KR101733655B1 - Delivery method of remote control button and mobile terminal using thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
A remote control button providing method and a mobile terminal using the same are disclosed. A method of providing a remote control button of a mobile terminal capable of controlling one or more home appliances of the present invention includes the steps of storing data for each manufacturer, product, model, and control button of the home appliance in a terminal control unit, Displaying the selected control button as an icon, and transmitting the data for the icon when the icon is activated, so that a plurality of home appliances can be easily controlled using the mobile communication terminal.
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The present invention relates to a mobile remote control, and more particularly, to a remote control button providing method for displaying a button for performing a function for controlling a user device in a mobile on a home screen, And a mobile terminal using the same.
Generally, there are many types of home appliances in the home, and a remote control for each appliances is provided for controlling the operation of home appliances. Therefore, a plurality of remote controllers must be provided in a home, and a user must find and operate the remote controller for a specific home appliance operation.
In reality, it is a reality that a remote control is lost in a home because it does not place the remote control at a specific position. Therefore, the remote control of home appliances to increase the convenience of living causes a discomfort in living.
In order to prevent this, a multi-remote controller has appeared. This allows remote control codes of different makers to be mounted on one remote controller so that the user can fetch remote control codes for each manufacturer of the appliance. Of course, the remote control code setting of the multi-remote controller searches for a remote control code corresponding to the home appliance through predetermined communication with the home appliance, and the user sets a code of the multi-remote controller corresponding to one home appliance. Therefore, when a remote controller of a plurality of types of home appliances is lost, there arises a problem that a multi remote controller must be provided for each kind of lost home appliances.
In addition, the multi-remote controller has a plurality of buttons for operating a plurality of types of home appliances, so that a plurality of buttons of the multi-remote controller are not required for controlling a certain type of home appliances. Accordingly, the user may be confused with the use of the multi-remote controller, which results in a problem that the multi-remote controller is inconvenient to use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a method of providing a remote control button capable of displaying buttons for operating a home appliance on a home screen of a terminal and a mobile terminal using the same.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a remote control button providing method capable of controlling a plurality of home appliances with one mobile communication terminal and a mobile terminal using the same.
A method of providing a remote control button of a mobile terminal storing control button data for each home appliance to control one or more home appliances of the present invention to solve the above problems comprises the steps of: (a) Displaying the icon on the home screen of the terminal as an icon, and (b) transmitting data about the icon when the icon is activated.
The step (a) includes the steps of (a-1) displaying a screen for setting a control button, (a-2) selecting a control button of the corresponding home appliance, and And displaying the corresponding icon on the home screen.
In the step (b), the transmission data includes at least one of the manufacturer, product, and model of the household appliance.
The step (b) may transmit an infrared (IR) signal capable of directly controlling the household appliance with the transmission data.
Meanwhile, the mobile terminal for controlling one or more home appliances includes a terminal display unit for displaying buttons for controlling the one or more home appliances as icons, a wireless transmission unit for directly or indirectly performing data communication with the home appliances, And a terminal control unit for controlling to transmit button data related to the icon through the wireless transmission unit when the icon displayed on the terminal display unit is activated.
The terminal control unit activates the application to display the UI screen for setting the button icon on the terminal display unit and displays the set icon on the home screen or the icon page .
Therefore, according to the method of providing a remote control button of the present invention and the mobile terminal using the method, it is possible to easily control a plurality of home appliances using a home screen of a mobile communication terminal.
In addition, according to the remote control button providing method and the mobile terminal using the remote control button providing method of the present invention, since the buttons for the functions provided by the application can be displayed as icons on the home screen with shortcuts, It is possible to control the home electric appliances with a single step as a shortcut.
In addition, according to the method of providing a remote control button of the present invention and the mobile terminal using the method, there is no fear of loss because the mobile communication terminal is always portable.
According to the remote control button providing method of the present invention and the mobile terminal using the same, the mobile communication terminal of each household member can be used as a remote controller for remote control of home appliances, thereby enhancing the convenience of living in using home appliances .
