Patent ID: 8447225

Claim:
A mobile terminal comprising: a camera configured to receive a preview image; a memory configured to buffer the preview image by a predetermined time unit; a display including an upper main display portion and a lower display portion and configured to display the preview image in the main display portion; and a controller configured to: receive a touch input of a capture icon on the display, buffer the preview image currently being displayed in the main display portion, display a plurality of thumbnail images in the lower display portion below the main display portion when the capture icon is selected, wherein the plurality of thumbnail images include at least a thumbnail image of the preview image being displayed when the capture icon was touched and thumbnail images of the preview image before the capture icon was touched, receive a touch selection of one of the thumbnails displayed in the lower display portion, display the touch selected thumbnail image in the main display portion, and maintain the display of the plurality of thumbnail images including the touch selected thumbnail image in the lower display portion.