CN109889756B

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Publication number: CN109889756B
Application number: CN201910193155.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林金钊
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-03-14
Filing date: 2019-03-14
Publication date: 2021-01-08
Anticipated expiration: 2039-03-14
Also published as: CN109889756A

Abstract

本发明提供一种视频通话方法及终端设备。该方法包括：在与目标联系人进行视频通话连接时，获取视频通话参考信息；根据所述视频通话参考信息，启动前置摄像头和/或后置摄像头，采集与所述目标联系人视频通话的视频数据其中，视频通话参考信息包括以下至少一项：与目标联系人对应的常用摄像头；当前时间；当前位置。本发明通过视频通话参考信息，开启相应的摄像头以采集与目标联系人进行视频通话时的视频数据，从而在满足用户视频通话时摄像头采集画面要求的同时，还能保护用户隐私，提升用户的视频通话体验。

The present invention provides a video call method and terminal device. The method includes: when a video call is connected with a target contact, acquiring video call reference information; according to the video call reference information, starting a front camera and/or a rear camera to collect the video call with the target contact. In the video data, the video call reference information includes at least one of the following: a commonly used camera corresponding to the target contact; the current time; and the current location. The present invention uses the video call reference information to turn on the corresponding camera to collect the video data during the video call with the target contact, so as to meet the user's requirements for the camera to capture the image during the video call, while also protecting the user's privacy and improving the user's video call experience.

Description

Video call method and terminal equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of communication application, in particular to a video call method and terminal equipment.

Background

With the continuous development of mobile communication technology and the reduction of communication cost, more and more users choose to use video calls for communication. In the prior art, in order to meet the requirement that a user wants to simultaneously view picture contents in different directions to a user at a terminal of the other party during a video call, the user can use a front camera and a rear camera on an intelligent terminal (such as a mobile phone) to carry out the video call.

When a user uses the front camera and the rear camera on the intelligent terminal to carry out video call, although the user who sees the terminal by the other side can see a picture of a larger scene, the risk of revealing the privacy of the user is brought. For example, the user does not want to see the user or the user does not want to see the picture behind the rear camera.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a video call method and terminal equipment, and aims to solve the problem of risk of user privacy disclosure in the existing video call.

In order to solve the technical problem, the invention is realized as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a video call method, including:

when video call connection is carried out with a target contact person, video call reference information is acquired;

starting a front camera and/or a rear camera according to the video call reference information, and collecting video data of video call with the target contact;

wherein the video call reference information comprises at least one of the following information:

the camera commonly used corresponding to the target contact person, the camera commonly used is a camera with the use times in the history video call of the target contact person exceeds the preset times, and the camera commonly used comprises: at least one of a front camera and a rear camera;

the current time;

the current position.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, including:

the acquisition module is used for acquiring video call reference information when video call connection is carried out with a target contact person;

the control module is used for starting a front camera and/or a rear camera according to the video call reference information and collecting video data of video call with the target contact person;

the current time;

the current position.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, which includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, where the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the video call method described above.

In a fourth aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when being executed by a processor, the computer program implements the steps of the video call method as described above.

In the above scheme of the embodiment of the invention, when the video call connection is carried out with the target contact person, the video call reference information is obtained; according to the video call reference information, the front camera and/or the rear camera are/is started to collect video data in video call with the target contact person, so that the corresponding camera is started to collect the video data in video call with the target contact person through the video call reference information, the requirement of the camera on collecting pictures of the user in video call is met, the privacy of the user can be protected, and the video call experience of the user is improved.

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Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a video call method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a display control method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The implementation of the method is described in detail below with reference to this figure.

Step 101, when video call connection is carried out with a target contact person, video call reference information is obtained.

In this step, when the terminal device performs video call connection with the target contact, the terminal device may serve as a video call connection initiator to actively perform video call connection with the target contact. For example, the terminal device receives an input operation of a user on a chat interface of certain locally installed social software, specifically, a click operation on a video call button of an information editing area in the chat interface, and in response to the input operation, the terminal device is controlled to actively initiate a video call connection with a target contact.

And when the terminal equipment is in video call connection with the target contact person, the terminal equipment can also be used as a video call connection receiver to be in video call connection with the target contact person as a video call initiator. For example, when a video call invitation interface identifying the target contact is displayed on a screen of the terminal device, the terminal device is described to be in video call connection with the target contact.

