KR200400330Y1 - Apparatus of controlling a Multimedia Player using Cellular Phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention controls portable multimedia devices (terminals) such as MP3 (MP3), PMP (PMP), and car navigation system which remove or minimize the conventional key input unit or screen output unit through a user's mobile phone in a wireless interface environment. The present invention relates to a terminal control apparatus using a mobile phone.

Description

Device for controlling terminal using mobile phone {Apparatus of controlling a Multimedia Player using Cellular Phone}

The present invention uses a mobile phone of a mobile multimedia device (terminal), such as MP3, MPP, and vehicle navigation, which removes or minimizes a conventional key input unit or screen output unit. The present invention relates to a terminal control device using a mobile phone, which can be controlled. More specifically, a screen output unit (liquid crystal screen, etc.) and a key input unit (liquid crystal remote controller, etc.) of a terminal equipped with various functions and becoming a complex device After minimizing or eliminating the size and role of the device), the terminal is controlled by the user using a key input unit and a screen or a voice output unit of a mobile phone (or a PD), which is the telephone device that most of the users have. Regarding a terminal control apparatus using a mobile phone, which allows stored service data to be provided to the mobile phone. It is.

A terminal is a portable multimedia player (PMP), which is a portable multimedia player with not only music playback but also video or digital camera function, PSP (Play Station Portable) equipped with various game functions, and various sound sources. Means a portable multimedia device such as MP3 (MP3; MPEG Audio Layer-3) and car navigation.

In the conventional case, such a terminal is based on outputting service data storing sound and video on its own or service data received from other devices on a screen or voice. Etc.) and a separate voice output unit (speaker, etc.) and a key input unit (LCD liquid crystal remote controller, etc.) for controlling service data, etc. A problem is emerging,

In addition, since the terminal is becoming a multi-device equipped with various functions in addition to inherent functions in order to widen the range of services, it requires more data storage capacity, and the price increases according to the redundant installation of each function. In addition to this problem, there has been a problem that the differentiation is gradually faded by the functional duplication with the mobile phone (or PAD), etc., which everyone is believed to own.

Popular mobile phones (or PDAs) are also part of various functions included in the terminals (ie MP3, video playback, TV viewing, games, navigation, cameras, GPS, wireless Internet, etc.) in addition to the unique mobile phone functions. As a result, it is becoming a complex device by mounting all of them, and as a result, the lack of storage capacity and battery capacity for storing or driving service data is a problem, and as the weight and volume become larger and more portable, In addition to the problem of significantly worsening the sex and causing a rise in price, there has also been a problem of increasing the burden on the consumer due to the need to purchase expensive phones again in case of loss.

Technical problem to be solved by the present invention to solve the above problems, PMP (PMP), PSP (PSP), MP3 (MP3) and a wide screen output unit that is the cause of the deterioration of the portability of the conventional terminal, such as car navigation After removing or reducing (LCD liquid crystal display, etc.), audio output (such as speakers), and key input (LCD liquid remote control, etc.), the volume is reduced and the service data is transmitted through the screen output or voice output of the mobile phone (or PDA). In addition to providing a control device for a terminal using a mobile phone to be output and to control the terminal by using a key input unit of the mobile phone,

The user can purchase at a low price by lowering the volume and price by mounting only the unique functions having strengths as much as possible. It is to provide a method and apparatus for controlling a terminal using a mobile phone.

