KR100703360B1 - Apparatus and method for displaying a plurality of video image continuously in a mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a device for continuously displaying video images in a mobile communication terminal, comprising: a key input unit for selecting and inputting a plurality of different video images, and at least one video image of the video images by a predetermined number of repetitions; And a display unit which controls to display, and a display unit which displays at least one video image by the number of repetitions under the control of the controller.

Mobile terminal, display, video image, frame, header

Description

Apparatus and method for continuously displaying a plurality of video images in a mobile terminal {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF VIDEO IMAGE CONTINUOUSLY IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}             

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for displaying a plurality of video images in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of displaying a video image in which settings cannot be changed according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a display procedure of a video image whose setting can be changed according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a block diagram showing in detail the structure of a control unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating a frame structure of video image data according to the present invention;

7 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a video image is continuously displayed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for displaying an image image in a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for displaying a plurality of different image images on a display unit by the number of repetitions.

Conventional mobile communication terminals merely transmit data having low data rates such as voice messages or short messages, but recently, communication technologies have developed into a multifunctional terminal capable of services such as high-speed data, multimedia, and wireless Internet. . For example, as the function of the terminal evolves, such as watching a movie on a mobile communication terminal or taking a picture with a camera attached to the terminal, the requirements of the user increase. Accordingly, the service provider makes a more advanced technology than the existing functions. I'm down.

On the other hand, the images displayed through the liquid crystal display of the terminal has been gradually developed to display icons and videos in order to display only text. In a conventional mobile communication terminal, a user downloads a video image to his terminal using a wired cable or a wireless network. The image image downloaded and stored as described above is according to a power on screen, a power off screen, a call screen, a call screen, a standby screen and a wireless Internet access screen according to the respective image data. Can be set for display, and only one set of video images is repeated to be displayed.                         

Meanwhile, as described above, the video image that is set once in the display situation is always displayed the same video image until the user sets the display again. Therefore, when one video image is repeated, the user finds a new video image over time, and there is an inconvenience of having to download a video image service provider or change an existing stored video image.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method of a mobile communication terminal for displaying a video image by a repetition number of times.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for a mobile communication terminal such that a video image to be displayed is continuously displayed according to a repetition frequency setting value.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for continuously displaying a video image in a mobile communication terminal, comprising: a key input unit for selecting and inputting a plurality of different video images, and at least one of the video images And a control unit controlling to display an image by a predetermined number of repetitions, and a display unit displaying at least one video image by the number of repetitions under the control of the controller.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a method for continuously displaying a video image in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising the steps of selecting a plurality of video images, determining whether the selected video image includes display repeat count setting information, and As a result of the determination, if the display repeat count setting information is not included in the selected video image, a repeat count value for each video image is set to display at least one video image of the selected video images by a predetermined number of repetitions. And displaying the selected at least one video image by the number of repetitions.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the same elements among the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals and symbols as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Meanwhile, the video image used in the present invention is a concept including a still image image, a text image, an animation image, a moving image image, and the like, and a short image which is changed from the first screen to the second screen to perform a function in other terminals. It also includes video images that are displayed over time. For example, any type of video image may be displayed in a specific situation such as a power on / off screen, an outgoing screen, an incoming screen, a standby screen, a wireless Internet access screen, and the like. That is, it is obvious that any kind of video image that can be displayed on the display unit as described above can be implemented according to the present invention.

In addition, the repetition count value in the present invention means the number of times one video image is displayed by the repetition number. In other words, the first motion of the one video image is changed to another video image or disappears once, and means that the one operation is repeatedly displayed for the set number of repetitions. On the other hand, when a video image is being displayed and another screen is displayed by pressing a function key, even if the operation of the video image is not completed, one operation can be considered to have been completed and the present invention can be applied. For example, when the operation of the video image is completed without completing the above situation, the terminal covers the folder of the terminal in the idle mode, or the situation in which the menu screen is pressed by pressing a menu setting key in the idle mode. And so on.

