Mobile terminal and program executed therein

• US 20020147033A1
• Filed: 01/15/2002
• Published: 10/10/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Ban, Yoichiro, Kuraoka, Hiroaki
• Granted Patent: US 7,076,271 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display

Abstract

A CPU of a mobile telephone can carry out both a standby operation for monitoring an incoming call addressed to the mobile telephone and an image processing operation for processing an image captured by a camera. When a camera-dedicated mode is selected, the standby operation is prohibited during an image capture operation of the camera. When the image captured by the camera is processed, negative effects of, the standby operation on the process of the image captured by the camera can be avoided. In this manner, the image captured by the camera can be smoothly, appropriately processed, enhancing the operability of the mobile telephone.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal having telephonic communication capability and comprising a control means, wherein the control means carries out both a standby operation for monitoring an incoming call and an image processing operation for processing an image captured by an image capture means, wherein the control means prohibits the standby operation during an image capture operation of the image capture means for capturing the image when a first predetermined condition is satisfied.

2. A mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a radio environment measuring means for measuring a state of a radio environment that is involved in the standby operation, wherein the first predetermined condition is satisfied when the radio environment measuring means detects that the radio environment involved in the standby operation is in a relatively bad state.

3. A mobile terminal according to claim 2, further comprising a notification means for conducting a first notification operation, wherein the control means commands the notification means to carry out the first notification operation when the standby operation is prohibited.

4. A mobile terminal according to claim 3, wherein the control means enables the standby operation when a second predetermined condition is satisfied in a situation where the standby operation has been prohibited.

5. A mobile terminal according to claim 4, wherein the second predetermined condition is satisfied when the radio environment measuring means detects a change in the state of the radio environment involved in the standby operation from the relatively band state to a relatively good state.

6. A mobile terminal according to claim 4, wherein the control means commands the notification means to carry out a second notification operation when the standby operation is enabled.

7. A program for operating a control means of a mobile terminal having telephonic communication capability, wherein the control means carries out both a standby operation for monitoring an incoming call and an image processing operation for processing an image captured by an image capture means, wherein the program prohibiting the standby operation during an image capture operation of the image capture means for capturing the image when a first predetermined condition is satisfied.

8. A mobile terminal having telephonic communication capability and comprising a control means, wherein the control means carries out both a standby operation for monitoring an incoming call and an image processing operation for processing an image captured by an image capture means, and wherein the mobile terminal has a camera-dedicated mode, in which an image capture operation through the image capture means is allowed while the standby operation is prohibited.

9. A mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein the mobile terminal shifts to the camera-dedicated mode upon receiving a corresponding instruction from a user.