Image communication portable terminal and method for carrying out image communication using the same

• US 20070211299A1
• Filed: 02/20/2007
• Published: 09/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Bong-Jung
• Granted Patent: US 8,140,955 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/302
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3264 of sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3267 of motion picture signals, e.g. video clip
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

Disclosed are an image communication portable terminal and a method for carrying out an image communication using an image communication portable terminal. The image communication portable terminal includes a memory for storing a large amount of image and sound data which are combined with video and audio data to be input during image communication; and a controller for combining current video or audio data with specific image or sound data among the image or sound data stored in advance depending on data combination requirement during the image communication, and encoding and transmitting the combined data into an image communication data format. Accordingly, it is possible to dynamically express video data and audio data during the image communication, thereby increasing the user'"'"'s satisfaction with the image communication.

Claims

1. An image communication portable terminal comprising:

a memory for storing a large amount of image and sound data which are combined with video and audio data to be input during an image communication; and

a controller for combining current video data or audio data with specific image data or sound data among the image or sound data stored in advance, and encoding and transmitting the combined data as an image.

2. The image communication portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a user input unit, which transmits data combination requirement signals to the controller when a user pushes a data combination requirement key.

3. The image communication portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller combines the current video and audio data with specific image and sound data among the image and sound data stored in advance.

4. The image communication portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the image communication data format is MPEG4.

5. The image communication portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the image communication data format is H.263.

6. A method for carrying out image communication using an image communication portable terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a data combination requirement during image communication;

reading specific image and sound data to be combined with image and sound data stored in advance when the data combination requirement is input;

combining the read image data or sound data with current video data and audio data; and

encoding and transmitting the combined data as an image.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein in the combining step, specific image data and sound data among the image and sound data stored in advance are combined with the current video and audio data.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the image communication data format is MPEG4.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the image communication data format is H.263.