KR101638913B1 - Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of performing various types of group communication with contacts corresponding to the person images using an image including a plurality of person images, and a control method thereof.

Description

[0001] MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME [0002]

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a control method thereof, in which usage of a terminal can be realized by further considering convenience of a user.

The terminal can move And can be divided into a mobile / portable terminal and a stationary terminal depending on whether the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal or a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal can be divided into a handheld terminal and a vehicle mount terminal according to whether the user can directly carry the mobile terminal.

Such a terminal has various functions, for example, in the form of a multimedia device having multiple functions such as photographing and photographing of a moving picture, reproduction of a music or video file, reception of a game and broadcasting, etc. .

In order to support and enhance the functionality of such terminals, it may be considered to improve the structural and / or software parts of the terminal.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a display unit of a terminal has been widely released as a touch screen capable of recognizing a touch, and it is required to provide various UI (User Interface) functions according to the operation of the touch screen.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile terminal capable of performing various types of group communication with contacts corresponding to the person images using an image including a plurality of person images, and a control method thereof.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal including: a wireless communication unit for communicating with external terminals; A touch screen on which an image including a plurality of portrait images is displayed; A memory having contact information each associated with the person images in the image; And a controller for searching the memory for contact information associated with each of the touched person images when the plurality of person images are touched on the touch screen and displaying at least one menu for group communication with the searched contact information through the wireless communication unit And a control unit for displaying the image.

In this case, the image may include at least one of a still image or a moving image provided in the memory, a preview image input from the camera provided in the mobile terminal, and a web screen connected through the wireless communication unit.

In addition, the contact information is mapped to the display position of the person images in the image, and the control unit can search the display position of the touched person images in the image and the mapped contact information, respectively.

The contact information is respectively mapped to face feature information of the person images stored in the memory, and the controller recognizes each of the face features of the touched person images, And the mapped contact information can be searched for.

When the first person image of the person images is touched and the first person image is touched again after the last person image is touched, the control unit controls the memory to store the first person image and the last person image, The contact information associated with the person image touched between the first person image and the last person image can be retrieved.

In addition, when the menu is selected, the control unit executes the group communication function assigned to the menu, and displays the executed group communication function screen on the touch screen.

In addition, the menu may include a menu for conference call with the searched contact information, a menu for sending a broadcast message, a menu for group chat, a menu for sharing the image, And a menu for the menu item.

In addition, the controller may display the at least one menu after displaying names of persons registered in each of the contact information searched in the memory at the positions of the respective person images in the image.

In addition, the controller may display the at least one menu after displaying the number of contact information found in the memory in the image.

In addition, when the touch is detected in the vicinity of the outside of the touch recognition area of the specific person image among the touched person images, the control unit determines that a touch-miss has occurred to the specific person image, It is possible to display the touch recognition area of the specific person image generated for a predetermined time.

The controller may display the image and display the touch recognition area of the portrait images associated with the contact information among the portrait images in the image for a preset time before the portrait images are touched.

In addition, the controller may determine the frequency of use of the user for a predetermined period of time for the contact information associated with the person images before the image is displayed and the person images are touched, It is possible to display the touch recognition area of the contact information having the usage frequency equal to or higher than the predetermined reference value for a predetermined time.

In addition, when the event is generated according to the searched contact information, the controller may display information indicating the generated event around the corresponding person image in the image. At this time, the event may include at least one of a missed call, a received message, a memo, and a schedule.

In addition, the touch screen may include a first screen on which the function of displaying the image is executed and a second screen on which a function selected by the user is executed, and the controller may perform functions corresponding to the first screen and the second screen, Can run together.

In this case, when the functions of the first and second screens are multitasked, if the contact information associated with each of the person images touched in the first screen is searched, the control unit performs group communication with the searched contact information A function associated with the function of the second screen can be executed.

At this time, the function of the second screen may be a call connection function, and the control unit may control the wireless communication unit to connect a conference call with the searched contact information.

In addition, the function of the second screen may be a message creating function, and the controller may set the retrieved contact information as a sender in the message.

Also, the function of the second screen may be a content execution function, and the control unit may control the wireless communication unit to transmit the running content to the retrieved contact information.

In addition, the function of the second screen may be a short-range communication connection function, and the controller may control the wireless communication unit to connect short-range communication with the searched contact information.

At least one short-axis information mapped with the specific contact information is displayed on the second screen, and when the at least one person image in the first screen and the shortcut number in the second screen are touched, At least one menu for executing a group communication function with the image and the contact information mapped to the address number can be displayed.

In addition, the second screen may display a list of a plurality of contents stored in the memory, and the controller may control the wireless communication unit when the person images in the first screen and at least one content in the list are touched And transmit the touched content as contact information mapped with the touched person images.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a mobile terminal, including: displaying an image including a plurality of person images on a touch screen; Retrieving contact information associated with each of the touched person images in a memory when a plurality of person images are touched on the touch screen; And displaying at least one menu for group communication with the searched contact information on the touch screen.

A mobile terminal and a control method thereof according to the present invention map a plurality of person images included in an image and contact information of the person images, and when the person images in the image are touched, It is effective to provide contact information and various types of group communication functions.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a digital frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting corresponding contact information at each display position of the portrait images included in the image.
FIG. 4 is a screen state diagram illustrating a process of setting corresponding contact information at each display position of the portrait images included in the image.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting corresponding contact information in each of the face feature information of the person images included in the image.
6 is a screen state diagram illustrating a process of setting corresponding contact information in each of the face feature information of the portrait images included in the image.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing group communication using contact information corresponding to person images included in an image according to the present invention.
8 and 9 are flowcharts illustrating a process of searching for contact information mapped with selected person images in an image.
10 to 15 are screen state diagrams illustrating a process of performing group communication with contact information corresponding to person images included in an image according to the present invention.
FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing group communication using contact information corresponding to person images included in an image according to the present invention.
17 to 27 are screen state diagrams illustrating a process of performing group communication using contact information corresponding to person images included in an image according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a mobile terminal related to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The suffix "module" and " part "for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role.