Andstep 102, starting a front camera and/or a rear camera according to the video call reference information, and collecting video data of video call with the target contact.

the current time;

the current position.

In this step, the terminal device can start the front camera, can start the rear camera, and can also start two cameras of the front camera and the rear camera, and which camera is specifically started depends on the video call reference information.

Here, the activated camera captures frame image data, wherein the video data includes at least one frame of preview image data.

Here, the common camera corresponding to the target contact person, that is, the common camera in the video call with the target contact person.

The current time is the current time when the target contact person is in video communication; the current position is the current position when the target contact person is in video call.

In the embodiment of the invention, when the video call connection is carried out with the target contact person, the reference information of the video call is obtained; according to the video call reference information, the front camera and/or the rear camera are/is started to collect video data in video call with the target contact person, so that the corresponding camera is started to collect the video data in video call with the target contact person through the video call reference information, the requirement of the camera on collecting pictures of the user in video call is met, the privacy of the user can be protected, and the video call experience of the user is improved.

As an optional implementation manner, the video call reference information includes a commonly used camera corresponding to the target contact, and the starting of the front camera and/or the rear camera according to the video call reference information instep 102 may specifically include:

and starting the camera corresponding to the common camera.

It should be noted that the frequently-used camera is a camera whose use frequency in the historical video call with the target contact exceeds a preset frequency.

That is to say, according to the use habit of the camera when the terminal device carries out the video call with the target contact person before, the camera which needs to be started during the video call is determined. For example, if the habit of using the front camera to perform video call, the front camera is directly started; if the user is used to carry out video call by using the rear camera, the rear camera is directly started; if the habit of using the front camera and the rear camera to carry out video call, the front camera and the rear camera are started simultaneously.

Here, the number of times of using the camera in the historical video call with the target contact is recorded in the terminal device, and when the video call connection is performed with the target contact, the terminal device reads the recorded number of times of using the camera to determine whether a commonly used camera exists or which camera specifically corresponds to when the commonly used camera exists.

It should be further noted that the description of the commonly used camera corresponding to the target contact is a camera meeting the requirement of the camera for acquiring pictures during the video call of the user, and meanwhile, the disclosure degree of the privacy of the user during the video call with the target contact is also necessarily considered.

As another optional implementation, the video call reference information includes the current time; instep 102, starting the front camera and/or the rear camera according to the video call reference information may specifically include:

and starting the camera corresponding to the current time according to the current time and the pre-recorded cameras which are started corresponding to different times of the target contact person in the historical video call.

Here, it should be noted that the current time is a pre-recorded time of a different time from the time of the historical video call with the target contact.

In this step, the pre-recorded cameras which are started corresponding to the target contact at different times during the historical video call indicate that the user has different privacy requirements at different times during the video call, and the user can also understand that the privacy disclosure degree of the user at different times is different. The implementation mode can meet different privacy requirements of the user on different time during video call.

Specifically, the cameras which are started at different times corresponding to the target contact in the historical video call can be obtained through a machine learning algorithm. That is, the corresponding relation between different times of the target contact person in the historical video call and the corresponding started camera is obtained through a machine learning algorithm.

In one example, for a user of a terminal device, obtaining a video call between the user and a target contact person in the morning, such as 8:00am to 10:00am, through a historical video call record, and performing video by using a front-facing camera; the video call between the user and the target contact person occurs in the afternoon, for example, 6:00 pm-11: 00pm, and the two cameras of the front camera and the rear camera are used for carrying out the video call.

Then, if the current time when the video call is made with the target contact is 9:00am in the morning and corresponds to a time period of 8:00 am-10: 00am, starting the front camera; and if the current time of the video call with the target contact person is 8:00pm and corresponds to a time period of 6:00pm to 11:00pm, starting the front camera and the rear camera to carry out the video call.

As a further optional implementation manner, the video call reference information includes the current time; instep 102, starting the front camera and/or the rear camera according to the video call reference information may specifically include:

and starting the camera corresponding to the current time according to the current time and the preset camera which is started corresponding to the target contact person at different time during the video call.

Here, in order to meet different privacy requirements of different users for different times during video call, the user may preset, according to the user's own needs, cameras that are started corresponding to different times of the target contact person during video call, that is, preset a corresponding relationship between the different times of the target contact person during video call and the cameras that are started corresponding to the target contact person.

