Patent ID: 8913176

Claim:
A mobile terminal comprising: a camera; a touch screen display; and a controller configured to: control the touch screen display to display an image that is received via the camera for preview, the image including a plurality of objects to be focused on; recognize a plurality of touch inputs on a plurality of specific points of the displayed image via the touch screen display; control the touch screen display to display a plurality of guides having a predetermined size at or substantially near the plurality of specific points of the image displayed in response to the plurality of touch inputs, a size of the displayed plurality of guides being adjusted according to a size of the plurality of objects; determine a plurality of focusing areas for focusing on the plurality of objects corresponding to the plurality of specific points; perform multi-focusing on the plurality of objects based on the determined plurality of focusing areas; control the camera to capture the image with the multi-focused plurality of objects; assign different priorities to the plurality of specific points based on preset criteria; and perform the multi-focusing according to the assigned priorities of the plurality of specific points such that a specific point with a higher assigned priority is more accurately focused than a specific point with a lower assigned priority.