1 is a block diagram of a remote control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a detailed configuration diagram of a terminal according to the present invention,
3 is a detailed configuration diagram of the server of the present invention,
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a remote control button of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of icons formed on a home screen,
6 is a view showing another example of icons formed on the home screen,
7 is a view showing another example of the icon page being formed on the home screen,
8 is a view showing an icon page-by-icon screen as an example,
9 is a view showing an example of a button setting icon,
10 exemplifies the model selection screen of Fig. 10,
And,
11 is a diagram showing an example of the control button icon of the present invention.
It is to be understood that the words or words used in the present specification and claims are not to be construed in a conventional or dictionary sense and that the inventor can properly define the concept of a term in order to describe its invention in the best possible way And should be construed in light of the meanings and concepts consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.
Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise. It should be noted that the terms such as " part, "" module, " .
It is to be understood that the term "and / or" throughout the specification includes all possible combinations from one or more related items. For example, the meaning of "first item, second item and / or third item" may be presented from two or more of the first, second or third items as well as the first, second or third item It means a combination of all the items that can be.
Identification codes (e.g., a, b, c, ...) in each step throughout the specification are used for convenience of description, and the identification codes do not limit the order of each step, Unless the context clearly states a particular order, it may take place differently from the stated order. That is, each step may occur in the same order as described, may be performed substantially concurrently, or may be performed in reverse order.
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a main configuration diagram of a remote control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The remote control device of the present invention includes various kinds of home appliances on a home screen of a terminal having a data transmission / So that a controllable icon can be displayed.
To this end, the remote control apparatus of the present invention includes a
The
In the present invention, the control button means a button capable of operating each home appliance, for example, a power on / off button, a channel up / down button, a volume up / down button,
In the present invention, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the terminal transmits the first selected control button data to the
Therefore, it is needless to say that the
In the present invention, a terminal capable of displaying an application related to button control of each home appliance through wireless communication will be described. However, for convenience of description, the following description will be made with reference to a smart phone.
2, the
The user application (App)
Buttons for the functions provided by these apps can be displayed on the home screen by a normal icon setting method.
Preferably, the application may be installed through the authentication process of the
That is, although the present invention can access the
The process of downloading and installing the application (App) and the step of authentication are general, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
The
The
In the DB of the
The
Preferably, the corresponding data is stored in a table for each household appliance maker, product, model, and button.
Such home appliances can be air conditioners, TVs, set-top boxes, audio, vacuum cleaners, DVDs, home theaters, projectors, Blu-ray players, game consoles, fans, dehumidifiers and humidifiers.
Also, the
For example, referring to FIG. 6, the icon for the channel up-down button is displayed as "«, »" and the volume up-down button is displayed as "Δ, ∇".
The
The
When the
The
The
Specifically, the
When any one of the displayed icons is operated, the corresponding control button data is read out from the
At this time, the
If the model is selected, the model data and the button data can be transmitted if the model can distinguish the manufacturer from the product. If the model is different from one manufacturer to another, So that the data can be recognized.
To this end, the app installed in the terminal should be configured to select a plurality of home appliances and to set control buttons for controlling the operation of the home appliances.
The display of the control buttons may be an icon for controlling a single home appliance on a home screen or a group of two or more home appliances on a home screen to display an icon, It is possible to configure the device as an icon page and display the buttons for operating the set home appliance in the corresponding page.
5, control buttons of home appliances, which are preferred or frequently used by the user, are displayed on a home screen, and buttons necessary for TV control, for example, are set .
Referring to the drawing, the
6, the control buttons of the home appliances, which are preferred or frequently used by the user, are displayed in a complex manner on the home screen, and the buttons necessary for TV control and the VTR The buttons necessary for the control may be displayed in groups.
In the upper part of the
7, an icon for a home appliance preferred or frequently used by a user is displayed on the home screen in a complex manner, and an icon for a specific home appliance The control buttons for the home appliances selected for each page are displayed as icons.
Referring to the drawings, a TV (a), a VTR (b), an audio (c), and the like are displayed and detailed control buttons can be displayed by clicking the corresponding icon.
For example, referring to a drawing showing an icon page-by-icon screen shown in FIG. 8 as an example, when a "TV" icon is selected on the screen shown in FIG. 7 by setting buttons related to the TV on a specific page, And a
Preferably, the home screen of the terminal displays buttons for home appliances that can be used at any time, and control buttons may be different for each manufacturer and model of household appliances in the page-specific setting screen. Therefore, The control buttons can be set according to the product-specific model of the household appliance manufacturer.
