KR20070095487A - Method for providing of quick view service in portable communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A quick view service method in a mobile terminal is provided to eliminate the inconvenience of using a multimedia message in the case of transmitting a photo to another mobile terminal by sharing quick views of stored photos or moving pictures between many adjacent mobile terminals through short range communication. Taking photos in photographing mode according to a user's key operation, the control part of a transmitting terminal checks whether a key to activate a quick view function is inputted(201,203). If so, the control part enters into quick view mode. At this moment, the control part outputs the lastly photographed photo(205). Then, the control part confirms whether a remote transmission menu is selected(207). If the user selects the remote transmission menu and inputs receiving terminals, the control part establishes a bidirectional communication connection with the receiving terminals through short range remote communication and transmits the presently outputted photo to the receiving terminals(211,213). Then the control part confirms whether an actual photo data request message is received from one or more of the receiving terminals(215).

Description

QUICK VIEW SERVICE METHOD IN MOBILE TERMINAL {METHOD FOR PROVIDING OF QUICK VIEW SERVICE IN PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

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

2 is a view showing a flow of a quick view service method in a transmitting mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and

3 is a flowchart illustrating a quick view service method in a receiving mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a quick view service method in a mobile communication terminal.

Mobile communication terminals are rapidly spreading due to the convenience of portability, and thus service providers (terminal manufacturers) are competitively developing terminals having more special functions to secure a large number of users. For example, the mobile communication terminal may be a phone book, a game, a scheduler, a short message, the internet, an e-mail, an alarm, or an MP3 ( It provides various functions such as MPEG Audio Layer-3) and Digital Camera.

Recently, many people are taking pictures and videos on behalf of the camera by using the digital camera function, and the photographed pictures or videos are stored and stored in a photo / video album. The user may check the photographed picture or the video by ending the photographing mode and moving to a photo or video album to confirm the photographed picture or the video.

Quick view is a function that allows you to play back photos while in shooting mode. During shooting, the user can exit the shooting mode and go to the album to check the photos or videos stored in the album. This feature can reduce the hassle. In other words, when the user inputs a button for switching to the quick view mode in the photographing mode, the terminal immediately switches the photographing mode to the quick view mode, that is, the playback mode, and outputs a recently photographed picture to the display.

Therefore, by using the Quick View function, the user can immediately check the photograph taken up to now without pressing the recording mode by pressing a button again, and continue shooting by pressing a key for switching to the shooting mode again. It has the advantage of easy shooting and playback. Here, the photo output to the display unit in the quick view mode is the last photograph taken, and the previous / subsequent photo may be output to the display unit according to the user's direction key input. In addition, the quick view function may be limited to view only the last photograph taken.

However, since the conventional quick view function can only view pictures and videos taken through the mobile phone that has been photographed, there are disadvantages that the user must check while turning the mobile phone when several people take pictures to view the pictures together. In most cases, two or more people take a picture rather than take a picture alone, or take a picture with a background, so that the conventional technology takes a long time before determining whether to store the taken picture or video. Cause. Although there is a method of transmitting a previously stored picture through a multimedia message, this method also has the disadvantage of exiting the shooting mode during shooting, sending a picture through a message and repeating the process of moving to the shooting mode again. There is a very uncomfortable problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide a quick view service method in a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of sharing quick views of photographs and videos taken between several mobile communication terminals in close proximity through short-range remote transmission in a mobile communication terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention to achieve the above object, in a quick view service method in a mobile communication terminal, when a key input for activating the quick view function is detected in the shooting mode, the mode of the terminal is switched to the quick view mode and And outputting a last photographed picture or video to a display unit, and when a key input for remote transmission of the picture or video output to the display unit is detected, establishing a short-range communication connection with the receiving terminal (s). And when the short-range communication connection with the receiving terminal (s) is established, transmitting a capture screen of a picture or a video output to the display unit to the receiving terminal (s).

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described a quick view service method in a mobile communication terminal.

