Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory configured to store a video;

a display configured to display information;

a user input unit; and

a controller configured to:

select a plurality of video frames of the video to create a plurality of representative images;

create a representative thumbnail image of the video comprising the plurality of representative images;

cause the display to display the representative thumbnail image to correspond to the video, wherein the displayed representative thumbnail image comprises a play command region and a representative image region; and

execute predetermined functions corresponding to each of the play command region and the representative image region when each region is selected via the user input unit.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the user input unit comprises a touch screen, wherein the controller is further configured to play the video in response to a touch input received at the play command region via the touch screen, wherein the video is played from a beginning point of the video or from a point where the video was previously stopped.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the user input unit comprises a touch screen, wherein the controller is further configured to play the video starting from a point corresponding to a representative image selected by a touch input received via the touch screen.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to play only a portion of the video corresponding to the representative image.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the user input unit comprises a touch screen, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display a pop up window for performing communication with another party in response to a touch input received via the touch screen selecting a representative image corresponding to the another party.

6. A controlling method of a mobile terminal, comprising:

selecting a plurality of video frames of a video, wherein the plurality of video frames correspond to a period of the video in which at least one predetermined character appears;

creating a plurality of representative images from the plurality of video frames;

creating a representative thumbnail image of the video comprising the plurality of representative images; and

displaying the representative thumbnail image to correspond to the video.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein:

the plurality of video frames are selected from a highlight portion of the video; and

the highlight portion of the video is selected based on at least one criteria including a movement speed of a subject displayed in the video; an intensity of a sound reproduced in the video; and a brightness of one or more video frames of the video.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

creating at least one of the plurality of representative images to comprise text converted from a portion of audio that corresponds to the video, wherein the portion of audio is reproduced at or around a corresponding video frame of the plurality of video frames in the video.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of video frames is selected based on an appearance of a predetermined character in the plurality of video frames.

10. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory configured to store a video;

a display configured to display information; and

a controller configured to:

select a plurality of video frames of the video, wherein the plurality of video frames correspond to a period of the video in which at least one predetermined character appears;

create a plurality of representative images from the plurality of video frames;

create a representative thumbnail image of the video comprising the plurality of representative images; and

cause the display to display the representative thumbnail image to correspond to the video.

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

create the plurality of representative images based on a frequency of appearance of each of the at least one predetermined character or an appearance time of each of the at least one predetermined character.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect a previous event which occurred at the mobile terminal, wherein the event involved another party; and

select one of the plurality of video frames from a period of the video in which the another party is displayed.

13. The mobile terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the at least one previous event comprises at least a telephone call, a transmission of a message, a scheduled event, or a transmission of information through a social network service.

14. The mobile terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

select a photograph related to the video depicting at least one person; and

select one of the plurality of video frames from a period of the video in which the at least one person is displayed.

15. The mobile terminal according to claim 14 ,

wherein the selected photograph is located before or after the video in a multimedia file list.

16. The mobile terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to select one of the plurality of video frames from a period of the video according to a keyword input by a user, wherein the keyword corresponds to a person displayed during the period of the video.

17. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory configured to store a video;

a display configured to display information; and

a controller configured to:

select a plurality of video frames of the video to create a plurality of representative images;

create a representative thumbnail image of the video comprising the plurality of representative images;

cause the display to display the representative thumbnail image to correspond to the video;

detect a previous event which occurred at the mobile terminal, wherein the event involved another party; and

select one of the plurality of video frames from a period of the video in which the another party is displayed.

18. The mobile terminal according to claim 17 , wherein the at least one previous event comprises at least a telephone call, a transmission of a message, a scheduled event, or a transmission of information through a social network service.