KR20060103109A - Mobile communication terminal and a method for outputting image using that - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for outputting an image of a mobile communication terminal, comprising: setting at least one image and a background sound corresponding thereto, and simultaneously outputting the selected image and a background sound corresponding thereto when the image having the background sound selected is selected; It is characterized by including. Accordingly, when the menu screen or the background screen is output to the display unit of the mobile communication terminal, the present invention can also output the background sound according to the user's selection. In addition, according to the present invention, the user can express his or her unique personality by outputting the background sound to the image output on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal.

Mobile terminal, image, background, output

Description

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

2 is a flowchart illustrating an image output process of a mobile communication terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a detailed flowchart illustrating a process of setting at least one image and background sounds corresponding thereto in the operation of FIG. 2;

4 (a) to 4 (c) are exemplary diagrams for describing an operation process of a mobile communication terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an image output process of a mobile communication terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a detailed flowchart illustrating a process of setting at least one image and background sounds corresponding thereto in the operation of FIG. 5;

7 (a) to 7 (c) are exemplary diagrams for describing an operation process of a mobile communication terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile communication terminal and a method for outputting an image output on a display unit with a background sound.

In general, a mobile communication terminal is a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personal communication services phone (PCS), an IMT-2000 terminal (International Mobile Telecommunication-2000), GSM (Global System For Mobile Communication) It refers to a device that provides a communication function such as a terminal, such as a terminal, to make a call or exchange data while moving.

The mobile communication terminal is a device commonly used anywhere in the world regardless of gender, age and age, and is recognized as a necessity to always carry around. Therefore, the mobile communication terminal has become a miniaturized, slim, and light weight in consideration of portability, and is moving toward multimedia for pursuing more various functions.

Meanwhile, the mobile communication terminal is intended to perform a phone call function, but in addition to the phone call function, a short message transmission and reception function, a memory function for storing and retrieving a phone number, a lock function, an alarm function, a background setting function, and an area code confirmation function are provided. In addition, recently, various additional function services such as a camera function, a digital broadcast reception function, and a game function are provided.

Through the various additional services as described above, the mobile communication terminal provides a lot of convenience for users living in the modern society.

In particular, the image setting function for setting a background screen, a menu screen and a standby screen among the additional functions is a function for setting image data stored in a mobile communication terminal or image data taken by a camera as a background screen. This feature allows the user to select and set the wallpaper or menu screen that suits his or her personality.

However, the image set as described above is only being displayed on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal, and there is no sound to make the user feel sick.

Therefore, if the mobile terminal outputs a background sound suitable for the image or a background sound that can express the user's personality, the mobile communication terminal will satisfy the user's desire to uniquely express the individual's personality.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal and a method for outputting a background sound to an image output on a display unit.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal and a method for outputting an image expressing a user's personality.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of outputting an image of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: setting at least one image and a background sound corresponding thereto, and selecting the image and the corresponding image when the background sound is selected. And simultaneously outputting background sounds.

In addition, the present invention provides a mobile communication terminal, when the memory for storing at least one image and the background sound corresponding to the image, and if the image of the background sound is set from the image stored in the memory, the selected image and the corresponding background sound is detected at the same time And a control unit for controlling the output.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

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

The illustrated mobile communication terminal includes an RF unit 110, a modem 120, an audio processor 130, a key input unit 140, a memory 150, a controller 160, a camera unit 170, and an image processor 180. And a display unit 190.

The RF unit 110 is responsible for the transmission and reception of voice data, text data, image data, and control data under the control of the control unit 160, and the RF transmitter for upconverting and amplifying the frequency of the transmitted signal for this, and the received signal. RF receivers for low noise amplification and frequency conversion.

The modem 120 includes a transmitter for encoding and modulating the transmitted signal, a receiver for demodulating and decoding the received signal, and the like.

