IP Library Granted Patent US 9,313,402
Granted Patent B2
US 9,313,402 · App. 14/307,890 · Granted Apr 12, 2016

Method for photographing control and electronic device thereof

Inventors: Soo-Hyung Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hun-Cheol Oh (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04N5/23245H04N5/23203H04N5/23216H04N5/23219H04N5/23293
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Patent No.
US 9,313,402
App. No.
14/307,890
Granted
Apr 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for photographing an object. One or more shooting modes are selected and a photograph is taken in accordance with the one or more selected shooting modes.

Claims (36)

1. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:

detecting a touch input for a photographing instruction on a touch screen of the electronic device while displaying a preview screen;

in response to detecting the touch input, displaying menus which respectively correspond to a plurality of shooting scenes in the preview screen;

selecting one of the menus by detecting a movement of the touch input to the selected menu; and

photographing in accordance with a shooting scene corresponding to the selected menu when a release of the touch input is detected on the selected menu.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the photographing instruction includes a shutter manipulation, an auto-focus control instruction, or an object confirmation instruction.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the shooting scene includes a shutter speed setting value, an aperture setting value, an International Standards Organization (ISO) sensitivity setting value, or a focal distance setting value of a camera module.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the setting value is either fixed or adjustable.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the instruction or the selection is performed by using one or more of a hovering input, a touch input, a double-touch input, a triple-touch input, a touch-and-hold input, a touch-and-drag-and-release input, an input based on a facial or biometric recognition, an input based on a brainwave recognition, a voice input, and an input in a second electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the screen from which the shooting scene selection is detected changes one or more of a position, size, transparency, brightness, and color displayed on the preview screen based at least partially on the photographing instruction or the preview screen.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of shooting scenes are displayed in the screen by changing a position, a size, a transparency, a brightness, a color, or an arrangement.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the preview screen or the screen from which the shooting scene selection is detected is displayed by a second electronic device connected to the electronic device in a wired or wireless communication fashion.

9. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

recognizing a motion input of an object by a motion detector of the electronic device;

in response to recognition of the motion input, displaying menus which respectively correspond to a plurality of shooting scenes in a preview screen;

selecting one of the menus displayed in the preview screen by recognizing a motion input of the object; and

instructing a camera unit of the electronic device or a camera unit of another electronic device to photograph in accordance with the selected one or more shooting scenes.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the electronic device, the camera unit, and the another electronic device are communicate using wired communication or wireless communication.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the wireless communication is connected using mobile communication, infrared wireless communication, Bluetooth, WiFi, or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of shooting scenes include a shutter speed setting value, an aperture setting value, an ISO sensitivity setting value, or a focal distance setting value of a camera module.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the camera unit and the another electronic device adjusts a setting value in accordance with adjustments detected by the electronic device.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the instruction or the selection comprises detecting an input within a predetermined range of a motion detection unit and the camera unit, the motion detection unit detecting an operation of an object in a sensing range and the camera unit detecting a gesture of the object displayed on the preview screen by using a motion capture.

15. An electronic device comprising:

a display; and

a processor operatively coupled to the display, the processor configured to:

detect a touch input for photographing instruction on a touch screen of the electronic device while displaying a preview screen;

in response to detecting the touch input, display menus which respectively correspond to a plurality of shooting scenes in the preview screen;

select one of the menus by detecting a movement of the touch input to the selected menus; and

photograph in accordance with a shooting scene corresponding to the selected menu when a release of the touch input is detected on the selected menu.

16. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to further perform automatically the photographing in accordance with the selected shooting scene.

17. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to further:

adjust a shutter speed setting value, an aperture setting value, an ISO sensitivity setting value, and a focal distance setting value of a camera module; and

display the values on a touch screen based at least partially on the adjustments by using the plurality of shooting scenes.

18. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to detect an input based on a gesture, an input based on a motion, an input based on a facial or biometric recognition, an input based on a brainwave recognition, a voice input, or an input from a second electronic device.

19. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to further reconfigure one or more values among a position, size, shape, arrangement, and transparency of the plurality of shooting scenes displayed on a preview screen, and to display the values on the preview screen of a touch screen.

20. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to further display the preview screen or the plurality of shooting scenes on a second electronic device connected to the electronic device using wired communication or wireless communication.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2014
From: KIM, SOO-HYUNG; OH, HUN-CHEOL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0070778 · Jun 20, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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