KR20070011727A - Method and apparatus for saving images in connection with telephone directory during a video call - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for storing an image by interworking with a phone book in case of video call communication are provided to store a phone number together with a current image, an arbitrary name or a name inputted by a user in a phone book when a phone number of the other party does not exist in the phone book during video call communication. When a phone book connection key is inputted during video call communication, a current image is stored(203,206,209). When a phone number of the other party for the video call communication exists in the phone book, the image is stored in association with the corresponding phone number(212,218). When the phone number of the other party does not exist in the phone book, a corresponding phone number is added to the phone book and the image is stored in association with the corresponding phone number(215,218).

Description

 Method and apparatus for saving images by interworking with a telephone book during a video call {Method and apparatus for saving images in connection with telephone directory during a video call}

1 is an internal configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of storing an image of a counterpart by interworking with a telephone during a video call in the mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

3 is a screen example illustrating a process of storing an image of a counterpart by interworking with a phone unit during a video call in a mobile communication terminal.

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100-mobile communication terminal 112-storage unit

103-control unit 115-RF transceiver

106-Input Unit 118-Audio Converter

109-Display 121-Camera

 The present invention relates to a method and a device for interlocking a phone book during a video call. More specifically, when a phonebook interlock key is input during a video call, the phone number of the counterpart and the information of the currently input video are stored in the phone book. The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for storing an image in association with a telephone unit during a video call.

As the spread of mobile communication terminals has spread and the use of them has become more common, more and more people use useful services of mobile communication terminals. In addition, mobile communication terminals are developing rapidly as a result of active research activities driven by explosive demand around the world. In other words, in terms of the appearance of the terminal, the size of the terminal has been reduced and the weight has been lightly improved for convenient portability. The function has been implemented to provide convenience to users.

In addition, recently, a camera and an image processing apparatus have been integrally installed in a mobile phone so that the user can take an image or a picture desired by using the camera, display or store it, transmit it to another device, or print it if necessary. Mobile phones that provide functions and services are widely used.

Thus, by storing the image in advance in the mobile phone equipped with the camera and stored it with the phone number of the phone book so that not only the phone number and name but also the other's face can be easily remembered. However, this method is cumbersome because each time the user saves the other party's phone number, the person's image is taken with the camera provided in the mobile phone to save the image, or the stored image is retrieved and recalled and stored separately. There was a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and when a telephone communication key is input from the user when performing a video call with the other party using a mobile communication terminal, the user can associate the telephone number with the current image to the telephone unit. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for storing an image by interworking with a telephone unit during a video call, in which a user can conveniently store an image and a telephone number in association with a user without taking an image of the other party and storing the image with the telephone number.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an arbitrary name or a name entered by a user if a phone number of the other party performing a video call does not exist in the phone book of the terminal when the phonebook interlocking key is pressed during a video call. The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for storing an image by interworking with a telephone unit during a video call that can provide convenience to a user by storing the telephone number in the telephone book and by linking the telephone number with the current image.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention stores a current image when a phonebook interlock key is input during a video call. If the phone number of the other party performing the video call exists in the phone book, the video is stored in association with the corresponding phone number of the phone book. If the phone number of the other party performing the video call does not exist in the phone book, the phone number is added to the phone book and the video is stored in association with the phone number.

In this case, when the phone number of the other party performing the video call does not exist in the phone book, the phone number may be stored under an arbitrary name or by receiving a name from the user.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal of the present invention is an RF transceiver, a display unit, an audio converter, a camera unit for reading image images from an external object, a storage unit for storing telephone numbers and images, and a telephone unit interlocking key. And an input unit configured to control the components and, when there is an input of the interlocking key during a video call, stores an image during a video call, and if the other party's phone number exists in the phone, It is provided with a control unit for controlling to store the image. In addition, if the telephone number of the other party performing the video call does not exist in the telephone book, the controller adds the telephone number to the telephone book and controls to store the image in association with the telephone number. In this case, the addition of the phone number is preferably stored under an arbitrary name or stored by receiving a name from the user.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an internal configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

Although not shown, the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits and receives signals to and from a mobile communication system including a base station, a mobile switching center, and a short message center. A transmitter, a receive amplifier, and a demodulator including a modulator and a transmission amplifier are used. It includes an RF transceiver 115 having a receiver including a. The receiver of the RF transceiver 115 suppresses amplification of noise as much as possible, amplifies a desired signal, generates a digital signal through an intermediate frequency, and the digital signal is analyzed and processed by the controller 103. In addition, the transmitter of the RF transceiver 115 modulates and amplifies a signal generated by the controller 103 in a desired frequency band, and is finally radiated to an antenna via a duplexer (not shown).

The display unit 109 may be formed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like, and outputs various display data and text messages generated by the mobile communication terminal 100.

The input unit 106 may include a keypad or the like, and includes a plurality of numeric / character input keys, a function key for interfacing with a user, a key for a call, and the like. In addition, according to the present invention is provided with a link interlocking key that can be stored in association with the video number and the phone number of the other party during a video call.

The storage unit 112 includes a read only memory (ROM) and a voice memory for storing a plurality of programs and data. In addition, according to the present invention, the image is stored in association with the telephone number of the telephone book.

