Mobile communication terminal and method for displaying an image

1. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly receive images and control information from at least one other terminal, said control information indicating whether the images are to be displayed as two-dimensional images or three-dimensional images;

a display unit configured to display the images;

a barrier panel configured to generate a difference between a focus of first image incident on a user's right eye and a focus of a second image incident on the user's left eye; and

a control unit configured to selectively activate or deactivate the barrier panel in accordance with the control information,

wherein the wireless communication unit is configured to receive the first image at a first reception time and to receive the second image at a second reception time that is after the first reception time,

wherein the control unit is further configured to deactivate the barrier panel and control the display unit to display the first image when the first image is received at the first reception time from the at least one other terminal, and when the second image is received at the second reception time, to determine whether the first and second images are to be displayed as a three-dimensional image based on the control information, to maintain the barrier panel in the deactivated state and display the second image when the control information indicates the first and second images are not to be displayed as the three-dimensional image, and to activate the barrier panel, compose the first and second images as the three-dimensional image and control the display unit to display the composed image to be displayed as the three-dimensional image when the control information indicates the first and second images are to be displayed as the three-dimensional image, and

wherein when the control information indicates the first and second images are to be displayed as the three-dimensional image and the second image is not received at the second reception time from the at least one other terminal, the control unit is further configured to deactivate the barrier panel and to display the first image as the two-dimensional image.

2. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the barrier panel separates sights incident to the display unit if the barrier panel is activated.

3. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein when the control information indicates images are to be displayed as three-dimensional images, the control unit composes a pair of images by pixel.

4. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1 , wherein the control unit tunes an amount of light being transparent through the barrier panel by gradually driving a voltage of the barrier panel.

5. A method of displaying images on a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

wirelessly receiving, via a wireless communication unit, images and control information from at least one other terminal, said control information indicating whether the images are to be displayed as two-dimensional images or three-dimensional images;

displaying on a display unit the images;

generating via a barrier panel a difference between a focus of first image incident on a user's right eye and a focus of a second image incident on the user's left eye; and

selectively controlling the barrier panel to activate or deactivate in accordance with the control information via a control unit,

wherein the wirelessly receiving step receives the first image at a first reception time and receives the second image at a second reception time that is after the first reception time,

wherein the selectively controlling step deactivates the barrier panel and controls the display unit to display the first image when the first image is received at the first reception time from the at least one other terminal, and when the second image is received at the second reception time, determines whether the first and second images are to be displayed as a three-dimensional image based on the control information, maintains the barrier panel in the deactivated state and displays the second image when the control information indicates the first and second images are not to be displayed as the three-dimensional image, and activates the barrier panel, composes the first and second images as the three-dimensional image and controls the display unit to display the composed image to be displayed as the three-dimensional image when the control information indicates the first and second images are to be displayed as the three-dimensional image, and

wherein when the control information indicates the first and second images are to be displayed as the three-dimensional image and the second image is not received at the second reception time from the at least one other terminal, the selectively controlling step deactivates the barrier panel and displays the first image as the two-dimensional image.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the barrier panel separates sights incident to the display unit if the barrier panel is activated.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

composing a pair of images by pixel when the control information indicates images are to be displayed as three-dimensional images.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

tuning an amount of light being transparent through the barrier panel by gradually driving a voltage of the barrier panel.