In addition, the situation to be displayed in the present invention refers to the situation according to the mode of each terminal, such as a power on (power on) screen, power off (power off) screen, call screen, incoming call screen, standby screen and wireless Internet access screen it means.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device according to the present invention includes a radio frequency unit (hereinafter referred to as an RF unit) 101, an audio processor 102, a data processor 103, and a key. It consists of an input part 104, a control part 105, a memory 106, a display part 107, and the like.

According to the present invention, one or a plurality of video image information received through the antenna is stored in the memory 106 via the data processor 103 and the controller 105. The memory 106 also includes a video image stored as an initial value in the terminal, that is, an image provided basically. The video image stored or downloaded and stored in the memory 106 may be extracted by the controller 105 according to the video image information and displayed on the display unit 107 continuously.

Hereinafter, the structure of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 will be described in more detail.

The RF unit 101 performs a wireless communication function of the mobile communication terminal. The RF unit 101 may include an RF transmitter for upconverting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal, and an RF receiver for low noise amplifying and downconverting a received signal.

The data processor 103 includes a transmitter for encoding and modulating a transmitted signal and a receiver for demodulating and decoding a received signal. In general, the data processor 103 may include a modem and a codec.

The audio processor 102 is generally implemented as a vocoder or the like, and is driven under the control of the controller 105. The audio processor 102 decodes the coded voice data received from the RF unit 101, converts the coded voice data into an electrical voice signal, and outputs the converted voice signal to the speaker SPK. In this case, the speaker SPK converts the received electrical voice signal into an audible sound. In addition, the audio processor 102 encodes an electrical signal received from a microphone MIC and outputs the encoded electrical signal to the RF unit 101.

The key input unit 104 is an apparatus for interfacing with a user and includes a plurality of keys such as various function keys, numeric keys (0 to 9), special keys (*, #), and the like. Output the corresponding signal. Meanwhile, according to the present invention, in order to continuously display the video image by the number of repetitions, it is set to a combination mode that can display the video image by using the buttons of the key input unit 104 in combination.

The controller 105 performs a function of controlling the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 105 includes a function of controlling the display unit 107 to display some or all of the video image stored in the memory by the number of repetition times, and processing the displayed number. In addition, the video image stored in the memory 106 is read from the controller 105, and includes a function of inspecting frame information constituting the video image and processing the frame information according to the configured frame information.

The memory 106 may include a read only memory (ROM) and a random access memory (RAM) for storing a plurality of programs and data, and various image images according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information is stored. The memory 106 is divided into an area for storing data necessary for control of the controller 105, an area stored by a user, and an area for temporarily storing data generated during control. That is, the control data according to the present invention is stored in an area for storing data necessary for the control of the memory unit 106.                     

In addition, according to the present invention, one or more video images stored in the memory 106 may be permanently stored or temporarily stored by a user and then deleted.

The display unit 107 displays a signal and user data output from the control unit 105. Here, the display unit may use an LCD, and when the LCD is implemented using a touch screen method, the display unit may also operate as an input unit. According to the present invention, in the display unit 107, the image image stored in the memory 106 is subjected to a repetition number of processing for a plurality of different image images preset by the control unit 105, and is set through the display unit 107. The number of repetitions is displayed continuously.

Hereinafter, a procedure of continuously displaying a plurality of different video images by the number of repetition times will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for displaying a plurality of video images in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

The user using the displayed terminal selects an image image combination mode from a user interface menu associated with the terminal image image display displayed on the display unit 107 (step 201). When the user selects a video image (step 202), the header information is determined from the selected video image (step 203).

The header information constitutes one part of the entire frame of the video image, and includes a repetition count value and information for determining the type of the video image.                     

The video image of which the header information is identified (step 203) determines whether the video image is an image including the number of repetition information or an image not including the number of repetition information. The determination may be performed by the controller 105 through header information included in the video image. In the case of the video image including the repetition number information, the selected video image is stored in the memory 106 without any setting.

On the other hand, if the video image determined by the control unit 105 is a video image that does not include the number of repetition information, the control unit 105 controls to set the number of repetitions (step 206). When the number of repetitions is set (step 206), the set number of times is stored in the memory 106 in the header portion of the video image frame.

