step, And reproducing the music file including the vibration pattern sentence in the music file storage box. 14. The method of claim 13, In the step (c) And reproducing the photograph including the generated vibration pattern sentence in the photo storage box.

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