METHOD OF CAPTURING CONTENT AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF

• US 20130225236A1
• Filed: 08/10/2012
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Ju-youn, KIM, Young-ri, CHA, Sang-ok, KIM, Dong-woo, YOO, Ji-yeon
• Granted Patent: US 9,275,077 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method of capturing content, performed by a mobile terminal, is provided. The method includes sensing a user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content, selecting a type of content to be captured, based on a time period that the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content is maintained for or a number of times that the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content, and capturing the selected type of the content. The type of the content includes internal content to be reproduced in the mobile terminal, and external content from outside the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A method of capturing content, performed by a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

sensing a user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content;

selecting a type of content to be captured, based on a time period that the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content is maintained for or a number of times that the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content is repeated; and

capturing the selected type of the content,

wherein the type of the content comprises;

internal content to be reproduced in the mobile terminal; and

external content from outside the mobile terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining capture data including an image and meta data corresponding to the captured content; and

displaying the obtained capture data in a predetermined region of the screen.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises at least one from among a still image, a moving image, and sound.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the capturing of the selected type of the content comprises:

capturing a plurality of external contents; and

obtaining capture data including an image and meta data corresponding to each of the plurality of external contents.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of a type of content to be captured comprises capturing the external content when the time period, which the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content is maintained for, is equal to or greater than a predetermined time period, and capturing the internal content when the time period, which the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content, is maintained for is less than the predetermined time period.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of a type of content to be captured comprises capturing the external content when the number of times, which the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content is repeated, is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, and capturing the internal content when the number of times, which the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content is repeated, is less than the predetermined number.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

sensing the user'"'"'s selection of the displayed capture data; and

providing additional information corresponding to the selected capture data, based on meta data included in the selected capture data.

8. The method of claim 2, further comprising adding the obtained capture data to a capture panel including a list of capture data.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying the obtained capture data in a first region of the screen; and

displaying the capture panel to which the obtained capture data is added, in a second region of the screen.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the list of capture data included in the capture panel is arranged according to a capture time or content type.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein the meta data comprises at least one from among additional information, link information, and recommended information corresponding to the captured content.

12. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

displaying the obtained capture data in a first region of the screen; and

displaying a share panel including a list of identification information of one or more external devices, which are allowed to share data with the mobile terminal, in a second region of the screen.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the identification information of the one or more external devices comprises at least one from among user identification information, group identification information, server identification information, and identifiers of the one or more external devices.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the share panel comprises a list of telephone directories and a list of Social Network Services (SNSs).

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the list of identification information of the one or more external devices included in the share panel is arranged based on at least one from among a communication time, a number of times that communication is established, and distances between the mobile terminal and the one or more external devices.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

sensing a drag-and-drop gesture performed from the first region to the second region; and

transmitting the obtained capture data to an external device corresponding to a location on which the dropping is performed.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

sensing a gesture of tapping identification information of at least one external device included in the share panel; and

transmitting the obtained capture data to the at least one external device corresponding to the sensed gesture of the tapping.

18. The method of claim 2, wherein the displaying of the obtained capture data comprises:

displaying the obtained capture data in a first region of the screen;

displaying a capture panel including a list of capture data in a second region of the screen; and

displaying a share panel including a list of identification information of one or more external devices, which are allowed to share data with the mobile terminal, in a third region of the screen.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first region is located within a predetermined distance from a center of the screen,

wherein the second region is located at one side of the screen, and

wherein the third region is located at another side of the screen.

39. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing the method of claim 1.

20. A mobile terminal comprising:

a sensing unit for sensing a user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content;

a capturing unit for selecting a type of content to be captured, based on a time period that the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content is maintained for or a number of times that the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content is repeated, and then for capturing the selected type of the content; and

a controller for controlling the sensing unit and the capturing unit,

wherein the type of the content comprises;

internal content to be reproduced in the mobile terminal; and

external content from outside the mobile terminal.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 20, further comprising a display unit,

wherein the capturing unit obtains capture data including an image and meta data corresponding to the captured content, and

wherein the display unit displays the obtained capture data in a predetermined region of the screen.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 20, wherein the content comprises at least one from among a still image, a moving image, and sound.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 20, wherein the capturing unit captures a plurality of external contents, and obtains capture data including an image and meta data corresponding to each of the plurality of external contents.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 20, wherein the capturing unit captures the external content when the time period, which the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content is maintained for, is equal to or greater than a predetermined time period, and captures the internal content when the time period, which the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture at least one content is maintained for, is less than the predetermined time period.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 20, wherein the capturing unit captures the external content when the number of times, which the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture is repeated, is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, and captures the internal content when the number of times, which the user'"'"'s gesture requesting the mobile terminal to capture is repeated, is less than the predetermined number.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the sensing unit senses the user'"'"'s selection of the displayed capture data, and provides additional information corresponding to the selected capture data, based on meta data included in the selected capture data.

27. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the controller adds the obtained capture data to a capture panel including a list of capture data.

28. The mobile terminal of claim 27, wherein the display unit displays the obtained capture data in a first region of the screen, and displays the capture panel to which the obtained capture data is added, in a second region of the screen.

29. The mobile terminal of claim 27, wherein the controller arranges the list of capture data included in the capture panel, according to a capture time or content type.

30. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the meta data comprises at least one from among additional information, link information, and recommended information corresponding to the captured content.

31. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the display unit displays the obtained capture data in a first region of the screen, and displays a share panel including a list of identification information of one or more external devices, which are allowed to share data with the mobile terminal, in a second region of the screen.

32. The mobile terminal of claim 31, wherein the identification information of the one or more external devices comprises at least one from among user identification information, group identification information, server identification information, and identifiers of the one or more external devices.

33. The mobile terminal of claim 31, wherein the share panel comprises a list of telephone directories and a list of Social Network Services (SNSs).

34. The mobile terminal of claim 31, wherein the controller arranges the list of identification information of the one or more external devices included in the share panel, based on at least one from among a communication time, a number of times that communication is established, and distances between the mobile terminal and the one or more external devices.

35. The mobile terminal of claim 31, further comprising, when a drag-and-drop gesture performed from the first region to the second region is sensed, a communication unit for transmitting the obtained capture data to an external device corresponding to a location onto which the dropping is performed.

36. The mobile terminal of claim 31, further comprising, when a gesture of tapping identification information of at least one external device included in the share panel is sensed, a communication unit for transmitting the obtained capture data to the at least one external device corresponding to the sensed gesture of the tapping.

37. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the display unit displays the obtained capture data in a first region of the screen, displays a capture panel including a list of capture data in a second region of the screen, and displays a share panel including a list of identification information of one or more external devices, which are allowed to share data with the mobile terminal, in a third region of the screen.

38. The mobile terminal of claim 37, wherein the first region is located within a predetermined distance from a center of the screen,

wherein the second region is located at one side of the screen, and

wherein the third region is located at another side of the screen.