KR20140105672A - Apparatus and method for processing a album in portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for displaying images on a portable terminal comprises the steps of deciding images to make an album after searching images based on the information of the images; setting and displaying the information of the album when creating the album based on the properties of the images; and analyzing a subject to display the images when displaying the album, and positioning and displaying the images, centering the subject on a grid.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A ALBUM IN PORTABLE TERMINAL [0002]

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for processing contents of a portable terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for creating and processing contents as an album.

 A portable terminal equipped with a camera can photograph images using a camera or download and store images through a communication unit. At this time, the portable terminal collectively stores the images in a storage such as a gallery or generates a specific folder to store images. However, when only the image is stored as described above, the portable terminal simply displays the images selected by the user.

Accordingly, methods of collecting related images stored in the portable terminal and managing them in an album form have been proposed. However, in the conventional album, the attribute of the data included in the album is not considered in the process of creating the album, so the user has to specify the style of the title and album of the album. And if you combine albums into a single album, the properties of each album disappear and you can not navigate through the albums, and the properties of the entire album also affect the sub-albums. Also, when the albums are combined into one, the properties of each album disappear and it is impossible to set the navigation or layout of the albums by one album.

The present invention proposes an apparatus and method for collecting a plurality of contents in a portable terminal into one album and displaying the contents of the album.

To this end, the present invention proposes an apparatus and method for automatically creating and displaying album titles when an album is created in a portable terminal, and setting an album style using data attributes when an album is created.

The present invention also provides an apparatus and method for generating and storing a plurality of albums in a portable terminal, combining the stored at least two albums into one album, and navigating each album in a combined album I suggest.

A method of displaying an image of a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of searching for and determining images for composing an album based on information of an image and setting and displaying album information according to an attribute of an image And analyzing a subject for displaying an image at the time of displaying the album, and arranging the image on the grid and displaying the centered image of the subject.

In addition, the image display apparatus of the portable terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a camera for capturing and acquiring images, a display unit for displaying album information and album images, a storage unit for storing images taken by the camera, And the album information according to the attribute of the image is set and displayed on the display unit, and the subject for displaying the image in the album display is analyzed And a control unit arranged to display an image on a grid centered on the subject.

The mobile terminal of the present invention can automatically set a title and a style in consideration of data attributes when creating an album, and can provide a function to combine the titles and styles into one new album while maintaining the properties of each album, It is possible to provide an easy album navigation function.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a portable terminal apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention
2 is a flowchart showing a procedure for creating and displaying an album in a portable terminal apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a procedure for selecting (or extracting) images according to the information selected in FIG.
4 is a diagram showing the configuration of information menus displayed when performing the procedure shown in FIG.
Figs. 5A to 5C are diagrams showing processing examples of tag information in Fig. 4
Figs. 6A-6B are diagrams illustrating the extraction of images by manual and recommendation in Fig. 3
7 is a flowchart showing a procedure for creating an album after setting images of the album
8A to 8J are diagrams for explaining an example of setting information of an album while performing the procedure as shown in FIG. 7
9 is a flowchart showing a procedure for generating an album according to the second embodiment of the present invention and generating and displaying the generated plurality of albums as a combined album
FIGS. 10A and 10B are diagrams for explaining a combined album created by performing the procedure shown in FIG.
11 is a flowchart showing an album display procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a procedure for displaying an album by a gesture in FIG.
FIGS. 13A to 13D are diagrams for explaining an album display operation according to the procedure shown in FIG.
Fig. 14 is a diagram showing the configuration of a cellular phone according to the embodiment of the present invention

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the same configurations of the drawings denote the same reference numerals as possible whenever possible.

The portable terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention searches contents using tag information of contents when creating and displaying an album, and sets the contents as album contents. Here, the tag information may be information such as a position at which the content is acquired (photographed in the case of a photograph), information of a subject included in the content (person, building, etc.), and / or a time at which the content is acquired. In addition, the portable terminal can automatically generate a title of an album in consideration of the attribute of the content when the album is created, or can generate the title by inputting the user. In addition, the portable terminal can set the style of the album according to the attribute of the content when the album is created or can set the style according to the user's input. Here, the style means a page of an album (i.e., a displayed form).

In addition, the portable terminal according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a plurality of albums, and may combine the albums selected by the user into one album, wherein the combined album maintains the attributes of the albums. The portable terminal can perform a navigation function within the combined album when displaying the contents of the combined album.

In the following description, the content is assumed to be a photograph (or an image).

1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a portable terminal apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, the portable terminal device may be various digital devices such as a mobile phone including a smart phone, an MP3 terminal, a tablet, a computer, and a camera device.

Referring to FIG. 1, the controller 100 controls overall operation of the portable terminal. The control unit 100 extracts images according to the tag information when creating an album, analyzes the attributes of the extracted images, and sets titles and styles to create albums. Also, when a plurality of albums are provided, the selected albums are combined into one album.