Specifically, the hour in one day can be taken as a unit, 24 hours can be divided into a plurality of time units, and the cameras which are correspondingly started for video call and are arranged in different time units are different.

For example, 24 hours are divided into three time units, wherein 0:00 am-8: 00am is a first time unit, 8:00 am-6: 00pm is a second time unit, and 6:00 pm-12: 00pm is a third time unit, and if the video call between the user and the target contact person occurs in the first time unit, the rear camera is started; if the video call between the user and the target contact person occurs in the second time unit, starting the front-facing camera; and if the video call between the user and the target contact person occurs in the third time unit, starting the front camera and the rear camera.

Then, if the current time of the video call with the target contact is 6:00am and corresponds to a time period from 0:00am to 8:00am, starting the rear camera; if the current time of the video call with the target contact is 10am and corresponds to a time period of 8:00 am-6: 00pm, starting the front camera; and if the current time of the video call with the target contact person is 11pm and corresponds to a time period of 6:00 pm-12: 00pm, starting the two cameras of the front camera and the rear camera.

As an optional implementation manner, the video call reference information includes the current location; instep 102, starting the front camera and/or the rear camera according to the video call reference information may specifically include:

and starting the camera corresponding to the current position according to the current position and the pre-recorded cameras which are started corresponding to different positions of the target contact person during the historical video call.

Here, it should be noted that the current location is a location recorded in advance among different locations with the target contact during the historical video call.

In this step, through the pre-recorded cameras started corresponding to different positions of the target contact in the historical video call, it is described that the user has different privacy requirements for the different positions of the user in the video call, and it can also be understood that the privacy disclosure degree of the user is different for the different positions of the user in the video call. The implementation mode can meet different privacy requirements of the user on different positions where the user is located during video call.

Specifically, when the video call is performed with the target contact person, the terminal device may position the geographic position of the terminal device through a satellite positioning signal of a satellite positioning system or a satellite navigation system; the geographical position of the terminal equipment can be positioned through the position of the WiFi hotspot connected with the terminal equipment; the geographical location of the terminal may also be located by a base station of the mobile communication network in which the terminal device resides.

Here, through the above positioning manner, in combination with a machine learning algorithm, the cameras started corresponding to different positions of the target contact person during the historical video call are obtained, that is, the corresponding relationship between different positions of the target contact person during the historical video call and the cameras started corresponding to the different positions is obtained.

In one example, for a user of a terminal device, a geographic position where the user is in video call with a target contact is obtained through a historical video call record and is a position where an office place of the user is located or a position where a home place is located, and a front-facing camera is used for video call, wherein the user possibly considers that the privacy requirement of an indoor place is high; the geographical position where the user and the contact are located during the video call is the position where the outdoor public place is located, the two cameras of the front camera and the rear camera are used for carrying out the video call, and at the moment, the user possibly considers that the privacy requirement of the public place is low.

Then, if the geographic position of the video call with the target contact is the position of the home location of the user, starting the front camera according to the corresponding relation; and if the geographic position of the target contact person during the video call is the position of the outdoor public place, starting the front camera and the rear camera according to the corresponding relation.

In another example, when the geographic location where the video call is made with the target contact is the location of the home, the bedroom or the living room may be further finely divided, for example, through a history video call record, and if the video call is made in the bedroom, the front camera is used for the video call; here, for some users, the bedroom is a place with high privacy, and the users do not want to make the layout and display in the bedroom visible to target contacts; if the living room is the living room, two cameras, namely a front camera and a rear camera, are used.

If the position of the video call with the target contact person is the bedroom of the user, starting the front camera according to the corresponding relation; and if the position where the video call with the target contact person is located is a living room, starting the front camera and the rear camera.

Specifically, the images (including the layout, display and the like of each room) of each room of the user's home location collected by the front camera and/or the rear camera may be stored in the terminal device in advance, and when the video call is made with the target contact person, the current image collected by the front camera and/or the rear camera may be matched with the image of each room of the user's home location stored in the terminal device in advance to determine the current specific location.

Here, the current image data collected by the front camera and/or the rear camera is directly transmitted to the processor or the controller of the terminal device, and is not displayed on the screen of the terminal device.

It should be noted that, for different users, the cameras corresponding to different positions of the respective target contacts during the historical video call are different, and the correspondence relationship pre-recorded in the respective terminal devices corresponding to the different users is taken as a reference, which is only described as an example.