The terminal control apparatus using a mobile phone according to the present invention for solving the above problems and achieves the desired object, after selecting a multimedia device (terminal) control menu from a predetermined user to output a terminal list on the screen, the output terminal list The terminal is stored in or received from another terminal in the key input unit H201 and the terminal selected by the key placement unit H201 to serve to switch to the terminal control service mode. An information requesting unit (H202) for requesting a terminal control screen including a list of service data, and for requesting the terminal to transmit service data selected by the user from the list of service data; The terminal is being stored from the terminal or received from another terminal. An information receiver (H203) for receiving a terminal control screen including a list of data, and a service data including screen data or voice data from the terminal; and received by the information receiver (H203). The terminal control screen, the temporary storage unit (H204) that stores the service data and serves to build a temporary database, the terminal control screen from the temporary storage unit (H204) and screen data of the service data A screen output unit H205 which reads and outputs the data in a format visually identifiable by the user, and reads voice data among the service data from the temporary storage unit H204 to be confirmed by the user. The voice output unit H206 and the key input unit H201 serve to output in a format capable of After the user has been selected whether to continue to request the service data, if the user wants to continue to request the service data, request the service data again through the information requesting unit (H202), the user in the service mode If you want to terminate the switch to the mobile phone mode of the original state serves to terminate the service, the key input unit (H201), information request unit (H202), information receiving unit (H203) and temporary storage unit (H204) And an operation control unit H207 which controls the screen output unit H205 and the voice output unit H206 to perform their respective roles.

In addition, the key input unit (H201) of the terminal control device using the mobile phone is a role of receiving at least one of the service data stored in the mobile phone or the mobile phone is currently being received by the user as the service data to be transmitted to the terminal, It is possible to further perform the role of selecting the location of the terminal to store the service data, the information requesting unit (H202) is the key input unit (H201) to transmit the service data to the terminal selected by the user of the mobile phone service It may be possible to further perform a role of reading from the cellular phone information database 220 in which data is stored and transmitting the data to the terminal so that the terminal can receive and store the data.

Hereinafter, the main terms used in the present specification will be described.

"Terminal" means not only music playback but also video playback and digital camera functions, such as PMP (portable multimedia player), PSP (Play Station Portable) with various game functions, and various sound sources. It refers to a portable multimedia device such as MP3 (MP3; MPEG Audio Layer-3) and car navigation, which are mounted on the device. It is possible to reduce or eliminate key inputs such as LCD liquid crystal remote control.

"Mobile Phone" is based on Cellular Phone, a telephone device popularly distributed to users, and is a portable computer or portable telephone device that is currently used or will be used in the future, such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). It is possible to include further.

6 is a reference diagram of a mobile phone screen for explaining the service process according to the present invention for reference. Referring to Figure 6 related terms,

The "terminal control menu" refers to a service menu registered in the mobile phone as shown in FIG. 6A, and may be registered as a service menu as shown in "3. terminal control" in FIG. 6A, and may be registered when a user needs it. In addition, it may also be possible to connect directly using a shortcut.

The "terminal list" refers to a screen in which terminals registered as shown in FIG. 6b are listed, and the order of the terminals registered in advance or frequently used such as "1.MP3, 2.PMP, 3.PSP ...", etc. May be output in order, etc.

The term “terminal control screen” refers to a screen on which a user can select a service or data provided by a terminal as illustrated in FIGS. 6C to 6E, and the form displayed on the screen may vary. According to the drawing, in the case of MP3, the first category of music appreciation or English learning is registered as shown in FIG. 6C, and the music category or music song can be a next-order category of music appreciation, pop song drama theme song, etc. As a subcategory of Paris lovers, my name is Kim Sam-soon, hourglass, etc. can be registered.

The list output as in 6e is called a "service data list" and each file registered in the service data list is called "service data". In addition, data output as text, picture, video, etc. among the service data is referred to as "screen data 400a," and voice such as a song output corresponding to the screen data is referred to as "voice data 400b."

The terms described above are referred to for the purpose of conveying the meaning in order to help the understanding of the present specification, and the form or scope of expression may vary.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described the present invention in more detail.

