Mobile terminal and method for starting shooting on mobile terminal

• US 9,787,814 B2
• Filed: 12/25/2013
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Kunshi Intellectual Property Management Company Limited (Beijing Cornerstone Zhiben Intellectual Property Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ding, Ji
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Tuan
• Application Number:
  US15/034,011
• Publication Number:
  US 20160269529A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,385 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0264 for a camera module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/236 including keys on side or rear faces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a mobile terminal and a method for starting shooting on a mobile terminal, which are used to enable a user of a mobile terminal to capture a view quickly. The mobile terminal includes a camera, a control module, and a button disposed on a housing of a mobile terminal, where the control module is configured to perform detection with respect to the button when the mobile terminal is in standby mode with a lock screen activated, and turn on the camera for shooting when detecting that a pressing operation of a user on the button meets a first preset condition. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, a user of a mobile terminal can capture a view quickly; therefore, photo shooting experience of the user is improved.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a camera;

a display screen

a processor coupled to the camera and the display screen; and

a housing coupled to the camera and the display screen and comprising a button coupled to the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to;

perform detection with respect to the button when the mobile terminal is in a standby mode with a lock screen;

turn on the camera to get ready for shooting and turn on the display screen to display a view capture by the camera when detecting that a pressing operation of a user on the button meets a first preset condition;

control the camera to perform shooting after the camera is turned on to get ready and when detecting that the pressing operation of the user on the button meets a second preset condition; and

control the mobile terminal to implement a default function corresponding to the button after the mobile terminal is unlocked and when the pressing operation of the user on the button meets a third preset condition.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the pressing operation of the user on the button meets the first preset condition when detecting that a duration that the user continually presses the button reaches a preset duration.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises a second button, and wherein the processor is further configured to:

turn on the camera for video shooting when detecting that the pressing operation of the user on the button meets the first preset condition; and

turn on the camera for photo shooting when detecting that the pressing operation of the user on the second button meets the first preset condition.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is provided with a setting option configured to receive a selection indication at least one of whether to shoot one photo and continually shoot a preset quantity of photos when the processor turns on the camera for photo shooting.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is provided with a setting option configured to receive an automatic video shooting duration since the processor turns on the camera for video shooting.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is further provided with a viewfinder.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the pressing operation of the user on the button meets the first preset condition when detecting that a quantity of times that the user continually presses the button reaches a preset quantity of times.

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to turn off the camera when detecting that the pressing operation of the user on the button does not meet the second preset condition.

14. The method for starting shooting on the mobile terminal according to claim 10, wherein the housing further comprises a second button, and wherein the method further comprises:

turning on the camera for video shooting when detecting that the pressing operation of the user on the button meets the first preset condition; and

turning on the camera for photo shooting when the pressing operation of the user on the second button meets the first preset condition.

15. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the default function corresponding to the button comprises adjusting a volume value of a sound made by the mobile terminal.

16. The mobile terminal according to claim 15, wherein adjusting the volume value comprises increasing the volume value of the sound made by the mobile terminal.

7. A method for starting shooting on a mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a camera, a display screen, a processor coupled to the camera and the display screen, and a housing coupled to the camera and the display screen and comprising a button, the method comprising:

performing detection with respect to the button when the mobile terminal is in a standby mode with a lock screen;

turning on the camera for shooting when a pressing operation on the button meets a first preset condition;

turning on the display screen to display a view captured by the camera when the pressing operation on the button meets a first preset condition;

controlling the camera to perform shooting after the camera is turned on to get ready and when the pressing operation of the user on the button meets a second preset condition; and

controlling the mobile terminal to implement a default function corresponding to the button after the mobile terminal is unlocked and when the pressing operation of the user on the button meets a third preset condition.

8. The method for starting shooting on the mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the method further comprises determining that the pressing operation of the user on the button meets the first preset condition when a duration that the user continually presses the button reaches a preset duration.

9. The method for starting shooting on the mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

turning on the camera to get ready for shooting; and

controlling the camera to perform shooting after the camera is turned on to get ready and when the pressing operation of the user on the button meets a second preset condition.

12. The method for starting shooting on the mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the method further comprises determining that the pressing operation of the user on the button meets the first preset condition when a quantity of times that the user continually presses the button reaches a preset quantity of times.

13. The method for starting shooting on the mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the method further comprises turning off the camera when the pressing operation of the user on the button does not meet a second preset condition.

17. The method for starting shooting on the mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the default function corresponding to the button comprises adjusting a volume value of a sound made by the mobile terminal.

18. The method for starting shooting on the mobile terminal according to claim 17, wherein adjusting the volume value comprises increasing the volume value of the sound made by the mobile terminal.