The camera 120 captures a still image and a moving image under the control of the controller 100. The storage unit 110 includes a program memory for storing an operation program of a camera and a program according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a data memory for storing images to be photographed. The storage unit 110 stores the albums generated by the embodiment of the present invention, and also stores link information of the combined albums.

The display unit 130 displays an image to be photographed under the control of the control unit 100. The display unit 130 may be an LCD or an OLED. The input unit 140 generates inputs for controlling the shooting of the camera apparatus. The display unit 130 and the input unit 140 may be integrated touch screens. The sensor 150 senses the state of the portable terminal device. Here, the sensor 150 may include an acceleration sensor, a geomagnetism sensor, a gyro sensor, or the like, and may sense a movement and a rotation state of the portable terminal.

The portable terminal apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention having the above-described configuration stores a plurality of images in the storage unit 110. FIG. At this time, the images stored in the storage unit 110 are extracted according to the tag information selected at the time of album creation. Here, the tag information may be information such as position, person and / or time. After the image extraction, the controller 100 analyzes the attributes of the images and sets album titles, album styles, and cover images of albums. Also, the controller 100 may set a title, a style, and / or a cover image of the album as information input by the user. In addition, the controller 100 may further set useful information input by a user when creating an album.

The control unit 100 stores the generated album in the storage unit 110, and the storage unit 110 can store two or more albums. At this time, if the user requests the combination of the albums, the control unit 100 can display the albums on the display unit 130 in the form of a thumbnail. At this time, if the user selects a plurality of albums and requests a combination in a state where the albums are displayed on the display unit 130, the controller 100 combines the selected plurality of albums into one album (hereinafter referred to as a combined album) (Unit album, hereinafter referred to as " chaptor ") constituting the album information. When a combined album is selected by the user, the controller 100 navigates and displays images of chapters and chapters according to the user's touch or gesture interaction.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for creating and displaying an album in a portable terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the controller 100, upon request of the album through the input unit 140, detects this in step 211 and displays album creation information on the display 130 in step 213. At this time, the album creation information displayed on the display unit 130 may include tag information for automatically extracting an image, information for manually extracting an image stored in the storage unit 110, information recommended by a portable terminal device, and the like. When the user selects information displayed on the display unit 130, the control unit 100 extracts images corresponding to the selected information. After completion of the image extraction, the controller 100 displays information for creating images extracted in step 215 as an album. At this time, the information displayed on the display unit 130 may be album tie, album style, cover image, useful information, and the like. Here, the information may be automatically set by analyzing the attribute of the image by the controller 100, or may be set as an input of the user. After setting the information for creating the album in step 215, the controller 100 generates an album using the images and album creation information extracted in step 217, and stores the album in the storage unit 110 .

Thereafter, when the user selects an album in the album display mode, the controller 100 detects the album in step 231 and displays the albums stored in the storage unit 110 in step 233. In this case, the display method of the album displayed in step 233 may be displayed as a thumbnail view, a timeline view in which an album is created, a location view, and the like. In the embodiment of the present invention, a thumbnail view will be described. When the album is selected in the display unit 130, the controller 100 detects the album in step 235 and displays the images in the album display style set in step 237. At this time, a method of displaying an image can be performed by a side show or a page movement interaction by a user.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a procedure for selecting (or extracting) images according to the information selected in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of information menus displayed when performing the procedure shown in FIG. 3, FIGS. 5A to 5C are diagrams showing an example of processing tag information in FIG. 4, and FIGS. 6A to 6B Fig. 3 is a drawing showing an example of extracting images by manual and recommendation in Fig. 3; Fig.

3 and 4 to 6B, in the album creation mode, the controller 100 displays thumbnails of the albums 410 shown in FIG. 4 on the display 130, an album creation item such as 415 in the album thumbnail view Or can be displayed with a button). At this time, if the user selects the album creation item 415, the control unit 100 displays a create album menu 420 shown in FIG. 4 in step 311. The album creation menu displays a method for extracting images constituting an album. In the embodiment of the present invention, a tag information selection menu 423, a menu for manually selecting images stored in the storage unit 110, 427 < / RTI >

At this time, if the user selects the tag information item 423, the controller 100 detects it in step 313 and displays tag information menus as shown in step 315 in step 315. The tag information may include a location, a person, a time, and the like. Here, the position is tag information for extracting images photographed at the same position, and the position information can be set to a country and / or a city. The character is tag information for recognizing the embedded face in the image and identifying the characters, and then extracting images containing the corresponding character. The time is tag information that extracts photographed images within a set time by analyzing the time taken to photograph the image. At this time, the selection of the tag information can be selected by one or more.

