MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD OF STORING IMAGE THEREOF

• US 20080176599A1
• Filed: 12/07/2007
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jong Hwan
• Granted Patent: US 8,655,330 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera

Abstract

A method of operating a mobile communication terminal, the method including photographing an image and interconnecting the photographed image with an input number such that when the number is input into the mobile communication terminal, the photographed image is automatically displayed on the mobile communication terminal.

Claims

1. A method of operating a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

photographing an image; and

interconnecting the photographed image with an input number such that when the number is input into the mobile communication terminal, the photographed image is automatically displayed on the mobile communication terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

entering a photographing mode on the mobile communication terminal after the number is input to the mobile communication terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein photographing the image comprises entering into a photographing preview mode such that the image to be captured can be previewed,

wherein the method further comprises:

displaying a plurality of storage areas where the photographed image can be stored; and

storing the image in a selected storage area from the plurality of storage areas after the image is photographed.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a plurality of storage areas where the photographed image can be stored after the image is photographed; and

storing the image in a selected storage area from the plurality of storage areas after the image is photographed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the number is input into the mobile communication terminal after the image has been photographed.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the photographed image in a first storage area identified by the number input into the mobile communication terminal.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

copying, transmitting or moving the photographed image from the storage area to a second storage area.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprises:

storing the photographed image in one of a folder or a phonebook area on the mobile communication terminal.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

interconnecting the input number and the photographed image with a function on the terminal such that when the function is performed on the mobile communication terminal, the captured image is displayed on a display unit of the mobile communication terminal.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein photographing the image comprises photographing a plurality of images,

wherein the method further comprises:

storing the plurality of images in a storage area identified by the number input to the mobile communication terminal; and

displaying one of a default image of the plurality of images, the plurality of images in a sequential manner, and the plurality of images in a random manner, when the number is input into the mobile communication terminal in the prescribed manner.

11. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal;

a camera unit configured to photograph an image; and

a control unit configured to interconnect the photographed image with an input number such that when the number is input into the mobile communication terminal, the photographed image is automatically displayed on the mobile communication terminal.

12. The mobile communication terminal of claim 11, wherein the control unit is further configured to enter the mobile communication terminal into a photographing mode after the number is input to the mobile communication terminal.

13. The mobile communication terminal of claim 11, wherein the control unit is further configured to enter the mobile communication terminal into a photographing preview mode such that the image to be captured can be previewed,

wherein the mobile communication terminal further comprises:

a display unit configured to display a plurality of storage areas where the photographed image can be stored; and

a storage unit configured to store the image in a selected storage area from the plurality of storage areas after the image is photographed.

14. The mobile communication terminal of claim 11, further comprising:

a display unit configured to display a plurality of storage areas where the photographed image can be stored after the image is photographed; and

a storage unit configured to store the image in a selected storage area from the plurality of storage areas after the image is photographed.

15. The mobile communication terminal of claim 11, wherein the number is input into the mobile communication terminal after the image has been photographed.

16. The mobile communication terminal of claim 11, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store the photographed image in a first storage area identified by the number input into the mobile communication terminal.

17. The mobile communication terminal of claim 16, further comprising:

an input unit configured to copy, transmit or move the photographed image from the storage area to a second storage area.

18. The mobile communication terminal of claim 11, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store photographed image in one of a folder or a phonebook area.

19. The mobile communication terminal of claim 11, wherein the control unit is further configured to interconnect the input number and the photographed image with a function on the terminal such that when the function is performed on the mobile communication terminal, the captured image is displayed on a display unit of the mobile communication terminal.

20. The mobile communication terminal of claim 11, wherein the control unit is further configured to photograph a plurality of images,

wherein the mobile communication terminal further comprises:

a storage unit configured to store the plurality of images identified by the number input to the mobile communication terminal; and

a display unit configured to display one of a default image of the plurality of images, the plurality of images in a sequential manner, and the plurality of images in a random manner, when the number is input into the mobile communication terminal in the prescribed manner.