Apparatus and method for automatically transmitting emoticon during video communication in mobile communication terminal

• US 8,629,894 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2010
• Issued: 01/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Hui-Jae
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Hemant
• Application Number:
  US12/706,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20100208031A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,427 Days
• Field of Search: 348 1401- 1416, 370259-271, 370351-357, 455 301- 306, 455403-4262, 4554561-466, 4555501-560, 4555751-5759, 455 901- 903, 709201-207, 709217-248, 340901-905, 340933-944, 340/969, 340/978, 3409951-996, 340431-437, 340669-671
• US Class Current: 348/14.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/157 defining a virtual conference space and using avatars or agents computer conference optimisation or adaptation H04L12/1827

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for automatically transmitting an emoticon during video communication in a mobile communication terminal are provided. In operation, location information is received during video communication, and data corresponding to the received location information is searched for from a memory. Image data captured by a camera and the searched data are synthesized and transmitted to a counterpart terminal.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting image data during video communication in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

receiving location information during video communication;

searching for data corresponding to the received location information from a memory; and

synthesizing image data captured by a camera and the searched data for transmission to a counterpart terminal,

wherein the data includes an automatically-selected emoticon corresponding to the location information that is transmitted to the counterpart terminal,

wherein when the mobile terminal is in motion, location information and a speed are used to determine a type of transportation causing the mobile terminal to be in motion, and wherein the automatically-selected emoticon corresponds to an image of the type of transportation causing the mobile terminal to be in motion.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data further includes at least one of a background image, and a sound effect.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the location information comprises Global Positioning System (GPS) information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the location information comprises traveling velocity information of the mobile terminal to determine direction.

5. A mobile terminal for transmitting image data during video communication, comprising:

a memory for storing data corresponding to location information;

a receiver for receiving the location information during the video communication; and

a synthesizer for searching for the data corresponding to the location information from the memory, synthesizing image data captured by a camera and the searched data, and generating a final image data for transmission,

wherein the data includes an automatically-selected emoticon corresponding to the received location information, in which when the mobile terminal is in motion, location information and a speed are used to determine a type of transportation causing the mobile terminal to be in motion, and wherein the automatically-selected emoticon corresponds to an image of the type of transportation causing the mobile terminal to be in motion.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the data further includes at least one of a background image, and a sound effect.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the location information comprises Global Positioning System (GPS) information.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the location information comprises traveling velocity information of the mobile terminal.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 5, further comprising a transmitter for transmitting the generated final image data to a counterpart terminal.

10. A method for transmitting data during a video communication mode in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a Global Positioning System (GPS) information;

retrieving data corresponding to the GPS information from a memory; and

synthesizing image data captured by a camera and the retrieved data for transmission to a counterpart terminal,

wherein the retrieved data includes an automatically-selected emoticon that corresponds to the GPS information in which when the mobile terminal is in motion, the GPS information and a speed are used to determine a type of transportation causing the mobile terminal to be in motion, and wherein the automatically-selected emoticon corresponds to an image of the type of transportation causing the mobile terminal to be in motion.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the retrieved data comprises at least one of a background image, and a sound effect that correspond with the received GPS information.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the retrieved data further includes at any combination of a background image, and a sound effect that correspond with the received GPS information.