The mobile terminal described in this specification may include a mobile phone, a smart phone, a laptop computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), navigation and the like. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configuration according to the embodiments described herein may be applied to a fixed terminal such as a digital TV, a desktop computer, and the like, unless the configuration is applicable only to a mobile terminal.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 100 includes a wireless communication unit 110, an audio / video input unit 120, a user input unit 130, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, a memory 160, A controller 170, a controller 180, a power supply 190, and the like. The components shown in FIG. 1 are not essential, and a mobile terminal having more or fewer components may be implemented.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

The wireless communication unit 110 may include one or more modules for enabling wireless communication between the mobile terminal 100 and the wireless communication system or between the mobile terminal 100 and the network in which the mobile terminal 100 is located. For example, the wireless communication unit 110 may include a broadcast receiving module 111, a mobile communication module 112, a wireless Internet module 113, a short range communication module 114, and a location information module 115 .

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel.

The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. The broadcast management server may refer to a server for generating and transmitting broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information, or a server for receiving broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information generated by the broadcast management server and transmitting the generated broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information. The broadcast signal may include a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, a data broadcast signal, and a broadcast signal in which a data broadcast signal is combined with a TV broadcast signal or a radio broadcast signal.

The broadcast-related information may refer to a broadcast channel, a broadcast program, or information related to a broadcast service provider. The broadcast-related information may also be provided through a mobile communication network. In this case, it may be received by the mobile communication module 112.

The broadcast-related information may exist in various forms. For example, an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) of DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) or an ESG (Electronic Service Guide) of Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H).

For example, the broadcast receiving module 111 may be a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DMB-T), a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Satellite (DMB-S), a Media Forward Link Only (DVF-H) A digital broadcasting system such as DVB-CB, OMA-BCAST, or Integrated Services Digital Broadcast-Terrestrial (ISDB-T). Of course, the broadcast receiving module 111 may be adapted to other broadcasting systems as well as the digital broadcasting system described above.

The broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information received through the broadcast receiving module 111 may be stored in the memory 160.

The mobile communication module 112 transmits and receives radio signals to at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. The wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The wireless Internet module 113 is a module for wireless Internet access, and may be built in or externally attached to the mobile terminal 100. WLAN (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and the like can be used as wireless Internet technologies.

The short-range communication module 114 refers to a module for short-range communication. Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like can be used as a short range communication technology.

The position information module 115 is a module for obtaining the position of the mobile terminal, and a representative example thereof is a Global Position System (GPS) module. According to the current technology, the GPS module 115 calculates distance information and accurate time information from three or more satellites, and then applies trigonometry to the calculated information to obtain a three-dimensional string of latitude, longitude, The location information can be accurately calculated. At present, a method of calculating position and time information using three satellites and correcting an error of the calculated position and time information using another satellite is widely used. In addition, the GPS module 115 can calculate speed information by continuously calculating the current position in real time.

Referring to FIG. 1, an A / V (Audio / Video) input unit 120 is for inputting an audio signal or a video signal, and may include a camera 121 and a microphone 122. The camera 121 processes image frames such as still images or moving images obtained by the image sensor in the video communication mode or the photographing mode. The processed image frame can be displayed on the display unit 151. [

The image frame processed by the camera 121 may be stored in the memory 160 or transmitted to the outside through the wireless communication unit 110. [ Two or more cameras 121 may be provided depending on the use environment.

The microphone 122 receives an external sound signal through a microphone in a communication mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and processes it as electrical voice data. The processed voice data can be converted into a form that can be transmitted to the mobile communication base station through the mobile communication module 112 when the voice data is in the call mode, and output. Various noise reduction algorithms may be implemented in the microphone 122 to remove noise generated in receiving an external sound signal.

The user input unit 130 generates input data for a user to control the operation of the terminal. The user input unit 130 may include a key pad dome switch, a touch pad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like.

The sensing unit 140 senses the current state of the mobile terminal 100 such as the open / close state of the mobile terminal 100, the position of the mobile terminal 100, the presence or absence of user contact, the orientation of the mobile terminal, And generates a sensing signal for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is in the form of a slide phone, it is possible to sense whether the slide phone is opened or closed. It is also possible to sense whether the power supply unit 190 is powered on, whether the interface unit 170 is connected to an external device, and the like. Meanwhile, the sensing unit 140 may include a proximity sensor 141. This will be discussed later in connection with touch screens.

The output unit 150 is for generating an output relating to visual, auditory or tactile sense and includes a display unit 151, an acoustic output module 152, an alarm unit 153, a haptic module 154, 155, and the like.

The display unit 151 displays (outputs) information processed by the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal is in the call mode, a UI (User Interface) or a GUI (Graphic User Interface) associated with a call is displayed. When the mobile terminal 100 is in the video communication mode or the photographing mode, the photographed and / or received video or UI and GUI are displayed.

The display unit 151 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display display, and a 3D display.

Some of these displays may be transparent or light transmissive so that they can be seen through. This can be referred to as a transparent display, and a typical example of the transparent display is TOLED (Transparent OLED) and the like. The rear structure of the display unit 151 may also be of a light transmission type. With this structure, the user can see an object located behind the terminal body through the area occupied by the display unit 151 of the terminal body.

