| US 7,583,285 B2 | ||
| Mobile communication terminal | ||
| Osamu Otaka, Tokyo (Japan); Mineko Moroto, Tokyo (Japan); Norioki Watanabe, Tokyo (Japan); Shinichiro Ide, Chiba (Japan); and Satoshi Ogawa, Gifu (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Vodafone Group PLC, Newbury, Berkshire (United Kingdom) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/557,287 PCT Filed May 18, 2004, PCT No. PCT/JP2004/006650 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Nov. 18, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/102931, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2004. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2003-139866 (JP), filed on May 19, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0232662 A1, Oct. 19, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 7/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 348—14.01 [382/183] | 23 Claims |
| 1. A mobile communication terminals comprising:
image shooting means for shooting an image;
image data memory means for storing data of a code image shot by said image shooting means;
image data analyzing means for analyzing the data of the code image to obtain code data from the code image;
control means for controlling at least one of: said image shooting means, said image data analyzing means and said image data
memory means; and
application program executing means for executing an application program using the code data,
wherein said control means controls the at least one of: said image shooting means, said image data analyzing means and said
image data memory means based on a control request instruction sent from said application program executing means that is
executing the application program, wherein the control request instruction corresponds to the code data,
and wherein execution of the application program by the application program executing means is placed in a blocked state upon
the sending of the control request instruction, the blocked state being cancelled and execution of the application program
resumed upon receipt of a notification from the control means.
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