The above process is repeated for the number of one or more video images selected by the user among the plurality of video images stored in the memory 106, and when the selection of the one or more video images ends (step 207), The display unit 107 is displayed by the number of repetition times in the selected order.

3 and 4 will be described as an embodiment of the present invention and a case where it is impossible to change the video image while the video image is displayed on the display unit 107.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a display of a video image in which a video image cannot be changed while a video image is displayed on a display unit.                     

As described above with reference to FIG. 2, some or all of the image images sequentially stored in the memory 106 are read by the controller 105 to display the first image image information to be displayed in order to be displayed by the number of repetitions according to the present invention. (Step 301). The controller 105 detects a repetition count value from the read image image information from a header included in the image image (step 302). The controller 105 determines and processes the video image information including the number of repetitions and the video image type to display the video image on the display unit 107 (step 303).

The displayed video image 303 includes a repeat count value as described above. The repetition frequency value of the video image is stored and set as an initial value, and the repetition frequency value is not set in the video image, so that a user may arbitrarily set and store the repetition frequency. In both cases, it is assumed that the number of repetitions is set in the video image.

On the other hand, the video image is displayed by the set number of repetition times, and if the number of repetitions of the display is set in advance and exceeds the number of repetitions included in the header should be displayed as the next set video image. Therefore, the controller 105 counts the number of times the video image is displayed, and compares whether the video image is displayed by the set number of repetitions with the value counted by the controller 105 (step 305).

For example, if a video image having 10 repetition times is displayed 10 times, the controller 105 controls to display the next video image before the video image is displayed 11 times. If the video image is displayed as the number of times of repetition, the user is notified of the end of the display of the video image before proceeding to the next video image (step 306). The termination notification method is controlled to notify the bell image, the vibration, the lamp and the video image or text of the display unit 107 of the mobile communication terminal.

Then, the controller 105 determines whether all of the video image to be displayed are displayed (step 307). If there is a video image to be displayed next, it is repeated from the step of reading 304 information of the next video image and detecting the repetition number value (step 302).

Hereinafter, the reason for requiring the termination notification method will be described with reference to Table 1 below.

The video image that cannot be changed while the video image is displayed on the display unit 107 includes a video image for advertisement. When downloading and displaying the advertisement video image, various services may be provided according to the number of display of the advertisement image. For example, as shown in Table 1, a discount rate may be granted to a terminal user displaying an advertisement image.

Situation to display Price discount Repeat count Usual screen 1000 won 100 times Incoming screen 500 won 50 times Outgoing screen 500 won 50 times Power on screen 200 won 50 times Power off screen 200 won 20 times

If the advertisement image image downloaded from Table 1 and stored in the memory is selected in the image image display situation and the display is set for the image image data, the display image is repeatedly repeated as many times as the display repetition number set in the advertisement image. On the other hand, since the display image can not be changed in the middle until the display repeat count is countered, the advertisement provider can fully see the effect of the advertisement, and the user receives the benefit of a discount on the usage fee.

On the other hand, the information value and the user information (for example, the user's telephone number for a discount) for the advertisement video image is stored in the service provider at the time of downloading and accessing the service provider wired or wirelessly to download the advertisement video image. . The stored information serves as a basis for giving discounts in the next telephone bill calculation.

For example, the user downloads the advertisement video image to the usual screen, so that the advertisement video image is displayed 100 times on the usual screen on the user's terminal, and while the 100 times are displayed, the user displays the advertisement video image on the usual screen. Can not be changed to another video image, and thus the user can receive a fee of 1,000 won.

On the other hand, the reason why a method for notifying the end of the advertising video image is necessary because the user must know the information that the advertising video image is no longer displayed. By doing so, the user knows that the user can change to another video image he / she wants.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a display when a video image can be changed while a video image is displayed on a display unit.

First, the image image stored sequentially in the memory 106 by the procedure of FIG. 2 is read out from the control unit 105 in order to display the image image information to be displayed for the first time so as to be continuously displayed according to the present invention (step 401). )do.

