Patent ID: 8643737

Claim:
A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: selecting a menu for modifying camera setting information in response to a first user input; displaying a first screen image corresponding to the selected menu on a display of the mobile terminal; selecting an automatic image-correction mode from the first screen image in response to a second user input; displaying a second screen image for receiving at least one image correction information for correcting a captured image; setting the automatic image-correction mode based on the received image correction information; storing modified camera setting information including the automatic image-correction mode set based on the received image correction information in a memory of the mobile terminal; displaying a preview image received in real time via a camera of the mobile terminal, the preview image viewable in real time via the display; detecting a face area in the preview image; detecting the image correction information stored in the memory when the camera is used to capture the preview image, the image correction information being set by a user in advance of the displaying of the preview image; detecting manipulation of a shutter button of the camera by the user when the camera is used to capture the preview image as a captured image; automatically correcting the captured image according to the detected image correction information without additional user input in response to the detection of the manipulation of the shutter button; if the automatic image-correction mode is not set in advance by the user prior to the capturing of the preview image, correcting the captured image based on image correction information set in response to a third user input, the third user input comprising manually setting the image correction information when the shutter button is manipulated; displaying the corrected captured image on the display; and storing the corrected captured image in the memory, wherein correcting the captured image includes either correcting the detected face area or correcting the captured image except for the detected face area.