Mobile terminal and camera image control method thereof

• US 8,478,347 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2010
• Issued: 07/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jong-Hwan, Yoon, Young-Jung, Yang, Hyun-Dong, Kim, Sang-Soo
• Primary Examiner(s): GESESSE, TILAHUN
• Application Number:
  US12/652,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20100173678A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,275 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 455/567, 455/575.1, 455/90.3
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/61 based on recognised objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/632 for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/69 Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming

Abstract

A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes displaying, via a display on the mobile terminal, a captured or a preview image in a first display portion, displaying, via the display, the same captured or a preview image in a second display portion, zooming, via a controller on the mobile terminal, the captured or preview image displayed in the first display portion, and displaying, via the display, a zoom guide on the image displayed in the second display portion that identifies a zoomed portion of the image displayed in the first display portion.

Claims

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

displaying, via a display on the mobile terminal, a full image detected by a camera as a preview image in a first display portion;

displaying, via the display, the same full image in a second display portion;

zooming, via a controller on the mobile terminal, the image displayed in the first display portion; and

displaying, via the display, a zoom guide on the image displayed in the second display portion that identifies a zoomed portion of the image displayed in the first display portion;

recognizing, via the controller, at least first and second faces in the image displayed in the first display portion;

displaying, via the display, a first face included in said at least first and second faces, in the second display portion;

receiving a shifting signal indicating a shifting of the first face in the second display portion; and

displaying, via the display, the second face of said at least first and second faces in the second display portion based on the received shifting signal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the zooming step zooms the image displayed in the first display portion without zooming the image displayed in the second display portion.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

storing the zoomed image displayed in the first display portion and storing the non-zoomed image displayed in the second display portion.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

miniaturizing, via the controller, a display size of the image displayed in the second display portion while maintaining a full image view of the image displayed in the second display portion.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

displaying, via the display, the miniaturized image displayed in the second display portion in an overlapping manner on the image displayed in the first display portion.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

displaying, via the display, the overlapped miniaturized image in a semi-transparent manner over the image displayed in the first display portion.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

moving the image displayed in the first display portion via an input moving instruction; and

shifting, via the controller, the zoom guide displayed on the image displayed in the second display portion to correspond with the image moved in the first display portion.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the moving instruction includes at least one of a touch and dragging moving instruction, a scrolling instruction, a gesture instruction, a voice instruction and a directional key input instruction.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the image displayed in the second display portion is set to automatically disappear when a certain time lapses, and to reappear when a predetermined portion of the display is touched.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a touch input signal indicating a touching of a portion of the image displayed in the second display portion; and

moving the image displayed in the first display portion to correspond with the received touch input signal indicating the touching of the portion of the image displayed in the second display portion.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the moving step moves the image displayed in the first display portion such that a position of the image displayed in the first display portion that corresponds to a position touched on the image displayed in the second display portion is centered on the first display portion.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an indicator indicating how many recognized faces in the zoomed image displayed in the first display portion are missing compared to the image displayed in the second display portion.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the indicator is displayed on a side of the display corresponding to a direction the missing faces are located.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the indicator includes at least one of an image of a composition map, a missing face, an icon, textual information, a number and phonebook information.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving an input signal indicating a selection of the displayed indicator; and

shifting, via the controller, the image displayed in the first display portion to include the missing face indicated by the selected indicator.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second display portions are on a same display or are separate displays on the mobile terminal.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing face recognition on the full image in the first display portion;

displaying a composition map indicating faces recognized on the full image;

updating the composition map based on the zoomed image when the full image is zoomed;

detecting a long-touch input on the composition map;

shifting a central position of the image to a face recognition region corresponding to the detected long-touch input; and

automatically capturing the image with the central position shifted.

18. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a first display portion configured to display a full image detected by a camera as a preview image;

a second display portion configured to display the same full image; and

a controller configured to zoom the image displayed in the first display portion, control the second display portion to display a zoom guide on the image displayed in the second display portion that identifies a zoomed portion of the image displayed in the first display portion,

recognize at least first and second faces in the image displayed in the first display portion, display a first face included in said at least first and second faces in the second display portion, receive a shifting signal indicating a shifting of the first face in the second display portion, and display the second face of said at least first and second faces in the second display portion based on the received shifting signal.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to zoom the image displayed in the first display portion without zooming the image displayed in the second display portion.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 19, further comprising:

a memory configured to store the zoomed image displayed in the first display portion and to store the non-zoomed image displayed in the second display portion.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to miniaturize a display size of the image displayed in the second display portion while maintaining a full image view of the image displayed in the second display portion.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the controller is further configured to control the second display portion to display the miniaturized image displayed in the second display portion in an overlapping manner on the image displayed in the first display portion.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 22, wherein the controller is further configured to control the second display portion to display the overlapped miniaturized image in a semi-transparent manner over the image displayed in the first display portion.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to move the image displayed in the first display portion via an input moving instruction, and to shift the zoom guide displayed on the image displayed in the second display portion to correspond with the image moved in the first display portion.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 24, wherein the moving instruction includes at least one of a touch and dragging moving instruction, a scrolling instruction, a gesture instruction, a voice instruction and a directional key input instruction.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to set the image displayed in the second display portion to automatically disappear when a certain time lapses, and to reappear when a predetermined portion of the display is touched.

27. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a touch input signal indicating a touching of a portion of the image displayed in the second display portion, and to move the image displayed in the first display portion to correspond with the received touch input signal indicating the touching of the portion of the image displayed in the second display portion.

28. The mobile terminal of claim 27, wherein the controller is further configured to move the image displayed in the first display portion such that a position of the image displayed in the first display portion that corresponds to a position touched on the image displayed in the second display portion is centered on the first display portion.

29. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to display an indicator indicating how many recognized faces in the zoomed image displayed in the first display portion are missing compared to the image displayed in the second display portion.

30. The mobile terminal of claim 29, wherein the controller is further configured to display the indicator on a side of the first display portion corresponding to a direction the missing faces are located.

31. The mobile terminal of claim 29, wherein the indicator includes at least one of an image of a composition map, a missing face, an icon, textual information, a number and phonebook information.

32. The mobile terminal of claim 29, wherein the controller is further configured to receive an input signal indicating a selection of the displayed indicator, and to shifting the image displayed in the first display portion to include the missing face indicated by the selected indicator.

33. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the first and second display portions are on a same display or are separate displays on the mobile terminal.

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

perform face recognition on the full image in the first display portion,

display a composition map indicating faces recognized on the full image,

update the composition map based on the zoomed image when the full image is zoomed,

detect a long-touch input on the composition map,

shift a central position of the image to a face recognition region corresponding to the detected long-touch input, and

automatically capture the image with the central position shifted.