Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9860411-B2
Application number	US-201615058732-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2016
Priority date	Nov 10, 2015
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a camera; a touch screen configured to continuously display images captured by the camera; a memory; and a controller configured to in response to a first touch applied to the touch screen continuously displaying the images at a first touch-applied time point, store a first image displayed on the touch screen at the first touch-applied time point in the memory, display a first thumbnail image corresponding to the first image on the touch screen, in response to a second touch applied to the touch screen continuously displaying the images at a second touch-applied time point, store a second image displayed on the touch screen at the second touch-applied time point in the memory, by grouping the second image with the first image in the memory.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a camera;
a touch screen configured to continuously display images captured by the camera;
a memory; and
a controller configured to:
in response to a first touch applied to the touch screen continuously displaying the images at a first touch-applied time point, store a first image displayed on the touch screen at the first touch-applied time point in the memory,
display a first thumbnail image corresponding to the first image on the touch screen,
in response to a second touch applied to a specific area of the touch screen continuously displaying the images and the first thumbnail image at a second touch-applied time point, store a second image displayed on the touch screen at the second touch-applied time point in the memory, by grouping the second image with the first image in the memory,
store the first and second images in the memory when the specific area of the touch screen displays the first thumbnail image, and
change the first thumbnail image into a second thumbnail image corresponding to the second image, in response to the touch applied to the first thumbnail image.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the second thumbnail image includes visual information indicating a number of grouped images.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to in response to a multi-touch input applied to the first and second thumbnail images displayed on the touch screen, store the first image with an image displayed on the touch screen while the multi-touch is applied and store the second image with the image displayed on the touch screen while the multi-touch is applied.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sensor configured to sense a posture of the mobile terminal,
wherein the first touch is applied to the touch screen with the mobile terminal being in a first posture and the second touch is applied to the touch screen with the mobile terminal in a second posture, and
wherein the controller is further configured to group the second image with the first image in response to a third touch applied to the touch screen when the mobile terminal is returned to the first position from the second position.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
display a guide image indicating a detected subject on the images displayed on the touch screen, and
store captured images in the memory by grouping the stored images, in response to a touch applied to the guide image.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the subject corresponds to a person.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to capture an image with the subject in focus, in response to the touch applied to the guide image.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
display an icon on the touch screen for storing images during video capturing,
select the subject, in response to a specific touch input applied to the guide image, and
store the captured image in the memory by grouping the captured image with prestored images related to the subject in response to a touch applied to the icon.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
display an icon on the touch screen for storing an image during video capturing, and
store images in the memory at an interval of a specific period of time in response to a touch applied to the icon for the specific period of time.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
display a guide image on the touch screen indicating a detected subject on the images displayed on the touch screen, and
store and group a plurality of images captured at a specific time interval in the memory in response to the touch applied to the icon for the specific period of time after the guide image is selected.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
display a plurality of thumbnail images on the touch screen, and
store images corresponding to the respective thumbnail images by grouping the images captured at the specific time interval.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display the first or the second image in full screen on the touch screen in response to a touch input being applied to the first and second thumbnail images, respectively.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
generate a video file using the continuously-captured images when video capturing is terminated,
display a progress bar of the video file on the touch screen, and a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to the plurality of captured images, and
display storage points indicating stored time points of the plurality of images, respectively, on the progress bar.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
in response to one of the plurality of thumbnail images being selected, select another thumbnail image grouped with the selected thumbnail image, and
transform the selected thumbnail image.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to display on the progress bar a partial reproduction image indicating a reproduction duration of a video reproduction frame including the plurality of images in response to the one thumbnail image being selected.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
arrange the plurality of thumbnail images in one direction on the touch screen, and
display at least one grouped thumbnail image by moving the at least one grouped thumbnail in response to a touch applied to the one thumbnail image.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16 , wherein the controller is further configured to group an image corresponding to the thumbnail image with other images or release the grouping of the image corresponding to the thumbnail image, in response to a specific touch input applied to the one thumbnail image.

18. The mobile terminal .of claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to display a share window for sharing at least part of grouped images and the video file with a specific server or a specific external device.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display grouped images on a plurality of category regions, the category regions being discriminated from each other, in response to the video capturing being terminated.

20. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
continuously displaying images captured by a camera on a touch screen of the mobile terminal;
in response to a first touch applied to the touch screen continuously displaying the images at a first touch-applied time point, storing a first image displayed on the touch screen at the first touch-applied time point in a memory;
displaying a first thumbnail image corresponding to the first image on the touch screen;
in response to a second touch applied to a specific area of the touch screen continuously displaying the images and the first thumbnail image at a second touch-applied time point, storing a second image displayed on the touch screen at the second touch-applied time point in the memory, by grouping the second image with the first image in the memory;
storing the first and second images in the memory when

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Ju Wanho
• Lee Youngjun
• Cho Seonhwi
• Kim Donghoe

Classifications

• H04N23/675

  comprising setting of focusing regions · CPC title

• H04N23/62

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• H04N23/633

  for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera · CPC title

• H04N23/57

  Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices · CPC title

• H04N23/632

  for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters · CPC title