The audio converter 118 converts a digital signal into voice and transmits it to a speaker or converts a voice received through a microphone into a digital signal.

The camera unit 121 is responsible for reading an image from a camera, processing it as an image, and transmitting the image to the controller 103. In addition, when performing a video call according to the present invention by reading the image of the current user in real time and transmits to the control unit 103 so that the other party can talk while looking at the current user's face.

The controller 103 controls the above components, and includes a digital signal processor (DSP), a microprocessor, and other circuits, and controls a transmitter and a receiver so that a mobile communication terminal user can communicate with other users through a speaker and a microphone. To make a voice call. In addition, according to the present invention, if there is an input of the phone interlocking key during a video call, an image of the other party in a video call is stored, and if the phone number of the other party exists in the phone, the image is controlled in association with the corresponding phone number of the phone.

In addition, if the phone number of the counterpart who is performing the video call does not exist in the phone book, the controller 103 adds the number to the phone book and controls to store the image in association with the phone number. In this case, when adding a phone number to the telephone book, it is preferable to add it as an arbitrary name or to receive a name from a user.

Next, a process of storing an image by interworking with a telephone unit during a video call in the mobile communication terminal of the present invention will be described.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of storing a counterpart's video by interworking with a telephone unit during a video call in a mobile communication terminal of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a process of storing a counterpart's image by interworking with a telephone unit during a video call in a mobile communication terminal. An example screen is shown.

If a phone interlocking key is input from the user while performing a video call in the mobile communication terminal, the video of the call counterpart currently performing the video call is stored. At this time, it is determined whether the phone number of the call counterpart is present in the phone part of the terminal. If the phone number of the other party exists in the phone part, the video is stored in association with the corresponding phone number of the phone part. For example, when conducting a video call with the call counterpart '011-123-4567' as shown in FIG. 3 (screen 303), if the phonebook interlocking button provided in the terminal is pressed in advance, the counterpart phone number is displayed as shown in screen 306a. A message is displayed on the screen asking whether to add the video in association with the screen. If the user selects to add the video, the video of the other party currently performing the video call is stored in the phone in association with the corresponding phone number (screen 309a). . That is, in the related art, a mobile communication terminal having a camera stores the image photographed by the camera in advance in association with a phone number associated with the corresponding image in the phone unit, but the present invention provides a phone unit provided in advance during a video call with the other party. When a tong key is input, an image displayed through a video call is stored, and the image is stored in a phone book in association with the other party's phone number.

If the phone number of the call counterpart does not exist in the phone part of the terminal, the phone number is added to the phone part and the image is stored in association with the phone number. For example, when performing a video call with the call counterpart '011-123-4567' as shown in FIG. 3 (screen 303), if the interlocking button provided in the terminal is pressed in advance, the counterpart phone number is displayed. If it does not exist by searching whether it exists in the phone part of the terminal, as shown in screen 306b, the phone number of the other party is displayed on the screen and notified, and the corresponding number is added and stored together with the video (screen 309b). In this case, when adding the other party's phone number to the phone book, it is preferable to be stored under an arbitrary name or to receive the name from the user.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated to the several example, this invention is not limited to a specific Example. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a telephone communication key is input from the user when performing a video call with the other party using a mobile communication terminal, the user stores the phone unit by associating the user's telephone number with the current image. Even if you do not take a picture of the other party and save it with the phone number, it has the effect that you can conveniently save the video and phone number in association.

Another effect of the present invention is that if the phone number of the other party performing the video call is not present in the phone book of the terminal when the interlocking key is pressed during the video call, it corresponds to an arbitrary name or a name input by the user. In addition to storing the phone number in the phone book, it provides convenience to the user by storing the phone number in association with the current image.

Claims (7)

A first step of storing a current video when a phonebook interlocking key is input during a video call; A second step of storing the video in association with a corresponding telephone number of the telephone book, if the telephone number of the counterpart performing the video call exists in the telephone book; A third step of adding the corresponding phone number to the telephone book and storing the video in association with the telephone number if the telephone number of the counterpart performing the video call does not exist in the telephone book; How to save the image in conjunction with the phone during the video call in the mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, The method of claim 3, wherein the phone number is stored under an arbitrary name. The method of claim 1, The method of claim 3, wherein the phone number is stored by receiving a name from the user is stored in conjunction with the phone during the video call in the mobile communication terminal. An RF transceiver, a display, an audio converter, Camera unit reading image image from outside water image, A storage unit for storing telephone numbers and images, An input unit having a telephone unit interlocking key, A control unit for controlling the components and storing an image during a video call when an input of the interlocking key is input during a video call, and storing the image in association with a corresponding phone number of a telephone part when a telephone number of the other party exists in the telephone part. , Mobile communication terminal having a. The method of claim 4, wherein And if the telephone number of the other party performing the video call does not exist in the telephone book, adds the telephone number to the telephone book, and controls to store the image in association with the telephone number. The method of claim 5, Mobile phone terminal, characterized in that the addition of the phone number is stored under any name. The method of claim 5, The addition of the phone number is a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that is stored by receiving a name from the user.

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