There may be two or more display units 151 according to the embodiment of the mobile terminal 100. For example, in the mobile terminal 100, a plurality of display portions may be spaced apart from one another or may be disposed integrally with each other, or may be disposed on different surfaces.

(Hereinafter, referred to as a 'touch screen') in which a display unit 151 and a sensor for sensing a touch operation (hereinafter, referred to as 'touch sensor') form a mutual layer structure, It can also be used as an input device. The touch sensor may have the form of, for example, a touch film, a touch sheet, a touch pad, or the like.

The touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in a pressure applied to a specific portion of the display unit 151 or a capacitance generated in a specific portion of the display unit 151 into an electrical input signal. The touch sensor can be configured to detect not only the position and area to be touched but also the pressure at the time of touch.

If there is a touch input to the touch sensor, the corresponding signal (s) is sent to the touch controller (not shown). The touch controller processes the signal (s) and transmits the corresponding data to the controller 180. Thus, the control unit 180 can know which area of the display unit 151 is touched or the like.

The proximity sensor 141 may be disposed in an inner region of the mobile terminal or in the vicinity of the touch screen, which is enclosed by the touch screen. The proximity sensor refers to a sensor that detects the presence or absence of an object approaching a predetermined detection surface or a nearby object without mechanical contact using the force of an electromagnetic field or infrared rays. The proximity sensor has a longer life span than the contact sensor and its utilization is also high.

Examples of the proximity sensor include a transmission type photoelectric sensor, a direct reflection type photoelectric sensor, a mirror reflection type photoelectric sensor, a high frequency oscillation type proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, a magnetic proximity sensor, and an infrared proximity sensor. And to detect the proximity of the pointer by the change of the electric field along the proximity of the pointer when the touch screen is electrostatic. In this case, the touch screen (touch sensor) may be classified as a proximity sensor.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the act of recognizing that the pointer is positioned on the touch screen while the pointer is not in contact with the touch screen is referred to as "proximity touch" The act of actually touching the pointer on the screen is called "contact touch. &Quot; The position where the pointer is proximately touched on the touch screen means a position where the pointer is vertically corresponding to the touch screen when the pointer is touched.

The proximity sensor detects a proximity touch and a proximity touch pattern (e.g., a proximity touch distance, a proximity touch direction, a proximity touch speed, a proximity touch time, a proximity touch position, a proximity touch movement state, and the like). Information corresponding to the detected proximity touch operation and the proximity touch pattern may be output on the touch screen.

The audio output module 152 may output audio data received from the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 160 in a call signal reception mode, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, The sound output module 152 also outputs sound signals related to functions (e.g., call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.) performed in the mobile terminal 100. [ The audio output module 152 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm unit 153 outputs a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event of the mobile terminal 100. Examples of events that occur in the mobile terminal include call signal reception, message reception, key signal input, touch input, and the like. The alarm unit 153 may output a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event in a form other than the video signal or the audio signal, for example, vibration. In this case, the display unit 151 and the sound / voice output module 152 may be a kind of the alarm unit 153. The display unit 151 and the sound / . ≪ / RTI >

The haptic module 154 generates various tactile effects that the user can feel. A typical example of the haptic effect generated by the haptic module 154 is vibration. The intensity and pattern of the vibration generated by the hit module 154 can be controlled. For example, different vibrations may be synthesized and output or sequentially output.

In addition to the vibration, the haptic module 154 may include a pin arrangement vertically moving with respect to the contact skin surface, a spraying force or a suction force of the air through the injection port or the suction port, a touch on the skin surface, contact with an electrode, And various tactile effects such as an effect of reproducing a cold sensation using an endothermic or exothermic element can be generated.

The haptic module 154 can be implemented not only to transmit the tactile effect through the direct contact but also to allow the user to feel the tactile effect through the muscular sensation of the finger or arm. At least two haptic modules 154 may be provided according to the configuration of the mobile terminal 100.

The projector module 155 is a component for performing an image project function using the mobile terminal 100 and is similar to the image displayed on the display unit 151 in accordance with a control signal of the controller 180 Or at least partly display another image on an external screen or wall.

Specifically, the projector module 155 includes a light source (not shown) that generates light (for example, laser light) for outputting an image to the outside, a light source And a lens (not shown) for enlarging and outputting the image at a predetermined focal distance to the outside. Further, the projector module 155 may include a device (not shown) capable of mechanically moving the lens or the entire module to adjust the image projection direction.

The projector module 155 can be divided into a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) module, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) module and a DLP (Digital Light Processing) module according to the type of the display means. In particular, the DLP module may be advantageous for miniaturization of the projector module 151 by enlarging and projecting an image generated by reflecting light generated from a light source on a DMD (Digital Micromirror Device) chip.

Preferably, the projector module 155 may be provided longitudinally on the side, front or back side of the mobile terminal 100. It goes without saying that the projector module 155 may be provided at any position of the mobile terminal 100 as occasion demands.

The memory 160 may store a program for processing and controlling the control unit 180 and may temporarily store temporary data of input / output data (e.g., a phone book, a message, an audio, a still image, And may perform functions for storage. The memory unit 160 may also store the frequency of use of each of the data (for example, each telephone number, each message, and frequency of use for each multimedia). In addition, the memory unit 160 may store data on vibration and sound of various patterns output when the touch is input on the touch screen.

In addition, the memory 160 is provided with a face recognition application for recognizing a face image of a person.

