KR101139005B1 - Interlocking Control Method between Mobile Terminal Device and Outer Device, Mobile Terminal Device and Outer Device Used Therein, and Media that Program Used Therein is Recored - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for interlocking control between a mobile terminal and an external device, a mobile terminal and an external device used therefor, and a recording medium having recorded thereon a program. The present invention provides a process for determining whether an external device is connected to a mobile terminal through a predetermined connection device, and transmitting a media signal generated by the mobile terminal to the connection device when the external device is connected to the mobile terminal. Is implemented via: According to the present invention, various functions provided by the mobile terminal can be used more abundantly and conveniently, and economical efficiency of lowering the manufacturing cost of a PC as a public good can be ensured.

Description

Interlocking control method between Mobile Terminal Device and Outer Device, Mobile Terminal Device and Outer Device Used Therein, and Media that Program Used Therein is Recored}

The present invention relates to a method for controlling interworking between a mobile terminal and an external device, a mobile terminal and an external device used therefor, and a recording medium on which a program used therein is recorded. The present invention relates to a method for interworking control between a mobile terminal and an external device, a mobile terminal and an external device used therein, and a recording medium on which a program is used. .

Smartphones, which are rapidly increasing in recent years, provide most of the functions provided by PCs in the past, so users can use their smartphones to watch movies, listen to music, work on documents, write emails, etc. I'm doing it.

However, a smart phone has a limitation of the size of the liquid crystal display, which is a video output device, and the output capacity and sound quality of an internal speaker, which is an audio output unit, due to the characteristics of a mobile phone. In this regard, there is a demand for an expansion device that enables richer and more convenient use of various functions provided by smart phones.

In addition, users who need to perform their own work using PCs installed in each place in various public places need to install programs and applications necessary for the work on the PC each time in order to perform their work on the PC. There is a feeling.

In order to solve this problem, if all commercial programs and applications that are expected to be demanded by a large number of users must be installed on all PCs installed in public spaces, this causes a problem that the cost of installing and operating each PC is unnecessarily high. .

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a richer and more convenient use of various functions provided by a mobile terminal, and to control the interworking control method of a mobile terminal and an external device that can lower the manufacturing cost of a PC as a public good, and the mobile device used therein. The present invention provides a recording medium on which a terminal and an external device and a program used therein are recorded.

A mobile terminal according to the present invention for achieving the above object, in the mobile terminal, by the user's selection, to output the media signal generated in the mobile terminal through an external device connected to the mobile terminal through a connection device And a media output control unit.

Preferably, the media output control unit includes a video output control unit for outputting the video signal generated by the mobile terminal from the video output device of the external device.

The media output controller may further include an audio output controller configured to output an audio signal generated by the mobile terminal to an audio output device of the external device.

The apparatus may further include a connection controller which combines the video signal and the audio signal to transmit the video signal to the external device through the connection device.

The connection device may include a plurality of transmission devices, and the connection device may further include a connection control unit for selecting a transmission device to transmit the media signal to the external device among the plurality of transmission devices according to the type of the media signal.

The connection control unit may transmit graphic format information of a video output device of the external device received from the external device to the video output control unit.

The video output control unit may convert the format of the video signal according to the graphic format of the video output apparatus of the external device.

The media output controller converts the media signal into an analog signal when the data that can be transmitted from the connection device is analog data.

The apparatus may further include an input controller configured to control an operation of the mobile terminal according to the input signal when an input signal from an input device of the external device is transmitted to the mobile terminal through the connection device.

The apparatus may further include a storage controller configured to control data generated by the external device to be stored in the storage device of the mobile terminal and / or the storage device of the external device by a user's selection.

The apparatus may further include a communication control unit for controlling the communication unit of the mobile terminal or the auxiliary communication device of the external device to be used as the communication means of the mobile terminal.

The apparatus may further include a power controller configured to supply power supplied from the external device through the connection device to be used for the operation of the mobile terminal.

The power controller may be configured to charge the battery built in the mobile terminal using power supplied from the external device.

On the other hand, the external device according to the present invention, the external device is connected to the mobile terminal through a predetermined connection device, Media output device for outputting a media signal received from the mobile terminal; And an integrated controller configured to transmit the media signal to the media output device capable of outputting the media signal according to the type of media signal received from the mobile terminal through the connection device.

