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Granted Patent B2
US 9,077,894 · App. 13/603,652 · Granted Jul 7, 2015

Method and apparatus for capturing still image during photographing or reproduction of moving image

Inventor: Kyoung-ae Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04N5/23216H04N5/772H04N9/8227H04N5/23219
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Patent No.
US 9,077,894
App. No.
13/603,652
Granted
Jul 7, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus is provided. The method includes: setting a still image capturing condition; capturing a moving image; and capturing a still image when the still image capturing condition is satisfied during photographing of the moving image.

Claims (67)

1. A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus, the method comprising:

setting a still image capturing condition comprising at least one of a face direction, a face position, a face expression, and a blink;

photographing a moving image; and

capturing a still image when the face is detected during photographing of the moving image and the still image capturing condition is satisfied.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the still image capturing condition comprises whether a face is detected or not, and

the method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus further comprises detecting the face from each of a plurality of moving image frames during photographing of the moving image.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the still image capturing condition comprises object composition,

the method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus further comprises determining whether composition of an object from each of a plurality of moving image frames satisfies a composition set in the still image capturing condition during photographing of the moving image, and

the capturing of the still image comprises capturing the still image when the composition of the object from at least one of the plurality of moving image frames satisfies the composition set in the still image capturing condition.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the capturing of the moving image comprises:

resizing an imaging signal generated by an imaging device to have a resolution of a moving image file; and

generating the moving image file from the imaging signal that is resized to have the resolution of the moving image file, and

the capturing of the still image comprises:

resizing the imaging signal to have a resolution of a still image file; and

generating the still image file from the imaging signal that is resized to have the resolution of the still image file.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

temporally storing the captured still image;

when the moving image photographing is terminated, displaying the still image that is temporally stored; and

generating and storing a still image file for storing the still image that is temporally stored, according to user's selection.

6. A digital photographing apparatus comprising:

an imaging device that photoelectrically transforms incident light to generate an imaging signal;

a moving image file generating unit that generates a moving image file from the imaging signal;

a dual capturing unit that sets a still image capturing condition comprising at least one of a face direction, a face position, a face expression, and a blink, and captures a still image when the face is detected during photographing of the moving image corresponding to the moving image file and the still image capturing condition is satisfied.

7. The digital photographing apparatus of claim 6 , wherein:

the still image capturing condition comprises whether a face is detected or not, and

the digital photographing apparatus further comprises a face detecting unit that detects the face from each of a plurality of moving image frames during photographing of the moving image.

8. The digital photographing apparatus of claim 6 , wherein:

the still image capturing condition comprises object composition,

the digital photographing apparatus further comprises a composition determining unit that determines whether composition of an object from each of a plurality of moving image frames satisfies a composition set in the still image capturing condition during photographing of the moving image, and

the dual capturing unit captures the still image when the composition of the object from at least one of the plurality of the moving image frames satisfies the composition set in the still image capturing condition.

9. The digital photographing apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the moving image file generating unit resizes the imaging signal generated by the imaging device to have a resolution of the moving image file and generates the moving image file from the imaging signal that is resized to have the resolution of the moving image file, and

wherein the dual capturing unit resizes the imaging signal to have a resolution of a still image file and generates the still image file from the imaging signal that is resized to have the resolution of the still image file.

10. The digital photographing apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising:

a memory that temporally stores the captured still image;

a display unit that, when the moving image photographing is terminated, displays the still image that is temporally stored;

a still image file generating unit that generates a still image file for storing the still image that is temporally stored, according to user's selection; and

a data storage unit that stores the still image file.

11. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium executed by a processor and having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus, the controlling method comprising:

setting a still image capturing condition comprising at least one of a face direction, a face position, a face expression, and a blink;

photographing a moving image; and

capturing a still image when the face is detected during photographing of the moving image and the still image capturing condition is satisfied.

12. A method of processing an image, the method comprising:

setting a still image capturing condition comprising at least one of a face direction, a face position, a face expression, and a blink;

playing a moving image file; and

when the face is detected during the playing of the moving image file and the still image capturing condition is satisfied, generating a still image file from a moving image frame of the moving image.

13. The method of claim 12 ,

wherein the method of processing an image further comprises detecting a face from each of a plurality of moving image frames during the playing of the moving image file.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein:

the still image capturing condition comprises object composition,

the method of processing the image further comprising determining whether composition of an object from each of a plurality of moving image frames satisfies a composition set in the still image capturing condition during the playing of the moving image file, and

the generating of the still image file further comprises capturing a still image when the composition of the object from at least one of the plurality of moving image frames satisfies the composition set in the still image capturing condition.

15. An apparatus for processing an image, the apparatus comprising:

a moving image file reproducing unit that decodes and plays a moving image file;

a dual capturing unit that sets a still image capturing condition comprising at least one of a face direction, a face position, a face expression, and a blink, and captures a still image when the face is detected during the playing of the moving image file and the still image capturing condition is satisfied.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 ,

wherein the apparatus further comprises a face detecting unit that detects a face from each of a plurality of moving image frames during the playing of the moving image file.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein:

the still image capturing condition comprises object composition,

the apparatus further comprises a composition determining unit that determines whether composition of an object from each of a plurality of moving image frames satisfies a composition set in the still image capturing condition during the playing of the moving image file, and

the dual capturing unit captures the still image when the composition of the object from at least one of the plurality of moving image frames satisfies the composition set in the still image capturing condition.

18. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium executed by a processor and having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of processing an image, the image processing method comprising:

setting a still image capturing condition comprising at least one of a face direction, a face position, a face expression, and a blink;

playing a moving image file; and

generating a still image file from a moving image frame of the moving image file when the face is detected during the playing of the moving image file and the still image capturing condition is satisfied.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2012
From: KIM, KYOUNG-AE
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0013806 · Feb 10, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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