Mobile terminal and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10764528-B2
Application number	US-201616073275-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 27, 2016
Priority date	Jan 27, 2016
Publication date	Sep 1, 2020
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020

Abstract

A mobile terminal, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a wireless communication unit for communicating with an external device or an external server; a display unit for displaying a specific viewing area of a surround video comprising a plurality of viewing areas; and a control unit for playing the surround video in a first viewing area, and playing the surround video in a second viewing area according to a first command requesting a viewing area change, wherein the control unit controls the wireless communication unit so as to receive data comprising a path of the viewing area from the preset external device or the preset external server according to a second command, controls the display unit so as to display, on a partial area of a screen, a thumbnail image indicating the path by using the received data, and changes the viewing area of the surround video being played, on the basis of the path included in the received data according to a third command for selecting the thumbnail image.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a wireless communication unit configured to transceive data with an external device or an external server;
a display unit configured to display a specific viewing area of a surround video including a plurality of viewing areas; and
a controller configured to play the surround video as a first viewing area and play the surround video as a second viewing area in response to a first command for changing a viewing area,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
control the wireless communication unit to receive data including a path of the viewing area from a preset external device or a preset external server in response to a second command,
control the display unit to display a thumbnail image indicating the path on a partial region of a screen using the received data,
change the viewing area of the currently played surround video based on the path included in the received data in response to a third command for selecting the thumbnail image,
in response to detecting a touch input corresponding to a viewing area change in the course of changing the viewing area of the currently played surround video along the path of the viewing area, change the viewing area of the currently played surround video into a third viewing area corresponding to the detected touch input, and
in response to the touch input being maintained, maintain the third viewing area of the currently played surround video,
wherein the surround video includes a video image captured via a plurality of cameras, and
wherein the plurality of viewing areas is part of the full image.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein if receiving a first data including a first path of the viewing area and a second data including a second path of the viewing area from the preset external device or the preset external server, the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display a first thumbnail image indicating the first path and a second thumbnail image indicating the second path on the partial region using the received first data and the received second data.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to change the viewing area of the currently played surround video based on the first path in response to a command for selecting the first thumbnail image.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to change the viewing area of the currently played surround video based on the second path in response to a command for selecting the second thumbnail image.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display the history of the viewing area on the partial region.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein if the touch input is released, the controller is further configured to change the viewing area of the currently played surround video based on the path again.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein in response to a fifth command, the controller is further configured to control the wireless communication unit to pair second information.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
play the surround video as the first viewing area in response to a fourth command for recording a history of the viewing area,
change the viewing area into the second viewing area in response to the first command, and
save a second information corresponding to the history of the viewing area to a memory.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8 , wherein if the surround video is played as the first viewing area over a preset time, the controller is further configured to record the first viewing area in the history of the viewing area.

10. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:
playing a surround video including a plurality of viewing areas as a first viewing area in a manner of playing the surround video as a second viewing area in response to a first command for changing a viewing area;
receiving data including a path of the viewing area from a preset external device or a preset external server in response to a second command;
displaying a thumbnail image indicating the path on a partial region of a screen using the received data;
changing the viewing area of the currently played surround video based on the path included in the received data in response to a third command for selecting the thumbnail image;
in response to detecting a touch input corresponding to a viewing area change in the course of changing the viewing area of the currently played surround video along the path of the viewing area, changing the viewing area of the currently played surround video into a third viewing area corresponding to the detected touch input; and
in response to the touch input being maintained, maintaining the third viewing area of the currently played surround video,
wherein the surround video includes a video image captured via a plurality of cameras, and
wherein the plurality of viewing areas is part of the full image.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising,
if receiving a first data including a first path of the viewing area and a second data including a second path of the viewing area from the preset external device or the preset external server, displaying a first thumbnail image indicating the first path and a second thumbnail image indicating the second path on the partial region using the received first data and the received second data.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising,
changing the viewing area of the currently played surround video based on the first path in response to a command for selecting the first thumbnail image.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising,
changing the viewing area of the currently played surround video based on the second path in response to a command for selecting the second thumbnail image.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising displaying the history of the viewing area on the partial region.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising,
if the touch input is released, changing the viewing area of the currently played surround video based on the path again.

16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising the steps of:
playing the surround video as the first viewing area in response to a fifth command for recording a history of the viewing area in a manner of changing the viewing area into the second viewing area in response to the first command; and
saving a second information corresponding to the history of the viewing area to a memory.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising,
if the surround video is played as the first viewing area over a preset time, recording the first viewing area in the history of the viewing area.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein in response to a sixth command, pairing the second information.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Ju Wanho
• Lee Youngjun

Classifications

• H04N23/63

  by using electronic viewfinders · CPC title

• H04N23/698

  for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture · CPC title

• H04N23/45

  for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• H04N21/234345

  the reformatting operation being performed only on part of the stream, e.g. a region of the image or a time segment · CPC title