The audio processor 130 modulates the electrical signal input from the microphone and converts the electrical signal into voice data. The audio processor 130 demodulates the encoded voice data input from the RF unit 110 into an electrical signal and outputs it to the speaker. In addition, the audio processor 130 preferably includes a codec for converting and reproducing a digital audio signal received by the RF unit 110 into an analog signal or converting an analog audio signal generated from a microphone into a digital audio signal. Do. The codec is composed of a data codec for processing packet data and the like and an audio codec for processing audio signals such as voice. The codec may be included in the controller 160.

In addition, the audio processor 130 outputs the background sound detected from the memory 150 through the speaker under the control of the controller 160 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The key input unit 140 has a key matrix structure (not shown) and includes a character key, numeric keys, various function keys, and an external volume key to output a key input signal corresponding to a key input by a user to the controller 160. do.

The memory 150 may include a program memory and a data memory, and stores various pieces of information selected based on various pieces of information and user selection information necessary for controlling the operation of the mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In addition, the memory 150 stores predetermined images and background sounds according to an embodiment of the present invention. At this time, the image includes a still image or a moving image such as a flash file in a SWF (Graphics Interchange Format) format or a SWF format to be set as a background screen, a menu screen, or a standby screen. Also, the background sounds stored in the memory 150 may include a background sound suitable for the contents of the image when the predetermined image is a still image, and a background sound that is synchronized with the image when the image is a GIF or SWF format image. Do. For example, when there is a still image such as a picture showing a dog or a bird among the images stored in the memory 150, the memory 150 preferably includes a groin or bird sound as a background sound.

In addition, the memory 150 may map and store the images and the background sounds, each of which is synchronized with each other, under the control of the controller 160. That is, when a predetermined image is a GIF format image (for example, an image of a paper shake), a background sound of a bell synchronized with the image is mapped and stored. For example, if the memory 150 stores an image in GIF format or a SWF file in which a puppy is barking or a bird is crying, the sound of a dog and the sound of a bird in sync with the movement of the puppy or bird are added to the image. Each can be mapped and stored. Such images or background sounds can be downloaded and stored from a separate server.

Meanwhile, the mobile communication terminal may separately implement an image memory and a background sound memory for storing the images and the background sounds, respectively.

The controller 160 controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. In addition, the controller 160 sets at least one image and a background sound corresponding thereto according to a user's request, and controls to output the selected image and the background sound corresponding thereto simultaneously when the image having the background sound set thereon is selected.

That is, the controller 160 switches the mobile communication terminal to an image setting mode when a user requests image setting, and displays items of predetermined images and background sounds stored in the memory 150 on the display 190. The image setting request may be a menu screen setting request or a background screen setting request.

If a predetermined image item and a background sound item are selected based on user selection information (for example, key input) among the items displayed on the display unit 190, the controller 160 stores the image and the background sound of the selected item from the memory 150. Detect each.

Subsequently, if there is a user confirmation of the detected image and the background sound, the controller 160 stores the detected image and the background sound in the memory 150 to complete the setting of the background sound of the selected image.

In addition, the controller 160 may control to map the predetermined images and the background sounds in which the images are synchronized with each other to be stored in the memory 150. In this case, when an item of a predetermined image is selected by the user among the items of the image stored in the memory 150 in the image setting mode, the controller 160 detects the stored background sound mapped with the image of the selected item from the memory 150. do. Subsequently, if there is a user confirmation of the stored background sound mapped with the image of the selected item, the controller 160 stores the selected image and the detected background sound in the memory 150 to complete the background sound setting of the selected image.

The camera module 170 may include a lens unit (not shown) that can be pulled out and pulled out, and captures image data through the lens unit.

The camera unit 170 includes a camera sensor for converting the photographed optical signal into an electrical signal, and a signal processor for converting the analog image signal photographed from the camera sensor into digital data.

The camera sensor is assumed to be a charge coupled device (CCD) sensor, and the signal processor may be implemented by a digital signal processor (DSP). In addition, the camera sensor and the signal processor may be integrally implemented or may be separately implemented.

The image processor 180 performs a function of generating screen data for displaying an image signal output from the camera unit 170. In this case, the screen data may be used as an image to be output as a background screen.

