Patent ID: 7301556

Claim:
A method in a mobile communications terminal for transmitting an image signal between at least a first mobile communications terminal and a second mobile communications terminal while in a telephonic communication, the mobile communications terminal comprising an image input unit, an encoder for encoding an image from the image input unit, a storing unit for storing an image, an image signal processor and an image selector, the method comprising: selectively transmitting during the telephonic communication one of a first image signal captured by the image input unit of the first mobile communications terminal or a second image signal stored in the storing unit of the first mobile communications terminal to the second mobile communications terminal depending on a user's setting of the first mobile communications terminal; detecting whether a cut-off mode has been selected by the user of the first mobile communications terminal; if the cut-off mode is set, transmitting the second image signal as a main image signal to the second mobile communications terminal during the telephonic communication; and transmitting the first image signal as the main image signal to the second mobile communications terminal during the telephonic communication if the cut-off mode is not selected by the user.