Patent ID: 7809401
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal having a camera unit that images a subject, comprising: movement determination means for determining a direction and distance in which a body of the mobile terminal moved on the basis of a shift between images sequentially captured through the camera unit in a mouse mode; short-range wireless communication means; control means for controlling the short-range wireless communication means to transmit information representing the direction and distance, determined by the movement determination means, by short-range wireless to an operated apparatus which includes display means and controls a pointer displayed on the display means on the basis of the received information representing the direction and distance; and wireless communication means for communicating with a wireless base station by wireless, wherein when the wireless communication means detects the reception of an electronic mail, the control means controls the short-range wireless communication means to transmit information, representing the reception of the electronic mail, by short-range wireless to the operated apparatus, and when detecting a predetermined operation at a user interface of the mobile terminal after the reception of the electronic mail, the control means controls display means included in the mobile terminal to display the received electronic mail during execution of the mouse mode, or controls the short-range wireless communication means to transmit the received electronic mail by short-range wireless to the operated apparatus.