Terminal device and controlling method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10321090-B2
Application number	US-201615170144-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2016
Priority date	Jul 20, 2015
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

A terminal device and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which sound or video on taking a photo can be saved as background data. The present invention includes a camera unit configured to capture an image, a memory configured to store the captured image, an output unit configured to display the captured image, and a controller controlling the camera unit, the memory and the output unit, the controller, if a command of driving the camera unit is inputted, controlling the camera unit to run a preview, record a sound and/or shoot a video, the controller temporarily saving the sound or the video, the controller, if a 2 nd image is captured, controlling the memory to store the sound or the video in a manner of linking the sound or the video to at least one of the image or the second image.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a camera unit configured to capture a first image;
a memory configured to store the captured first image;
an output unit configured to display the captured first image; and
a controller configured to control the camera unit, the memory and the output unit,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
in response to a command of driving the camera unit is being inputted, cause the camera unit to run a preview, record a sound and shoot a video, save temporarily the sound and the video,
in response to a second image is being captured, cause the memory to store the sound and the video in a manner of linking the sound and the video to at least one of the first image and the second image,
when an object appearing in a plurality of images, including the second image and a number of images captured thereafter, undergoes a change, selected from a group consisting of an object movement over a preset rate, an object addition and an object disappearance, cause the memory to store the plurality of images in a manner of linking the plurality of images to the video,
configure the plurality of images including the second image and at least one images captured thereafter into a single group,
in response to one of the plurality of images is being displayed and the displayed image is being maintained over a preset time, play the plurality of images as a slide show, and
in response to a last image in the single group is being displayed, cause the output unit to display a menu for selecting at least one different group of images from the plurality of images included in the single group,
wherein each of the images in the different group include a common object.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein when the object appearing in the plurality of images, including the second image and the number of images captured thereafter, does not undergo the change, the controller is further configured to cause the memory to store the plurality of images in a manner of linking the plurality of images to the sound.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein when an object in the captured first image changes relative to the object in a previously captured first image, the controller is further configured to:
stop the recording of the sound and the shooting of the video,
record a new sound and shoots a new video, and
temporarily store the new sound and the new video in the memory.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to remove noise from the sound.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to remove a voice from the sound when the voice fails to match call voice data of a user of a terminal device.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein when a video linked image is selected, the controller is further configured to cause the output unit to display a button for playing the video together with the video linked image.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein when a sound linked image is selected, the controller is further configured to:
display the sound linked image, and
play the sound.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to adjust a volume of the sound by recognizing a user's voice.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein if a sound linked image is selected in a vibration mode, the controller is further configured to display a text of voice contained in the sound without outputting the sound.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to adjust a play time interval of the slide show based on at least one selected from the group consisting of a presence or non-presence of the sound, a presence or non-presence of an object movement over a preset rate, and shot intervals among the plurality of the images.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein when a last image in the single group is displayed, the controller controls the output unit to display a menu for selecting at least one different group of images from the plurality of images included in the single group, and wherein each of the images in the different group include a common object.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein when the plurality of images of the single group are displayed as thumbnails and a start image and an end image are selected from the plurality of images, the controller is further configured to cause the output unit to display a slide show including the start image and the end image and any images there between.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein when the sound or video linked image is deleted, the controller is further configured to cause the output unit to display a menu for deleting the sound or video linked to the deleted image.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the memory to store the sound in a manner of linking the sound to the first image captured thereafter by including the second image.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the memory to store the video in a manner of linking the video to the first image captured thereafter by including the second image.

16. A method of controlling a terminal device comprising the steps of:
when a command of capturing image inputted, running a preview, recording a sound and shooting a video and temporarily saving the sound and the video;
capturing a first image;
in response to a second image is being captured, saving the sound and the video in a manner of linking the sound and the video to at least one of the first image and the second image;
when an object appearing in a plurality of images, including the second image and a number of images captured thereafter, undergoes a change, selected from a group consisting of an object movement over a preset rate, an object addition and an object disappearance, causing the memory to store the plurality of images in a manner of linking the plurality of images to the video;
configuring the plurality of images including the second image and at least one images captured thereafter into a single group;
in response to one of the plurality of images is being displayed and the displayed image is being maintained over a preset time, playing the plurality of images as a slide show, and
in response to a last image in the single group is being displayed, causing an output unit to display a menu for selecting at least one different group of images from the plurality of images included in the single group,
wherein each of the images in the different group include a common object.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kwon Yunmi
• Lee Kiseon

Classifications

• G06F3/0481

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• H04N7/188

  Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position (signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253) · CPC title

• H04N5/772

  the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure · CPC title

• G03B31/06 Primary

  in which sound track is associated with successively-shown still pictures · CPC title