If the position information is selected as shown in 511 of FIG. 5A, the controller 100 detects the tag information in step 317 and sets the position information for extracting the image in step 319. FIG. At this time, the method of setting the location information may be as follows. The controller 100 can search the current location through the sensor 150. That is, the sensor 150 may include a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver, and the controller 100 displays a map 517 and a position input window 516 according to the current position through a GPS receiver as shown in 515 of FIG. 5A . At this time, the display unit 130 may display the current position of the portable terminal and the places photos taken. Here, if the user selects the location indicated on the map as 521 and selects done as shown in 520 of FIG. 5A, the controller 100 displays the selected location as 525 of FIG. 5A. If the user selects a location (here, a country is selected) as 526 in FIG. 5A, the control unit 100 determines in step 319 that the selected location (assuming that the country USA is set as the location here) . At this time, if the position is set, items such as 531 of 530 of FIG. 5A are displayed, and when the item 531 is selected, the set position information can be removed. Also, when the position input window 516 is selected in a state shown as 515 in FIG. 5A, the control unit 100 can display a character input window on the display unit 130. [ When the user inputs the location information through the character input window, the controller 100 can set the location information as shown in 530 of FIG. 5A using the input information.

If the person information is selected as indicated by 541 in FIG. 5B, the controller 100 detects the tag information in step 321 and sets the person information for extracting the image in step 323. FIG. In this case, when the person information is selected, the control unit 100 displays a storage unit (e.g., phone book, etc.) of the person information on the display unit 130 as shown at 545 of FIG. 5B. For example, when the phone book includes an image of the characters, the controller 100 displays the phone book including the characters on the display unit 130 by selecting a character as shown at 540 in FIG. 5B. At this time, if the user selects a character in the phone book, the control unit 100 displays the selected characters on the display unit 130 as shown in 550 of FIG. 5B. At this time, the controller 100 displays the same items as the display areas 551-553 of the selected persons. If the corresponding items are selected as 552 and 553, the controller 100 removes the selected foreign objects as shown in 555 of FIG. 5B.

If the time information is selected as shown at 570 in FIG. 5C, the controller 100 detects the tag information at step 325 and sets the time information for extracting the image at step 327. In this case, when the time information is selected, the controller 100 displays an area such as 571 - 573 for inputting time information as indicated by 570 in FIG. 5C. Herein, 571 is an area for setting a start date, 572 is an area for setting an end date, and 573 is an area for setting an all day date. At this time, if the user selects the areas 571 and 572, the control unit 100 displays a character input window on the display unit 130. When the user inputs a character through the character input window, the control unit 100 displays the corresponding 576 area And the start date and end date for extracting the image to the area 577. [ ]

When the time information is inputted, the control unit 100 displays the input result of the tag information as 580 of FIG. 5C. At this time, 580 of FIG. 5C shows an example of inputting all of the position information, the person information, and the time information. However, the tag information can be set by selecting only one piece of information among the position, person, and time information, and can select and set two or more pieces of information. When the tag information is selected and set as described above, the controller 100 detects it in step 329, and if it finds the search photos in the menu 430 shown in FIG. 4, And extracts the corresponding images.

Also, when manual selection is selected on the screen 620 of FIG. 6A (the same as the screen 420 of FIG. 4), the controller 100 detects it in step 351. FIG. Manual selection is a method in which a user manually selects images stored in the storage unit 110 to select images of the album. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 620 denotes a case where an image is stored in a gallery in the storage unit 110 as an example . Accordingly, if the user selects the gallery 625 from the screen 620, the controller 100 senses the manual selection in step 351, and displays the images of the gallery as indicated by 630 of FIG. 6A in step 353. FIG. At this time, the image display of the gallery can be displayed as a thumbnail view. If the user selects images for composing the album among the images of the gallery, the controller 100 sets the images selected in step 355 as the images of the album. When the image setting is completed by manual selection, the controller 100 displays a screen as shown in 640 of FIG. 6A.

Also, if the user selects a recommendation (from the recommendation 655) on the screen 650 of FIG. 6B (the same as the screen 420 of FIG. 4), the controller 100 senses it in step 371. The recommendation method is a method of extracting images of information recommended by the portable terminal into images of albums. Here, the recommendation information is information held by the portable terminal device, and may be, for example, a home city. That is, when it is desired to create a recommended album (recommended albums), the portable terminal apparatus needs recommendation information, and recommendation information can be set in the setup mode. For example, if the recommendation information is home city information, the user can set it in a setting mode (settings> location access> my place), and the home city can be set using GPS. The recommended album can be generated as shown in 660 of FIG. 6B by extracting images according to a given condition value (i.e., recommendation information).

When the setting of the images of the album is completed as described above, the control unit 100 can generate the album composed of the set or extracted images. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure for creating an album after setting images of the album. FIGS. 8A to 8D are diagrams for explaining an example of setting information of an album while performing the procedure as shown in FIG. 7, and FIGS. 8E to 8J are views for explaining an example of setting the information in the vertical display mode and the horizontal display mode (Or themes) of the page image being rendered.