The media signal may be a video signal or an audio signal, and the media output device may be a video output device or an audio output device.

The integrated control unit may transmit graphic format information of the video output device to the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is connected through the connection device.

The apparatus may further include an input device, wherein the integrated control unit transmits an input signal from the input device to the mobile terminal through the connection device.

The integrated controller may be further configured to transmit the data generation information to the mobile terminal through the connection device when data is generated according to the operation of the external device.

The apparatus may further include a storage device, wherein the integrated control unit stores the generated data in the storage device when receiving a data storage command from the external device.

The apparatus may further include a communication device, wherein the integrated control unit transmits the information of the communication device to the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is connected through the connection device.

The apparatus may further include a power supply for supplying power required for the operation of the external device, wherein the integrated control unit supplies power from the power supply to the mobile terminal through the connection device.

On the other hand, the interlocking control method of a mobile terminal and an external device according to the present invention, the method comprising the steps of (a) the mobile terminal, whether the external device is connected to the mobile terminal through a predetermined connection device; And (b) the mobile terminal transmitting a media signal generated by the mobile terminal to the connection device when an external device is connected to the mobile terminal.

Preferably, the connection device includes a plurality of transmission devices, and after the step (a), when the external device is connected to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal transmits the plurality of transmission devices according to the type of the media signal. And selecting a transmission device to transmit the media signal to the external device.

In addition, after the step (a), when the external device is connected to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal receives the graphic format information of the video output device of the external device from the external device; And converting, by the mobile terminal, the format of the media signal according to the graphic format.

On the other hand, the recording medium according to the present invention is characterized in that a program for executing the above steps is recorded.

On the other hand, the mobile terminal according to the present invention is characterized in that a program for executing each step is installed.

According to the present invention, the user can use various functions provided by the mobile terminal more abundantly and conveniently. In detail, the user may output a playback signal of a media file executed in the mobile terminal through a media output device of an external device having better specifications than the mobile terminal.

In addition, the user can view the video file executed in the mobile terminal as an optimal image converted according to the specification of the video output device of the external device. In addition, the user may conveniently use an input device such as a mouse, keyboard, or touch pad of an external device without using a small and inconvenient input unit of the mobile terminal.

In addition, the user can select a more stable and economical communication means from the communication means of the mobile terminal and the communication means of the external device to perform network communication.

In addition, according to the present invention, the PC installed in the public place does not need to install a central processing unit, an operating system, and various programs and applications, thereby securing economical efficiency of lowering the manufacturing cost of the PC.

In addition, according to the present invention there is provided a new type of PC to replace the PC / notebook and the like used in the conventional personal use.

1 is a configuration diagram of an interworking system of a mobile terminal and an external device according to the present invention;
2 is a functional block diagram showing the structure of a mobile terminal and an external device in the present invention; and
3 is a functional block diagram illustrating a function of an interlocking control unit in the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described the present invention in more detail. It should be noted that the same elements in the figures are represented by the same numerals wherever possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram of an interworking system of a mobile terminal and an external device according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, an interworking system of a mobile terminal 100 and an external device 200 according to the present invention includes a mobile terminal 100 and an external device 200.

In practicing the present invention, the mobile terminal 100 may be a smart phone, the external device 200 may be manufactured in the form of a PC.

2 is a functional block illustrating the structure of a mobile terminal and an external device according to the present invention. 2, the mobile terminal 100 according to the present invention includes a central processing unit 110, a main storage device 130, a communication unit 150, and an interlocking control unit 170.

Since the central processing unit 110, the main storage unit 130, and the communication unit 150 in the mobile terminal 100 perform the same functions as in the general mobile terminal 100, a description thereof will be omitted. Meanwhile, the mobile terminal 100 according to the present invention includes an interlocking control unit 170, and FIG. 3 illustrates a functional block diagram for explaining a function of the interlocking control unit 170 in the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the interlocking control unit 170 according to the present invention includes a media output control unit 178, an input control unit 173, a storage device control unit 174, a communication control unit 175, a power control unit 176, and a connection. And a control unit 177. The media output control unit 178 includes a video output control unit 171 and an audio output control unit 172.

