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US 8,411,164 B2Granted
Mobile terminal and method for automatic geotagging
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJung-Sub Lee, Tae-Sook Yoon, Sung-Ho Woo
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Abstract
A mobile terminal and method for automatic geotagging are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a camera for capturing an image and for generating image data, a location information module for determining location information of the mobile terminal, and a controller configured to concurrently operate the camera and the location information module in response to a user input and to store the location information with the image data.
Claims11
A mobile terminal configured for geotagging image data, the mobile terminal comprising:
- a display configured to display information;
- a memory configured to store information;
- a camera configured to capture an image and generate the image data;
- a location information module configured to determine location information of the mobile terminal;
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- a controller configured to:
- control the location information module to continuously determine the location information of the mobile terminal when the camera is activated;
- control the display to display an indicator icon that indicates whether the location information is determined by the location information module;
- control the display to display the indicator icon in a first state in which the indicator icon flashes when geotagging of the generated image data is being performed and the location information is being determined;
- control the display to display the indicator icon in a second state in which the indicator icon does not flash when the location information has been determined;
- control the display to reset the indicator icon to from the second state to the first state when the mobile terminal is moved to a different location;
- control the camera to capture the image and generate the image data in response to a user input when the displayed indicator icon is in the second state;
- control the memory to store the generated image data and the determined location information when the location information is determined;
- control the display to display a notification message when the location information cannot be determined in order to inform a user that the generated image data is stored without the determined location information;
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- control the memory to automatically store previously-determined location information with the generated image data when the location information cannot be determined.
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A method for automatically geotagging image data in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- continuously determining location information of the mobile terminal using a location information module of the mobile terminal when a camera of the mobile terminal is activated;
- displaying an indicator icon on a display of the mobile terminal to indicate whether the location information is determined;
- displaying the indicator icon in a first state in which the indicator icon flashes when geotagging of the image data is being performed and the location information is being determined;
- displaying the indicator icon in a second state in which the indicator icon does not flash when the location information has been determined;
- resetting the displayed indicator icon from the second state to the first state when the mobile terminal is moved to a different location;
- generating the image data using the camera in response to a user input when the displayed indicator is in the second state;
- storing the generated image data and the determined location information in a memory of the mobile terminal when the location information is determined;
- displaying a notification message when the location information cannot be determined in order to inform a user that the generated image data is stored without the determined location information;
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- automatically storing previously-determined location information with the generated image data when the location information cannot be determined.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.