At this time, the face recognition application operates under the control of the controller 180, and if necessary, is provided in the form of a module in the controller 180, and the controller 180 performs the same operation of the face recognition application You may.

In the following description, it is assumed that the face recognition application is provided in the controller 180 and the controller 180 performs the same operation as the face recognition application.

That is, the face recognition application extracts the feature values of the face images included in the image displayed on the display unit 151 using the face recognition algorithm, and stores the feature values of the extracted face images in corresponding It can be stored in the contact information of the person. In this case, the face recognition algorithm may be PCA (Prerequisite Component Analysis), FDA (Fisher Discriminant Analysis), ICA (Independent Component Analysis), or the like.

The memory 160 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, an SD or XD memory A static random access memory (SRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM) Magnetic disk, magnetic disk, magnetic disk, or optical disk. The mobile terminal 100 may operate in association with a web storage that performs a storage function of the memory 160 on the Internet.

The interface unit 170 serves as a path for communication with all external devices connected to the mobile terminal 100. The interface unit 170 receives data from an external device or supplies power to each component in the mobile terminal 100 or transmits data to the external device. For example, a wired / wireless headset port, an external charger port, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio I / O port, A video input / output (I / O) port, an earphone port, and the like may be included in the interface unit 170.

The identification module is a chip for storing various information for authenticating the use right of the mobile terminal 100 and includes a user identification module (UIM), a subscriber identity module (SIM), a general user authentication module A Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM), and the like. Devices with identification modules (hereinafter referred to as "identification devices") can be manufactured in a smart card format. Accordingly, the identification device can be connected to the terminal 100 through the port.

When the mobile terminal 100 is connected to an external cradle, the interface unit may be a path through which power from the cradle is supplied to the mobile terminal 100, or various command signals input by the user to the cradle may be transmitted It can be a passage to be transmitted to the terminal. The various command signals or the power source input from the cradle may be operated as a signal for recognizing that the mobile terminal is correctly mounted on the cradle.

The controller 180 typically controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. For example, voice communication, data communication, video communication, and the like. The control unit 180 may include a multimedia module 181 for multimedia playback. The multimedia module 181 may be implemented in the control unit 180 or may be implemented separately from the control unit 180. [

The controller 180 may perform a pattern recognition process for recognizing handwriting input or drawing input performed on the touch screen as characters and images, respectively.

The power supply unit 190 receives external power and internal power under the control of the controller 180 and supplies power necessary for operation of the respective components.

The various embodiments described herein may be embodied in a recording medium readable by a computer or similar device using, for example, software, hardware, or a combination thereof.

According to a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays May be implemented using at least one of a processor, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, and other electronic units for performing other functions. In some cases, The embodiments described may be implemented by the control unit 180 itself.

According to a software implementation, embodiments such as the procedures and functions described herein may be implemented with separate software modules. Each of the software modules may perform one or more of the functions and operations described herein. Software code can be implemented in a software application written in a suitable programming language. The software code is stored in the memory 160 and can be executed by the control unit 180. [

2A is a perspective view of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The disclosed mobile terminal 100 has a bar-shaped body. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and can be applied to various structures such as a slide type, a folder type, a swing type, and a swivel type in which two or more bodies are relatively movably coupled.

The body includes a case (a casing, a housing, a cover, and the like) which forms an appearance. In this embodiment, the case may be divided into a front case 101 and a rear case 102. [ A variety of electronic components are embedded in the space formed between the front case 101 and the rear case 102. At least one intermediate case may be additionally disposed between the front case 101 and the rear case 102. [

The cases may be formed by injection molding a synthetic resin, or may be formed to have a metal material such as stainless steel (STS) or titanium (Ti) or the like.

The display unit 151, the sound output unit 152, the camera 121, the user input units 130/131 and 132, the microphone 122, the interface 170, and the like may be disposed in the front body 101 have.

The display unit 151 occupies most of the main surface of the front case 101. A sound output unit 151 and a camera 121 are disposed in an area adjacent to one end of both ends of the display unit 151 and a user input unit 131 and a microphone 122 are disposed in an area adjacent to the other end. The user input unit 132 and the interface 170 may be disposed on the side surfaces of the front case 101 and the rear case 102. [

The user input unit 130 is operated to receive a command for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal 100 and may include a plurality of operation units 131 and 132. The operation units 131 and 132 may be collectively referred to as a manipulating portion.

The contents inputted by the first or second operation unit 131 or 132 may be variously set. For example, the first operation unit 131 receives commands such as start, end, scroll, and the like, and the second operation unit 132 controls the size of the sound output from the sound output unit 152 or the size of the sound output from the display unit 151 The touch recognition mode can be activated or deactivated.

2B is a rear perspective view of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 2A.

Referring to FIG. 2B, a camera 121 'may be further mounted on the rear surface of the terminal body, that is, the rear case 102. The camera 121 'may have a photographing direction substantially opposite to that of the camera 121 (see FIG. 2A), and may be a camera having the same or different pixels as the camera 121.

For example, the camera 121 may have a low pixel so that the face of the user can be photographed and transmitted to the other party in case of a video call or the like, and the camera 121 ' It is preferable to have a large number of pixels. The cameras 121 and 121 'may be installed in the terminal body so as to be rotatable or pop-upable.

A flash 123 and a mirror 124 may be additionally disposed adjacent to the camera 121 '. The flash 123 illuminates the subject when the subject is photographed by the camera 121 '. The mirror 124 allows the user to illuminate the user's own face or the like when the user intends to shoot himself / herself (self-photographing) using the camera 121 '.

