Mobile terminal and method for controlling same

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a camera;

a display; and

a controller configured to:

detect a plurality of partial areas of an original image photographed by the camera in response to a touch input received on the plurality of partial areas;

enlarge each partial area of the plurality of partial areas at a predetermined magnification such that an enlarged image corresponding to the enlarged partial area is displayed while the original image is displayed on the display;

cause the display to display a next one of a plurality of enlarged images corresponding to a respective one of the enlarged plurality of partial areas in response to a scrolling command received from a user while the enlarged image and the original image are displayed together,

wherein the plurality of enlarged images are displayable one by one in order that respectively corresponding partial areas were touched by the user when a series of multiple scrolling commands are received; and

cause the display to display enlargement center points on the original image in response to the touch input such that each of the enlargement center points is displayed on a corresponding one of the plurality of partial areas.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the enlarged image is displayed over the original image.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a user input unit for receiving an enlargement photography input, wherein when the enlargement photography input is received from the user input unit, the controller enables the camera to photograph the original image, enlarges the partial area of the original image photographed by the camera at the predetermined magnification, and causes the display to simultaneously display the original image and the enlarged image.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein the user input unit comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a switching signal and a touch signal of a function button for the enlargement photography input, and a specific audio signal and a specific gesture signal for the enlargement photography input.

5. A method of controlling a mobile terminal including a camera and a display, the method comprising:

detecting a plurality of partial areas of an original image photographed by the camera in response to a touch input received on the plurality of partial areas;

enlarging each partial area of the plurality of partial areas at a predetermined magnification such that an enlarged image corresponding to the enlarged partial area is displayed while the original image is displayed on the display;

displaying a next one of a plurality of enlarged images corresponding to a respective one of the enlarged plurality of partial areas in response to a scrolling command received from a user while the enlarged image and the original image are displayed together,

wherein the plurality of enlarged images are displayable one by one in order that respectively corresponding partial areas were touched by the user when a series of multiple scrolling commands are received; and

causing the display to display enlargement center points on the original image in response to the touch input such that each of the enlargement center points is displayed on a corresponding one of the plurality of partial areas.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of partial areas correspond to faces of people in the original image.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein a number of the enlargement center points correspond to a number of the people in the original image.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of enlarged images includes a face of one of people in the original image.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8 , wherein the enlarged image and the next one of the plurality of enlarged images correspond to different faces of the people in the original image.