APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRANSMITTING EMOTICON DURING VIDEO COMMUNICATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20100208031A1
• Filed: 02/17/2010
• Published: 08/19/2010
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 8,629,894 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.20
• 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 constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• 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.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data comprises at least one of a background image, an emoticon, 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.

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.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the data comprises at least one of a background image, an emoticon, 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.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the GPS information comprises a speed of the mobile terminal.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the GPS information comprises location information of the mobile terminal.

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

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the retrieved data comprises at any combination of a background image, an emoticon, and a sound effect that correspond with the received GPS information.