An acoustic output module 152 'may be additionally disposed on the rear side of the terminal body. The sound output unit 152 'may implement the stereo function together with the sound output module 152 (see FIG. 2A), and may be used for the implementation of the speakerphone mode during a call.

In addition to the antenna for communication, a broadcast signal receiving antenna 116 may be additionally disposed on the side of the terminal body. The antenna 116, which forms part of the broadcast receiving unit 111 (see FIG. 1), may be installed to be able to be drawn out from the terminal body.

A power supply unit 190 for supplying power to the mobile terminal 100 is mounted on the terminal body. The power supply unit 190 may be built in the terminal body or may be detachable from the outside of the terminal body.

The rear case 102 may further include a touch pad 135 for sensing a touch. The touch pad 135 may be of a light transmission type for the display unit 151. [ In this case, if the display unit 151 is configured to output the time information on both sides (i.e., in the directions of both the front and back sides of the mobile terminal), the time information can be recognized through the touch pad 135 do. The information output on both sides may be all controlled by the touch pad 135. [

Meanwhile, the display for exclusive use of the touch pad 135 may be separately installed, so that the touch screen may be disposed in the rear case 102 as well.

The touch pad 135 operates in correlation with the display portion 151 of the front case 101. The touch pad 135 may be disposed parallel to the rear of the display unit 151. The touch pad 135 may have a size equal to or smaller than that of the display unit 151.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 3 to 27, a process of performing various types of group communication with contacts corresponding to the person images using an image including a plurality of or more person images according to the present invention will be described in detail.

First, a process of setting contact information corresponding to the portrait images on an image including a plurality of or more person images will be described with reference to Figs. 3 to 6. Fig.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting corresponding contact information at each display position of the portrait images included in the image.

FIG. 4 is a screen state diagram illustrating a process of setting corresponding contact information at each display position of the portrait images included in the image.

3 and 4, when an image 10 including a plurality of portrait images 20A, 20B, and 20C is selected from the user in the memory 160, the controller 180 displays the selected image 10 on the touch screen 151 (S31) (Fig. 4 (a)).

At this time, the image 10 may be a still image / moving image provided by default in the memory 160, may be an image photographed through the camera 122, and may be connected through the wireless communication unit 110 It can be a downloaded image in the web page screen.

The controller 180 determines whether the display position of each of the portrait images 20A, 20B and 20C is designated in the image 10 from the user (S32) (FIG. 4A) 20A, 20B, and 20C and the contact information setting window 30 to be mapped respectively (FIG. 4B).

At this time, the user can designate the display position of each of the portrait images 20A, 20B, and 20C by dragging the areas in which the portrait images 20A, 20B, and 20C are displayed within the image 10. [

In addition, the user can designate the display position of each of the portrait images 20A, 20B, and 20C by designating the frame of the area in which the portrait images 20A, 20B, and 20C are displayed, respectively.

On the other hand, the display positions of the portrait images 20A, 20B and 20C can be the display position range of the pixels. For example, if the size of the image 10 is 600 x 400 pixels in the horizontal direction and the pixel area occupied by the first person image 20A in the image 10 is 150 to 220 in the horizontal direction and 250 to 300 in the vertical direction, The information on the display position of the first person image 20A is 150 to 220 in the horizontal direction and 250 to 300 in the vertical direction.

The user can directly input the contact information for the portrait images 20A, 20B and 20C through the contact information setting window 30 and can display the portrait images 20A, 20B and 20C The contact information to be mapped may be retrieved and set.

The contact information is information including at least one of the name of the person, the home telephone number, the mobile phone number, the e-mail address, the fax number, and the web site address information.

20B, and 20C) of the designated person images 20A, 20B, and 20C are set as described above (S33) (FIG. 4B) And stores the displayed position information and the set contact information in the memory 160 (S34) (FIG. 4 (c)).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting corresponding contact information in each of the face feature information of the person images included in the image.

6 is a screen state diagram illustrating a process of setting corresponding contact information in each of the face feature information of the portrait images included in the image.

5 and 6, when a user 10 selects an image 10 including a plurality of portrait images 20A, 20B, and 20C in the memory 160, the controller 180 displays the selected image 10 on the touch screen 151 (S51) (Fig. 6 (a)).

The control unit 180 drives a face recognition application provided in the memory 160 when a display position of each of the portrait images 20A, 20B and 20C is designated by the user in the image 10, The face feature information of each of the specified person images 20A, 20B, and 20C is grasped through the application (S52).

When the face feature information for each of the portrait images 20A, 20B and 20C is grasped, the control unit 180 displays face information of the portrait images 20A, 20B and 20C and contact information setting window 30 (Fig. 6 (b)).

When the contact information of the portrait images 20A, 20B and 20C is set through the contact information setting window 30, the control unit 180 displays the contact images of the portrait images 20A, 20B, and 20C and the set contact information are stored in the memory 160 (S54) (FIG. 6 (c)).

At this time, the control unit 180 stores the identified facial feature information in the contact information of the persons 20A, 20B, and 20C.

The process of setting the contact information corresponding to the portrait images 20A, 20B, and 20C on the image 10 including the plurality of the portrait images 20A, 20B, and 20C has been described above with reference to Figs. Respectively.

Hereinafter, referring to FIGS. 7 to 27, when a plurality of portrait images are selected in the image 10 in which contact information is set by the processes of FIGS. 3 to 6, contact information corresponding to the selected portrait images And various types of group communication are described in detail.

At this time, the mobile terminal 100 may perform a single-tasking mode in which only the display function of the image 10 is performed, a display function of the image 10 and other functions selected by the user And may have a multi-tasking mode.