7 and FIGS. 8A to 8J, images of the album can be set by tag information, manual selection, or recommendation information as described above. After the images of the album are selected, the controller 100, in step 711, Is displayed. 8A is a diagram showing an example of displaying a window for setting album information after extracting images of the album by tag information. Here, the tag information may be position information, person information, and time information, and the tag information for extracting an image may be set as shown in 810 of FIG. 8A by selecting the tag information. The screen 810 of FIG. 8A shows an example where location information, person information, and time information are all set. After setting the tag information as described above, if an item 813 (here, find photos and videos) for extracting an image using the tag information set on the screen of the screen 810 is selected, the controller 100 controls the storage unit 110 To search for images stored in the memory. Then, the controller 100 checks whether there is an image found in 815 (find matched photos and videos). If there is a detected image, the controller 100 displays an album creation window such as 820. However, if there is no image to be searched, the control unit 100 displays no contents (i.e., no contents)

The album information creation window having the structure as shown in 820 of FIG. 8A includes an album title area 821, a theme area 822 for setting an album display style, a cover image area 823, another information area 824, and an album creation item 819. The controller 100 sets and displays the album title in step 713 in a state where the album information generation window like 820 of FIG. 8A is displayed. At this time, the album title can be set automatically or can be set by a user's selection. That is, in step 713, the controller 100 automatically generates a title in consideration of the attribute of the image (data). At this time, when an album is created in a recommended album and a gallery, the controller 100 recommends a title (name) based on a priority. At this time, if the title is a city, the control unit 100 displays a city name in case of one city and displays a country name in case of two or more cities. If the title is a country (country (roaming)), the control unit 100 displays the name of the country in one country and the first country in two or more countries. If the title is a person, the controller 100 displays the name of the person (With (Person A)) if there is one person, and a plurality of people (e.g., With friends ), And when it is recognized as a group (if it is recognized), it is indicated with a group name (With (Group A)). And if Holiday of the country is included, the control unit 100 displays the Holiday name (for example, Thanks giving day). If there is no attribute of the above image, the control unit 100 can unify and display it as My album ##. When the user selects the album title area 821, the control unit 100 displays a character input window on the display unit 130, and can set the user's input as an album title.

Secondly, if a theme area is selected as indicated by 827 in the screen 825 of FIG. 8B, the controller 100 detects this in step 715 and checks whether a theme item such as 828 is selected. Here, the theme is a display style of the album, and the controller 100 may analyze the attributes of the image in step 721 to set an album style (i.e., a theme). If the theme item 828 is not selected, the control unit 100 automatically sets the theme according to the image attribute (the ratio of the person / landscape photograph to the image to be included in the album) in step 721. FIGS. 8E to 8J show examples of album styles displayed in the embodiment of the present invention, and display a vertical display screen and a horizontal display screen, respectively. That is, the theme is switched to the horizontal display mode or the vertical display screen according to the rotation of the device, and the screen to be switched at this time is converted into a state of maintaining the horizontal / vertical ratio of the image displayed in the previous screen as much as possible. Here, the theme may be a grid as shown in FIG. 8H for randomly arranging the portrait / landscape images, a scene as shown in FIG. 8F for randomly arranging images in the case of landscape photographs, or as shown in FIG. 8g for randomly arranging images in the case of portrait a scrap book, a puzzle as shown in FIG. 8 (i) for placing images in the case of portrait / landscape photographs, a snap shot as shown in FIG. 8j for arranging images in the case of portrait / landscape photographs, And a collage as shown in FIG. 8E for random placement. However, if the theme item 828 is selected, the controller 100 detects it in step 715 and displays a theme menu such as the 830 screen of FIG. 8B in step 717. Then, a theme such as 833 is selected from the theme menu such as the 830 screen (assuming that the scrap book theme is selected in the case of 830 screen), the scrap book item 837 in the 835 screen of FIG. Is selected. When the user selects an item 839 to be executed on the screen 835, the controller 100 detects the item and sets the selected theme as the album display style.

Thirdly, if the cover image area 853 is selected on the 850 screen of FIG. 8C, the controller 100 detects this in step 723 and checks whether a cover image item such as 851 is selected. Wherein the cover image is a cover image of the album. If the cover image item 851 is not selected, the controller 100 detects the cover image item in step 723. In step 729, the controller 100 sets a default image of the album image as a cover image. Here, the default image may be the most recently photographed image. However, if the cover image item 851 is selected, the control unit 100 detects it in step 723 and displays thumbnail images such as the 855 screen of FIG. 8C in step 725. Here, the thumbnail image may be a thumbnail image of images included in the album. At this time, if a thumbnail image is selected as 857 on the 855 screen, the controller 100 selects an image corresponding to the thumbnail image selected in step 727 and displays it as an 860 screen. At this time, if the OK button 863 is selected, the controller 100 sets the image displayed on the 860 screen as the cover image of the album, and then displays the 865 screen. At this time, the set cover image is displayed on the 865 screen.

