MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20160180845A1
• Filed: 05/11/2015
• Published: 06/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LIM, Jongin, KIM, Samsick, OH, Sesook, CHOI, Younhwa
• Granted Patent: US 9,502,034 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• 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: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals download of applications H04M1/72406; transfer of messages, e.g. SMS, e-mail or MMS H04M1/7243
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/632 for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/662 by using master/slave camera arrangements for affecting the control of camera image capture, e.g. placing the camera in a desirable condition to capture a desired image

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a touchscreen; a camera; a memory; a wireless communication unit; and a controller configured to display a preview image input through the camera on the touchscreen, capture the preview image and execute a voice recognition function, in response to a first touch gesture performed on the touchscreen, and control the wireless communication unit to transmit the captured image to at least one counterpart terminal found through the voice recognition function in accordance with a voice input, in response to a release of the first touch gesture from the touchscreen.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a touchscreen;

a camera;

a memory;

a wireless communication unit; and

a controller configured to;

display a preview image input through the camera on the touchscreen,

capture the preview image and execute a voice recognition function, in response to a first touch gesture performed on the touchscreen, and

control the wireless communication unit to transmit the captured image to at least one counterpart terminal found through the voice recognition function in accordance with a voice input, in response to a release of the first touch gesture from the touchscreen.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to save the captured image in the memory in response to transmitting the captured image to the at least one counterpart terminal.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display at least one counterpart indicator indicating the at least one counterpart terminal corresponding to the voice input on the touchscreen together with the preview image.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the at least one counterpart indicator comprises a first counterpart indicator, and

wherein the first counterpart indicator comprises a camera preview image received from a first counterpart terminal corresponding to the first counterpart indicator.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to receive the camera preview image in real time from the first counterpart terminal and then display the received camera preview image as the first counterpart indicator.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the at least one counterpart indicator comprises a second counterpart indicator, and

wherein the second counterpart indicator comprises an image most recently taken through a second counterpart terminal corresponding to the second counterpart indicator.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is configured to save the camera preview image received in real time from the first counterpart terminal as a still image or a video in the memory in response to a second touch gesture performed on the touchscreen.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to receive a plurality of images taken through the first counterpart terminal and then display a plurality of the received images on the touchscreen, in response to a third touch gesture performed on the touchscreen.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to, in response to selection of a desired one of a plurality of the images, save the selected image in the memory.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:

display a popup window for inputting a voice memo on the touchscreen, and

control the wireless communication unit to transmit the input voice memo to the at least one counterpart terminal together with the captured image.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if at least two counterpart terminals are found for a same voice input, the controller is configured to display the found at least two counterpart terminals on the touchscreen and control the wireless communication unit to transmit the captured image to the counterpart terminal selected by an additional touch gesture from the displayed at least two counterpart terminals.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein if no counterpart terminal is found in response to the voice input, the controller is configured to control a phone number of a desired counterpart terminal to be input as a voice.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein after a first counterpart terminal has been found in accordance with a first voice, the controller is configured to control a second counterpart terminal to be additionally found in accordance with a second voice.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to cancel the search for the second counterpart terminal, in response to a second touch gesture being performed after the first touch gesture.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to transmit a control signal for deleting the transmitted image to the at least one counterpart terminal, in response to a second touch gesture being performed on the touchscreen.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller is configured to delete the captured image from the memory, in response to the control signal being transmitted to the counterpart terminal.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to receive a camera setting information from a prescribed one of the at least one counterpart terminal and control the camera to be set in accordance with the received camera setting information, in response to a second touch gesture performed on the touchscreen.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein as the camera is set in accordance with the camera setting information, the controller is configured to change an image quality or effect of the preview image to be changed.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller is configured to synthesize a panoramic image using camera preview image received from the first counterpart terminal and the preview image of the camera.

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

displaying a preview image input through a camera on a touchscreen;

capturing the preview image and executing a voice recognition function in response to a first touch gesture performed on the touchscreen; and

transmitting the captured image to at least one counterpart terminal found through the voice recognition function in accordance with a voice input in response to a release of the first touch gesture from the touchscreen.