Method for realizing user interface using camera and mobile communication terminal for the same

• US 8,694,053 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2006
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Soon-Ok, Kim, Dae-Gyu, Park, Yong-Soo
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, MAHENDRA R
• Application Number:
  US11/471,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20060284970A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,849 Days
• Field of Search: 455/556.2, 455/445, 455/560, 455/509, 455/450, 455/517, 455/518, 370/209, 370/335, 370/342, 370/522, 370/330, 370/320, 375/211, 375/146, 375/150, 375/219, 375/347, 704/233, 704/214, 704/221, 348/14.01, 348/E7.081, 345/173, 463/31, 463/7, 708/141
• US Class Current: 455/556.2
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/332 using wireless networks, e.g. cellular phone networks
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/42 by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/533 for prompting the player, e.g. by displaying a game menu
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/57 Simulating properties, behaviour or motion of objects in the game world, e.g. computing tyre load in a car race game A63F13/56 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1093 using visible light
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/308 Details of the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/406 Transmission via wireless network, e.g. pager or GSM
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6063 for sound processing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/64 for computing dynamical parameters of game objects, e.g. motion determination or computation of frictional forces for a virtual car
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• 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 method for realizing a user interface using a camera module and a mobile communication terminal for the same. If a user makes a predetermined motion in a state in which the camera module of the mobile communication terminal is activated, the mobile communication terminal performs a predetermined action according to the motion pattern by recognizing the user motion and patterning the motion. In this case, the action performed according to the motion pattern corresponds to mouse control in a mouse mode, game control in a game mode, and character input in a character input mode.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a camera module to which a user motion is input;

a memory for storing at least one control command corresponding to at least one motion pattern and storing at least one character pattern according to predetermined traces; and

a controller for activating the camera module according to a current mode type, patterning the user motion if the user motion is input from a user through the activated camera module, reading out a control command corresponding to the user motion pattern from the memory according to the current mode type, and performing the control command.

2. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller reads out from the memory a mouse controlling command corresponding to the user motion pattern when the current mode type is a mouse mode.

3. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 2, wherein the controller displays a cursor in the mouse mode.

4. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller reads out from the memory a game controlling command corresponding to the user motion pattern when the current mode type is a game mode.

8. The mobile communication terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller creates a trace corresponding to the user motion pattern and reads out a character corresponding to the trace from the memory when the current mode type is a character input mode.

5. A method for realizing a user interface using a camera in a mobile communication terminal including a memory for storing at least one control command according to at least one motion pattern and storing at least one character pattern according to predetermined traces, the method comprising:

activating a camera module according to a current mode type;

receiving a user motion;

patterning the user motion if the user motion is input from a user through the activated camera module; and

executing a control command by reading out from the memory the control command corresponding to the user motion pattern according to the current mode type.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein executing the control command includes performing a mouse controlling command corresponding to the user motion pattern by reading out the mouse controlling command from the memory when the current mode type is a mouse mode.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein executing the control command includes performing a control command corresponding to the user motion pattern by reading out the mouse controlling command from the memory when the current mode type is a game mode.

9. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein executing the control command includes creating a trace corresponding to the user motion pattern and reading out a character corresponding to the trace from the memory when the current mode type is a character input mode.