Method of displaying images on a mobile communication terminal
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorEun Young Lee
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Abstract
A mobile communication terminal displays images of a video conference to enable a feeling of natural conversation ambience to the participants. The terminal captures an image of the terminal user and receives images of other video conference participants. The terminal displays one of the received images closest to the camera, and the captured image farthest from the camera to encourage the user to focus his line of sight to the camera. Also, a sight location indicator is displayed as a further aid to directing the line of sight. Looking at the camera provides a natural conversation ambience to the participants.
Claims17
A method of displaying images on a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying a sight location indicator on a display screen of the mobile terminal, the sight location indicator being in proximity of a camera located on the mobile terminal, wherein the sight location indicator is displayed for a time period related to initiation of a video communication;
- capturing a first image of a first user using the camera;
- receiving a second image of a second user via a remote device;
- displaying the first image and the second image on the display screen of the mobile terminal;
- positioning the first image farther from the camera than the second image;
- receiving at least one additional image from at least one additional user;
- displaying the at least one additional image on the display screen, wherein the first image is displayed farther from the camera than both the second image and the at least one additional image;
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- intermittently displaying the sight location indicator during a course of the video communication.
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a camera configured to capture a first image of a first user using the camera;
- a radio transceiver configured to transmit the first image and to receive a second image of a second user received via a remote device;
- a controller operatively coupled to a display of the mobile terminal, the controller configured to:
- control the display to display the first image and the second image on a display screen of the mobile terminal;
- control the display to display a sight location indicator on the display screen of the mobile terminal, the sight location indicator being in proximity of the camera located on the mobile terminal;
- control the display to display the first image farther from the camera than the second image;
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- control the display to display at least one additional image on the display screen in response to receiving the at least one additional image of at least one additional user via a remote device, wherein the first image is displayed father from the camera than both the second image and the at least one additional image,
- wherein the sight location indicator is displayed for a time period related to initiation of a video communication and the sight location indicator is displayed intermittently during a course of the video communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.