Meanwhile, the mobile terminal 100 and the external device 200 are connected through a connection device. In practicing the present invention, the connection device includes at least one transmission device, and the transmission device includes a universal serial bus (USB) cable, a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) cable, and a digital visual. Digital Visual Interface (DVI) cables, Sony Philips Digital InterFace (S / PDIF) cables, etc. may be used.

First, the connection controller 177 of the mobile terminal 100 checks whether the external device 200 is connected to the mobile terminal 100 through a connection device, and the external device 200 is connected to the mobile terminal 100. If it is determined that the media output control unit 178 is selected by the user through the input unit of the mobile terminal 100, the media signal generated by the mobile terminal 100 is connected to the video of the external device 200 connected through the connection device The media signal is transmitted to the connection device to be output through a media output device such as the output device 220 or the audio output device 230.

In detail, the video output controller 171 transmits a video signal generated by the mobile terminal 100 to the connected device, and the audio output controller 172 transmits an audio signal generated by the mobile terminal 100 to the connected device. .

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the external device 200 includes a media output device, an input device 240, and an auxiliary storage device 250 including an integrated control unit 210, a video output device 220, and an audio output device 230. , An auxiliary communication device 260, and a power supply 270. Here, the integrated control unit 210 transmits the video signal received from the mobile terminal 100 through the connection device to the video output device 220, the audio signal to the audio output device 230.

As a result, the user may output a playback signal of the media file executed in the mobile terminal 100 through the media output device of the external device 200 having better specifications than the mobile terminal 100.

Meanwhile, when the integrated control unit 210 of the external device 200 is connected to the mobile terminal 100 through a connection device, the integrated control unit 210 may provide information about the graphic format of the video output device 220 of the external device 200 to the connection device. Send to the mobile terminal 100 through.

The connection control unit 177 of the mobile terminal 100 receives the graphic format information of the video output device 220, which is transmitted to the video output control unit 171. In this case, the video output controller 171 converts the video signal generated by the mobile terminal 100 according to the graphic format of the video output device 220 of the external device 200 (for example, 240x320 → 1024x768). The converted graphic signal is transmitted to the external device 200 through the connection controller 177.

Accordingly, the user can view the video file executed in the mobile terminal 100 as an optimal image converted according to the specification of the video output device 220 of the external device 200.

Meanwhile, when the external device 200 is connected to the mobile terminal 100, the connection controller 177 of the mobile terminal 100 checks the type of connection device that connects the mobile terminal 100 and the external device 200. do.

That is, as described above, the connection device includes a transmission device, and a USB cable, an HDMI cable, a DVI cable, an S / PDIF cable, or the like may be used for the transmission device.

Here, the USB cable and the HDMI cable transmit digital video signals and digital audio signals, the DVI cable transmits digital video signals only, and the S / PDIF cable transmits digital audio signals only.

Here, when a USB cable or an HDMI cable is used as the transmission device, the connection controller 177 combines the digital video signal received from the video output controller 171 and the digital audio signal received from the audio output controller 172. The combined signal is transmitted to the external device 200.

If the transmission device used is a type capable of transmitting only analog data, such as an S-video cable or a TV-OUT cable, the connection control unit 177 transmits a conversion command to an analog signal to the media output control unit 178. In addition, the media output control unit 178 converts media signals such as video signals and audio signals generated by the mobile terminal 100 into analog signals.

The media signal converted into an analog signal is transmitted to the external device 200 through a transmission device such as an S-video cable or a TV-OUT cable.

Meanwhile, in the embodiment of the present invention, the connection device may include a plurality of transmission devices, and the connection control unit 177 transmits a media signal of the plurality of transmission devices to the external device 200 according to the type of the media signal. Select the device.

Specifically, if the media signal is a video signal, select a DVI cable, which is a transmission device capable of transmitting only a video signal, and if the media signal is an audio signal, select an S / PDIF cable, which is a transmission device capable of transmitting only an audio signal. If the media signal is a signal in which an audio signal and a video signal are combined, the USB cable is selected.

On the other hand, when the mobile terminal 100 is connected to the external device 200, the user does not use the small and inconvenient input unit of the mobile terminal 100, and input devices such as a mouse, keyboard, and touch pad of the external device 200 ( 240) can be used.

