Mobile communication terminal having touch screen and method of controlling the same

• US 8,555,179 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2008
• Issued: 10/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Eun Young, Lee, Min Hak, Kim, Moon Ju, Lee, Ha Youn
• Primary Examiner(s): Shih, Haoshian
• Application Number:
  US12/191,955
• Publication Number:
  US 20090049395A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,881 Days
• Field of Search: 348/14.01, 348/14.02, 348/14.03, 348/14.07, 715/751, 715/752, 715/753, 715/758, 715/764, 715/788, 715/798, 715/863, 715/864, 715/800, 715/801, 715/799, 715/770
• US Class Current: 715/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal having a camera module and a touch screen is provided. The mobile communication terminal transmits and receives text data while performing the video call with at least one other party'"'"'s terminal. The touch screen displays at least one images when the text data transmission and reception function is started, an input window for displaying text data input through the touch screen, an output window for displaying the transmitted and received text data, and at least one soft key, and a controller for controlling, when the input window or one of the at least one soft key is selected, the touch screen for changing a display method of at least one of the first image, the second image, the input window, the output window, and the at least one soft key and for displaying a touch pad comprising a plurality of keys for inputting text data.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a communication module configured to exchange image and audio data of a video call with another party'"'"'s terminal and to perform a text messaging session to exchange text data with the other party'"'"'s terminal while performing the video call;

at least one camera;

a memory configured to store images;

a touch screen configured to display a first real-time image received from the other party'"'"'s terminal and to display a second real-time image acquired from the at least one camera in real time during the video call, the first real-time image being an image of a user of the other party'"'"'s terminal and the second real-time image being an image of a user currently operating the mobile communication terminal; and

a controller configured to;

display a text message window include an output window and an input window while performing the text messaging session, the input window being used to input text messages to the other party'"'"'s terminal, and the output window being used to display text messages between the user currently operating the mobile communication terminal and the user of the other party'"'"'s terminal,

display a first representative identifier indicating the user of the other party'"'"'s terminal next to text messages input by the user of the other party'"'"'s terminal in the output window,

display a second representative identifier indicating the user of the currently operating mobile communication terminal next to text messages input by the user currently operating the mobile terminal in the output window, and

selectively replace a corresponding second representative identifier for any one of the text messages input by the user currently operating the mobile communication terminal with a captured image of the user operating the mobile communication terminal, when an input for selecting the second representative identifier is received,

wherein the corresponding second representative identifier is replaced without replacing previously displayed second representative identifiers.

2. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the touch screen to vertically display the first real-time image and the second real-time image with the second real-time image being above the first real-time image.

3. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the touch screen to scroll the text messages in the output window.

4. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the touch screen to distinguishably display received text messages and transmitted text messages on the output window with a corresponding one of the first representative identifier and second representative identifier.

5. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to transmit the captured image to the other party'"'"'s terminal.

6. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the second real-time image is displayed in an upper corner of a display window including the first and second real-time images.

7. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display a keypad for entering text messages in the input window when the input window is touch selected.

8. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the first real-time image of the user of the other party'"'"'s terminal is displayed with a larger size than the second real-time image of the user currently operating the mobile communication terminal.

9. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to selectively replace the second representative identifier in real-time during the video call and text messaging session.

10. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the first and second representative identifiers are displayed in a one-to-one correspondence with each text message.

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

exchanging, via a communication module, image and audio data of a video call with another party'"'"'s terminal and performing a text messaging session to exchange text data with the other party'"'"'s terminal while performing the video call;

displaying, via a touch screen, a first real-time image received from the other party'"'"'s terminal and displaying a second real-time image acquired from the at least one camera in real time during the video call, the first real-time image being an image of a user of the other party'"'"'s terminal and the second real-time image being an image of a user currently operating the mobile communication ter urinal;

displaying, via the touch screen, a text message window include an output window and an input window while performing the text messaging session, the input window being used to input text messages to the other party'"'"'s terminal, and the output window being used to display text messages between the user currently operating the mobile communication terminal and the user of the other party'"'"'s terminal;

displaying, via the touch screen, a first representative identifier indicating the user of the other party'"'"'s terminal next to text messages input by the user of the other party'"'"'s terminal in the output window;

displaying, via the touch screen, a second representative identifier indicating the user of the currently operating mobile communication terminal next to text messages input by the user currently operating the mobile communication terminal in the output window; and

selectively replacing, via a controller, a corresponding second representative identifier for any one of the text messages input by the user currently operating the mobile communication terminal with a captured image of the user operating the mobile terminal, when an input for selecting the second representative identifier is receive,

wherein the corresponding second representative identifier is replaced without replacing previously displayed second representative identifiers.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

vertically displaying the first real-time image and the second real-time image with the second real-time image being above the first real-time image.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

scrolling the text messages in the output window.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

distinguishably displaying received text messages and transmitted text messages on the output window with a corresponding one of the first representative identifier and second representative identifier.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting the captured image to the other party'"'"'s terminal.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the second real-time image is displayed in an upper corner of a display window including the first and second real-time images.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying on the touch screen a keypad for entering text messages in the input window when the input window is touch selected.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the first real-time image of the user of the other party'"'"'s terminal is displayed with a larger size than the second real-time image of the user currently operating the mobile communication terminal.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the replacing step selectively replaces the second representative identifier in real-time during the video call and text messaging session.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the first and second representative identifiers are displayed in a one-to-one correspondence with each text message.