# US 8,787,968 B2 · Mobile terminal and image display method therein > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,787,968 B2 - Document ID: US8787968B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/986,807 - Filed: 2011-01-07 - Published: 2011-11-10 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2010-05-06 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: Choonsik Lee; Donghyun Lee - Inventors: Choonsik Lee; Donghyun Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8787968B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G06F 1/1643: {the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615)} - G06F 1/1686: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera} - G06F 3/011: {Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00)} - G06F 16/9537: Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries - H04M 1/72457: according to geographic location - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A mobile terminal and image displaying method therein, by which a display of object relevant information included in a preview image can be effectively controlled. The present invention includes receiving an input of the image externally, obtaining object relevant information of each of a plurality of objects, displaying the inputted image in a manner of displaying the object relevant information of each of a plurality of the objects within the inputted image, receiving an input of a sort command signal for sorting the object relevant information externally, and sorting and displaying the object relevant information of each of a plurality of the objects according to the input of the sort command signal to correspond to at least one of a distance, a direction and a category of each of a plurality of the objects. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile terminal comprising: a camera module receiving an external input of a single image; a position location module obtaining position information related to the mobile terminal; a display unit displaying the single image; an input unit receiving user input; and a controller: obtaining the object relevant information of each of a plurality of objects within the single image that are located within a predetermined distance of the mobile terminal as determined by the position location module upon receiving user input of a sort command signal for sorting the object relevant information; controlling the display unit to sort and display the object relevant information of each of the plurality of objects according to a distance, a direction and a category of each of the plurality of objects and to display additional information corresponding to the sorted and displayed object relevant information according to a determined incline angle of the mobile terminal, the sorted object relevant information displayed as a concentric circle to correspond to the distance and direction of each of the plurality of objects with respect to the mobile terminal such that object relevant information belonging to a same category is indicated by using at least a same color or a same shape; receiving user input to select specific displayed sorted object relevant information; interrupting the sorting and display of the object relevant information and distinguishably displaying the selected specific object relevant information within the input single image. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising: a memory storing the object relevant information of each of the plurality of objects; and a wireless communication unit receiving the object relevant information of each of the plurality of objects from an external server, wherein the controller obtains the object relevant information of each of the plurality of objects by searching the object relevant information for each of the plurality of objects stored in the memory or receiving the object relevant information of each of the plurality of the objects from the external server. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein sorting and displaying the object relevant information comprises the display unit displaying the object relevant information of each of the plurality of objects on a grid type table to correspond to the distance and category of each of the plurality of objects. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein sorting and displaying the object relevant information comprises the display unit distinguishably displaying the object relevant information that meets a prescribed condition. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein: the controller sorts at least one object belonging to a category corresponding to a current time zone among the plurality of objects according to a category per time zone; and the display unit sorts and displays the object relevant information of the sorted at least one object. ### Claim 6 A method of displaying an image in a mobile terminal, comprising: receiving an external input of a single image; determining a position of the mobile terminal; obtaining object relevant information of each of a plurality of objects within the input single image that are located within a predetermined distance of the mobile terminal upon receiving user input of a sort command signal for sorting the object relevant information; displaying the input single image; sorting and displaying the object relevant information of each of the plurality of objects according to a distance, a direction and a category of each of the plurality of objects and displaying additional information corresponding to the sorted and displayed object relevant information according to a determined incline angle of the mobile terminal, the sorted object relevant information displayed as a concentric circle to correspond to the distance and direction of each of the plurality of objects with respect to the mobile terminal such that object relevant information belonging to a same category is indicated by using at least a same color or a same shape; receiving user input to select specific displayed sorted object relevant information; interrupting the sorting and display of the object relevant information and distinguishably displaying the selected specific object relevant information within the input single image. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising: storing the object relevant information of each of the plurality of objects; and receiving the object relevant information of each of the plurality of objects from an external server, wherein obtaining the object relevant information comprises obtaining the object relevant information of each of the plurality of objects by searching the stored object relevant information for each of the plurality of objects or receiving the object relevant information of each of a plurality of the objects from the external server. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the sorted object relevant information of each of the plurality of objects is displayed on a grid type table to correspond to the distance and category of each of a plurality of the objects. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising: sorting one object among the plurality of objects that belongs to a category corresponding to a current time zone in order to correspond to a category according to time zone, wherein sorting and displaying the object relevant information comprises sorting and displaying the object relevant information of the sorted one object.