When the user uses the input device 240 of the external device 200, the integrated control unit 210 transmits an input signal from the input device 240 to the mobile terminal 100 through the connection device. In this case, the connection control unit 177 of the mobile terminal 100 transmits an input signal transmitted from the external device 200 to the input control unit 173, and the input control unit 173 transmits an input signal according to the received input signal. The operation of 100 is controlled.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the main storage device 130 includes a mapping table indicating a correspondence relationship between the input signals through the input unit of the mobile terminal 100 performing the same function as the input signal received from the external device 200. It would be desirable.

That is, in this case, the user may input more conveniently by using the input device 240 of the external device 200 and execute the operation of the mobile terminal 100.

Meanwhile, the integrated control unit 210 of the external device 200 transmits data generation information indicating that data is generated to the mobile terminal 100 through the connection device when data is generated according to the operation of the external device 200. .

Accordingly, the connection controller 177 transmits the data generated by the external device 200 to the user through the display screen provided in the mobile terminal 100, and displays the data of the main storage device 130 and the external device 200 of the mobile terminal 100. An indication is made to select which of the secondary storage devices 250 to store.

Accordingly, the user may select storage in the primary storage device 130 of the mobile terminal 100, storage in the auxiliary storage device 250 of the external device 200, or both. When the user chooses to save to the main storage 130 or to both, the storage controller 174 sends a data transmission request to the external device 200, thereby integrating the external device 200. The controller 210 transmits the data generated by the external device 200 to the mobile terminal 100, and the data transmitted to the mobile terminal 100 is mainly stored by the storage controller 174 by the storage device controller 174. Stored in device 130.

On the other hand, when the user selects storage of the external device 200 in the auxiliary storage device 250 or both, the storage controller 174 transmits a data storage command to the external device 200, The integrated control unit 210 stores the data generated by the external device 200 in the auxiliary storage device 250.

In addition, when the mobile terminal 100 is connected to the external device 200 through the connection device, the integrated control unit 210 of the external device 200 transmits the information of the communication device to the mobile terminal 100. In the practice of the present invention, the information of the communication device may include information on a network connected to the communication device, and whether the wired network or the wireless network is connected, connection speed, usage fee information, and the like.

When the mobile terminal 100 receives the information of the above communication device from the external device 200 through the connection device, the connection control unit 177 receives the information of the communication device through the display screen provided in the mobile terminal 100. In addition, the user may be prompted to select which of the communication unit 150 of the mobile terminal 100 and the auxiliary communication device 260 of the external device 200 to use as a communication means of the mobile terminal 100. do.

Accordingly, when the user determines that network communication using the external device 200 is more stable and inexpensive, the user selects the auxiliary communication device 260 of the external device 200. In this case, the communication control unit 175 Transmits a selection signal to the external device 200 indicating that the auxiliary communication device 260 is selected as the communication means. Accordingly, the integrated control unit 210 of the external device 200 activates the auxiliary communication device 260 to enable communication through the auxiliary communication device 260.

On the other hand, when the user selects the communication unit 150 of the mobile terminal 100, the communication control unit 175 does not transmit a separate selection signal to the external device 200, the mobile terminal 100 is a communication unit provided therein Network communication is performed through 150. A command is displayed to select whether to store data generated by the external device 200 in the main storage device 130 of the mobile terminal 100 or the auxiliary storage device 250 of the external device 200.

As such, the user can select a more stable and economical communication means from the communication means of the mobile terminal 100 and the communication means of the external device 200 to perform network communication.

In addition, the external device 200 includes a power supply device 270 for supplying power required for the operation of the external device 200, the integrated control unit 210 is connected to the power supply from the power supply device 270 It supplies to the mobile terminal 100 through. Accordingly, the power control unit 176 of the mobile terminal 100 supplies the power supplied from the external device 200 to be used for the operation of the mobile terminal 100.

On the other hand, in the practice of the present invention, the power control unit 176 of the mobile terminal 100 may charge the battery built in the mobile terminal 100 through the power supplied from the external device 200.

On the other hand, in the practice of the present invention, an application such as a program for performing the functions described above in the mobile terminal 100 may be downloaded and installed in the user's mobile terminal 100 through a web server.

While the above has been shown and described with respect to preferred embodiments and applications of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments and applications described above, the invention without departing from the gist of the invention claimed in the claims Various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention.

