Apparatus and method for controlling functions of mobile terminal

摘要

A portable terminal includes an apparatus for controlling an operation of a mobile terminal. More particularly, an apparatus and a method sets a menu to control a mobile terminal in a specific region of an image stored in advance. A relevant function is performed by selecting the specific region of the image in which the menu has been set in the mobile terminal, thereby performing the relevant function fast and conveniently without separately selecting a menu (entering a menu). The apparatus includes a controller. The controller selects a specific region from an output image, sets a menu for controlling a function of the mobile terminal at the specific region, and stores the image where the menu has been set.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a display unit configured to display a list of human images, each human image comprising a particular set of contact information different from one another: an input unit configured to receive an human image selection input, a first user input and a second user input from a user of the apparatus to one of the human images; and a controller configured to: select, according to the image selection input, an human image from the list of human images; responsive to receiving the first user input on the selected human image, map a plurality of functions of the apparatus to a corresponding plurality of portions of the selected human image; and responsive to receiving the second user input on the selected human image, perform a function of the plurality of functions associated with a mapped portion of the plurality of portions of the selected human image using the particular set of contact information of the selected human image.