7 to 15, when the mobile terminal 100 is in the single-tasking mode in which only the display function of the image 10 is executed, the image of the person 10 included in the image 10 The first embodiment for performing various types of group communication with contacts corresponding to the person images will be described in detail.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing group communication using contact information corresponding to person images included in an image according to the present invention.

8 and 9 are flowcharts illustrating a process of searching for contact information mapped with selected person images in an image.

10 to 15 are screen state diagrams illustrating a process of performing group communication with contact information corresponding to person images included in an image according to the present invention.

7 to 15, the control unit 180 displays an image 10 including a plurality of portrait images 20A, 20B, and 20C on the screen of the touch screen 151 (S110) 10) is touched (S120).

The control unit 180 searches the memory 160 for contact information related to the touched person images at step S140 when a plurality of person images are touched in the image 10 at step S130.

At this time, the searching process of step S140 may be performed by the processes of FIGS. 8 and 9 below.

8, the controller 180 recognizes the touched points of the person images in the image 10, and displays the images of the person images stored in the memory 160 according to the procedures of FIGS. 3 and 4 And searches the contact information mapped to the display position information of the person images corresponding to the detected touch points among the position information [S141A].

9, when the person images are touched in the image 10, the control unit 180 drives a face recognition application provided in the memory 160, And recognizes facial recognition features of the person images. [S141B] The facial feature information corresponding to the recognized facial features among the facial feature information of the person images stored in the memory 160 by the processes of FIGS. 5 and 6 To retrieve the contact information mapped to the respective information [S142B].

8 and 9, when the contact information related to the touched person images is retrieved from the memory 160, the control unit 180 displays at least one menu for performing the group communication function with the retrieved contact information (S150).

At this time, the menu for the group communication includes a menu for conference call with the searched contact information, a menu for sending a broadcast message, a menu for group chat, a menu for sharing the image, And a menu for a short-range communication connection may be included.

When a specific menu among the displayed menus is selected, the controller 180 executes the group communication related functions assigned to the selected menu [S170], and displays related screens of the executed group communication functions [S180 ].

That is, FIG. 10A shows that the image 10 including the first to third person images 20A, 20B, and 20C is displayed.

10 (b), when the first to third person images 20A, 20B, and 20C are touched in the image 10, The contact information related to the touched first to third person images 20A, 20B, and 20C is retrieved from the memory 160 according to the process of FIG. 9, and as shown in FIG. 10C, And generates and displays a menu list 40 for group communication with the contact information.

On the other hand, before the image 10 is displayed and the user touched the user, the control unit 180 displays the portrait images 20A, 20B (in which the contact information is mapped, among the portrait images in the image 10) 20C are displayed for a preset time so that the user can be notified of the portrait images to which the contact information among the portrait images 20A, 20B, 20C included in the current image 10 are mapped.

Also, as shown in FIG. 10 (b), the touch method for the portrait images 20A, 20B, and 20C may be a touch method using a start point and an end point.

That is, when the first first person image 20A is touched at the starting point (①), the control unit 180 sequentially touches the second and third person images 20B (②) When the one-person image 20A is touched last (3), the contact information of the first to third person images 20A, 20B and 20C is searched.

11B, when the first person image 20A is touched at the starting point (①), the control unit 180 determines that the second person image 20B is touched, When the first first person image 20A is touched last (2), the contact information of the first and second person images 20A and 20B is searched.

On the other hand, when the conference call menu 41 is selected on the menu list 40 shown in FIG. 10C, the controller 180 controls the wireless communication unit 110 to search for the contact information and the conference call Lt; / RTI >

When the message transmission menu 42 is selected on the menu list 40 shown in FIG. 10C, the control unit 180 displays a message creation window and displays the retrieved contact information in the message creation window .

When the group chat menu 43 is selected on the menu list 40 shown in FIG. 10C, the control unit 180 displays a chat window and displays the searched contact information in the chat window .

When the video sharing menu 44 is selected on the menu list 40 shown in FIG. 10C, the controller 180 controls the wireless communication unit 110 to transmit the video 10 to the retrieved contact information Lt; / RTI >

When the local communication connection menu 45 is selected on the menu list 40 shown in FIG. 10C, the controller 180 controls the wireless communication unit 110 to perform local communication with the retrieved contact information Connect.

Next, as shown in FIG. 12C, when the contact information associated with the touched first to third person images 20A, 20B, and 20C is retrieved, the control unit 180 displays the retrieved contact information Information 51 indicating the number of pieces of information and names (SAM, LEE, TOM) registered in each of the searched contact information are displayed at positions of the respective person images 20A, 20B and 20C in the image 10 The menu list 40 shown in (d) of FIG. 12 can be displayed.

13 (a), the control unit 180 performs a touch operation in the vicinity of the outside of the touch recognition area 21C of the third person image 20C out of the person images 20A, 20B, and 20C If it is detected, it is determined that a touch-miss has occurred to the third person image 20C, and the user is allowed to touch the third person image 20C, The touch recognition area 21C of the third person image 20C in which the touch miss has occurred can be displayed for a preset time.

Next, as shown in FIG. 14 (a), the control unit 180 displays the image 10 at the beginning, and the person images 20A, 20B, and 20C in the image 10 touch The user's usage frequency for the preset period of time is checked for the contact information associated with the person images 20A, 20B, and 20C, and as shown in FIG. 14B, The touch recognition areas 21A and 21B of the first and second portrait images 20A and 20B corresponding to the contact information having the usage frequency equal to or more than the preset reference value are displayed for a predetermined time .

