KR20070013854A - Method and apparatus for managing the photo file list in the mobile comprising the camera - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for managing a list of photographed photos in a mobile terminal having a camera are provided to search for a desired photo more speedily and conveniently by arbitrarily and freely modifying the order of a list of stored photos by a user's selection. The user of a mobile terminal inputs a user command to check a desired photo among the photos stored in a memory(8) and a user command to place the checked photo on an upper rank a user interface part(2). A mobile chip(3), which controls overall operations to manage a list of the photos stored in the memory(8), creates a control signal to update the information of the checked photo in response to the user commands. The control signal is forwarded to an updating part(7) through a host bus(5). The updating part(7), in response to the control signal, updates the information of the checked photo. A calculation part(9) calculates the order of the stored photos, based on the updated photo information.

Description

Method and apparatus for managing the list of pictures taken in a mobile terminal having a camera {Method and apparatus for managing the photo file list in the mobile comprising the camera}

1 shows an example of a list of photos stored in a memory, corresponding to the prior art.

2 is a functional block diagram of a picture list management apparatus corresponding to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing a photo list corresponding to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 shows an example of a list of pictures stored in a memory, corresponding to the present invention.

Description of the main parts of the drawing

2: user interface unit 3: mobile chip

5: host bus 7: update unit

8 memory unit 9 calculation unit

10: list generation unit

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal having a camera, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal having a camera and stored in a memory based on the number of inquiries, the shooting date, and the photograph selected by the camera and the selected date. A method of managing a list ranking of photos present.

In addition to the inherent functions of mobile phones for communicating voice or text, recently released mobile phones have various functions such as a camera for taking pictures and an MP3 player for listening to MP3 music files. With the development of mobile phone technology, the development of memory technology has enabled the storage of large amounts of pictures in the small size of memory built into mobile phones.

1 shows an example of a list of photos stored in a memory, corresponding to the prior art. A user takes a picture by using a camera provided in a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA, and the taken picture is sequentially stored in the memory unit according to the shooting date. The user sequentially searches the stored pictures according to the shooting date in order to search for the pictures stored in the memory.

Since the taken pictures are stored in the order of the date taken, the user has to spend a lot of time searching for the picture he is looking for among a large number of pictures. In addition, even if the user remembers the recording date of the picture to be found, it takes a lot of time to look up the picture to the picture of the shooting date.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for managing a list of pictures stored in a memory based on a picture selected by a user at a higher rank, a selection date, and the number of times a picture is viewed.

The method and apparatus for managing a photo list for achieving the object of the present invention include the steps of inputting a user command for inquiring a predetermined picture among the taken pictures, determining whether the inquired picture is selected as a higher rank, Updating information of the selected picture based on the determination result, calculating a list rank of the taken pictures based on the updated picture information, and generating a list of the taken pictures according to the previously calculated list rank. It is characterized by including.

Preferably, the information of the picture is characterized in that at least one or more of the photographing date, the number of times of inquiry, whether or not selected as a higher rank and the selection date.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in more detail with respect to the picture list management method and apparatus corresponding to the present invention.

2 is a functional block diagram of a picture list management apparatus corresponding to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, a user command for searching a predetermined picture among the pictures stored in the memory unit 8 through the user interface unit 2 and a user command for selecting a list order of the inquired pictures as a higher rank. Is input. In response to the user command, the mobile chip 3 controls the overall operation for managing the list of photos stored in the memory 8. The mobile chip 3 generates a control signal for updating the information of the inquired picture. The control signal is transmitted to the updater 7 via the host bus 5, which updates the information of the inquired picture stored in the memory 8 in response to the control signal. Preferably, the picture information is characterized in that the photographing date, the number of inquiries, whether or not selected as a higher rank and the selection date.

The calculation unit 9 calculates the list order of the pictures based on the updated picture information stored in the memory unit 8. Preferably, the calculation unit 9 calculates the list order of the pictures by the following equation (1).

