Mobile Terminal External Device Coupling Detection and Menu Display

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing mobile terminals require multiple steps to execute applications associated with external devices, causing inconvenience and consuming time when the user wants to multitask while viewing visual information.

Innovation Solution

A mobile terminal with a display unit, interface unit, and controller that senses external device connections, displays graphic data indicating connection status, and provides an execution menu for associated functions, allowing immediate execution of recommended applications without complex user manipulation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the user wants to execute an application associated with an external device while viewing visual information, then the function associated with the external device can be executed, but several steps of processes are required causing inconvenience and time consumption

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of executing applicationVSAvoidtime to execute application

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by detecting the coupling of the external device and proactively displaying graphic data and execution menus before the user explicitly requests application execution. The controller detects when an external device is coupled to the mobile terminal and automatically presents relevant application options, eliminating the need for users to navigate through multiple steps to find and launch the appropriate application.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If the user wants to execute an application associated with an external device while viewing visual information, then the function associated with the external device can be executed, but several steps of processes are required

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of executing applicationVSAvoidnumber of steps to execute application

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by detecting the coupling of the external device and proactively displaying graphic data and execution menus before the user explicitly requests application execution. The controller detects when an external device is coupled to the mobile terminal and automatically presents relevant application options, eliminating the need for users to navigate through multiple steps to find and launch the appropriate application.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10466857B2Mobile terminal and control method thereof

Publication Date: 2019.11.05 LG ELECTRONICS INC

AI summary

The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal capable of displaying screen information and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display unit formed to display screen information; an interface unit through which an external device is detachably connected to the mobile terminal; a sensing unit configured to sense whether the external device is coupled to or separated from at least one of which port included in the interface unit; and a controller configured to display graphic data corresponding to the sensing result of the sensing unit on the display unit and display at least one execution menu on the display unit to execute a function associated with the sensing result.