The image processor 180 processes the image signal output from the camera unit 170 in units of frames, and outputs the frame image data according to the characteristics and size of the display unit 190. In addition, the image processing unit 180 includes an image codec and performs a function of compressing the frame image data displayed on the display unit 190 in a set manner or restoring the compressed frame image data to the original frame image data.

In addition, it is assumed that the image processor 180 has an On Screen Display (OSD) function, and may output on-screen display data according to the screen size displayed by the control of the controller 160.

The display unit 190 may be formed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like, and outputs various display data generated in the mobile communication terminal. In this case, when the LCD is implemented using a touch screen method, the display unit 190 may operate as an input unit.

In addition, the display unit 190 displays an image signal output from the image processor 180 on a screen, and displays user data output from the controller 160.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an image output process of a mobile communication terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a detailed diagram illustrating a process of setting at least one image and corresponding background sounds in the operation process of FIG. The flowchart shown.

2 and 3 will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

The controller 160 stores predetermined images and background sounds in the memory 150 (S110). The image includes a still image to be set as a wallpaper, a menu screen, and a standby screen, or a video such as a GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) or a SWF file in a SWF format, and the background sounds are variously stored in the memory 150. It is preferable to include sound data and a background sound suitable for the contents of the predetermined images.

The controller 160 sets at least one image and a background sound corresponding thereto according to the user's request (S120). The process S120 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3 as follows.

The controller 160 checks whether there is a user's image setting request (S210). The image setting request may be a menu screen setting request, a background screen setting request, or a standby screen setting request, and the user may request the image setting through a menu key input.

If there is a user's image setting request, the controller 160 displays items of predetermined images and background sounds stored in the memory 150 on the display 190 (S215).

The controller 160 checks whether a predetermined image item is selected based on user selection information among the displayed items (S220). In this case, the user may select a desired image item by searching the displayed items through the direction key of the key input unit 140.

If a predetermined image item is selected, the controller 160 detects an image of the selected item from the memory 150 and displays the image on the display unit 190 (S225). The displayed image includes a still image such as a picture or a picture, an image in GIF format, or an image in SWF format.

The controller 160 checks whether a predetermined background sound item is selected among the displayed background sound items (S230). That is, the controller 160 checks whether there is a background sound setting request (eg, a user selects a background sound item) for the selected image.

If there is no background sound setting request, that is, selection of a background sound item, the controller 160 checks whether there is a confirmation key input (S235).

If there is a confirmation key input, the controller 160 sets an image selected and displayed by the user as an image desired by the user (S240). That is, if the user's image setting request is a wallpaper setting request, the selected image is set as the wallpaper.

Meanwhile, when the background sound setting request of the displayed image, that is, the background sound item is selected, the controller 160 detects the background sound of the selected item from the memory 150 (S245). In this case, the controller 160 may detect the background sound of the selected item from the memory 150 and output the same through the speaker whenever the user selects the background sound item so that the user can check the detected background sound.

The controller 160 checks the confirmation key input (S250), and if there is a confirmation key input, links the image of the selected item and the detected background sound with each other (S255).

The controller 160 checks whether there is a request for terminating the image setting by the user (S260).

If there is no image setting end request, the controller 160 proceeds to step S130 of FIG. 2, and returns to step S215 if there is no image setting end request.

After the image setting is finished through the process of FIG. 3, the controller 160 checks whether an image having a background sound set is selected based on the user's selection information (S130). The user may select an image of a menu screen or various images stored in a mobile communication terminal such as an image of a background screen.

When the image in which the background sound is set is selected, the controller 160 outputs the selected image to the display unit 190 and outputs the background sound corresponding thereto to the speaker (S140).

5A to 5C are exemplary diagrams for describing an operation process of a mobile communication terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5A, FIG. 5A is a mobile phone management menu screen of a mobile communication terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The mobile phone management menu screen of FIG. 5 (a) shows an example of showing "1. Start menu settings", "2. menu screen settings" and "3. wallpaper settings" menus among the image setting menus.

In FIG. 5A, the menu “3. Setting wallpaper” is a menu for setting a predetermined image to be outputted as a background image and a background sound to be output to a speaker on the screen of the mobile communication terminal.

