MOBILE TERMINAL AND METADATA APPLYING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120120317A1
• Filed: 07/21/2011
• Published: 05/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Choonsik, Lee, Donghyun, Nam, Younghun
• Granted Patent: US 8,869,202 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/564
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/745 the internal structure of a single video sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/748 Hypervideo linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object in the context of video distribution systems H04N21/858
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a touch screen display unit configured to display a video; and a controller configured to receive metadata that can be displayed in association with the video and to control the display unit to display a metadata information indication indicating the metadata is available.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

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

a touch screen display unit configured to display a video; and

a controller configured to receive metadata that can be displayed in association with the video and to control the display unit to display a metadata information indication indicating the metadata is available.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the metadata includes additional information concerning features displayed in the video that is not viewable without selecting the metadata information indication.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the features displayed in the video include at least one of an object included in the video, a partial portion of the video, and a still picture included in the video.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the metadata information indication includes at least one of a type of the metadata, a number of the metadata available, and a summary of contents included in the metadata.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display the metadata indicated by the metadata information indication upon receiving a selection signal indicating the metadata information indication has been touch selected on the touch screen display unit.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the metadata includes at least one of a location of an object included in the video, a temperature of an area included in the video, weather information indicating weather conditions of the area included in the video, and a date indicating a calendar date of when a scene included in the movie occurred.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the wireless communication unit to download and receive the metadata from an external server.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display the metadata information indication indicating the metadata is available when receiving a touch input indicating a portion of the displaying video is being touched on the touch screen display unit, and

wherein the metadata corresponds to an object in the displayed video at a specific point of the touch input, a still image being output at a receiving timing point of the touch input and a partial video being output at a receiving timing point of the touch input.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the metadata information indication includes a metadata information bar displayed on the display unit, and

wherein the metadata information bar includes at least one of a first indication indicating an object in the video includes metadata, a second indication indicating a partial portion of the video includes metadata, a third indication indicating a still image in the video includes metadata, a fourth indication indicating a current position of the video, a fifth indication indicating a number of metadata for the object in the video, the partial portion of the video and the still image in the video, and a sixth indication indicating a type of metadata for the object in the video, the partial portion of the video and the still image in the video.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to display the metadata information bar for the entire video or to display individual metadata information bars on each feature in the video that includes metadata, and

wherein upon receiving a touch selection of one of the first, second, third and fourth indications on the metadata information bar, the controller is further configured to display the corresponding metadata for the selected indication.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to link the metadata with user information registered with a social network service and to control the wireless communication unit to transmit and receive data in association with the metadata and the registered user information to said at least one other terminal.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if the metadata is position information, the controller is further configured to control the wireless communication unit to establish a chat session with the at least one other terminal that is currently or previously situated at a place corresponding to the position information.

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

allowing, via a wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal, wireless communication with at least one other terminal;

displaying, via a touch screen display unit of the mobile terminal, a video;

receiving, via a controller of the mobile terminal, metadata that can be displayed in association with the video; and

displaying, on the touch screen display unit, a metadata information indication indicating the metadata is available.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the metadata includes additional information concerning features displayed in the video that is not viewable without selecting the metadata information indication.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the features displayed in the video include at least one of an object included in the video, a partial portion of the video, and a still picture included in the video.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the metadata information indication includes at least one of a type of the metadata, a number of the metadata available, and a summary of contents included in the metadata.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

displaying the metadata indicated by the metadata information indication upon receiving a selection signal indicating the metadata information indication has been touch selected on the touch screen display unit.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the metadata includes at least one of a location of an object included in the video, a temperature of an area included in the video, weather information indicating weather conditions of the area included in the video, and a date indicating a calendar date of when a scene included in the movie occurred.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

downloading and receiving, via the controller controlling the wireless communication unit, the metadata from an external server.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

displaying the metadata information indication indicating the metadata is available when receiving a touch input indicating a portion of the displaying video is being touched on the touch screen display unit, and

wherein the metadata corresponds to an object in the displayed video at a specific point of the touch input, a still image being output at a receiving timing point of the touch input and a partial video being output at a receiving timing point of the touch input.

21. The method of claim 13, wherein the metadata information indication includes a metadata information bar displayed on the display unit, and

wherein the metadata information bar includes at least one of a first indication indicating an object in the video includes metadata, a second indication indicating a partial portion of the video includes metadata, a third indication indicating a still image in the video includes metadata, a fourth indication indicating a current position of the video, a fifth indication indicating a number of metadata for the object in the video, the partial portion of the video and the still image in the video, and a sixth indication indicating a type of metadata for the object in the video, the partial portion of the video and the still image in the video.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

displaying the metadata information bar for the entire video or to display individual metadata information bars on each feature in the video that includes metadata, and

wherein upon receiving a touch selection of one of the first, second, third and fourth indications on the metadata information bar, displaying the corresponding metadata for the selected indication.

23. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

linking, via the controller, the metadata with user information registered with a social network service; and

transmitting and receiving, via the wireless communication unit, data in association with the metadata and the registered user information to said at least one other terminal.

24. The method of claim 13, wherein if the metadata is position information, the method further comprises establishing, via the wireless communication unit, a chat session with the at least one other terminal that is currently or previously situated at a place corresponding to the position information.