MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CREATING MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS THEREIN

• US 20090015653A1
• Filed: 06/30/2008
• Published: 01/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: BAEK, Doo Sup
• Granted Patent: US 8,259,154 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.20
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a camera configured to capture a first video image of a user using the mobile terminal, a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal, an audio output module configured to output currently played music, a display configured to display at least one of the first image of the user using the mobile terminal and a second video image of a user using said at least one other terminal during a video communication call operation between the mobile terminal and the at least one other terminal, a user input unit configured to input a key signal requesting a music video be created, and a controller configured to create a music video file including at least one of the first video image and the second video image together with the currently played music if the key signal requesting the music video be created is input during the video communication call operation.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a camera configured to capture a first video image of a user using the mobile terminal;

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

an audio output module configured to output currently played music;

a display configured to display at least one of the first image of the user using the mobile terminal and a second video image of a user using said at least one other terminal during a video communication call operation between the mobile terminal and the at least one other terminal;

a user input unit configured to input a key signal requesting a music video be created; and

a controller configured to create a music video file including at least one of the first video image and the second video image together with the currently played music if the key signal requesting the music video be created is input during the video communication call operation.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a memory configured to store said at least one of the first and second video images along with the currently played music.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to create the music video file by alternately storing in the memory the first and second video images along with the currently played music such that when the created music video is played, the first video image is displayed first followed by the second video image.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to create the music video file by alternately storing in the memory the second and first video images along with the currently played music such that when the created music video is played, the second video image is displayed first followed by the first video image.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to create the music video file by randomly storing in the memory the first and second video images along with the currently played music such that when the created music video is played, the first and second images video are randomly displayed.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to create the music video file by substituting an alternate image for at least one of the first and second video images along with the currently played music such that when the created music video is played, the alternate image for at least one of the first and second video images is displayed.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the display further includes a touch screen configured to receive a touch signal correspond to a touching of at least one of the displayed first and video second images, and

wherein the controller is further configured to store in the memory one or both of the first and second video images that are touched in response to the touch signal together with the currently played music so as to create the music video file.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to highlight one or both of the displayed first and second video images that are being used to create the music video file.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller highlights one or both of the displayed first and second video images that are being used to create the music video file by highlighting a fringe or color of the first and second video images.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit information to said at least one other terminal indicating whether the second video image of the user using the other terminal is being used to create the music video.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the input unit is further configured to receive at least one of text and an emoticon that is displayed along with at least one of the first and second video images such that the created music video includes said at least one of the text and emoticon displayed along with said at least one of the first and second video images.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to output a message requesting the user confirm the music video is to be created before creating the music video.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit the stored and created music video to another terminal.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller controls the wireless communication unit to transmit the stored and created music video when the stored and created music file is touched and dragged into the second video image of the user.

15. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

capturing, via a camera included with the mobile terminal, a first video image of a user using the mobile terminal;

outputting currently played music;

displaying at least one of the first video image of the user using the mobile terminal and a second video image of a user using said at least one other terminal during a video communication call operation between the mobile terminal and the at least one other terminal;

conditionally receiving a key signal requesting a music video be created; and

creating a music video file including at least one of the first video image and the second video image together with the currently played music if the key signal requesting the music video be created is received during the video communication call operation.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

storing in a memory said at least one of the first and second video images along with the currently played music.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the creating step creates the music video file by alternately storing in the memory the first and second video images along with the currently played music such that when the created music video is played, the first video image is displayed first followed by the second video image.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the creating step creates the music video file by alternately storing in the memory the second and first video images along with the currently played music such that when the created music video is played, the second video image is displayed first followed by the first video image.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the creating step creates the music video file by randomly storing in the memory the first and second video images along with the currently played music such that when the created music video is played, the first and second video images are randomly displayed.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the creating step creates the music video file by substituting an alternate image for at least one of the first and second video images along with the currently played music such that when the created music video is played, the alternate image for at least one of the first and second video images is displayed.

21. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving a touch signal correspond to a touching of at least one of the displayed first and second video images,

wherein the creating step creates stores in the memory one or both of the first and second video images that are touched in response to the touch signal together with the currently played music so as to create the music video file.

22. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

highlighting one or both of the displayed first and second video images that are being used to create the music video file.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the highlighting step highlights one or both of the displayed first and second video images that are being used to create the music video file by highlighting a fringe or color of the first and second video images.

24. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

transmitting information to said at least one other terminal indicating whether the second video image of the user using the other terminal is being used to create the music video.

25. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving at least one of text and an emoticon that is displayed along with at least one of the first and second video images such that the created music video includes said at least one of the text and emoticon displayed along with said at least one of the first and second video images.

26. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

outputting a message requesting the user confirm the music video is to be created before creating the music video.

27. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

transmitting the stored and created music video to the at least one other terminal.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the transmitting step transmits the stored and created music video when the stored and created music file is touched and dragged into the displayed second video image of the user using said at least one other terminal.