1 illustrates a configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. In the following description, the mobile communication terminal is a cellular phone, a personal communication system (PCS), a personal digital assistant (PDA), an IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication-2000) terminal, or the like. It is meant to include all, the following description will be described with a general configuration of the above examples.

Referring to FIG. 1, a controller (MPU: Micro-Processor Unit) 101 controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. For example, in order to perform processing and control for voice communication and data communication, and according to the present invention, in accordance with the present invention, a quick view of pictures and videos taken between several mobile communication terminals in close proximity via short distance remote transmission ( Handles the function for sharing quick view. Therefore, in the following description, description regarding the processing and control of the normal control unit 101 is omitted.

In addition, the RF unit 105 includes an RF transmitter for upconverting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal, an RF receiver for low noise amplifying a received signal, and downconverting a frequency of the received signal. The data processor 103 includes a transmitter for modulating and encoding the transmitted signal and a receiver for demodulating and decoding the received signal. That is, the data processor 103 may be configured of a modem and a coder-decoder (CODEC). The codec includes a data codec for processing packet data and an audio codec 107 for processing an audio signal such as voice. The audio processor 109 reproduces a received audio signal output from the audio codec 107 of the data processor 103 or transmits a transmission audio signal generated from a microphone to the audio codec 107 of the data processor 103. It performs the function.

The memory 111 may include a program memory, a data memory, and a moving picture memory. The program memory stores microcode and various reference data of a program for processing and control of the controller 101. In particular, according to the present invention stores a program for sharing the quick view (Quick view) of the pictures and videos taken between the various mobile communication terminals in close proximity through the near-distance transmission. The data memory is a working memory of the controller 101, and stores temporary data generated during execution of various programs. In addition, the data memory includes a text buffer for storing text signals input through the keypad 113, an image buffer for storing a video signal generated by the image codec 119, and an audio signal generated by the audio codec 107. It may be provided with audio buffers for storing the. The moving picture memory is a memory for storing a moving picture signal.

Key pad 113 is a number of buttons 0 ~ 9, menu button (menu), cancel button (clear), confirm button, call button (TALK), end button (END), shooting button, Internet A plurality of function keys such as a connection button, navigation key (or direction key) buttons (▲ / ▼ / ◀ / ▶) are provided, and key input data corresponding to a key pressed by the user is provided to the controller 101. The display unit 121 displays status information generated during the operation of the mobile communication terminal, a limited number of characters, a large amount of video and still images, and the like. The display unit 121 may use a color liquid crystal display (LCD).

The camera unit 115 includes a camera sensor that converts an optical signal detected at the time of image capturing into an electrical signal, and a signal processor which converts an analog image signal captured by the camera sensor into digital data. The camera sensor may be a charge coupled device (CCD) sensor, and the signal processor may be a digital signal processor (DSP).

The image processor 117 generates screen data for displaying an image signal output from the camera unit 115. The image processing unit 117 processes the image signal output from the camera unit 115 in units of frames, and outputs the frame image data according to the characteristics and size of the display unit 121. In addition, the image processing unit 117 includes an image codec 119, and the image codec 119 functions to code an image signal in a set manner or to decode coded frame image data into original frame image data. Perform. The image processor 117 generates and plays a video signal according to a mode set under the control of the controller 101.

The short range wireless communication processor 123 is an apparatus for the interface between the short range wireless transceiver 125 and the control unit 101. The short range wireless communication processor 123 encodes a signal input from the control unit 101 and transmits the signal to the short range wireless transceiver 125. The signal received from the short range wireless transceiver 125 is decoded and output to the controller 101.

The short range wireless transceiver 125 receives the signal converted by the short range wireless communication processor 123 and transmits the short range wireless communication such as Bluetooth, infrared communication (IrDA), Zigbee, etc., and receives the short range wireless communication. It serves to transmit a signal to the short-range wireless communication processing unit 123. Here, when using the infrared communication of the short-range wireless communication, the transmitter may use an infrared LED, the receiver may use an infrared photodiode (IRDA PHOTO DIODE).

2 is a flowchart illustrating a quick view service method in a transmitting mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, in step 201, the control unit 101 of the transmitting terminal captures a picture or a video in a shooting mode according to a user's key manipulation.