After the user selects the "3. Set wallpaper" menu of FIG. 5 (a) based on the selection information, if a confirmation key is input, the mobile communication terminal selects items of predetermined images and background sounds as shown in FIG. 5 (b). Displays the wallpaper setting screen.

As shown in FIG. 5 (b), the user can select an image and a background sound item through a direction key on a background screen setting screen from which image items can be selected, and a predetermined image item, for example, a “new tree branch” item, using the direction key. If is selected, the mobile communication terminal displays an image of the selected item as shown in FIG.

FIG. 5C illustrates a screen in which a user selects a predetermined background sound item (eg, a bird sound) suitable for “bird of tree branch” which is the image displayed in FIG. 5C by operating a direction key. When the confirmation key is input on the screen of FIG. 5C, the mobile communication terminal links the image with the background sound, and sets the "bird of the tree" image as the background screen. That is, the mobile communication terminal simultaneously outputs the linked image and the background sound through the display unit screen and the speaker when the image of the "bird of the tree" is output as the background screen.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an image output process of a mobile communication terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 illustrates a process of setting at least one image and corresponding background sounds in the operation process of FIG. 6. The flowchart shown.

6 and 7 will be described below with reference to FIG.

The controller 160 maps predetermined images and background sounds that are synchronized with the images, and stores them in the memory 150 in advance (S310). That is, when a predetermined image is a moving image image of a GIF format (for example, an image of shaking paper), the controller 160 maps and stores a bell background sound synchronized with the image. The same is true when the predetermined image is a Flash file in SWF format.

In this case, when the predetermined image is a still image, the controller 160 may map background sounds suitable for the contents of the image and store the same in the memory 150. That is, the controller 160 may map and store a background sound (for example, a bird sound) suitable for the case where the content of a predetermined image is “a bird of a tree branch”.

The controller 160 sets at least one image and a background sound corresponding thereto according to the user's request (S320). The process S320 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6 as follows.

The controller 160 checks whether there is a user's image setting request (S410). The image setting request may be a menu screen setting request, a background screen setting request, or a standby screen setting request, and the user may request the image setting through a menu key input.

The controller 160 displays the items of the predetermined images stored in the memory 150 on the display 190 when a user requests an image setting (S420).

The controller 160 checks whether a predetermined image item is selected based on user selection information among the displayed items (S430). In this case, the user may select a desired image item by searching the displayed items through the direction keys of the key input unit 140, and the controller 160 may retrieve an image of the selected item from the memory 150 whenever the image item is selected. It is preferable to detect and display on the display unit 190.

When a predetermined image item is selected, the controller 160 detects a background sound stored in the memory 150 mapped with the image of the selected item (S440). In this case, the controller 160 preferably outputs the detected background sound through the speaker so that the user can check the background sound synchronized with the selected image.

The controller 160 detects the background sound mapped with the image of the selected item from the memory 150 and checks whether there is an input of a confirmation key (S450).

If there is a confirmation key input, the controller 160 links the image of the selected item and the detected background sound (for example, a background sound synchronized with the image of the selected item) (S460).

The controller 160 checks whether there is a user's image setting request (S470).

If there is no image setting end request, the controller 160 proceeds to step S330 of FIG. 5, and returns to step S420 if there is no image setting end request.

7 (a) to 7 (c) are exemplary diagrams for describing an operation process of a mobile communication terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7A, FIG. 7A is a mobile phone management menu screen of a mobile communication terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile phone management menu screen of FIG. 7 (a) shows an example showing the menus "1. Start menu setting", "2. menu screen setting", and "3. background wallpaper setting".

In FIG. 7A, the menu “3. Setting wallpaper” is a menu for setting a predetermined image to be output as a background image and a background sound to be output to a speaker on the screen of the mobile communication terminal.

After the user selects the "3. Set wallpaper" menu of FIG. 7 (a) based on the selection information, if the confirmation key is input, the mobile communication terminal can select a background of the predetermined images as shown in FIG. 7 (b). Display the screen setting screen.

