MOBILE TERMINAL AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREIN

• US 20110084962A1
• Filed: 10/08/2010
• Published: 04/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Jong Hwan, Han, Baik
• Application Number:
  US12/900,991
• Publication Number:
  US 20110084962A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

A mobile terminal and image processing method therein are disclosed, by which a screen effect can be given to a specific object in a currently displayed image. The present invention includes displaying a first image on a screen, receiving an input of a selection action for a specific object included in the displayed first image, performing a screen effect processing on the specific object selected by the selection action, and displaying the first image including the specific object having the screen effect processing performed thereon.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display a first image on a screen;

a user input unit receiving an input of a selection action for a specific object included in the displayed first image; and

a controller performing a screen effect processing on the specific object selected by the selection action, the controller controlling the display unit to display the first image including the specific object having the screen effect processing performed thereon.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the user input unit includes at least one of a touchpad, a touchscreen, a motion sensor, a proximity sensor, a camera and a wind detecting sensor as a component for receiving the input of the selection action for the specific object.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller performs the screen effect processing including at least one of a zoom-in/out for the selected specific object, a shaking of the selected specific object, a position shift of the selected specific object, a shape change of the selected specific object and a color change of the selected specific object.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller generates at least one image including the specific object having the screen effect processing performed thereon and controls the display unit to display the generated at least one image as an auxiliary image of the first image.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller differently performs the screen effect processing on the specific object according to a type of the inputted selection action.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the first image comprises a video including a plurality of still images, the user input unit receives the selection action for the specific object included in the first still image, wherein the controller extracts the specific object selected by the inputted selection action from each of a plurality of the still images and then performs the screen effect processing on the extracted specific object, and wherein the display unit displays the first image including a plurality of the still images, each including the specific object having the screen effect processing performed thereon, under the control of the controller.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the user input unit receives an input of a 3D processing command action for the specific object selected by the inputted selection action and wherein the controller performs a 3D processing on the specific object to correspond to the inputted 3D processing command action and controls the display unit display the first image including the specific object having the 3D processing performed thereon.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller generates at least one image including the specific object having the 3D processing performed thereon and controls the display unit to display the generated at least one image as an auxiliary image of the first image.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller differently performs the 3D processing on the specific object according to a type of the inputted 3D processing command action.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein if the first image comprises a video including a plurality of still images, the user input unit receives the selection action and the 3D processing command action for the specific object included in the first still image, wherein the controller extracts the specific object selected by the inputted selection action from each of a plurality of the still images and then performs the 3D processing on the extracted specific object, and wherein the display unit displays the first image including a plurality of the still images, each including the specific object having the 3D processing performed thereon, under the control of the controller.

11. A method of processing an image in a mobile terminal, comprising:

a first displaying step of displaying a first image on a screen;

an inputting step of receiving an input of a selection action for a specific object included in the displayed first image;

a processing step of performing a screen effect processing on the specific object selected by the selection action; and

a second displaying step of displaying the first image including the specific object having the screen effect processing performed thereon.

12. The method of claim 11, the processing step comprising the step of differently performing the screen effect processing on the specific object according to a type of the inputted selection action.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein if the first image comprises a video including a plurality of still images, the inputting step comprises the step of receiving the selection action for the specific object included in the first still image, wherein the processing steps comprises the step of extracting the specific object selected by the inputted selection action from each of a plurality of the still images and performing the screen effect processing on the extracted specific object, and wherein the second displaying step comprises the step of displaying the first image including a plurality of the still images, each including the specific object having the screen effect processing performed thereon.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the inputting step comprises the step of further receiving an input of a 3D processing command action for the specific object selected by the inputted selection action, wherein the processing step comprises the step of performing a 3D processing on the specific object to correspond to the inputted 3D processing command action, and wherein the second displaying step comprises the step of displaying the first image including the specific object having the 3D processing performed thereon.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the processing step comprises the step of differently performing the 3D processing on the specific object according to a type of the inputted 3D processing command action.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein if the first image comprises a video including a plurality of still images, the inputting step comprises the step of receiving the selection action and the 3D processing command action for the specific object included in the first still image, wherein the processing step comprises the steps of extracting the specific object selected by the inputted selection action from each of a plurality of the still images and performing the 3D processing on the extracted specific object, and wherein the second displaying step comprises the step of displaying the first image including a plurality of the still images, each including the specific object having the 3D processing performed thereon.