# US 11,310,430 B2 · Method and apparatus for providing video in portable terminal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,310,430 B2 - Document ID: US11310430B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/978,761 - Filed: 2019-04-22 - Published: 2021-02-18 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-11 - Assignees: Ubifunstudio Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Ubifunstudio Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jin Hwan Park; Ji Sung Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11310430B2 ## CPC - H04M 1/72403: with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality - H04N 23/632: {for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters} - H04M 1/72448: with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions - H04M 1/72469: for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons - H04N 23/635: {Region indicators; Field of view indicators} - H04N 23/69: Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming - H04M 2250/52: including functional features of a camera - H04N 23/45: 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 - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A method of providing a video in a portable terminal according to the present invention may include: monitoring whether an execution request event for a multi-camera mode of a portable terminal is generated; when the execution request event is generated, executing a virtual multi-preview menu including a plurality of pre-view regions, which is divided into independent separate regions and displays a plurality of different contents, respectively, and when the virtual multi-preview menu is executed, photographing a multi-preview image, so that different contents are displayed on the plurality of preview regions, respectively, with a virtual camera implemented in the portable terminal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of providing a video in a portable terminal, the method comprising: monitoring whether an execution request event for a multi-camera mode of a portable terminal is generated; when the execution request event is generated, executing a virtual multi-preview menu including a plurality of preview regions, which is divided into independent separate regions and displays a plurality of different contents, respectively; when the virtual multi-preview menu is executed, recording the plurality of preview regions as a multi-preview image, so that the different contents are displayed on the plurality of preview regions, respectively, with a virtual camera implemented in the portable terminal, wherein the plurality of preview regions comprise: a left upper preview region displaying front video data provided from a front camera; a right upper preview region displaying rear video data provided from a rear camera; a left lower preview region reproducing an entire portion of video data pre-stored in a memory; and a right lower preview region reproducing animation data pre-stored in the memory; changing a point being played in the video data displayed in the left lower preview region or the animation data displayed in the right lower preview region by using a user interface; and transmitting multi-content data generated by matching an audio signal input from the outside and the multi-preview image to an additional service server or another portable terminal through a network in real time, wherein the content displayed on each preview region is individually rotated in any one direction among upper, lower, left, and right directions and a diagonal direction based on an inclination event of the portable terminal, wherein each preview region is individually zoomed in or zoomed out based on a zoom-in request event or a zoom-out request event. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein each operation for recording the plurality of preview regions is executed through an image providing application or a camera application mounted on the portable terminal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein each preview region is added to or deleted from the virtual multi-preview menu based on a region addition event or a region deletion event. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual camera is a three-dimensional (3D) camera which photographs a 3D display of the multi-preview image. ### Claim 5 A non-transitory computer readable recording medium stored in a computer program to cause a processor to perform a method of providing a video in a portable terminal, the method including: monitoring whether an execution request event for a multi-camera mode of a portable terminal is generated; when the execution request event is generated, executing a virtual multi-preview menu including a plurality of preview regions, which is divided into independent separate regions and displays a plurality of different contents, respectively; when the virtual multi-preview menu is executed, recording the plurality of preview regions as a multi-preview image, so that the different contents are displayed on the plurality of preview regions, respectively, with a virtual camera implemented in the portable terminal, wherein the plurality of preview regions comprise: a left upper preview region displaying front video data provided from a front camera; a right upper preview region displaying rear video data provided from a rear camera; a left lower preview region reproducing an entire portion of video data pre-stored in a memory; and a right lower preview region reproducing animation data pre-stored in the memory; changing a point being played in the video data displayed in the left lower preview region or the animation data displayed in the right lower preview region by using a user interface; and transmitting multi-content data generated by matching an audio signal input from the outside and the multi-preview image to an additional service server or another portable terminal through a network in real time, wherein the content displayed on each preview region is individually rotated in any one direction among upper, lower, left, and right directions and a diagonal direction based on an inclination event of the portable terminal, wherein each preview region is individually zoomed in or zoomed out based on a zoom-in request event or a zoom-out request event. ### Claim 6 An apparatus for providing a video in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising: an event detecting unit configured to monitor whether an execution request event for a multi-camera mode of a portable terminal is generated; a camera controlling unit configured to activate a front camera and a rear camera when the execution request event is generated; a preview menu executing unit configured to execute a virtual multi-preview menu including a plurality of preview regions, which is divided into independent separate regions and displays a plurality of different contents, respectively, a multi-image obtaining unit configured to photograph a multi-preview image so that the different contents are displayed on the plurality of preview regions, respectively, by using a virtual camera implemented in the portable terminal when the virtual multi-preview menu is executed; a content generating unit configured to generate multi-content data by inserting an audio signal into the multi-preview image and to record the multi-content data in a memory; a preview region switching unit configured to individually rotate the content displayed on each preview region in any one direction among upper, lower, left, and right directions and a diagonal direction based on an inclination event of the portable terminal; and a zoom executing unit configured to individually zoom in or zoom out each preview region based on a zoom-in request event or a zoom-out request event, wherein the plurality of preview regions comprise: a left upper preview region displaying front video data provided from a front camera; a right upper preview region displaying rear video data provided from a rear camera; a left lower preview region reproducing an entire portion of video data pre-stored in the memory; and a right lower preview region reproducing animation data pre-stored in the memory, wherein the multi-image obtaining unit changes a point being played in the video data displayed in the left lower preview region or the animation data displayed in the right lower preview region by using a user interface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the content generating unit transmits the generated multi-content data to an additional service server or another portable terminal through a data transmitting and receiving unit in real time. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising: a preview region managing unit configured to add or delete a preview region to or from the virtual multi-preview menu based on a region addition event or a region deletion event. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the virtual camera is a three-dimensional camera which photographs a 3D display of the multi-preview image.