As shown in FIG. 7B, a user may select a predetermined image item using a direction key on a background screen setting screen from which image items may be selected, and a predetermined image item, for example, a “bird of branch” item, may be selected through the direction key. If selected, the mobile communication terminal displays an image of the selected item as shown in FIG. In this case, the mobile communication terminal preferably detects the stored background sound mapped with the displayed image and outputs the same through the speaker. This is to allow the user to check the stored background sound mapped with the displayed image.

FIG. 7 (c) shows an example of a screen for setting a background sound mapped and stored with “bird of branch” which is an image selected and displayed by a user's key manipulation in FIG. 7 (b). In this case, when the displayed image is a GIF or SWF format image, the background sound mapped and stored with the image may be a bird sound that is synchronized with the movement of the bird, that is, a tree branch.

When the user who confirms the stored background sound mapped with the displayed image selects the background sound setting as “Yes” through the key input on the screen of FIG. 7C, when the user inputs the confirmation key, the mobile communication terminal generates the image (eg, tree). A bird of a branch) and the detected background sound (e.g., a synchronized background sound if the image is a GIF or SWF format image or a background sound suitable for the content of the image if the image is a still image) "Bird of a Branch" image will be set as wallpaper That is, the mobile communication terminal simultaneously outputs the linked image and the background sound through the display unit screen and the speaker when the image of the "bird of the tree" is output as the background screen.

In the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, the present invention may output the background sound according to the user's selection on the background screen output to the mobile communication terminal display unit. In addition, according to the present invention, the user can express his or her unique personality by outputting the background sound to the background screen output to the display unit of the mobile communication terminal.

Claims (15)

In the image output method of the mobile communication terminal, Setting at least one image and a background sound corresponding thereto; And outputting the selected image and a background sound corresponding to the selected image at the same time when the image on which the background sound is set is selected. The method of claim 1, And pre-storing predetermined images and background sounds in a memory of the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, And the predetermined image is any one of a background screen, a menu screen, and a standby screen. The method of claim 3, And the predetermined image is one of a still image or a moving image. The method of claim 2, wherein the setting process Displaying items of predetermined images and background sounds which are stored in advance when an image setting request for outputting a background sound is requested from a user; Linking an image and a background sound of the selected item to each other when a predetermined image item and a background sound item are respectively selected based on user selection information among the displayed items. The method of claim 5, wherein the linking step Detecting and displaying an image of the selected item when a predetermined image item is selected among the displayed image items; Detecting and outputting a background sound of the selected item when a predetermined background sound item is selected among the items of the displayed background sounds; Linking the selected image with the background sound if there is a user confirmation. The method of claim 1, And mapping the predetermined images and the background sounds, which are synchronized with the images, to each other and pre-stored in the memory of the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 7, wherein the setting process Displaying items of the stored predetermined images when a user requests an image setting capable of outputting a background sound; Detecting and outputting a background sound that is synchronized with an image of the selected item when an item of a predetermined image is selected among the items of the stored image; Linking the selected image with the background sound if there is a user confirmation. In the mobile communication terminal, A memory for storing at least one image and a background sound corresponding thereto; And a controller configured to detect and simultaneously output the selected image and the background sound corresponding thereto when an image having a background sound selected from among the images stored in the memory is selected. The method of claim 9, The predetermined image is a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that any one of a background screen, a menu screen and a standby screen. The method of claim 10, And the predetermined image is one of a still image and a moving image. The method of claim 9, And a display unit which displays items of predetermined images and background sounds stored in the memory under the control of the controller when there is an image setting request capable of outputting a background sound from a user. The method of claim 12, wherein the control unit And when a predetermined image item and a background sound item are selected by the user from among items displayed on the display unit, the image of the selected item corresponds to the selected background sound and is stored in the memory. The method of claim 12, wherein the control unit And displaying an item of predetermined images stored in the memory on the display unit when an image setting request capable of outputting a background sound is received from a user. The method of claim 14, wherein the control unit When an item of a predetermined image is selected among the items of the image displayed on the display unit, a background sound in sync with the image of the selected item is detected and output from the memory. And control the background sound to be stored in the memory in correspondence with the background sound.

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