PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DATA THEREON

• US 20140307041A1
• Filed: 06/24/2014
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHOI, Han Shil, KIM, Tae Young, KIM, Sung Bae, GONG, Ki Choon
• Granted Patent: US 9,565,391 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.03
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/141 between two video terminals, e.g. videophone telephonic communication systems combined with television receiver for reception of entertainment or information matter H04M11/085
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display
• 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 portable terminal equipped with a projector and a method for displaying data using the portable terminal provides capabilities for both conferencing and video presentations. When a projection function is selected in the portable terminal while the portable terminal is making a video call with other portable terminal, presentation data that will be output via the projector is transmitted to another portable terminal. The presentation data and image data transmitted from the other portable terminal is output via the projector of the portable terminal.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an input via an electronic device;

identifying a function based at least in part on the input; and

transmitting data corresponding to the function to another electronic device based at least in part on a determination that the function is associated with a projection.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the input comprises a user input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises:

obtaining the data from a camera operatively coupled with the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting comprises:

selecting the data from a plurality of pieces of data stored in the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data comprises identification information associated with the function.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data comprises at least on of an image data, video data, or text data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein further comprising:

presenting the data corresponding to the function via a projector operatively coupled with the electronic device.

8. A method comprising:

receiving data at an electronic device; and

presenting, via an output device operatively coupled with the electronic device, the data based at least in part on a determination that the data includes identification information related to the output device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the output device comprises a projector.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the data comprises at least on of an image data, video data or text data.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the presenting comprises:

presenting the data via another output device operatively coupled with the electronic device.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the identification information comprises at least one of an identifier of another electronic device or information regarding a type of data.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a communication unit;

a processor operatively coupled with the communication unit, the processor configured to perform operations comprising;

receiving an input;

selecting data based at least in part on the input; and

transmitting the data via the communication unit to an electronic device based at least in part on a determination that the data is associated with a projection.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the input comprises a user input.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the data comprises at least on of an image data, video data or text data.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the selecting comprises:

selecting the data from a plurality of pieces of data stored in the apparatus.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the data comprises:

identification information related to the projector.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the transmitting comprises:

generating packet data in a video format using a video codec.

19. The apparatus claim of 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

presenting the data via a projector operatively coupled with the processor.

20. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the transmitting comprises:

refraining from transmitting the data to the electronic device based at least in part on a determination that the data is not associated with a projection.