As a further optional implementation, the video call reference information includes the current location; instep 102, starting the front camera and/or the rear camera according to the video call reference information may specifically include:

and starting the camera corresponding to the current position according to the current position and the preset cameras which are started corresponding to different positions of the target contact person during the video call.

Here, in order to meet different privacy requirements of the user for different positions where the user is located during the video call, the user may set in advance, according to the user's own needs, cameras corresponding to different positions where the target contact person is located during the video call, that is, a correspondence between the different positions where the target contact person is located during the video call and the cameras that are correspondingly started.

For example, if the geographic location where the video call with the target contact person is located is the location of the office of the user, the front-facing camera may be started; if the geographic position of the video call with the target contact is the position of the home place of the user, starting a rear camera; and if the geographic position of the target contact person during the video call is the position of the outdoor public place, starting the front camera and the rear camera.

Then, if the current position of the target contact person during the video call is the position of the office place of the user, starting the front-facing camera according to the corresponding relation; if the current position of the target contact person during the video call is the position of the home place of the user, starting a rear camera according to the corresponding relation; and if the current position of the target contact person during the video call is the position of the outdoor public place, starting the front camera and the rear camera according to the corresponding relation.

As still another optional implementation manner, when the video call reference information includes at least two items of information; instep 102, starting the front camera and/or the rear camera according to the video call reference information may specifically include:

when the cameras to be started are determined to be inconsistent according to the at least two pieces of information, starting a camera with the highest priority in the cameras to be started according to a preset camera starting priority corresponding to the video call reference information;

and when the cameras to be started are determined to be consistent according to the at least two items of information, starting the determined consistent cameras.

Here, the video call reference information includes at least two items of information, specifically at least two items of information among a common camera corresponding to the target contact, a current time, and a current location.

For example, the video call reference information includes: a common camera corresponding to the target contact; the current time.

In this step, the cameras to be started are respectively determined according to at least two items of information in the common cameras, the current time and the current position corresponding to the target contact person, wherein the determined cameras to be started have two conditions of consistency and inconsistency.

Here, if the determined cameras to be started are consistent, that is, the determined cameras to be started are the same, the determined consistent cameras are started.

And if the determined cameras to be started are inconsistent, starting the camera with the highest priority in the cameras to be started according to the preset camera starting priority corresponding to the video call reference information.

In one example, the video call reference information includes: and the common camera, the current time and the current position corresponding to the target contact person. The common camera corresponding to the target contact person is a front camera; the current time is combined with the pre-recorded cameras which are correspondingly started at different times when the target contact person is in the historical video call, wherein the current time is 8:00pm, and if the pre-recorded cameras which are correspondingly started at 6:00pm to 11:00pm when the target contact person is in the historical video call are pre-cameras; the current position is combined with a pre-recorded camera which is correspondingly started at different positions of the target contact person during the historical video call; and if the current position of the target contact person during the video call is the position of the outdoor public place, the pre-recorded camera started corresponding to the position of the outdoor public place of the target contact person during the historical video call is a rear-mounted camera.

In this way, the cameras to be started, which are determined corresponding to the current time and the current position, are inconsistent, and if the preset camera starting priority corresponding to the video call reference information is the current time from high to low in sequence; a common camera corresponding to the target contact; a current location; the front camera is activated.

In another example, the video call reference information includes: a common camera corresponding to the target contact person and the current time. The common camera corresponding to the target contact person is a front camera; the current time is combined with preset cameras which are correspondingly started at different times when the target contact person is in a video call; and if the current time is 8:00pm, and if the preset camera started corresponding to 7:00 pm-12: 00pm of the target contact person in the video call is a rear camera.

In this way, the common cameras corresponding to the target contact persons are inconsistent with the cameras to be started determined by the current time, and if the preset camera starting priority corresponding to the video call reference information is the current time from high to low in sequence; a common camera corresponding to the target contact; the rear camera is started.

Here, the target contact is preferably stored in a contact list in the terminal device.

In addition, if the target contact is an unfamiliar contact, or the contact number corresponding to the target contact is an unfamiliar number, or the social contact account corresponding to the contact number is an unfamiliar account, for example, the target contact is stored in a contact list in the terminal device, the camera is started by default to carry out video call, and specific starting or rear setting can be set by a user.

