Mobile terminal, display apparatus and control method thereof

• US 9,554,088 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2013
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Chang, Woo-yong, Yu, Seung-dong, Park, Se-jun, Moon, Min-jeong
• Primary Examiner(s): Anwah, Olisa
• Application Number:
  US13/858,618
• Publication Number:
  US 20130293663A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,387 Days
• Field of Search: 348/14.01, 348/14.02, 348/14.03, 348/14.14
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/125 wherein one of the images is motion video
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/00 Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers subscriber services or facilities provided at exchanges H04M3/00; prepayment telephone coin boxes H04M17/00; current supply arrangements H04M19/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/50 Telephonic communication in combination with video communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/62 user interface aspects of conference calls
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0027 Collaboration services where a computer is used for data transfer and the telephone is used for telephonic communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• 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 7/148 Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN

Abstract

Disclosed is a control method for a display apparatus and a mobile terminal which includes a camera for taking a photograph and generating an image; a voice input unit which is used to input a voice; a user input unit which receives a user'"'"'s input; a display unit which displays the image thereon; a wireless communication unit which communicates with a counterpart mobile terminal through a wireless network; and a controller which performs a video call by transmitting to the counterpart mobile terminal video call data comprising a video generated by the camera and a voice input by the voice input unit according user input, displays on the display unit a shared image during the video call, and transmits to the counterpart mobile terminal the shared image added to the video call data.

Claims

1. A portable device for performing a video communication, the portable device comprising:

a camera;

a touch display;

a wireless communication interface;

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the stored instructions to;

control to perform a video communication with another portable device through the wireless communication interface by transmitting video data obtained through the camera to the other portable device through the wireless communication interface and receiving video data from the other portable device through the wireless communication interface,

control to receive, from the other portable device through the wireless communication interface through which the video communication is being performed, content during the video communication performed through the wireless communication interface,

control to provide video data in a first display area and the content in a second display area, video data and the content to be displayed together on the touch display of the portable device during the video communication performed through the wireless communication interface,

control to provide first handwritten information within the second display area based on receiving, from the other portable device through the wireless communication interface through which the video communication is being performed, the first handwritten information for the content during the video communication performed through the wireless communication interface, and

control to transmit, to the other portable device through the wireless communication interface through which the video communication is being performed, second handwritten information inputted within the second display area of the touch display during the video communication performed through the wireless communication interface,

wherein the video data, the content, the first handwritten information, and the second handwritten information are transmitted or received through the same wireless communication interface.

2. The portable device according to claim 1,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the stored instructions further to control to transmit a screen to an external display device near the portable device during the video communication through the wireless communication interface, and

wherein the screen includes the content, the first handwritten information, and the second handwritten information.

3. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second handwritten information includes a handwritten drawing.

4. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the content includes an image to be shared during the video communication.

5. A control method of a portable device for performing a video communication, the control method comprising:

controlling to receive, from another portable device through a wireless communication interface, content while performing a video communication through the wireless communication interface by transmitting video data obtained through a camera to the other portable device through the wireless communication interface and receiving video data from the other portable device through the wireless communication interface;

controlling to provide video data in a first display area and the content in a second display area, video data and the content to be displayed together on a touch display of the portable device during the video communication performed through the wireless communication interface;

controlling to provide first handwritten information within the second display area based on receiving, from the other portable device through the wireless communication interface through which the video communication is being performed, the first handwritten information for the content during the video communication performed through the wireless communication interface; and

controlling to transmit, to the other portable device through the wireless communication interface through which the video communication is being performed, second handwritten information inputted within the second display area of the touch display during the video communication performed through the wireless communication interface,

wherein the video data, the content, the first handwritten information, and the second handwritten information are transmitted or received through the same wireless communication interface.

6. The control method according to claim 5, further comprising:

controlling to transmit a screen to an external display device near the portable device during the video communication through the wireless communication interface,

wherein the screen includes the content, the first handwritten information, and the second handwritten information.

7. The control method according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the first and second handwritten information includes a handwritten drawing.

8. The control method according to claim 5, wherein the content includes an image to be shared during the video communication.

9. A tangible computer readable recording medium storing instructions executable by a processor of a portable device for performing a video communication to cause the processor to:

control to receive, from another portable device through a wireless communication interface, content while performing a video communication through the wireless communication interface by transmitting video data obtained through a camera to the other portable device through the wireless communication interface and receiving video data from the other portable device through the wireless communication interface;

control to provide video data in a first display area and the content in a second display area, video data and the content to be displayed together on a touch display of the portable device during the video communication performed through the wireless communication interface;

control to provide first handwritten information within the second display area based on receiving, from the other portable device through the wireless communication interface through which the video communication is being performed, the first handwritten information for the content during the video communication performed through the wireless communication interface; and

control to transmit, to the other portable device through the wireless communication interface through which the video communication is being performed, second handwritten information inputted within the second display area of the touch display during the video communication performed through the wireless communication interface,

wherein the video data, the content, the first handwritten information, and the second handwritten information are transmitted or received through the same wireless communication interface.

10. The tangible computer readable recording medium according to claim 9,

wherein the instructions cause the processor further to control to transmit a screen to an external display device near the portable device during the video communication through the wireless communication interface, and

wherein the screen includes the content, the first handwritten information, and the second handwritten information.

11. The tangible computer readable recording medium according to claim 9, wherein at least one of the first and second handwritten information comprises handwritten drawing.

12. The tangible computer readable recording medium according to claim 9, wherein the content includes an image to be shared during the video communication.

13. A control method of a portable device for performing a video communication, the control method comprising:

performing a video communication with another portable device through a wireless communication interface by transmitting video data obtained through a camera to the other portable device through the wireless communication interface and receiving video data from the other portable device through the wireless communication interface;

receiving, from the other portable device through the wireless communication interface through which the video communication is being performed, content during the video communication performed through the wireless communication interface;

displaying video data in a first display area and the content in a second display area, video data and the content to be displayed together on a touch display of the portable device during the video communication performed through the wireless communication interface;

displaying first handwritten information within the second display area based on receiving, from the other portable device through the wireless communication interface through which the video communication is being performed, the first handwritten information for the content during the video communication performed through the wireless communication interface; and

transmitting, to the other portable device through the wireless communication interface through which the video communication is being performed, second handwritten information inputted within the second display area of the touch display during the video communication performed through the wireless communication interface,

wherein the video data, the content, the first handwritten information, and the second handwritten information are transmitted or received through the same wireless communication interface.

14. The control method according to claim 13, further comprising:

transmitting a screen to an external display device near the portable device during the video communication through the wireless communication interface,

wherein the screen includes the content, the first handwritten information, and the second handwritten information.

15. The control method according to claim 13, wherein at least one of the first and second handwritten information includes a handwritten drawing.

16. The control method according to claim 13, wherein the content includes an image to be shared during the video communication.