Then, the repetition count value included in the image image information is detected from the header image from the read image image (step 402). The controller 105 determines the image image information including the number of repetitions and the image image type, and displays the image image through the display unit 107 according to the determined information (step 403).

The video image displayed on the display unit (step 403) includes a repeat count value as described above. The repetition frequency value is stored and set as an initial value in the video image, and the repetition frequency value is not set in the video image, so that the user may arbitrarily set and store the repetition frequency. In both cases, it is assumed that the number of repetitions is set in the video image.

If the user wants to change the video image (step 405) while the video image is displayed (step 403), the user can select the video image to be changed (step 404). In this case, when the change image image is selected (step 404), the process is repeated again from the procedure of detecting the image image repetition number value (step 401) of FIG.

However, when the user displays the video images stored in the memory 106 in the order of the set display image without giving an image image change command in the middle, the same procedure as described in FIG. 3 is performed. Therefore, the description of the following steps will be omitted. However, in FIG. 4, when the video image is displayed as many times as the number of repetitions and is terminated, the end notification 306 of FIG. 3 may or may not be set by the user.

5 is a block diagram showing in detail the structure of a control unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. The control unit according to the present invention includes a header data extractor 501, a repeat count information processor 502, an input processor 503, a control function determiner 504, a display determiner 505, and a repeat count processor 506. It consists of.

First, a combination mode for repetitive display of a video image according to the present invention is set by an input signal input from the input processor 503. According to the mode, respective image images are selected from among a plurality of image images stored in the memory 106, and a repetition frequency value is set for each of the selected image images.

That is, when one video image is selected from a plurality of video images stored in the memory 106 according to a user's selection signal, the selected video image is transmitted to the header data extracting unit 501 of the controller 105. . The header data extractor 501 extracts header information included in the video image data from the selected video image data, and transmits the extracted header information to the repetition number information processor 502.

The repetition number information processing unit 502 having received the header information extracts a repetition number value indicating repetition number information for the video image from the header information. In this case, as described above, the repetition count value may be a preset and stored value or may be set for each video image in the combination mode by the user.

Therefore, the repetition number value determined for each video image extracted by the repetition number information processing unit 502 is transmitted to the display determination unit 505 to control the number of times the selected video image is repeated.

Meanwhile, the video image selected by the user and extracted from the memory 106 is transmitted from the header data extractor 501 to the control function determiner 504. The control function determiner 504 repeatedly transmits the selected video image to the display determiner 505 under the control of the repetition number processor 506.

The display determiner 505 that receives the selected video image determines whether to display the display according to the repetition count value received from the repetition count information processor 502 and outputs the result to the display unit 107. On the other hand, the number of repetitions is counted according to the display decision by the display determination unit 505, and the counted value is transmitted to the repetition number processing unit 506.                     

The current repetition number value stored in the repetition number processing unit 506 and counted as the display determination is performed by the display determination unit 505 is transmitted to the control function determination unit 504. The count value transmitted to the control function determiner 504 is transmitted to the display determiner 505 together with the corresponding video image. Accordingly, as described above, the display determination unit 505 compares the preset repetition number value from the repetition number information processing unit 502 with the counted current repetition number value transmitted from the control function determination unit 504. By determining whether the corresponding video image transmitted from the control function determination unit 504 is to be displayed, and transmits the video image to the display unit 107.

6 shows a frame 600 having video image information.

The entire frame 600 includes a header unit 601 for storing various control information and a video image information unit 604 for storing one or a plurality of video image information. In the frame header unit 601 according to the present invention, the length of the video image and another file or transmission unit that are logically or physically related to a file or a transmission unit transmitted according to the content and type of the image image information 604. Is present. The frame header unit 601 according to the present invention includes a repetition count value 602 for a video image and video image type data 603.

The repetition count value 602 may be included when the video image is downloaded from the service provider and may include an arbitrary setting value by the user. For example, in the case of an advertisement video image, the repetition count value may be included in the repetition count field 602 of the frame header unit 601, and the image type field 603 of the header unit 601 means an advertisement video image. Data may be stored.