Accordingly, the
The
In addition, the
To this end, the
The
That is, the
It is a matter of course that the communication between the terminal 100 and the
The
In the present invention, the
When the
In addition, the
This setting method will be described in detail below.
Hereinafter, a method of providing a remote control button of the mobile terminal of the present invention will be described using the above-described configuration.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a remote control button of a mobile terminal according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, a method of providing a remote control button of a mobile terminal of the present invention includes: (S210 to S270), displaying one or more selected control buttons as icons (S280 to S290), and, when the icon is activated, And transmitting data for one or more of the stars and control buttons (S300 to S310).
When the
The
At this time, if necessary, the
The
On the other hand, if the
Once the application is installed, for example, a specific icon may be displayed on the screen.
9, when the application is installed, a "button setting" icon may be displayed on an app screen of the
These "button settings" icons can be used to set or initialize buttons for the first time.
After installing the application, the terminal 100 performs steps for installing buttons for controlling a specific home appliance (S250 to S270).
First, it is determined whether these buttons are set on the home screen or on the page (S240).
When a home screen is set, a control button or a household appliance for a specific home appliance model is installed on the home screen, and when a page is selected, the home appliance is displayed as shown in FIG. 7, When the icon of the home appliance is selected, the control buttons of the home appliance can be displayed on a page-by-page icon.
After selecting the home screen or the page screen in step S250, the
Referring to FIG. 10 illustrating a model selection screen, a selection screen for selecting a remote control button of the mobile terminal according to the present invention, by manufacturer, product, or model can be displayed on the
First, when the manufacturer of the home appliance is selected, the
The product displays household appliances such as TVs, fans, and air conditioners, and when selected, displays the model name.
When a model is selected in the same manner, the
These icons are buttons for controlling manufacturers, products, and models, and may include a power button, a channel up-down button, a volume up-down button, an operation button, and the like.
When a model is selected and a button for controlling the model is selected, the
In the case of setting the icon on the home screen in step S240, various control buttons for the same model may be installed, or only a power on / off button of various home appliances may be installed on the home screen, Of course, the buttons can be installed.
In addition, when buttons for controlling a specific home appliance are provided for each page, it is preferable that the control buttons for the home appliance of the same model are installed on one page and another page is provided when another home appliance is set.
When the button icon is set on the home screen by repeating steps S210 to S270, the corresponding button is always displayed on the home screen as shown in FIG. 5 on the home screen of the terminal (S290) Related data corresponding to manufacturer, product, model, and button are transmitted to the
As described above, according to the remote control button providing method and the mobile terminal using the remote control button of the present invention, buttons for operating each home appliance in a terminal such as a smart phone are installed as icons on a home screen, It is possible to effectively control the household appliance since the appliance can be operated.
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
100: terminal 110: communication interface
120: terminal display unit 130: key input unit
140: Terminal control unit 150: User App part
160: storage unit 170: wireless transmission unit
200: IR Bridge 300: Home appliance
400: Server
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(a) The mobile terminal accesses a server, receives an application, activates a received application, requests data for each manufacturer, product, model, and control button to the server, receives the data, and stores the received data in a storage Storing;
(b) displaying one or more selected control buttons on the home screen or page screen of the mobile terminal as icons; and
(c) when the icon is activated, transmitting data of at least one of manufacturer, product, and model of the household appliance to the corresponding icon and data of the control button to the IR bridge;
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The step (b)
(b-1) displaying a screen for setting a control button;
(b-2) selecting a control button of the corresponding home appliance; and
(b-3) displaying an icon corresponding to the selected control button on the home screen;
And a remote control button of the mobile terminal.
The step (b-1)
(b-1-1) displaying a screen for selecting a manufacturer;
(b-1-2) displaying a screen for selecting a manufacturer's product when the manufacturer is selected; and
(b-1-3) displaying a screen for selecting a model of the product when the product is selected;
And a remote control button of the mobile terminal.
The step (b-2)
If the model is selected in the step (b-1-3), displaying a screen for selecting a control button for controlling the model;
And a remote control button of the mobile terminal.
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