Patent ID: 7881523
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A mobile communication terminal, comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly receive images and control information from at least one other terminal, said control information indicating whether the images are to be displayed as two-dimensional images or three-dimensional images; a display unit configured to display the images; a barrier panel configured to generate a difference between a focus of first image incident on a user's right eye and a focus of a second image incident on the user's left eye; and a control unit configured to selectively activate or deactivate the barrier panel in accordance with the control information, wherein the wireless communication unit is configured to receive the first image at a first reception time and to receive the second image at a second reception time that is after the first reception time, wherein the control unit is further configured to deactivate the barrier panel and control the display unit to display the first image when the first image is received at the first reception time from the at least one other terminal, and when the second image is received at the second reception time, to determine whether the first and second images are to be displayed as a three-dimensional image based on the control information, to maintain the barrier panel in the deactivated state and display the second image when the control information indicates the first and second images are not to be displayed as the three-dimensional image, and to activate the barrier panel, compose the first and second images as the three-dimensional image and control the display unit to display the composed image to be displayed as the three-dimensional image when the control information indicates the first and second images are to be displayed as the three-dimensional image, and wherein when the control information indicates the first and second images are to be displayed as the three-dimensional image and the second image is not received at the second reception time from the at least one other terminal, the control unit is further configured to deactivate the barrier panel and to display the first image as the two-dimensional image.