IP Library Granted Patent US 7,359,736
Granted Patent B2
US 7,359,736 · App. 10/795,388 · Granted Apr 15, 2008

Portable telephone set and image display method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,359,736
App. No.
10/795,388
Granted
Apr 15, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The portable telephone set 10 comprises a user's input processing part 11 , a various item processing part 12 , a display control part 13 , an image converter part 14 , a memory unit 15 and an image display part 16 for an LCD or the like. Image data displayed as waiting display or menu display on an image display part 16 is extracted by a user's copying operation, then format converted in an image converter part 14 to a JPEG file or the like and then registered in a memory unit 15 . The plurality of pieces of the stored image data are appropriately read out and displayed.

Claims (23)

1. A portable telephone set having a user's input processing part such as a keyboard and a display part such as a liquid crystal display unit and operable for radio communication via a base station, comprising:

a various item processing part for processing execution commands outputted from the user's input processing part,

a display control part for delivering display data to be displayed on the display part on the basis of process requests outputted from the various item processing part,

an image converter part for extracting display data displayed on the display part on the basis of a user's copying request and executing image conversion of the obtained display data into image data having a predetermined format, and

a memory device for storing the image data in the predetermined format.

2. The portable telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein image data stored in the memory unit is displayed as waiting display or the like on the display part.

3. The portable telephone set according to claim 2 , wherein the image data is converted in the image converter part to a JPEG file and stored in the memory unit.

4. The portable telephone set according to claim 2 , wherein the image data is obtained by imaging with a camera mounted on the portable telephone set.

5. The portable telephone set according to claim 2 , wherein the image data is selected from images received by radio communication from the base station.

6. The portable telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the image data is converted in the image converter part to a JPEG file and stored in the memory unit.

7. The portable telephone set according to claim 6 , wherein the image data is obtained by imaging with a camera mounted on the portable telephone set.

8. The portable telephone set according to claim 6 , wherein the image data is selected from images received by radio communication from the base station.

9. The portable telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the image data is obtained by imaging with a camera mounted on the portable telephone set.

10. The portable telephone set according to claim 9 , wherein the image data is selected from images received by radio communication from the base station.

11. The portable telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the image data is selected from images received by radio communication from the base station.

12. An image display method for a portable telephone set for displaying image data or the like on a display part of the portable telephone set for transmitting and receiving voice and image data by radio communication via a base station, comprising the steps of:

selecting image data displayed on a display part of a portable telephone set,

extracting the selected image data from the display part,

converting the selected image data to a predetermined format,

storing the selected image data in the predetermined format following the converting step, and

displaying the selected image data among the stored image data as any of waiting display, menu display, and wall paper display, wherein

the selected image data may include any of letter input displays and menu displays.

13. The image display method for a portable telephone set according to claim 12 , wherein the stored image data are partly or fully transferred to any other portable telephone set or a personal computer (PC) by radio communication.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
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