Fourth, if a usable information area 853 is selected in step 870 of FIG. 8D, the controller 100 detects this in step 723 and displays the other information menu such as the 875 screen in step 773. FIG. The other information may be wether, city information, city history, SNS (e.g., facebook) check-ins, and the like. And each other information (wether, city information, city history, SNS check-ins) areas 876-879 can be selected by the user respectively. And other selected information may be displayed as selected on screen 880 of FIG. 8D. The 880 screen indicates that all other information (wether, city information, city history, SNS check-ins) has been selected, but other information of one of the other information or two or more other information can be selected. When the selection of other information is completed, such as the 880 screen, the control unit 100 returns to the 885 screen.

FIG. 7 shows an example of setting album information in the order of album title, album display style, cover image, and other information. However, the order of setting the album information may be different. After setting the album information including the album title, the album display style, the cover image, and other information, the controller 100 can preview the album information and album images. Therefore, after setting the album information, the controller 100 detects the album information in step 735 and displays it in step 737 in the preview mode. At this time, when the preview mode is performed, the controller 100 first displays the album title and cover image, sets the grid of images according to the set theme, and displays the images on the set grid. At this time, if other information is set, the other information can be displayed together.

If the user selects the create album item (819 items on the 820 screen in FIG. 8A) after setting the album information, the controller 100 detects the item in step 739 and sets the album information set in step 741 to the album images Link to save. That is, when the album creation item is selected, the control unit 100 creates an album using the set information.

The album generated as described above is stored in the storage unit 110, and the controller 100 can display the album while performing steps 231 to 237 in FIG. Here, the display procedure and method of the album will be described later.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, the created albums may be combined to create a combined album consisting of a plurality of albums. At this time, each album of the combined album maintains the attribute (i.e., album information) of the corresponding album, and when the contents of the combined album are displayed, the control unit 100 can perform a navigation function in the combined album.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for generating an album according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and generating and displaying the generated plurality of albums as a combined album. FIGS. 10A and 10B are views for explaining a combined album created by performing the procedure shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 9 and FIGS. 10A to 10B, if album creation is requested, the controller 100 detects the album in step 911 and creates an album in step 913. Here, in operation 913, an album is created by selecting or extracting images of the album while performing the procedure as shown in FIG. 3, and the album information can be set by performing the procedure shown in FIG. The generated albums are stored in the storage unit 110. The generated albums can be combined. If a user requests a combination, the controller 100 detects the album request in step 921 and displays the albums generated in step 923 on the display unit 130 as a screen 1010 of FIG. 10A. The album view may be displayed as a thumbnail view, a timeline view (thumbnail images of the album are displayed in a sorted timeline), and the like. E, when the album view is displayed, the control unit 100 displays a check box indicating whether or not to select thumbnail images 1011 - 1017 of the respective albums and a conbine item 1023 for combining the selected albums Display. If the user selects albums for combining in the album view mode, the controller 100 senses the albums in step 925 and displays the selected albums in step 927. A screen 1010 in FIG. 10A indicates that the albums 1011 and 1013 are selected. When two or more albums are selected, the control unit 100 generates and displays a combined item 1023 as shown in the screen of FIG. And the number of selected albums (2 selected here).

When the user selects two or more albums and selects a combination item 1023, the control unit 100 displays an area for setting the combined album title 1031 and the cover image 1015 as shown on the screen 1030. The controller 100 combines the selected albums to generate a combined album. The controller 100 displays 1040 of FIG. 10A and a combined album when creating the combined album. At this time, each album included in the combined album can be a chapter. Accordingly, when creating the combined album, the control unit 100 sets each album constituting the combined album as a chapter, and sets the title and cover image of the combined album. At this time, when the combined album is created, the controller 100 applies the naming rule for album creation, and the cover image can be set by the latest photograph in the album or by the user's input. And Chapter is chronologically sorted based on the oldest picture in Chapter, and displays all information of the whole album. And Album cover can set the latest photo of the album, Album title applies naming rule to the album photo, and Album information applies time / location / people to all album information. The chapter cover is set to the latest picture of each chapter, the chapter title is set to album title #, and the chapter information stores only information corresponding to each chapter.

When the combined album is created, the control unit 100 displays the combined album as shown on the screen 1050, and displays each of the chapters constituting the combined album as the 1060 screen when the combined album is selected. At this time, each of the chapters displays items 1061 to 1065 for removing chapters. At this time, when an item of a specific chapter is selected (assuming that the item 1065 is selected on the 1060 screen of FIG. 10B), the control unit 100 displays a popup window for confirming whether or not 1070 of the selected chapter (here, chapter 3) Display. At this time, if the separation execution is selected in the pop-up window, the control section 100 separates the selected chapter from the album title as shown in the 1080 screen.