[Equation 1]

List Rank = Selected as Top Rank * a + Date of Selection * b + Number of Views * c + Date of Shooting * d

Here, the a, b, c, d is characterized in that the weight of the selection, the selection date, the number of times of inquiry and the shooting date in the upper rank, respectively. Preferably, the weight for selecting whether to select the higher rank is greater than the weight for the selection date, the number of inquiry and the shooting date. For example, the weight value for the selection as the higher rank may be set to 10, the weight value for the selection date is set to 5, the weight value for the number of inquiries is set to 2, and the weight value for the photographing date is set to 1. .

Based on the list ranking of the pictures calculated by the calculating unit 9, the list generating unit 10 generates a list of new pictures and stores them in the memory unit 8. When a user command for inquiring a picture taken through the user interface unit 2 is input, the pictures are inquired with a new list of pictures stored in the memory unit 9.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing a photo list corresponding to an embodiment of the present invention. A user command for inquiring a predetermined picture from among pictures stored in the memory is input (step 10). It is determined whether the inquired picture is selected as a higher rank (step 12). If the predetermined picture is selected as the high rank, the picture information about whether the selected picture is selected as the high rank of the inquired picture and the selected date and the picture information about the number of times of inquiry are updated (step 14). If the predetermined picture is not selected as the higher rank, only the file information on the number of times of inquiry of the inquired picture is updated (step 16). Each time a given picture is inquired, the number of inquiries of the picture continues to increase. Meanwhile, the inquired picture may be selected as a higher rank several times, and as the number of times of selection is increased, the weight value for selection is increased.

Based on the updated picture information, a list rank of pictures stored in the memory unit is calculated (step 18). The list order of the pictures may be a higher rank, a selection date, a selection date, a number of inquiry, a photographing date of the picture, and the like. Other kinds of photo information can be used to calculate the list rank of the photos, which is within the scope of the present invention.

Based on the calculated list ranking, a new list of pictures is generated and stored in the memory section (step 19).

4 shows an example of a list of stored photos, corresponding to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the list rank of the pictures is calculated not only by the photographing date of the pictures, but also by whether the predetermined picture is selected as a higher order by the user, the selected date, and the number of times the picture is viewed.

Meanwhile, the above-described embodiments of the present invention can be written as a program that can be executed in a computer, and can be implemented in a general-purpose digital computer that operates the program using a computer-readable recording medium.

The computer-readable recording medium may be a magnetic storage medium (for example, a ROM, a floppy disk, a hard disk, etc.), an optical reading medium (for example, a CD-ROM, DVD, etc.) and a carrier wave (for example, the Internet). Storage medium).

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

The method and apparatus for managing a photo list according to the present invention enables the user to arbitrarily change the list order of the photographs by the user's selection, so that the user can search the desired photographs more quickly and conveniently.

Claims (5)

In the method for managing a list of pictures taken in a mobile terminal having a camera, Inputting a user command for inquiring a predetermined picture among the taken pictures; Determining whether the inquired picture is selected as a higher rank; Updating information on the selected picture based on the determination result; Calculating a list rank of the taken pictures based on the updated picture information; And And generating a list of the photographed pictures according to the calculated list rank. The method of claim 1, wherein the information of the photo And at least one of a photographing date of the photograph, the number of inquiries, whether to select a higher rank, and a selection date. The method of claim 2, wherein the list order of the photographs taken List Rank = Selected as Top Rank * a + Date of Selection * b + Number of Views * c + Date of Shooting * d And a, b, c, and d are weights for selection, selection date, number of inquiries, and photographing date, respectively. The method of claim 3, wherein The weight of the selection as the higher rank is greater than the weight for the selection date, the number of times and the shooting date picture list management method. In the device for managing a list of pictures taken in a mobile terminal having a camera, A user interface unit for searching a predetermined picture among the taken pictures and inputting a user command for selecting a list order of the inquired pictures as a higher order; An update unit for updating information of the selected picture in response to the user command; A calculator configured to calculate a list rank of photographed pictures based on the updated picture information; A list generator for generating a list of pictures based on the calculated list order of the pictures; And And a memory unit for storing the generated list of pictures.

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