APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING DOT LED IMAGE IN PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20120099013A1
• Filed: 10/20/2011
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Tae-Gi, HAN, Mi-Kyung
• Application Number:
  US13/277,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20120099013A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/04 Changes in size, position or resolution of an image

Abstract

Provided is a method and apparatus for creating a dot LED image in a portable terminal. An apparatus for creating a dot LED image in a portable terminal includes a display unit and a control unit. The display unit displays a dot LED image that is automatically created. The control unit extracts an edge image from an image and automatically maps a dot LED to the extracted edge image to create the dot LED image.

Claims

1. An apparatus for creating a dot Light Emitting Diode (LED) image in a portable terminal, comprising:

a display unit for displaying a dot LED image that is automatically created; and

a control unit for extracting an edge image from an image and automatically mapping a dot LED to the extracted edge image to create the dot LED image.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit resizes the edge image to a size corresponding to a dot frame and activated a dot LED about dots of the dot frame corresponding to position of edges in the edge image to automatically map the dot LED to the edge image.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when an edit mode for the created dot LED image is selected, the control unit edits the created dot LED image.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when a storage mode for the created dot LED image is selected, the control unit stores the created dot LED image.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a camera unit for capturing the image; and

a memory unit for storing the image.

6. A method for creating a dot Light Emitting Diode (LED) image in a portable terminal, comprising:

extracting an edge image from an image; and

creating a dot LED image by automatically mapping a dot LED to the extracted edge image.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the creating of the dot LED image comprises:

resizing the edge image to a size corresponding to a dot frame;

extracting dots of the dot frame corresponding to position of edges in the edge image; and

automatically activating a dot LED about the extracted dots.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

editing the created dot LED image when an edit mode for the created dot LED image is selected.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

storing the created dot LED image when a storage mode for the created dot LED image is selected.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the image is captured by a camera unit or is extracted from a memory unit.