MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20120044163A1
• Filed: 02/16/2011
• Published: 02/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Beomseok, Sim, Sungsoo, Park, Hwangoo
• Granted Patent: US 8,666,454 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32144 embedded in the image data, i.e. enclosed or integrated in the image, e.g. watermark, super-imposed logo or stamp
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3245 of image modifying data, e.g. handwritten addenda, highlights or augmented reality information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3266 of text or character information, e.g. text accompanying an image H04N2201/3226 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3273 Display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The mobile terminal comprises a camera; a display displaying an image obtained by the camera; and a controller superposing one or more information items corresponding to one or more specific locations included in the obtained image on the one or more specific locations and displaying the obtained image with the one or more information items. The one or more information items and position information tagged on the one or more specific locations are acquired from a social network service (SNS) server. The present invention acquires information on which position information is tagged from the SNS server, superposes the information on a obtained image and displays the obtained image with the information superposed thereon to thereby effectively transmit information to a user of the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a camera;

a display configured to display an image obtained by the camera; and

a controller configured to superpose one or more information items corresponding to one or more specific locations included in the obtained image on the one or more specific locations and display the obtained image with the one or more information items,

wherein the one or more information items and position information tagged on the one or more specific locations are acquired from a social network service (SNS) server.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller selectively filters the one or more information items based on at least one standard.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the filtering displays texts corresponding to the information items in different sizes based on the time when the information items are generated.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the filtering displays texts corresponding to the information items in different sizes based on the location on which the information items are tagged and the distance between the location and the mobile terminal.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the filtering displays one of the information items in front of the other based on a touch input applied to the mobile terminal.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the filtering displays information in a specific language among the one or more information items.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the at least one standard includes a person who uploaded the one or more information items, time when the information items were uploaded, and locations where the information items were uploaded.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller displays a moving trace of at least one selected specific person on the display.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the one or more information items corresponding to the one or more specific locations include information about time when the one or more information items are generated and the controller generates and displays the moving trace based on the position information and the time information.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller displays an anticipated route of the selected specific person on the display.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller translates the one or more information items and displays the translated information items or requests an external device to translate the information items.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller activates or inactivates the camera based on the photographing direction of the camera.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller inactivates the camera when the camera faces the ground.

14. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:

obtaining an image when a camera is activated;

acquiring one or more information items corresponding to one or more specific locations included in the obtained image and position information tagged on the information items from a social network server; and

superposing the acquired one or more information items on the one or more specific locations in the obtained image based on the position information and displaying the obtained image with the one or more information items superposed thereon.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising selectively filtering the one or more information items based on at least one standard.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one standard includes a person who uploaded the one or more information items, time when the information items were uploaded, and locations where the information items were uploaded.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying a moving trace of at least one selected specific person.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the displaying of the moving trace comprises displaying an anticipated route of the specific person.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising activating or inactivating the camera based on the photographing direction of the camera.