Mobile terminal and method for controlling video call thereof

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

an input unit configured to receive an instruction from a first user to perform a video call communication with at least a second user;

a display unit;

a voice recognition module configured to recognize input voice statements conducted during the video call communication between the first and second users; and

a controller configured to perform the video call communication between the first and second users based on the instruction from the first user, to control the display unit to display images of the first and second users, to detect a voice statement from the first user designating the second user by examining the voice statements recognized by the voice recognition module, and to emphatically display the image of the second user compared with the image of the first user based on the detected voice statement from the first user.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to emphatically display the image of the second user by at least one of 1) increasing a size of the displayed image of the second user, 2) shifting the displayed image of the second user to a center of a screen of the display unit, and 3) blinking or flashing the displayed image of the second user.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the input unit is further configured to receive the instruction from the first user to perform the video call communication with said at least the second user via at least one of 1) a voice instruction recognized by the voice recognition module, 2) a touching operation performed on a touch screen of the display unit, 3) an external sound being input through a microphone included with the mobile terminal, and 4) a hand gesture movement applied with respect to the mobile terminal and being sensed by a sensing unit of the mobile terminal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display a plurality of menu options including a multimedia main menu option, the sensing unit is further configured to sense a hand gesture moving toward the multimedia main menu option, and the controller is further configured to display a plurality of sub menu options including an option for performing the video call communication with said at least the second user and to perform the video call communication when the option for performing the video call communication is selected.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein when the controller can not accurately detect the voice instruction from the first user to perform the video call communication with at least the second user, the controller is further configured to output information requesting the first user to clarify the voice instruction to perform the video call communication.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the input unit is further configured to receive an instruction from the first user to add a third user to the video call communication, and the controller is further configured perform the video call communication with the first, second and third users and to control the display unit to display an image of the third user along with the images of the first and second users.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to determined which one of the first, second and third users is being spoken to by examining voice statements input during the video call communication and to emphatically display the image of the determined one of the first, second and third users.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display a plurality of options the first user can select to designate how the controller is to emphatically display the image of the second user.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine when the first user inputs a function instruction related to a particular function on the mobile and being designated to the second user, and to automatically perform the particular function with respect to the second user based on the input function instruction.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the particular function includes at least one a message transmission function and a file transmission function to the second user.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to display the image of the second user together with the particular function designated to the second user as a thumbnail picture or a background picture with the particular function.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the displayed images of the first and second users include one an actual image of the first and second users and a substitute image of the first and second users.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to activate the voice recognition module only during the video call communication and to terminate the voice recognition module at an end of the video call communication.

14. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

receiving an instruction from a first user to perform a video call communication with at least a second user;

recognizing input voice statements conducted during the video call communication between the first and second users;

performing the video call communication between the first and second users based on the instruction from the first user;

displaying images of the first and second users;

detecting a voice statement from the first user designating the second user by examining the voice statements recognized by the voice recognition module; and

emphatically displaying the image of the second user compared with the image of the first user based on the detected voice statement from the first user.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the emphatically displaying step emphatically displays the image of the second user by at least one of 1) increasing a size of the displayed image of the second user, 2) shifting the displayed image of the second user to a center of a screen of the display unit, and 3) blinking or flashing the displayed image of the second user.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the receiving step receives the instruction from the first user to perform the video call communication with said at least the second user via at least one of 1) a voice instruction recognized by the recognizing step, 2) a touching operation performed on a touch screen of the mobile terminal, 3) an external sound being input through a microphone included with the mobile terminal, and 4) a hand gesture movement applied with respect to the mobile terminal and being sensed by a sensing unit of the mobile terminal.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

displaying a plurality of menu options including a multimedia main menu option;

sensing a hand gesture moving toward the multimedia main menu option; and

displaying a plurality of sub menu options including an option for performing the video call communication with said at least the second user,

wherein the performing step performs the video call communication when the option for performing the video call communication is selected.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein when the detecting step can not accurately detect the voice instruction from the first user to perform the video call communication with at least the second user, the method further comprises outputting information requesting the first user to clarify the voice instruction to perform the video call communication.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the receiving step further comprises receiving an instruction from the first user to add a third user to the video call communication, and

wherein the performing step performs the video call communication with the first, second and third users and the displaying step further comprises displaying an image of the third user along with the images of the first and second users.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

determining which one of the first, second and third users is being spoken to by examining voice statements input during the video call communication,

wherein the emphatically displaying step further comprises emphatically displaying the image of the determined one of the first, second and third users.

21. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

displaying a plurality of options the first user can select to designate how the emphatically displaying step is to emphatically display the image of the second user.

22. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

determining when the first user inputs a function instruction related to a particular function on the mobile and being designated to the second user; and

automatically performing the particular function with respect to the second user based on the input function instruction.

23. The method of claim 22 , wherein the particular function includes at least one a message transmission function and a file transmission function to the second user.

24. The method of claim 22 , further comprising:

displaying the image of the second user together with the particular function designated to the second user as a thumbnail picture or a background picture with the particular function.

25. The method of claim 14 , wherein the displayed images of the first and second users include one an actual image of the first and second users and a substitute image of the first and second users.

26. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

activating a voice recognition module included on the mobile terminal only during the video call communication and terminating the voice recognition module at an end of the video call communication.