Mobile terminal capable of editing images and image editing method using same

• US 20050153746A1
• Filed: 08/12/2004
• Published: 07/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoon, Lee-Seok
• Application Number:
  US10/916,897
• Publication Number:
  US 20050153746A1
• 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 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/7921 for more than one processing mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8047 using transform coding

Abstract

A mobile terminal including an image display area and a state display area. The mobile terminal further includes a storing section for storing at least one image and a list of image files; an image editing section for editing an image; and a control section for displaying one of stored images in whole on the state display area and a browsing curser movable over a predetermined area of the image displayed on the state display area, enlarging a portion confined by the browsing cursor to display the portion on an image display area.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal including an image display area and a state display area, said terminal comprising:

a storing section for storing at least one image and a list of the at least one image;

an image editing section for editing the at least one image; and

a control section for displaying the at least one image in whole on the state display area and a browsing curser movable over a predetermined area of the at least one image displayed on the state display area, and enlarging a portion confined by the browsing cursor to display the portion on the image display area.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein said control section displays the list of the at least one image stored in the storing section on the image display area when a command to edit an image is input.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein control section additionally displays sizes of the whole image and the portion confined by the browsing cursor on the image display area and the state display, respectively, when displaying the whole image and the partial image.

4. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said control section displays an input window on a predetermined display area, upon input of a command to store, so that a user can input a size in which the image displayed on the image display area should be stored, and stores the image in the size input in the input window.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein said control section converts the portion displayed on the image display area to a desired size using the image editing section and stores the portion of the image in the storing section.

6. A method for editing an image using a mobile terminal including a display screen having an image display area and a state display area, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving a command to edit an image;

displaying the image in whole on the state display area;

displaying a browsing curser movable over a predetermined area of the image displayed on the state display area; and

enlarging a portion confined by the browsing cursor to display the portion on the image display area.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of displaying sizes of the whole image and the selected portion on the image display area and the state display, respectively.

8. The method according to claim 6, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a command to store the partial image;

displaying an input window on the display area to enable a user to input a size in which the partial image displayed on the image display area should be stored;

receiving the size input; and

storing the partial image in the input size.

9. The method according to claim 6, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a command to store the portion displayed on the image display area; and

storing the portion displayed on the image display area.

10. A mobile terminal comprising:

a storing section for storing at least one image and a list of the at least one stored image;

an image editing section for editing the at least one image; and

a control section for displaying of the at least one stored image on a display area and a browsing curser that is movable over a predetermined area of the image displayed on the display area.

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 10, wherein said control section converts a portion confined by the browsing cursor to a desired size using the image editing section and stores the portion of the image in the storing section.

12. A method for editing an image using a mobile terminal, comprising the steps of:

receiving a command to edit an image;

displaying the image on a display area; and

displaying a browsing curser that is movable over a predetermined area of the image displayed on the display area.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a command to store a portion confined by the browsing cursor;

converting the portion confined by the browsing cursor and displayed on an image display area to a desired size using the image editing section; and

storing the portion displayed on the image display area.