After creating an album and / or a combined album, the user can select and display the albums. If the user selects the album display function, the controller 100 detects the album display mode in step 951, and displays the albums in step 953. FIG. The album may be a combined album or album. If the user selects an album or a combined album to be displayed, the controller 100 detects the album or the combined album in step 955 and displays the album selected in step 957. Here, the display operation of the album in step 957 of FIG. 9 may be performed in the same manner as the operation of step 237 of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an album displaying procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a procedure of displaying an album by a gesture in FIG. 13A to 13D are views for explaining an album display operation according to the procedure shown in FIG.

11, 12 and 13A to 13D, when the user sets the album display mode to the slide view, the controller 100 detects this in step 1111, moves the page at the set time in step 1113, Display. In addition, the controller 100 can sense the movement of the apparatus through the sensor 150, and can detect the direction change of the apparatus (for example, rotation of 90 units). Here, the direction change may be a case where the display unit 130 is rotated in a portrait mode in a landscape mode, or rotated in a landscape mode in a portrait mode. Accordingly, when the rotation of the apparatus is sensed by the output of the sensor 150, the controller 100 senses the rotation in step 1131 and checks the current display mode of the apparatus in step 1133. In this case, the controller 100 detects the vertical display mode in step 1133, changes the grid of the image in the horizontal display mode according to the display style (set theme) of the album in step 1135, and switches the display mode to the horizontal display mode in step 1137. If the current display mode is the horizontal display mode, the control unit 100 detects this in step 1133 and changes the grid of the image in the vertical display mode according to the display style (set theme) of the album in step 1139. In step 1141, That is, when the display mode of the display unit 130 is switched by the rotation of the device while displaying the album, the controller 100 switches the display mode according to the theme set in the album information creation process. 8E to 8J, when the display mode is switched, the controller 100 controls the display mode such that the image displayed in the display mode of the theme is displayed in the same mode in the switched display mode, The display screen is switched in a state where the display screen is kept at the maximum.

If an interaction is detected while displaying an image, the controller 100 detects the interaction in step 1161 and controls the display operation of the album according to the corresponding interaction in step 1163. [ Here, the interaction may be a touch interaction, an air interaction (e.g., hovering, etc.), or the like. Fig. 12 is a diagram for explaining the display control operation of the album according to the interaction.

If the page display interaction is detected through the input unit 140, the control unit 100 detects this in step 1211 and checks in step 1213 whether the currently displayed page is a page (i.e., a first page) for displaying the cover image. At this time, if the page display interaction is detected in the state displaying the cover page, the control unit 100 detects this in step 1213 and displays the whole page information constituting the album on the cover page displayed in step 1215. Here, it is assumed that the page display interaction is a touch-drag, and the drag direction is a drag that moves upward. Then, if the user senses an operation of dragging the upper side of the screen such as 1313 in a state of displaying the cover page as shown in 1310 of FIG. 13A, the controller 100 senses it as a page display interaction in step 1213, The information on the total number of pages of the album is displayed in the form of 1317 in the cover image display area. If the page display interaction is detected while displaying the image page, the control unit 100 detects the page display interaction in step 1213 and displays the page information on which the image is displayed in step 1217. For example, if the user senses an operation of dragging the image in the upper direction of the screen such as 1323 in the state of displaying the image page as in 1320 of FIG. 13A, the controller 100 detects it as a page display interaction in step 1213, The page information of the image currently displayed in the form of 1327 is displayed in the cover image display area as shown in 1325 of FIG. 13A.

If the chapter interaction is detected, the controller 100 detects the chapter interaction in step 1221 and displays the chapter information in step 1223. [ Here, it is assumed that the chapter display interaction is touch and drag, and the drag direction is drag to move downward. For example, when the user senses an operation of dragging downward the screen such as 1353 in a state of displaying a cover page such as 1350 in FIG. 13C, the controller 100 detects it as a chapter display interaction in step 1211, The cover image is shifted downward as shown in the screen 1355 of FIG. 13C, and chapter information is displayed in the empty area in the form of 1357. If the chapter display interaction is detected while displaying the image page, the control unit 100 detects this in step 1221, moves the image displayed in step 1223 downward, and displays the chapter information in the blank area.

If page navigation is detected, the controller 100 detects the page navigation in step 1231 and moves the page in step 1233 to display the image of the next page. If the chapter navigation is detected, the controller 100 detects the chapter navigation in step 1241 and moves to the next chapter in step 1243 to display the image. Here, the page movement interaction is assumed to be a horizontal drag using one finger, and the chapter movement interaction is assumed to be a horizontal drag using two fingers. 13D is a diagram for explaining a page and chapter moving operation. If the two-finger horizontal drag is detected as in 1373 in the state that the chapter image is displayed as in the screen 1370 in FIG. 13D, the controller 100 detects it as a chapter movement interaction in step 1241 and moves to the next chapter such as 1375. If the two-finger horizontal dragging is detected as indicated by 1377 in the state that the next chapter is displayed as in the screen 1375, the controller 100 detects the chapter moving interaction in step 1241 and moves to the next chapter as in the 1380 screen. When the two-finger horizontal drag like 1383 is detected in the state that the screen such as 1380 is displayed, the controller 100 detects it in step 1241 and performs the chapter moving operation in step 1243. In this case, since the direction of the two finger fingers 1383 (horizontal movement dragged from left to right) is opposite to that of 1373 or 1377 (horizontal movement dragged from right to left), the controller 100 displays 1375 To move to the previous chapter, such as < / RTI > 13D, the controller 100 senses the horizontal drag of the finger as 1381 in step 1231, and displays the image in step 1233 as shown in step 1385 by moving the page. At this time, the movement direction of the page (moving from the current page to the next page or from the current page to the previous page) is different according to the drag direction (left to right or right to left) of the one-

