| US 7,526,323 B2 | ||
| Portable composite communication terminal for transmitting/receiving voice and images, and operation method and communication system thereof | ||
| Jae-Min Kim, Suwon-shi (Korea, Republic of); Jeong-Seok Oh, Yong-in-shi (Korea, Republic of); and Sang-Ryul Park, Taegu-Kwangyokshi (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 03, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/3,222. | ||
| Application 11/003222 is a division of application No. 09/540830, filed on Mar. 31, 2000, granted, now 7,139,014. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 1999-11179 (KR), filed on Mar. 31, 1999. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0085263 A1, Apr. 21, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—566 [455/575.1; 348/14.01; 348/14.02] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A method of operating a portable composite communication terminal, having at least one controller, said portable composite
communication terminal which functions as both a portable phone and a camera, comprising the steps of:
setting a portable phone mode by turning on the portable composite communication terminal, a first regulating voltage supporting
components of the portable phone mode, and performing a general portable phone function;
setting a camera mode, upon user request for camera operation, a second regulating voltage supporting components of the camera
mode, and performing a camera function;
capturing the image of an object upon user request for a photograph in the camera mode; and
displaying a captured image stored in a camera memory of the portable composite communication terminal on a display of the
portable composite communication terminal upon user request for displaying the image.
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