Patent ID: 9557160
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G01B,G01S,H04M

Claim:
1. A method for measuring a length in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: selecting a virtual measuring tape function on the mobile terminal for measuring a size of an object; setting, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a reference object, the reference object including a palm; setting, via the controller, a spaced distance of the reference object with respect to the mobile terminal to be zero when the reference object is brought into contact with the mobile terminal and one end of a subject; measuring, via a laser of the mobile terminal, a horizontal length of the subject based on the spaced distance of the reference object with respect to the mobile terminal when the reference object is moved away from the mobile terminal and moved into another end of the subject; automatically measuring a vertical length of the subject based on a state change of the terminal or the palm without additional manipulation when the measurement of the horizontal length of the subject is completed; outputting at least one of the measured horizontal and vertical length of the subject; displaying, via a display unit of the mobile terminal, a webpage including an object and a size information of the object, the size information of the object including at least one of a horizontal length and a vertical length of the object; detecting selection of the horizontal length or the vertical length of the object; and outputting an alarm or vibration when the measured spaced distance of the reference object reaches to the selected horizontal length or the vertical length of the object displayed on the webpage while the reference object is moved away from the mobile terminal, wherein the virtual measuring tape function is automatically activated when the horizontal length or the vertical length of the object is selected.