1 is a configuration diagram of a network illustrating an example of use of the present invention. On a network capable of a wired or wireless interface for use of the present invention, a user 100 using a mobile phone or the like and one or more terminals 300 to be controlled by a mobile phone 200 and a fraudulent mobile phone are required. The wireless interface refers to an environment in which the mobile phone 200 and the terminal 300 can interface with each other in a wireless state without a wire. Representative methods include wireless USB, Bluetooth, and Bluetooth. ) And IDA (UrDA), UWB (UWB) and other functions alone to implement the air interface environment of the mobile phone and terminal or it may be possible to use a mixture of functions. The terms listed in the air interface are the disclosed general and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, reference numerals 300a, 300b, 300c, and 300d, which are not described, refer to various types and functions of terminals as a reference, and 300a refers to MP3 (MP3; MPEG Audio Layer-3), which compresses and mounts various sound sources, The 300b is a portable multimedia player (PMP), which is a portable multimedia player that not only plays music but also plays a video or digital camera. The 300c is a Play Station Portable (PSP) equipped with various game functions. Reference is made to a vehicle or portable navigation for reference.

2 is a block diagram of a terminal control apparatus using a mobile phone for explaining an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to the drawings, a terminal control apparatus using a mobile phone according to the present invention includes a key input unit H201, an information requesting unit H202, an information receiving unit H203, a temporary storage unit H204, a screen output unit H205, The voice output unit H206 and the operation control unit H207 are configured.

Although the mobile phone information database 220 is mentioned several times in the description of the present specification, the mobile phone information database 220 is naturally mounted in a general mobile phone and is not separately illustrated in the block diagram of the terminal control apparatus according to the present invention.

The key input unit H201 selects a terminal control menu from a user, outputs a terminal list on the screen, and selects one of the output terminal lists to switch to a terminal control service mode. H202 requests a terminal control screen including a list of service data stored in the terminal or received from another terminal to the terminal selected by the key input unit H201 and the user from the service data list. The terminal 215a requests the terminal to transmit the selected service data, and the information receiving unit H203 includes a service data list stored by the terminal from the terminal or received from another terminal. A role of receiving a control screen and screen data or voice data from the terminal. The temporary storage unit (H204) stores the terminal control screen and the service data received from the information receiving unit (H203) and serves to build a temporary database, The screen output unit H205 reads screen data among the terminal control screen and the service data from the temporary storage unit H204 and outputs the screen data in a format that can be visually checked by the user. The H206 reads voice data among the service data from the temporary storage unit H204 and outputs the voice data in a format that can be confirmed by the user. In addition, the operation control unit H207 receives the information on whether the user continues to request service data through the key input unit H201, and then the user requests the service data continuously. When requesting the service data again through the H202 and the user wants to exit the service mode, the user switches to the mobile phone mode of the original state and terminates the service, and the key input unit H201 and the information request unit (H202). H202, the information receiving unit H203, the temporary storage unit H204, the screen output unit H205, and the voice output unit H206 perform a role of smoothly performing each role.

In addition, the apparatus is described mainly for the function of receiving data from the mobile phone from the terminal, but the key input unit H201 transmits service data to the terminal to transmit any one or more of the service data stored in the mobile phone or currently being received by the mobile phone. It will be possible to further perform the role selected by the user, the role of selecting the location of the terminal to be stored the selected service data, the information request unit (H202) and the key input unit (H201) is selected from the user terminal It will be possible to further perform the role of transmitting the service data to be transmitted to the terminal to read from the mobile phone information database 220 in which the service data of the mobile phone is stored and to receive and store the terminal.

Such a function is expected to have an effect of improving the efficiency of the mobile phone by allowing the mobile phone to transmit and store the movies and music stored in the mobile phone to be stored in the terminal and receive them from the terminal when necessary.