In step 203, the controller 101 checks whether there is a key input for activating a quick view function. Here, the key for activating the quick view function may be a zero key. When a key input for activating the quick view function is not detected, the controller 101 performs a corresponding function according to a user's key operation, and when a key input for activating the quick view function is detected, the controller ( In step 205, the terminal changes the mode to the quick view mode, that is, the playback mode. At this time, the display unit 121 of the terminal outputs the last photograph or video.

In step 207, the controller 101 checks whether a remote transmission menu is selected according to a user's key input. If the selection of the remote transmission menu is not detected, the control unit 101 proceeds to step 209 and displays the picture stored before / after the picture output to the display unit 121 according to a user's direction key input. Output to 121 and return to step 207.

When the selection of the remote transmission menu is detected, the control unit 101 proceeds to step 211 and receives a reception terminal to perform the remote transmission from the user, that is, a file to be transmitted, and receives the received terminal through short distance remote communication. Set up a bidirectional communication connection with the terminal (s). Here, the control unit 101 displays a list of receiving terminals stored in the address book on the display unit 121 to receive one or more receiving terminals according to a user's selection, or to receive a new number directly from the user. A receiving terminal to perform the remote transmission can be specified. Here, the short-range communication connection with the receiving terminal (s) through the short-range wireless communication processing unit 123 and the short-range wireless transceiver 125, the control unit 101 of the terminal requests the connection setting to the receiving terminal (s). By sending a message and receiving a connection establishment approval message from the receiving terminal (s). Here, when the receiving terminal is at a distance where the short-range wireless communication with the transmitting terminal is not possible, the control unit 101 displays an error message on the display unit 121.

In operation 213, the controller 101 captures a screen, for example, a picture, displayed on the display 121 and transmits the captured picture to the receiving terminal (s) through the short range wireless communication. Here, the transmission of the screen shot to the receiving terminal (s) is to enable a fast transmission in consideration of the large capacity of the actual data. When the screen displayed on the display unit 121 is a moving picture, the captured video may be transmitted at predetermined time intervals because the moving picture is continuous data unlike the picture. In this case, the receiving terminal (s) receiving the capture screen may send a message to the transmitting terminal according to a key operation of the receiver to request transmission of actual photo / video data.

In step 215, the controller 101 checks whether an actual picture / video data request message is received from the receiving terminal (s). When the request for the actual picture / video data request message is not detected, the controller 101 proceeds to step 219 and checks whether there is an input of a direction key according to a user's key manipulation. When the request for the actual photo / video data request message is detected, the controller 101 proceeds to step 217 and transmits the actual photo or video data on the capture screen to the receiving terminal that has requested the actual photo / video data. . In this case, the receiving terminal receiving the actual photo or video data may store the actual photo or video data in a memory.

In step 219, the controller 101 checks whether there is an input of a direction key according to a user's key manipulation. When the input of the direction key is detected, the controller 101 proceeds to step 221 and outputs the before / after picture of the picture displayed on the display 121 to the display 121 and returns to step 213. The capture screen of the picture output to the display unit 121 is transmitted to the receiving terminal (s). That is, the receiving terminal receives and outputs the picture or video displayed on the display unit 121 under the control of the transmitting terminal user.

When the input of the direction key is not detected, the controller 101 proceeds to step 223 and detects whether there is a key input for switching to the shooting mode. In this case, the detection of the key input for switching to the shooting mode may be performed in real time from the step 205, that is, the time of switching to the quick view mode. When a key input for switching to the shooting mode is not detected, the controller 101 returns to step 215.