100: mobile terminal, 200: external device
170: interlocking control unit, 210: integrated control unit
171: video output control unit, 172: audio output control unit
173: input control unit, 174: storage device control unit
175: communication control unit, 176: power control unit
177: connection control unit, 178: media output control unit

Claims (26)

In a mobile terminal,
And a media output control unit configured to output a media signal generated by the mobile terminal through an external device connected to the mobile terminal through a connection device by a user's selection.
The media output controller may include a video output controller configured to output a video signal generated by the mobile terminal to a video output apparatus of the external device; And an audio output controller for outputting an audio signal generated by the mobile terminal from an audio output device of the external device.
And a connection controller which combines the video signal and the audio signal and transmits the video signal to the external device through the connection device.
The connection control unit transmits the graphic format information of the video output device of the external device received from the external device to the video output control unit,
And the video output control unit converts the format of the video signal according to the graphic format of the video output apparatus of the external device.
delete delete delete The method of claim 1,
The connection device includes a plurality of transmission devices,
And a connection controller for selecting a transmission device to transmit the media signal to the external device among the plurality of transmission devices according to the type of the media signal.
delete delete The method of claim 1,
And the media output controller converts the media signal into an analog signal when the data that can be transmitted from the connection device is analog data.
The method of claim 1,
And an input control unit for controlling an operation of the mobile terminal according to the input signal when an input signal from an input device of the external device is transmitted to the mobile terminal through the connection device.
The method of claim 1,
And a storage controller configured to control data generated by the external device to be stored in the storage device of the mobile terminal and / or the storage device of the external device by a user's selection.

The method of claim 1,
And a communication control unit for controlling the communication unit of the mobile terminal or the auxiliary communication device of the external device to be used as a communication means of the mobile terminal by the user's selection.
The method of claim 1,
And a power control unit for supplying power supplied from the external device through the connection device to be used for the operation of the mobile terminal.
The method of claim 12,
The power control unit is to charge the battery built in the mobile terminal using the power supplied from the external device.
In the external device connected to the mobile terminal through a predetermined connection device,
A media output device for outputting a media signal received from the mobile terminal; And
An integrated control unit transmitting the media signal to the media output device capable of outputting the media signal according to the type of media signal received from the mobile terminal through the connection device;
Including;
The media signal is a video signal or an audio signal, the media output device is a video output device or an audio output device,
The integrated control unit may be configured to convert the format of the video signal according to the graphic format of the video output device when the mobile terminal is connected through the connection device. An external device for transmitting graphic format information.
delete delete The method of claim 14,
It further includes an input device,
And the integrated control unit transmits an input signal from the input device to the mobile terminal through the connection device.
The method of claim 14,
The integrated control unit transmits the data generation information to the mobile terminal through the connection device when data is generated according to the operation of the external device.
The method of claim 18,
Further includes a storage device,
The integrated control unit stores the generated data in the storage device when receiving a data storage command from the external device.
The method of claim 14,
Further comprising a communication device,
The integrated control unit transmits the information of the communication device to the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is connected through the connection device.
The method of claim 14,
Further comprising a power supply for supplying power for the operation of the external device,
The integrated control unit supplies the power from the power supply to the mobile terminal through the connection device.
In the interlocking control method of a mobile terminal and an external device,
(a) checking, by the mobile terminal, whether an external device is connected to the mobile terminal through a predetermined connection device; And
(b) the mobile terminal transmitting a media signal generated by the mobile terminal to the connection device when an external device is connected to the mobile terminal;
Including;
After step (a),
When the external device is connected to the mobile terminal, receiving, by the mobile terminal, graphic format information of a video output device of the external device from the external device; And
And converting, by the mobile terminal, the format of the media signal according to the graphic format.
The method of claim 22,
The connection device includes a plurality of transmission devices,
After the step (a), when the external device is connected to the mobile terminal, selecting, by the mobile terminal, a transmission device to transmit the media signal to the external device from among the plurality of transmission devices according to the type of the media signal; Interworking control method of the mobile terminal and the external device further comprising.
delete A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing each of the steps as claimed in claim 22 or 23.
A mobile terminal provided with a program for executing each of the steps of claim 22 or 23.

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