In addition, afterstep 102, the video call method according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes:

and transmitting the collected video data which are in video call with the target contact person to terminal equipment operated by the target contact person.

On the side of the terminal device operated by the target contact, the corresponding video call method may include:

receiving video data collected by opposite terminal equipment; the video data is decoded and a video picture corresponding to the video data is displayed on a screen.

Here, when the received video data includes: the method comprises the steps that first group of video data collected by a front camera of opposite-end equipment and second group of video data collected by a rear camera of the opposite-end equipment, namely, two groups of video data are acquired, a target contact person, namely a user can display video pictures according to own favor, for example, the video pictures after the first group of video data is decoded and the video pictures after the second group of video data is decoded can be displayed on a screen up and down or left and right, floating window display can be adjusted according to the size, if terminal equipment operated by the target contact person has a double-sided screen, the video pictures can be displayed on the double-sided screen respectively according to needs, and specifically, the video pictures can be selected according to user preference.

According to the video call method provided by the embodiment of the invention, when video call connection is carried out with a target contact person, video call reference information is acquired; according to the video call reference information, the front camera and/or the rear camera are/is started to collect video data in video call with the target contact person, so that the corresponding camera is started to collect the video data in video call with the target contact person through the video call reference information, the requirement of the camera on collecting pictures of the user in video call is met, the privacy of the user can be protected, and the video call experience of the user is improved.

Based on the method, the embodiment of the invention provides the terminal equipment for realizing the method.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. An embodiment of the present invention provides aterminal device 200, where theterminal device 200 may include:

the acquiringmodule 201 is configured to acquire video call reference information when performing video call connection with a target contact;

thecontrol module 202 is configured to start a front camera and/or a rear camera according to the video call reference information, and acquire video data of a video call with the target contact;

the current time;

the current position.

Optionally, the video call reference information includes a common camera corresponding to the target contact; accordingly, thecontrol module 202 may specifically include:

and the first control unit is used for starting the camera corresponding to the common camera.

Optionally, the video call reference information includes the current time; accordingly, thecontrol module 202 may specifically include:

and the second control unit is used for starting the camera corresponding to the current time according to the current time and the camera which is started correspondingly to the target contact person at different times during the historical video call and is recorded in advance.

and the third control unit is used for starting the camera corresponding to the current time according to the current time and the preset camera which is started corresponding to the different time of the target contact person during the video call.

Optionally, the video call reference information includes the current location; accordingly, thecontrol module 202 may specifically include:

and the fourth control unit is used for starting the camera corresponding to the current position according to the current position and the cameras which are started correspondingly to different positions of the target contact person in the historical video call and are recorded in advance.

and the fifth control unit is used for starting the camera corresponding to the current position according to the current position and the preset cameras which are started corresponding to different positions of the target contact person during the video call.

Optionally, the video call reference information includes at least two items of information; accordingly, thecontrol module 202 may specifically include:

the sixth control unit is used for starting a camera with the highest priority in the cameras to be started according to a preset camera starting priority corresponding to the video call reference information when the cameras to be started respectively determined according to the at least two pieces of information are inconsistent;

and the seventh control unit is used for starting the determined consistent cameras when the cameras to be started determined according to the at least two items of information are consistent.

The terminal device provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the mobile terminal in the method embodiment of fig. 1, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

According to the terminal device provided by the embodiment of the invention, when the video call connection is carried out with the target contact person through the acquisition module, the video call reference information is acquired; the control module starts the front camera and/or the rear camera according to the video call reference information to collect video data in video call with the target contact person, so that the corresponding camera is started to collect the video data in video call with the target contact person through the video call reference information, the requirement of the camera on collecting pictures when the user video call is met, the privacy of the user can be protected, and the video call experience of the user is improved.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal device for implementing various embodiments of the present invention.

Theterminal device 300 includes but is not limited to:radio frequency unit 301,network module 302,audio output unit 303,input unit 304,sensor 305,display unit 306,user input unit 307,interface unit 308,memory 309,processor 310, andpower supply 311. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal device configuration shown in fig. 3 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal device, and that the terminal device may include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal device, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

Theprocessor 310 is configured to obtain video call reference information when performing video call connection with a target contact; starting a front camera and/or a rear camera according to the video call reference information, and collecting video data of video call with the target contact;

the current time;

the current position.