When a key input for switching to the shooting mode is detected, the controller 101 proceeds to step 225 to terminate the quick view mode and to disconnect the short-range communication with the receiving terminal (s). Here, the controller 101 transmits a disconnection message to the receiving terminal (s) through the short range wireless communication processing unit 123 and the short range wireless transmitting / receiving unit 125 to release the short range communication connection with the receiving terminal (s). Send. Thereafter, the controller 101 switches the mode of the terminal to a shooting mode and ends the algorithm according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a quick view service method in a receiving mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the control unit 101 of the receiving terminal establishes short range communication connection with the transmitting terminal in step 301. Here, the short-range communication connection with the transmitting terminal is configured to receive a connection establishment request message from the transmitting terminal through the short-range wireless communication processing unit 123 and the short-range wireless transmitting and receiving unit 125, the control unit 101 is the transmitting terminal By sending a connection establishment approval message.

In step 303, the controller 101 checks whether there is a capture screen transmitted from the transmitting terminal. Here, the capture screen is a screen for capturing a picture or video, and the picture or video output on the display unit 121 of the transmitting terminal is transmitted to the receiving terminal as it is according to a key operation of the sender. 121). When the transmission of the capture screen is not detected, the controller 101 performs a corresponding function. When the transmission of the capture screen is detected, the controller 101 proceeds to step 305 and outputs the received capture screen to the display unit 121, thereby sharing the quick view function of the transmission terminal.

In operation 307, the controller 101 checks whether there is a key input for requesting an actual picture data according to a user's key manipulation. When a key input for requesting the actual picture data for the capture screen is detected, the controller 101 proceeds to step 309 and transmits an actual picture data request message to the transmitting terminal.

In step 311, the controller 101 checks whether actual picture data requested by the transmitting terminal is received. When the reception of the actual photo data is detected, the controller 101 proceeds to step 313 to store the received actual photo data in a memory and terminates the algorithm according to the present invention.

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

An object of the present invention can provide a quick view (quick view) of the pre-recorded picture and video to a plurality of terminals in close proximity via short-range communication during the shooting in the mobile communication terminal, the receiving terminal and By providing a quick view of the video, you can save it to your device if you want, so you can share the quick view of pictures taken by several people, giving you the effect of taking a picture with your mobile phone, and choosing whether to save the picture. This has the advantage of reducing the time required to do so. In addition, since it is possible to send a file and easily retake a picture without performing a special operation during taking a picture, there is an advantage of eliminating the need to use a multimedia message to send a picture to another terminal. In addition, as the camera of the mobile phone has evolved to a level that is second to the digital camera, the new Quick View technology may provide a convenience to the user and become a foundation for the user to utilize the mobile phone camera more than 100%.

Claims (10)

In the quick view (Quick view) service method in a mobile communication terminal, When the key input for activating the quick view function is detected in the shooting mode, switching the terminal mode to the quick view mode and outputting the last photographed picture or video to the display unit; Establishing a short-range communication connection with the receiving terminal (s) when a key input for remote transmission of a picture or video output to the display unit is detected; And when a short-range communication connection with the receiving terminal (s) is established, transmitting a capture screen of a picture or a video output to the display terminal to the receiving terminal (s). The method of claim 1, And a key for activating the quick view function is a zero key. The method of claim 1, And when the input of a direction key according to a user's key operation is detected, outputting a picture or video stored before / after a picture or video output to the display unit to the display unit. The method of claim 1, And detecting a short-range communication connection with the receiving terminal when a key input for switching to a photographing mode is detected. The method of claim 1, The short range communication may be at least one of Bluetooth, infrared communication (IrDA), and Zigbee. The method of claim 1, And when the actual picture data request for the capture screen is detected from the receiving terminal (s), transmitting the real picture data to the receiving terminal (s) that requested the real picture data. . The method of claim 1, And receiving one or more receiving terminal (s) from a user when a key input for remote transmission of a picture or a video output on the display unit is detected. In the quick view (Quick view) service method in a mobile communication terminal, Outputting the capture screen to a display unit when a capture screen is received from the transmitting terminal while a short-range communication connection with the transmitting terminal is established; And transmitting a real picture data request message to the transmitting terminal when a key input for a real picture data request of the capture screen is detected. The method of claim 8, The short range communication may be at least one of Bluetooth, infrared communication (IrDA), and Zigbee. The method of claim 8, And when the actual picture data is received from the transmitting terminal, storing the real picture data in a memory.

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