3 and 5 are flowcharts of a method for controlling a terminal using a mobile phone for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a reference view of a mobile phone screen for explaining a service process according to the present invention. Referring to the method of the present invention with reference to the drawings, first, the service menu (FIG. 6A; If you select "3. terminal control" of the terminal control, such as, ..., etc., the mobile phone is registered or controllable terminal list (Fig. 6b; ie 1.MP3. 2.PMP, 3.PSP, 4. NAVIGATION, ...) will be displayed on the screen (211). If the user selects the terminal " 1.MP3 " that requires control from the output terminal list, the terminal switches the mobile phone mode to the terminal control service mode (212). After the mobile phone is switched to the service mode, when the request (213) to send the terminal control screen to the MP3, the selected terminal 300, the terminal can be easily controlled, such as a tree structure classified into lower stages 6C, 6D, 6E; that is, 1. music listening, 2. English learning ... etc., the sub-steps of "1. music listening", such as 1. song, 2. pop song, 3 .Drama, 4.Classic, ... etc., "3. Drama" sub-steps: 1. Lovers of Paris, 2. Fifth Republic, 3. My name is Kim Sam-soon, 4. Hourglass, ... etc. The mobile terminal stores the received terminal control screen in a temporary database 219 and outputs the received terminal control screen to select a service data from a user. Request 215a to send to. At this time, the terminal reads the service data requested by the user from the information database 224 constructed by receiving the service data 221 or transmits the service data currently being received from another terminal or satellite to the mobile phone 223a. . If the user selects "3. Sam Soon (my name is Kim Sam Soon)" as shown in FIG. 6E, the terminal will read the Kim Sam Soon from the information database 224 and transmit it to the mobile phone. The mobile phone which has received the service data from the terminal (receiving the screen displaying the reception of FIG. 6F) will store the service data in the temporary database 219 and output the screen data or voice 216a. At this time, if the output form is described for reference, as shown in FIG. 5G, the screen data 400a such as video and lyrics will be output on the screen, and the voice data 400b such as narration or song through a speaker or earphone. Will be printed.

The screen data 400a and the voice data 400b are not necessarily transmitted to the mobile phone. In some cases, the terminal reads the service data from the information database 224 (223b) and then displays only the screen data on the mobile phone. It is also possible to transmit 223c only 400a and in this case, the voice data 400b may be output 225 through a speaker or earphone of the terminal itself. In this case, the mobile phone may store and output the screen data 400a received from the terminal in the temporary database 219. In addition, the mobile phone performs only a role of controlling the terminal, and the terminal may also output both the screen data 400a and the voice data 400b.

After the service data is output from the terminal or not, the mobile phone determines whether the user will continue to receive service data from the terminal or terminate the service data request and switch to the original mobile phone mode (217). If the user wants to continue to request the service data (217Y), the terminal outputs the control screen or the service data list, receives a new selection from the user, and requests the service data to be sent to the terminal. If it is to be terminated (217N) it will terminate the terminal control service mode and switch to the original mobile phone mode (218).

If the user receives the service data from the terminal, it may be possible to transmit and store the service data stored in the mobile phone or currently being received by the mobile phone to the terminal. In this process, the mobile phone is selected from the user as the service data to be transmitted to the terminal by receiving at least one of the service data stored in the mobile phone or the mobile phone is currently being received, and further selects the location of the terminal where the selected service data is to be stored (215b After receiving the transmission command from the user, the selected service data is read from the mobile phone information database 220 in which the service data of the mobile phone is stored and transmitted to the terminal (215c). Store 226 in database 224. In this way, the service data stored in the terminal can be transmitted from the terminal to the mobile phone when the user requests through the mobile phone, so that the user can efficiently manage the storage capacity of the mobile phone.

So far we looked at the preferred embodiment according to the present invention in detail. The scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-exemplified embodiments, and if the technical idea of the present invention is applied, all will be said to belong to the scope of the present invention.

The present invention minimizes or removes the size and role of the screen output unit (liquid crystal screen, etc.) and the key input unit (liquid crystal, remote control, etc.) of the terminal, which is becoming a complex device with various functions, and then, most of the users By using a key input unit and a screen or a voice output unit of a mobile phone (or PD) such as a telephone device that the user has, the user can control the desired terminal and use the mobile phone to provide the service data stored in the mobile phone. It relates to a terminal control method and apparatus.