15A and 15B, when the first to third person images 20A, 20B, and 20C are touched in the image 10, 20B, and 20C, which are touched, and checks whether or not an event has been generated by the retrieved contact information.

At this time, the event may be a missed call, a received message, a memo, a schedule, and the like.

If the event is generated by the retrieved contact information as a result of the check, the control unit 180 transmits information (22A, 22B, 22C) indicating the generated event to the corresponding person After displaying on the periphery of the images 20A, 20B, and 20C, the menu list 40 shown in Fig. 15D is displayed.

15C shows that the missed call 22A has occurred once due to the contact information corresponding to the first person image 20A and corresponds to the second person image 20B And one memo 22C associated with the contact information corresponding to the third person image 20C is shown.

7 to 15, when the mobile terminal 100 is in the single-tasking mode in which only the display function of the image 10 is executed, the image of the person 10 included in the image 10 A group communication with various types of contacts is performed using the contacts corresponding to the person images.

16 to 27, when the mobile terminal 100 is in a multi-tasking mode in which the display function of the image 10 and other functions selected by the user are simultaneously performed, 10 to perform various types of group communication with contacts corresponding to the person images will be described in detail.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing group communication using contact information corresponding to person images included in an image according to the present invention.

17 to 27 are screen state diagrams illustrating a process of performing group communication using contact information corresponding to person images included in an image according to the present invention.

16 to 27, the controller 180 executes a function of displaying a video 10 including a plurality of portrait images 20A, 20B, and 20C on the first screen 151A of the touch screen 151 In step S220, a plurality of character images 20A are displayed in the image 10 displayed on the first screen 151A in the state where the functions selected by the user are simultaneously executed on the second screen 151B , 20B, and 20C are touched (S230), the contact information related to the touched person images 20A, 20B, and 20C is searched in the memory 160 (S240).

At this time, the functions executed on the first and second screens 151A and 151B are multitasked by the control unit 180, and the multitasking related screen may be displayed as shown in FIGS. 17 to 19 below have.

That is, FIG. 17 shows that the multitasked image 10 display function screen and the function execution screen selected by the user on the screen of the touch screen 151 are switched to each other.

That is, FIG. 17A shows that the image 10 display function screen is first displayed on the screen of the touch screen 151. When a command for switching the screen is input from the user, (b), the display of the image 10 is switched to the function execution screen selected by the user.

17 (c), when the command for switching the screen is re-inputted in a state where the user has switched to the function execution screen selected by the user on the image (10) notation function screen, (10) notation function screen on the selected function execution screen.

Next, FIG. 18 shows a case where the screen of the touch screen 151 is divided into the first and second screens 151A and 151B, the image 10 is displayed on the divided first screen 151A, And the function selected by the user is executed on the second screen 151B.

Next, FIG. 19 shows that the image 10 display screen on the touch screen 151 and the function execution screen selected by the user are displayed in the form of a new window, respectively.

In the following description, it is assumed that the multitasking related screen is displayed as shown in FIG. Of course, the multitasking related screen according to the present invention is not limited thereto.

Meanwhile, when the contact information associated with the touched person images 20A, 20B, and 20C is searched in step S240, the controller 180 selects one of the menus for group communication with the searched contact information, 151B (S250).

That is, the menus for group communication include menus for conference calls with the retrieved contact information, menus for broadcasting messages, menus for group chat, menus for sharing the images, , And a menu for a short-range communication connection.

For example, as shown in FIG. 20A, the image 10 is displayed on the first screen 151A and the call connection is displayed on the second screen 151B as a function selected by the user When the first to third person images 20A, 20B and 20C are touched in the image 10 in the state that the keypad 52 for the touched object is displayed, 1 to the third person images 20A, 20B, and 20C.

20 (b), the controller 180 determines whether or not the conference (s) associated with the keypad 52 of the second screen 151B among the menus for group communication with the searched contact information Executes the call connection function.

That is, the keypad 52 displayed on the second screen 151B is for call connection, and the controller 180 controls the wireless communication unit 110 to connect the conference call with the searched contact information.

21A, an idle screen 53 including the first and second person images 61 and 62 is displayed on the first screen 151A, and a second screen 151B is displayed on the second screen 151B The message creation window 54 is displayed as a function selected by the user.

At this time, if the first and second portrait images 61 and 62 are touched in the idle screen 53, the control unit 180 displays the touched first and second portrait images 61 and 62 in the memory 160, 62, and sets the retrieved contact information as a recipient in the message creation window 54, as shown in FIG. 21 (b).

Next, in FIG. 22A, the idle screen 53 including the first and second person images 61 and 62 is displayed on the first screen 151A, and on the second screen 151B, And that the wireless Internet function 55 has been executed as the function selected by the user.

At this time, if the first and second portrait images 61 and 62 are touched in the idle screen 53, the control unit 180 displays the touched first and second portrait images 61 and 62 in the memory 160, And controls the wireless communication unit 110 to transmit the image 53 of the first screen 151A to the searched contact information as shown in FIG. 22 (b) .

23A, an idle screen 53 including the first and second person images 61 and 62 is displayed on the first screen 151A, and a second screen 151B is displayed on the second screen 151B The short-range communication connection function 56 is executed.

At this time, if the first and second portrait images 61 and 62 are touched in the idle screen 53, the control unit 180 displays the touched first and second portrait images 61 and 62 in the memory 160, 62, and controls the wireless communication unit 110 as shown in FIG. 23 (b) to connect short-range communication with the searched contact information.