In the embodiment of the invention, the corresponding camera is started to collect the video data when the video call is carried out with the target contact person through the video call reference information, so that the requirement of the camera on collecting the picture when the user carries out the video call is met, the privacy of the user can be protected, and the video call experience of the user is improved.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, theradio frequency unit 301 may be used for receiving and sending signals during a message sending and receiving process or a call process, and specifically, receives downlink data from a base station and then processes the received downlink data to theprocessor 310; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. In general,radio frequency unit 301 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, theradio frequency unit 301 can also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The terminal device provides the user with wireless broadband internet access through thenetwork module 302, such as helping the user send and receive e-mails, browse webpages, access streaming media, and the like.

Theaudio output unit 303 may convert audio data received by theradio frequency unit 301 or thenetwork module 302 or stored in thememory 309 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, theaudio output unit 303 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the terminal device 300 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). Theaudio output unit 303 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

Theinput unit 304 is used to receive audio or video signals. Theinput Unit 304 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 3041 and amicrophone 3042, and theGraphics processor 3041 processes image data of a still picture or video obtained by an image capturing apparatus (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on thedisplay unit 306. The image frames processed by thegraphic processor 3041 may be stored in the memory 309 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via theradio frequency unit 301 or thenetwork module 302. Themicrophone 3042 may receive sounds and may be capable of processing such sounds into audio data. The processed audio data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via theradio frequency unit 301 in case of the phone call mode.

Theterminal device 300 further comprises at least onesensor 305, such as light sensors, motion sensors and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that adjusts the brightness of thedisplay panel 3061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that turns off thedisplay panel 3061 and/or a backlight when theterminal device 300 is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the posture of the mobile terminal device (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), and vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping); thesensors 305 may also include fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, infrared sensors, etc., which are not described in detail herein.

Thedisplay unit 306 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. TheDisplay unit 306 may include aDisplay panel 3061, and theDisplay panel 3061 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like.

Theuser input unit 307 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the mobile terminal device. Specifically, theuser input unit 307 includes atouch panel 3071 andother input devices 3072. Thetouch panel 3071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user on or near the touch panel 3071 (e.g., operations by a user on or near thetouch panel 3071 using a finger, a stylus, or any suitable object or attachment). Thetouch panel 3071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to theprocessor 310, and receives and executes commands sent by theprocessor 310. In addition, thetouch panel 3071 may be implemented using various types, such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. Theuser input unit 307 may includeother input devices 3072 in addition to thetouch panel 3071. Specifically, theother input devices 3072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described herein.

Further, thetouch panel 3071 may be overlaid on thedisplay panel 3061, and when thetouch panel 3071 detects a touch operation on or near the touch panel, the touch operation is transmitted to theprocessor 310 to determine the type of the touch event, and then theprocessor 310 provides a corresponding visual output on thedisplay panel 3061 according to the type of the touch event. Although thetouch panel 3071 and thedisplay panel 3061 are shown as two separate components in fig. 3 to implement the input and output functions of the mobile terminal device, in some embodiments, thetouch panel 3071 and thedisplay panel 3061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the mobile terminal device, which is not limited herein.

Theinterface unit 308 is an interface for connecting an external device to theterminal apparatus 300. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. Theinterface unit 308 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within theterminal apparatus 300 or may be used to transmit data between theterminal apparatus 300 and an external device.

Thememory 309 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. Thememory 309 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program storage area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, thememory 309 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

Theprocessor 310 is a control center of the mobile terminal device, connects various parts of the entire mobile terminal device using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the mobile terminal device and processes data by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in thememory 309 and calling data stored in thememory 309, thereby performing overall monitoring of the mobile terminal device.Processor 310 may include one or more processing units; preferably, theprocessor 310 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into theprocessor 310.

Terminal device 300 may also include a power supply 311 (e.g., a battery) for providing power to various components, and preferably,power supply 311 may be logically connected toprocessor 310 via a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption management functions via the power management system.

In addition, theterminal device 300 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described in detail here.

Preferably, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, which includes aprocessor 310, amemory 309, and a computer program stored in thememory 309 and capable of running on theprocessor 310, where the computer program is executed by theprocessor 310 to implement each process of the video call method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not described here again.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements each process of the video call method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal device (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present invention.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, which are illustrative and not restrictive, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.