13B, when horizontal drag is generated from left to right as in 1333 in the cover page, the controller 100 detects that it is the first page which can not move the page in the left direction, Th page. If a horizontal drag is generated from the right side to the left side as indicated by reference numeral 1343 in the last page of the album as shown in 13b, the controller 100 detects that the page is the last page which can not be moved in the right direction, Page. ≪ / RTI >

The control unit 100 displays an image of the album in step 1115 while performing an image navigation operation by page movement, direction switching, and interaction in the slide view as described above. If the album image operation is maintained until the end request of the user is generated, if the end request is generated, the controller 100 detects this in step 1117 and ends the album image display operation.

At this time, when the controller 100 displays the image in step 1115, the controller 100 optimizes the layout for displaying the image according to the data attribute. That is, when the controller 100 switches from the vertical display mode (or the horizontal display mode) to the horizontal display mode (or the vertical display mode), the layout configuration and the arrangement of the images can be determined in consideration of the attributes of the data. At this time, the rule of image arrangement is such that the horizontal photograph is arranged in the horizontal grid, the vertical photograph is arranged in the vertical grid, and the grid is constructed in consideration of the photograph to be placed. In the case of an image of a single object such as a face, a building, or an animal, the object is placed in a grid centered on the object. If there are multiple objects, the object is placed on a grid centered on relatively large objects. Place as many Objects as possible, and if objects are very far apart, place the larger area in the center. If it is recognized as a landscape picture, it can be placed in a wide grid similar to the resolution of the picture so that the picture is displayed fully.

Fig. 14 is a diagram showing a configuration of a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig.

Referring to FIG. 14, the communication unit 170 performs a wireless communication function with a base station, an Internet server, and the like. The communication unit 170 may include a transmitter for up-converting and frequency-amplifying a frequency of a transmission signal, and a receiver for performing low-noise amplification and frequency down-conversion on a reception signal. The communication unit 170 may include a modulation unit and a demodulation unit. The modulator modulates the transmission signal and transmits the modulated signal to the transmission unit, and the demodulation unit demodulates the signal received through the reception unit. In this case, the modulation and demodulation unit may be LTE, WCDMA, GSM, WIFI, WIBRO, NFC, Bluetooth, or the like. In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the communication unit 170 includes LTE, WIFI, and bluetooh communication units.

The camera 120 is driven under the control of the control unit 100 and performs a function of photographing an image. Here, the camera 120 may include a rear camera mounted on the rear surface and capable of capturing a high resolution image, and a front camera mounted on the front surface of the device and capable of capturing a relatively low resolution image compared to the rear camera.

The controller 100 controls the overall operation of the portable terminal, and can perform album creation and display operations according to an embodiment of the present invention. The controller 100 may include a communication processor CP for processing a communication function and an application processor (AP) for performing various applications of the portable telephone. The album creation and display operation according to the embodiment of the present invention can be performed by the application processor AP.

The storage unit 110 may include a program memory for storing an operation program of the terminal and a program according to an embodiment of the present invention, tables for operation of the terminal, and a data memory for storing data generated during program execution.

The display unit 130 displays information of an application being executed under the control of the controller 100. [ The display unit 130 may be an LCD or an OLED. The input unit 140 may be implemented by a correction capacitance method or a resistance film method, and outputs the position information of the user's touch (hereinafter referred to as a finger touch) to the controller 100. Further, the input unit 140 may further include an EMR sensor pad, and senses the pen touch input and outputs the pen touch input to the controller 100. The display unit 130 and the input unit 140 may be integrally formed.

The sensor 150 includes sensors for detecting movement of the mobile phone. The sensors may be comprised of an acceleration sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, and / or position sensing sensors. The audio processing unit 160 processes audio signals generated in the communication mode under the control of the controller 100 and can process audio signals generated by application execution.

In the portable telephone having the above-described configuration, the control unit 100 may control the camera 120 to acquire a still image or a moving image, and the control unit 100 processes the images photographed by the camera 120, gallery. Also, the controller 100 may be connected to an external communication network through the communication unit 170 to download images, and may store images to be downloaded in the storage unit 110.