Next, FIG. 24A shows an image 10 including the first to third person images 20A, 20B, and 20C on the first screen 151A, the second image 151B, Indicates that the keypad 52 having the call speed dial number is displayed as the function selected by the user.

At this time, "KIM" contact information is set in the numeric key "1" number 52A in the keypad 52, and the controller 180 controls the second person image 20B in the image 10 and the keypad KIM "set to the" 1 "(52A) key in the memory 160 when the" 1 "key 52A of the second person image 52 is touched, Contact information (LEE) associated with the searched second person image 20B and the "KIM" contact set to the "1" (52A) key are searched for, And a menu list 40 for executing information and group communication functions.

Next, FIG. 25A shows an idle screen including the first and second person images 61 and 62 on the first screen 151A and the second screen 151B on which the user As a selected function, the contact information list 57 is displayed.

The control unit 180 displays the touch information in the memory 160 when the first person image 61 in the image 10 and the specific contact information Alice 57A are touched in the contact information list 57, The contact information TOM associated with the first person image 61 and the contact information TOM associated with the first person image 61 as shown in FIG. Information (Alice) 57A and a menu list 40 for executing the group communication function.

26A shows an image 10 including the first to third person images 20A, 20B and 20C on the first screen 151A and a second image 151B including the second image 151B on the first screen 151A. The content list 58 is displayed as a function selected by the user.

The control unit 180 controls the display unit 60 to display the second and third person images 20B and 20C in the memory 10. When the specific content (Memo.txt) 58A is touched in the content list 58, (LEE, TOM) associated with the touched second and third person images 20B and 20C at the wireless communication unit 110 and the wireless communication unit 110 as shown in FIG. 26 (b) (Memo.txt) 58A to the contact information (LEE, TOM) associated with the searched second and third person images 20B, 20C.

27A shows an image 10 including the first to third person images 20A, 20B and 20C on the first screen 151A and the second image 151B on the second screen 151B As a function selected by the user, a content list 58 is displayed.

The control unit 180 controls the display unit 60 to display the second and third person images 20B and 20C in the memory 10. When the specific content (Memo.txt) 58A is touched in the content list 58, (LEE, TOM) associated with the touched second and third person images 20B and 20C at the wireless communication unit 160 as shown in FIG. 27 (b) (Memo.txt) 58A with the contact information (LEE, TOM) associated with the searched second and third person images 20B, 20C by controlling.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof.

The present invention described above can be embodied as computer-readable codes on a medium on which a program is recorded. The computer readable medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like, and also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet) . Also, the computer may include a control unit 180 of the terminal.

Accordingly, the above description should not be construed in a limiting sense in all respects and should be considered illustrative. The scope of the present invention should be determined by rational interpretation of the appended claims, and all changes within the scope of equivalents of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention.

The above-described mobile terminal and its control method are not limited to the configuration and method of the above-described embodiments, but the embodiments may be modified such that all or some of the embodiments are selectively And may be configured in combination.

100: mobile terminal 110: wireless communication unit
111: broadcast receiver 112: mobile communication module
113 wireless Internet module 114 short-range communication module
115: Position information module 120: A / V input section
121: camera 122: microphone
130: user input unit 140: sensing unit
141: proximity sensor 150: output section
151: Display unit 152: Acoustic output module
153: Alarm module 154: Haptic module
155: projector module 160: memory
170: interface unit 180: control unit
181: Multimedia module 190: Power supply

Claims (23)

A touch screen for displaying an image including two or more person images;
A memory for storing two or more pieces of contact information each mapped to face feature information of the portrait images in the image;
A wireless communication unit for communicating with counterpart terminals corresponding to the contact information; And
Recognizing the face features of the selected person images when the two or more person images are touched and selected in the image and searching the contact information mapped to the face feature information corresponding to the recognized face features in the memory And a control unit for forming a talkgroup with the correspondent terminals corresponding to the searched contact information and performing a group communication with the talkgroup,
The control unit may be configured to display a first execution screen on which the first function is executed on the touch screen and a second execution screen on which the second function is executed when the first function for displaying the image and the second function for executing the content are multitasking And controls the display unit to display the second execution screen. When the contact information mapped with each of the person images touched in the first execution screen is searched, the controlling unit controls to transmit the running content to the searched contact information . The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the contact information is further mapped to a display position of the person images in the image,
Wherein the control unit searches the display position of the selected person images in the image and the contact information mapped respectively. delete delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the controller displays the number of contact information found in the memory in the image. delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein when the event related to at least one of the retrieved contact information is generated, the control unit displays information indicating the generated event around the corresponding person image in the image. delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the second function further comprises a call connection function,
Wherein the control unit controls to connect a conference call with the searched contact information. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the second function further comprises a message creating function,
Wherein the control unit sets the retrieved contact information as a recipient of the message. delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the second function further comprises a short-range communication connection function,
Wherein the control unit controls to connect a short distance communication with the searched contact information. delete delete Storing face feature information of two or more person images included in an image and two or more mapped contact information in a memory;
Displaying the image on a touch screen;
Recognizing facial features of the selected person images when two or more person images in the image are selected by touching;
Retrieving contact information mapped to facial feature information corresponding to the recognized facial features in the memory;
Forming a talkgroup with counterpart terminals corresponding to the retrieved contact information;
Performing group communication with the formed talkgroup;
Displaying a first execution screen in which the first function is executed and a second execution screen in which the second function is executed when the first function for displaying the image and the second function for executing the content are multitasked; And
And transmitting the running content to the retrieved contact information when the contact information mapped with each of the person images touched in the first execution screen is retrieved. delete delete delete delete delete delete

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