Patent ID: 8391697

Claim:
A method of controlling an operation of a bar-type mobile terminal, the method comprising: controlling operation of a camera positioned in a bar-type main body of the bar-type mobile terminal in a photo capture mode via a controller of the bar-type mobile terminal; controlling a display of the bar-type mobile terminal, via the controller, to display a first screen corresponding to an operation selected during the photo capture mode while the camera is operated in the photo capture mode, the first screen comprising a first icon for indicating that the camera is operating in the photo capture mode; determining, via the controller, that the bar-type main body has been rotated 360 degrees in a predetermined direction about an axis of the bar-type main body while the camera was operating in the photo capture mode; ceasing controlling operation of the camera, via the controller, in the photo capture mode based upon the determination that the bar-type main body has been rotated 360 degrees in the predetermined direction while the camera was operating in the photo capture mode; controlling operation of the camera, via the controller, in a video capture mode based upon the determination that the bar-type main body has been rotated 360 degrees in the predetermined direction while the camera was operating in the photo capture mode; controlling the display via the controller, while the camera is operated in the video capture mode, to display a second screen corresponding to an operation selected during the video capture mode, the second screen comprising a second icon for indicating that the camera is operating in the video capture mode; determining, via the controller, that the bar-type main body has been rotated 360 degrees in the predetermined direction about the axis of the bar-type main body while the camera was operating in the video capture mode; ceasing controlling operation of the camera, via the controller, in the video capture mode based upon the determination that the bar-type main body has been rotated 360 degrees in the predetermined direction while the camera was operating in the video capture mode; and controlling operation of the camera, via the controller, in the photo capture mode based upon the determination that the bar-type main body has been rotated 360 degrees in the predetermined direction while the camera was operating in the video capture mode.