7 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a video image is continuously displayed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The first video image 701 of FIG. 7 is a still image image. That is, the video image is a default video image. In the next step, the video image set in the combination mode in the video image 701 is displayed according to the number of repetitions.

The second image 702 represents an operation in which an object (eg, an animal such as a dog) starts from the left side of the liquid crystal display, goes to the right side, and returns to the left side. When the series of operations described above is referred to as one operation, when the series of operations is displayed 30 times, the operation is terminated and the next set image image 703 is displayed. That is, the same operation is repeated by the number of repetitions (for example, 30 times) set as described above.

On the other hand, the third video image 703, like the first video image represents the movement of a predetermined object from the bottom to the top. If it is assumed that the movement from the lower end of the display unit to the upper end is one time and the number of repetition setting of the video image is set to 20 times, the operation is repeated and displayed by the set number of times, that is, 20 times.

The display from the second video image 702 to the third video image 703 described above is set in the memory to be the display order of the stored video image. When the third video image 703 is displayed and terminated 20 times, the previous image of the video image including the default video image or display number information stored when the terminal is purchased is displayed. That is, the default video image includes a video image for which the current time or repetition number of times displayed on the terminal is not set. In the embodiment of the present invention, when the third image image 703 is finished displaying, the first image image 701 (that is, the default image) is displayed again as the fourth image image 704.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

That is, in the detailed description of the present invention, a plurality of different image images stored in the memory 106 are described as an example of being displayed on the display unit 107 of the terminal according to the repetition frequency setting. It can also be implemented in real-time video images.

As described above, the present invention, as long as it is possible to more effectively configure the monotonous display screen of the terminal by being displayed continuously according to each repetition frequency value set for a plurality of different video images displayed in the mobile communication terminal There is an advantage.

Claims (13)

An apparatus for continuously displaying video images in a mobile communication terminal, A key input unit for selecting and inputting a plurality of different image images; A controller for controlling to display at least one video image of the video images by a predetermined number of repetitions; And a display unit for displaying at least one video image by the number of repetitions under the control of the controller. The method of claim 1, And a memory for storing a plurality of different video images having the repeated number of times set therein. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit A header data extraction unit for extracting and outputting header information from the plurality of different video images; A repetition number information processing unit for reading a repetition number setting value indicating repetition number information for the video image from the output header information and transmitting the repetition number setting value to a display determination unit; A control function determination unit which simultaneously controls the information inputted from the header data extraction unit and the key input unit and processed; And a display determiner configured to determine to display the image images according to the information processed by the control function determiner and the repetition frequency information processor. delete A method for continuously displaying video images in a mobile communication terminal, Selecting a plurality of video images, Determining whether display repeat count setting information is included in the selected video image; As a result of the determination, if the display repeat count setting information is not included in the selected video image, a repeat count value for each video image is set to display at least one video image of the selected video images by a predetermined number of repetitions. Process, And displaying the at least one selected video image by the number of repetitions. The method of claim 5, And determining whether the video image including the repetition number setting information is an advertisement video image as a result of the determination. delete The method of claim 5, wherein the display process And notifying that the display is terminated through a predetermined notification means when the video image is displayed for the set number of repetitions. The method of claim 5, And controlling the video image to be changed during display. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit       And determining whether the selected repetition number setting information is included in the selected video image, and if the selected repetition number setting information is not included in the selected video image, controlling to set a repetition number value to be displayed. Device for continuously displaying video images on a computer. The method of claim 10, wherein the control unit If the selected video image includes display repetition number setting information, it is determined whether the video image is an advertising video image. If the video image is an advertising video image, the video image is displayed as another video image until the advertising video image is displayed for the set number of repetitions. A device for continuously displaying video images in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the control is impossible to change. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit And when the video image is displayed for the set number of repetitions, controlling to display the end of the display through a predetermined notification means. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit And control so that the video image can be changed to another video image during display.

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