Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 9,874,998 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2014
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Woo, Sungmin, Jung, Sungon
• Primary Examiner(s): PHANTANA ANGKOOL, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US14/488,024
• Publication Number:
  US 20150205457A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,225 Days
• Field of Search: 715838
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication; a display unit; a memory configured to store a plurality of images; and a controller configured to receive a command for displaying a focus-based thumbnail list, and display the focus-based thumbnail list to include at least one thumbnail corresponding to an image stored in a memory with focus information, said focus information indicating a focal region focused in the image.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication;

a display unit;

a memory configured to store a plurality of images; and

a controller configured to;

receive a command for displaying a focus-based thumbnail list, and

display the focus-based thumbnail list to include at least one thumbnail corresponding to an image stored in the memory with focus information, said focus information indicating a focal region focused in the image,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

when the at least one thumbnail is selected, display a whole image corresponding to the at least one thumbnail, and

change a brightness of an out-of-focused region in the displayed image into a same brightness of the focal region.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display the at least one thumbnail centering on the focal region within the image based on the focus information.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the focus information includes at least one of a position of the focal region, a size of the focal region, a focal distance, a depth or a distance to the focal region.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display the at least one thumbnail so the focal region is displayed at a center of the at least one thumbnail.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to apply a different zoom magnification of the focal region displayed within the at least one thumbnail in accordance with one of a distance to the focal region and a focal distance.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to change a size of the at least one thumbnail in the focus-based thumbnail list in accordance with a size of the focal region.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to change a size of the at least one thumbnail in the focus-based thumbnail list in accordance with one of a distance to the focal region and a focal distance.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display a visual effect in the at least one thumbnail by gradually moving the focal region away from an original position into a center of the at least one thumbnail.

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

receive a search command for searching for a different thumbnail associated with the focal region,

search the focus-based thumbnail list for at least one different thumbnail associated with a shape of the focal region using the focus information of the focal region, and

display any found different thumbnail on the display unit.

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

search images having similar focus information from the plurality of images, and

identifiably display thumbnails indicating found images on the focus-based thumbnail list.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to search images having similar focus information from the plurality of images and collectively apply a user-editing affect to found images.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to search images having similar focus information from the plurality of images, create a single file from found images, and save the created single file in the memory.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the memory is further configured to store at least one video and focus information on a plurality of scenes in the video, and

wherein the controller is further configured to display a play screen of the video on the display unit, and display a thumbnail indicating at least one second scene having the focus information similar to that of a first scene of the video currently played on the play screen of the video.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein when the at least one thumbnail indicating the second scene is selected, the controller is further configured to play the video from the second scene corresponding to the selected thumbnail.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to change a brightness of an out-of-focused region in the at least one thumbnail into the same brightness of the focal region.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when a plurality of focal regions exist in the image and distances to the plurality of focal regions are different from each other, the controller is further configured to apply a different magnification rate to each of the plurality of focal regions based on the focus information.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when zooming on the displayed image, the controller is further configured to zoom centering on the focal region in the image.

18. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

storing, via a memory associated with the mobile terminal, a plurality of images;

receiving, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a command for displaying a focus-based thumbnail list;

displaying, via a display of the mobile terminal, the focus-based thumbnail list to include at least one thumbnail corresponding to an image stored in the memory with focus information, said focus information indicating a focal region focused in the image;

when the at least one thumbnail is selected, displaying, via the display, a whole image corresponding to the at least one thumbnail; and

changing, via the controller, a brightness of an out-of-focused region in the displayed image into a same brightness of the focal region.