When the user requests to create an album through the input unit 140, the controller 100 creates an album by performing the procedure shown in FIG. 2, and generates a plurality of albums generated as a combined album by performing the procedure shown in FIG. 9 . 3 and 7, and the album display method displays the images of the selected album while performing the procedures as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13. FIG.

The control unit 100 can search for and set images using tag information of content, manually selecting images in the gallery, or using recommendation information when an album is created. Here, the tag information may be information such as a position at which the content is acquired (photographed in the case of a photograph), information of a subject included in the content (person, building, etc.), and / or a time at which the content is acquired. In addition, the controller 100 can automatically set album information (album title, album display style, cover image) in consideration of the data (image) attribute, and also set it by the user. The control unit 100 may combine a plurality of albums stored in the storage unit 110 into one album, and the combined album maintains the properties of each album.

In the album display mode, the controller 100 optimizes the layout for displaying an image according to data attributes. The album can be displayed horizontally or vertically, and when the control unit 100 switches from the vertical display mode (or the horizontal display mode) to the horizontal display mode (or the vertical display mode) You can decide. At this time, the rule of image arrangement is such that the horizontal photograph is arranged in the horizontal grid, the vertical photograph is arranged in the vertical grid, and the grid is constructed in consideration of the photograph to be placed. In the case of an image of a single object such as a face, a building, or an animal, the object is placed in a grid centered on the object. If there are multiple objects, the object is placed on a grid centered on relatively large objects. Place as many Objects as possible, and if objects are very far apart, place the larger area in the center. If it is recognized as a landscape picture, it can be placed in a wide grid similar to the resolution of the picture so that the picture is displayed fully.

The embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the present specification and drawings are merely illustrative of specific embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

Claims (20)

A method of displaying an image on a portable terminal,
Extracting images for composing an album based on information of an image,
Setting and displaying album information according to an attribute of an image when creating an album;
Analyzing a subject for displaying an image when displaying an album, and arranging and displaying an image on a grid centered on the subject; and displaying the album. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising the step of combining the selected albums into a combined album when creating the combined album, and setting each album of the combined album to a chapter. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of setting and displaying album information comprises:
And the album title, the display style, and the cover image are set and displayed by analyzing the information of the image. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the display style is set according to a ratio of a person and a landscape of the image. 5. The method of claim 4,
The album title is determined by analyzing the image information, and is set to a city or a person name. If the album title is two or more, the country title is set. If the album title is two or more,
And the cover image is set to the latest image. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of setting and displaying album information comprises:
And setting and displaying other information,
Wherein the other information includes at least one of temperature, city information, city history, and SNS information. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of searching for and determining an image comprises:
A step of displaying tag information including position, person, and time information;
And searching for images corresponding to at least one piece of tag information selected from the displayed tag information and determining the album image as an album image. The method of claim 2, wherein the displaying the album image comprises:
Disposing a grid according to a display mode;
And analyzing a subject of the image and arranging the large object on a grid centered on the large object to display an image. 9. The method of claim 8,
If the subject is a single subject, the subject is arranged and displayed at the center of the grid,
Wherein when the subject is a plurality of subjects, a relatively large subject is arranged and displayed on the grid. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the horizontal photograph is arranged in the horizontal grid while the vertical photograph is arranged in the vertical grid in consideration of the attribute of the data when the direction change of the display mode is detected. An image display apparatus of a portable terminal,
A display unit for displaying album information and album images,
A storage unit for storing an image taken by the camera and an album to be created;
When an album is created, images for composing an album are extracted based on information of the image, album information is set according to the properties of the image, and the album information is displayed on the display unit. And a control unit arranged to display an image on the grid. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the control unit combines the selected albums into a combined album, and sets each album of the combined album as a chapter. 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the control unit analyzes information of an image and sets and displays an album title, a display style, and a cover image when setting and displaying the album information. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the control unit sets the display style according to the ratio of the portrait and the landscape of the image. 15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the control unit analyzes the image information to set the album title as a city or a person name, sets the country as a country with two or more cities, sets the name as a group name with two or more people, and sets the cover image as a recent image Device. 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the control unit sets and displays other information when setting and displaying album information, and the other information includes at least one of temperature, city information, city history, and SNS information. 13. The method of claim 12,
When the controller searches for and decides images, displays tag information composed of position, person, and time information, and searches for images corresponding to at least one tag information selected from the displayed tag information to determine an album image . 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the control unit arranges a grid according to a display mode when displaying an album image, analyzes the subject of the image, arranges the large object on the grid, and displays the image. 19. The method of claim 18,
Wherein the control unit arranges and displays an image on a grid centered on a relatively large object when the object is a plurality of objects when the object is a single object when displaying an image, Device. 19. The method of claim 18,
Further comprising a sensor for sensing rotation of the device,
And a grid for displaying an album when the apparatus rotation is detected from the sensor, wherein the grid is arranged in the horizontal grid in consideration of the property of the data, and the vertical photograph is arranged in the vertical grid.

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