Apparatus and method for photographing timer control of a camera of a terminal

1. A terminal to control operation of a photographing timer of a camera of the terminal, the terminal comprising:

a display unit to display a photographing icon to set a time for a photographing timer and to receive a touch input on the displayed photographing icon;

a timer value computing unit to determine a self-timer value for the photographing timer based on at least one of a touch duration of the touch input received on the photographing icon, a location at a position at which the touch input is detected, and a location at a position at which the touch input is terminated; and

a control unit to control the operation of the photographing timer of the camera of the terminal based on the determined self-timer value.

2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein:

the timer value computing unit determines the self-timer value based on a difference between the location at the position at which the touch input on the photographing icon is detected and the location at the position at which the touch input on the photographing icon is terminated,

wherein the location at the position at which the touch input on the photographing icon is terminated comprises a location at a position at which at least one of a touch release of the touch input is detected and a touch drag is terminated.

3. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein

the timer value computing unit determines the self-timer value corresponding to a touch drag of the photographic icon from a location at a first position to a location at a second position.

4. The terminal of claim 1 , further comprising

a gauge setting unit to set an initial value of a displayed gauge to indicate the self-timer value; and

a gauge speed control unit to control a speed at which a value of the gauge as the self-timer value is selectively increased and decreased from the initial value of the gauge.

5. The terminal of claim 4 , wherein:

the gauge setting unit sets the initial value of the gauge as a difference between a time at which the touch input is detected and a time at which a touch release of the touch input on the photographing icon is detected; and

the gauge speed control unit controls a speed at which the value of the gauge is selectively increased and decreased from the initial value of the gauge based on a distance between coordinates of the location at the position at which the touch input on the photographing icon is detected and coordinates of the location at the position at which the touch release on the photographing icon is detected.

6. The terminal of claim 4 , wherein

the gauge setting unit sets a time during which a touch drag on the photographing icon is maintained as the initial value of the gauge; and

the timer value computing unit determines a value of the gauge when stopped at a point in time at which the touch drag is terminated as the self-timer value.

7. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein

the timer value computing unit determines a value of a displayed gauge as the self-timer value.

8. The terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:

a coordinate obtaining unit to determine coordinates of the location at the position at which the touch input on the photographing icon is detected and coordinates of a location at a position at which at least one of a touch release terminating the touch input is detected and a touch drag on the photographing icon is terminated; and

a distance computing unit to determine a distance between the coordinates of the location at the position at which the touch input is detected and the coordinates of the location at the position at which at least one of the touch release terminating the touch input is detected and the touch drag is terminated,

wherein the timer value computing unit determines the self-timer value based on the determined distance.

9. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein

the self-timer value is selectively increased or decreased based on the determined distance.

10. The terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:

an input time obtaining unit to determine a time at which the touch input on the photographing icon is detected and a time at which at least one of a touch release terminating the touch input on the photographing icon is detected and a touch drag on the photographing icon is terminated; and

an input time computing unit to determine the touch duration of the touch input based on the determined time at which the touch input on the photographing icon is detected and the determined time at which at least one of the touch release terminating the touch input on the photographing icon is detected and the touch drag on the photographing icon is terminated,

wherein the timer value computing unit determines the self-timer value based on the determined touch duration.

11. The terminal of claim 10 , wherein

the determined self-timer value selectively increases and decreases based on the determined touch duration.

12. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein:

the display unit displays at least one of a gauge indicating a self-timer value and a number corresponding to the self-timer value; and

the display unit displays a time to count down from the determined self-timer value.

13. A method for controlling operation of a photographing timer of a camera of a terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a photographing icon for a photographing timer;

determining a touch duration of a touch input received on the photographic icon;

determining a location at a position at which the touch input is detected and a location at a position at which the touch input on the photographing icon is terminated; and

determining a self-timer value for the photographing timer based on at least one of the determined touch duration, the determined location at the position at which the touch input is detected, and the determined location at the position at which the touch input is terminated.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

controlling the photographing timer operation of the terminal based on the determined self-timer value.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein determining the self-timer value further comprises:

determining a difference between the location at the position at which the touch input on the photographing icon is detected and the location at the position at which the touch input on the photographing icon is terminated.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising

setting a displayed gauge to an initial value to indicate the self-timer value;

controlling a speed at which a value of the gauge as the self-timer value is selectively increased and decreased from the initial value of the gauge;

determining a value of the gauge when stopped at a point in time as the self-timer value.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein determining the self-timer value further comprises:

determining coordinates of the location at the position at which the touch input on the photographing icon is detected and coordinates of a location at a position at which at least one of a touch release terminating the touch input is detected and a touch drag on the photographing icon is terminated; and

determining a distance between the coordinates of the location at the position at which the touch input is detected and the coordinates of the location at the position at which at least one of the touch release terminating the touch input is detected and the touch drag is terminated,

wherein the determined self-timer value is based on the determined distance.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

selectively increasing and decreasing the self-timer value based on the determined distance.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein determining the self-timer value further comprises:

determining a time at which the touch input on the photographing icon is detected and a time at which at least one of a touch release terminating the touch input on the photographing icon is detected and a touch drag on the photographing icon is terminated; and

determining the touch duration of the touch input based on the determined time at which the touch input on the photographing icon is detected and the determined time at which at least one of the touch release terminating the touch input on the photographing icon is detected and the touch drag on the photographing icon is terminated,

wherein the determined self-timer value is based on the determined touch duration.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

selectively increasing and decreasing the self-timer value based on the determined touch duration.

21. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

displaying at least one of a gauge indicating the self-timer value and a number corresponding to the self-timer value; and

displaying a time to count down from the determined self-timer value.

22. The method of claim 13 , wherein determining the self-timer value further comprises:

determining a direction from the location at the position at which the touch input is detected to the location at the position at which the touch input on the photographing icon is terminated,

wherein the determined self-timer value is based on the determined direction.

23. The method of claim 13 , wherein determining the self-timer value further comprises:

mapping the self-timer value to an area in which the touch input on the photographing icon is terminated,

wherein the determined self-timer value is based on the area in which the touch input is terminated.

24. A method for controlling operation of a photographing timer of a camera of a terminal, the method comprising:

detecting a received touch input on a photographing icon to set a time for a photographing timer;

detecting a touch release of the touch input on the photographing icon;

obtaining coordinates of a location at a position at which the touch input is detected and coordinates of the location at the position at which the touch release is detected;

determining a distance between the obtained coordinates of the location at the position at which the touch input is detected and the obtained coordinates of the location at the position at which the touch release is detected; and

determining a self-timer value to control the operation of the photographing timer of the camera of the terminal based on the determined distance.

25. A method for controlling operation of a photographing timer of a camera of a terminal, the method comprising:

detecting a received touch input on a photographing icon to set a time for a photographing timer;

operating a timer when the touch input on the photographing icon is detected;

determining if a touch release of the touch input on the photographing icon is detected;

terminating the operation of the timer when it is determined that the touch release of the touch input on the photographing icon is detected; and

determining a self-timer value from the timer corresponding to a value of the timer when the operation of the timer is terminated to control the operation of the photographing timer of the camera of the terminal based on the determined self-timer value.

26. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the touch input received on the photographing icon is a single touch input.

27. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the photographing icon is an icon to perform a camera operation of the terminal.