Mobile terminal and method for displaying location information therein

• US 8,301,174 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2008
• Issued: 10/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: An, Hyo Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): HU, RUI MENG
• Application Number:
  US12/172,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20090017870A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,569 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 455/39, 455/456.3, 455/456.6, 455/457, 725/62
• US Class Current: 455/457
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/14 Systems for two-way working H04N7/12, H04N7/173 take precedence

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal is disclosed. The mobile communication terminal includes a wireless communication unit receiving another user'"'"'s image for video communication and real-time location information of the other user; a display displaying the received other user'"'"'s image and the real-time location information of the other user; and a controller controlling the wireless communication unit and display such that both the real-time location information and the other user'"'"'s image are displayed together.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a user input unit configured to generate a signal in response to an input;

a camera configured to receive a first image;

a wireless communication unit configured to;

transmit the first image to another terminal for video communication;

receive a second image from the other terminal for the video communication; and

receive real-time location information of the other terminal from the other terminal;

a display configured to display both the first image and the second image for the video communication;

a memory configured to store a data file including the received second image and the received real-time location information; and

a controller configured to;

control the wireless communication unit and the display to cause the real-time location information to be displayed on the display such that the displayed real-time location information overlaps the displayed second image on a display screen of the display; and

control the memory to store the data file, wherein a name of the stored data file includes at least a portion of the received real-time location information.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the real-time location information is displayed as an image including a map, text, or both the map and the text.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the text comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a longitude, a latitude, a location name, a time, a mobile trace of the other terminal, a distance from the other terminal to the mobile terminal, and a time difference between a time at the other terminal'"'"'s location and a time at a current location of the mobile terminal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein a mobile trace of the other terminal is indicated on the image including the map.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to cause the real-time location information to be displayed over the second image using image information received from the other terminal and the image information comprises the second image and the real-time location information of the other terminal.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the map is loaded in the mobile terminal or transmitted via the Internet.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the memory to store the data file automatically when the data file is generated.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control the memory to store the data file in response to a user input received via the user input unit.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit the real-time location information of the other terminal to a third party terminal in response to the signal generated by the user input unit.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit a message including the real-time location information to the third party terminal.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the first image comprises a user of the mobile terminal and the second image comprises a user of the other mobile terminal.

12. A mobile terminal comprising:

a user input unit configured to generate a key signal in response to an input;

a camera configured to receive a first image;

a wireless communication unit configured to;

transmit the first image and real-time location information of the terminal to another terminal for video communication;

receive a second image from the other terminal for the video communication; and

receive real-time location information of the other terminal from the other terminal;

a display configured to display the first image and the real-time location information of the terminal, and the second image and the real-time location information of the other terminal;

a position-location module configured to provide the real-time location information of the terminal;

a memory configured to store a data file including the received second image and the received real-time location information; and

a controller configured to;

control the wireless communication unit, the display, the position-location module, and the memory to cause the real-time location information of the terminal, the first image, the second image, and the real-time location information of the other terminal to be displayed together on the display;

cause the real-time location information of the terminal to be transmitted via the position-location module; and

control the memory to store the data file, wherein the displayed real-time location information of the other terminal overlaps the displayed second image on a display screen of the display, and wherein a name of the stored data file includes at least a portion of the received real-time location information.

13. A method of displaying location information in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, via a camera of the mobile terminal, a first image;

transmitting the first image to another terminal for video communication;

receiving a second image and real-time location information of the other terminal from the other terminal;

displaying the first image and the received second image and the received real-time location information on a display of the mobile terminal; and

storing, in a memory of the mobile terminal, a data file including the received second image and the received real-time location information, wherein the displayed real-time location information overlaps the displayed second image on a display screen of the display, and wherein a name of the stored data file includes at least a portion of the received real-time location information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the real-time location information is displayed as an image including a map, text, or both the map and the text.

15. The method of claim 13,

wherein the data file is stored in the memory automatically.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

transmitting the real-time location information of the other terminal to a third party user.

17. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a user input unit configured to receive an input;

a camera configured to receive a first image;

a wireless communication unit configured to;

transmit the first image to another terminal for video communication with the other terminal;

receive a second image from the other terminal for the video communication; and

receive real-time location information of the other terminal from the other terminal;

a display configured to display both the first image and the second image for the video communication; and

a controller configured to;

control the wireless communication unit and the display to cause the received real-time location information to be displayed on the display such that the displayed real-time location information overlaps the displayed second image on a display screen of the display;

store the received second image and the received real-time location information in the mobile terminal; and

control the wireless communication unit to transmit the received real-time location information to a third party terminal.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to:

generate a message including the real-time location information; and

control the wireless communication unit to transmit the generated message to the third party terminal.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the message comprises a short message service (SMS) message or a multimedia message service (MMS) message.