Wide screen output unit (LCD liquid crystal screen, etc.), separate audio output unit (speakers, etc.) and key input unit (LCD liquid crystal remote controller, etc.) for controlling the service data, respectively, must be provided, and the problem of deteriorating portability significantly According to the present invention which solves the problem of the conventional terminal and the problem of the mobile phone, which requires a larger data storage capacity and has a problem that the price increases as it is equipped with various functions in addition to the inherent functions,

After eliminating or reducing the size of the wide screen output unit, the voice output unit and the key input unit, which causes the deterioration of the portability of the conventional terminal, the volume of the terminal is reduced, and then the service is performed through the screen output unit or the voice output unit of the mobile phone (or PDA). With the output of the data and by controlling the terminal using the key input unit of the mobile phone, the portability is significantly increased,

In addition, it is possible to purchase only at low price by lowering volume and price by mounting only unique functions having strengths as much as possible among the functions that are conventionally installed in the terminal, and faithfully satisfying the function of the terminal purchase intention of the user. In addition, the efficiency of the terminal and the efficiency of the mobile phone are also increased.

In addition, it has the effect of lowering the high production price of the terminal and the mobile phone, the effect of reducing the repurchase cost when the user loses the terminal and the mobile phone, and the specialized functions without purchasing a mobile phone with new functions. It is also expected that the service area can be expanded indefinitely by simply purchasing a new device and simply registering it on the user's mobile phone.

1 is a configuration diagram of a network illustrating an example of use of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of a terminal control device using a mobile phone illustrating an embodiment of the present invention.

3 and 5 are a flow chart of a terminal control method using a mobile phone illustrating an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a reference diagram of a mobile phone screen for explaining the service process according to the present invention for reference.

<Explanation of main code>

100: user

200: mobile phone (PD)

300: terminal (portable multimedia device), 300a: MP3, 300b: PMP (PMP),

300c: PSP, 300d: navigation

Claims (2)

A key input unit (H201) which selects a multimedia device (hereinafter referred to as a terminal) control menu from a predetermined user and outputs a terminal list on a screen, and then selects one of the output terminal lists to switch to a terminal control service mode; Wow Requesting the terminal selected by the key input unit H201 to request a terminal control screen including a list of service data stored in the terminal or received from another terminal, and selecting from the user among the service data list An information requesting unit (H202) for requesting the terminal to transmit the received service data; Wow Receiving a terminal control screen including a list of service data stored in the terminal or being received from another terminal from the terminal, and receiving service data including screen data or voice data from the terminal. An information receiving unit H203; Wow A temporary storage unit (H204) for storing the terminal control screen and the service data received from the information receiving unit (H203) and establishing a temporary database; Wow A screen output unit (H205) configured to read a terminal control screen from the temporary storage unit (H204) and screen data among the service data and output the screen data in a format that can be visually checked by the user; Wow A voice output unit (H206) which reads voice data among the service data from the temporary storage unit (H204) and outputs the voice data in a format that can be confirmed audibly by the user; And After receiving the selection whether the user continues to request the service data through the key input unit H201, if the user wants to continue to request the service data, the service data is transmitted through the information request unit H202. Request again, and if the user wants to exit the service mode, switch to the mobile phone mode of the original state, and terminate the service; and the key input unit H201, the information requesting unit H202, and the information receiving unit ( An operation control unit H207 for controlling the function of H203, the temporary storage unit H204, the screen output unit H205, and the audio output unit H206 to perform their respective roles; Terminal control device using a mobile phone characterized in that it is provided, including. The method of claim 1, The key input unit H201 The mobile station further performs a role of receiving at least one of service data stored in the mobile phone or currently being received by the user as service data to be transmitted to the terminal, and selecting a location of the terminal where the selected service data is to be stored. To do; and The information request unit H202 The key input unit H201 reads the service data to be transmitted to the terminal selected by the user from the mobile phone information database 220 in which the service data of the mobile phone is stored, and transmits the service data to the terminal so that the terminal can receive and store the service data. To perform more; Terminal control device using a mobile phone characterized in that.