Mobile terminal and method for starting shooting on mobile terminal

• US 10,225,390 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2017
• Issued: 03/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Kunshi Intellectual Property Management Company Limited (Beijing Cornerstone Zhiben Intellectual Property Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Dongguan Co Ltd (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ding, Ji
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Tuan
• Application Number:
  US15/684,489
• Publication Number:
  US 20170353595A1
• Time in Patent Office: 559 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0264 for a camera module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/236 including keys on side or rear faces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method for starting shooting on a mobile terminal, which are used to enable a user of a mobile terminal to capture a view quickly, where the mobile terminal includes a camera, a control module, and a button disposed on a housing of a mobile terminal, where the control module is configured to perform detection with respect to the button when the mobile terminal is in standby mode with a lock screen activated, and turn on the camera for shooting when detecting that a pressing operation of a user on the button meets a first preset condition. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, a user of a mobile terminal can capture a view quickly; therefore, photo shooting experience of the user is improved.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a camera;

a display screen;

a processor coupled to the camera and the display screen; and

a housing coupled to the camera and the display screen and comprising a button coupled to the processor, the processor being configured to;

perform detection with respect to the button when the mobile terminal is in a standby mode with a lock screen;

turn on the camera, turn on the display screen to display a view captured by the camera, and control the camera to perform shooting when detecting that a pressing operation of a user on the button meets a first preset condition; and

control the mobile terminal to implement a default function corresponding to the button after the mobile terminal is unlocked and when the pressing operation of the user on the button meets a third preset condition.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the pressing operation of the user on the button meets the first preset condition when detecting that a duration that the user continually presses the button reaches a preset duration.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the pressing operation of the user on the button meets the first preset condition when detecting that a quantity of times that the user continually presses the button reaches a preset quantity of times.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the default function corresponding to the button comprises adjusting a volume value of a sound made by the mobile terminal.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein adjusting the volume value comprises increasing the volume value of the sound made by the mobile terminal.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises a second button, and the processor is further configured to:

turn on the camera for video shooting when detecting that the pressing operation of the user on the button meets the first preset condition; and

turn on the camera for photo shooting when detecting that the pressing operation of the user on the second button meets the first preset condition.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is provided with a setting option configured to receive a selection indication of at least one of whether to shoot one photo and continually shoot a preset quantity of photos when the processor turns on the camera for photo shooting.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is provided with a setting option configured to receive an automatic video shooting duration when the processor turns on the camera for video shooting.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is further provided with a viewfinder.

10. A method for starting shooting on a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising a camera, a display screen, a processor coupled to the camera and the display screen, and a housing coupled to the camera and the display screen and comprising a button, and the method comprising:

performing detection with respect to the button when the mobile terminal is in a standby mode with a lock screen;

turning on the camera, turning on the display screen to display a view captured by the camera, and controlling the camera to perform shooting when a pressing operation on the button meets a first preset condition; and

controlling the mobile terminal to implement a default function corresponding to the button after the mobile terminal is unlocked and when the pressing operation of the user on the button meets a third preset condition.

11. The method for starting shooting on the mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises determining that the pressing operation of the user on the button meets the first preset condition when a duration that the user continually presses the button reaches a preset duration.

12. The method for starting shooting on the mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises determining that the pressing operation of the user on the button meets the first preset condition when a quantity of times that the user continually presses the button reaches a preset quantity of times.

13. The method for starting shooting on the mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the housing further comprises a second button and the method further comprises:

turning on the camera for video shooting when detecting that the pressing operation of the user on the button meets the first preset condition; and

turning on the camera for photo shooting when the pressing operation of the user on the second button meets the first preset condition.

14. The method for starting shooting on the mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the default function corresponding to the button comprises adjusting a volume value of a sound made by the mobile terminal.

15. The method for starting shooting on the mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein adjusting the volume value comprises increasing the volume value of the sound made by the mobile terminal.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, the program instructing one or more processors to perform the following method comprising:

performing detection with respect to a button when a mobile terminal is in a standby mode with a lock screen, the mobile terminal comprising a camera, a display screen, a processor coupled to the camera and the display screen, and a housing coupled to the camera and the display screen and comprising the button;

turning on the camera, turning on the display screen to display a view captured by the camera, and controlling the camera to perform shooting when a pressing operation on the button meets a first preset condition; and

controlling the mobile terminal to implement a default function corresponding to the button after the mobile terminal is unlocked and when the pressing operation of the user on the button meets a third preset condition.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises determining that the pressing operation of the user on the button meets the first preset condition when a duration that the user continually presses the button reaches a preset duration.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises determining that the pressing operation of the user on the button meets the first preset condition when a quantity of times that the user continually presses the button reaches a preset quantity of times.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the default function corresponding to the button comprises adjusting a volume value of a sound made by the mobile terminal.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein adjusting the volume value comprises increasing the volume value of the sound made by the mobile terminal.