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US 12,506,951 · App. 18/673,428 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Electronic device including camera and method of operating the same

Inventors: Sunho Moon (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Yeonjong Bong (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Ramakrishnan Srinivasakannan (Bangalore, IN); Gaurav Kumar Jain (Bangalore, IN); Girish Kulkarni (Bangalore, IN); Karthikeyan Somanathan (Bangalore, IN); Sachin Dev (Bangalore, IN); Sudha Velusamy (Bangalore, IN); Uison Yoon (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jehan Yoon (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Cheolyong Jeon (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Kihuk Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04N23/632H04N23/633
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Patent No.
US 12,506,951
App. No.
18/673,428
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device and method are provided for providing a function related to a camera in an electronic device. A method includes acquiring, via a first camera of the electronic device, a plurality of first images; acquiring, via a second camera of the electronic device, one or more second images; generating a plurality of image contents based on at least one of the plurality of first images or the one or more second images; and outputting the plurality of image contents at respective regions of a display of the electronic device.

Claims (59)

1 . An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a first camera;

a second camera;

a processor; and

memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:

acquire, via the first camera, a plurality of first images of a first resolution in a first cycle,

acquire, via the second camera, one or more second images of a second resolution different from the first resolution in a second cycle different from the first cycle,

generate a plurality of image contents based on at least one of the plurality of first images or the one or more second images, wherein the plurality of image contents includes one or more moving images generated based on the plurality of first images and one or more still images generated based on the one or more second images, and

output the plurality of image contents at respective regions of the display,

wherein the instructions which, when executed by the processor, further cause the electronic device to:

detect one or more first candidate images from among the one or more second images,

detect one or more second candidate images by removing an overlapping image from among the one or more first candidate images,

select an image effect to be applied to the one or more second candidate images based on scene information of the one or more second candidate images, and

generate the plurality of image contents including one or more still images by applying the selected image effect to the one or more second candidate images.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:

output a first image content among the plurality of image contents in a first region of the display and a second image content different from the first image content among the plurality of image contents in a second region different from the first region of the display.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a housing including a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface,

wherein the display is exposed through the first surface of the housing,

wherein the first camera is configured to acquire the plurality of first images through the first surface or the second surface of the housing, and

wherein the second camera is configured to acquire the one or more of second images through the first surface or the second surface of the housing.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:

receive an input associated with image acquisition, and

in response to the received input associated with image acquisition, acquire, via the first camera, the plurality of first images, and acquire, via the second camera, the one or more second images.

5 . The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:

in response to the received input associated with image acquisition, acquire one or more third images via the first camera,

generate the plurality of image contents based on at least one of the plurality of first images, the one or more second images, or the one or more third images, and

output the plurality of image contents in different regions of the display.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:

select one or more first images based on a motion image of an external object included in the plurality of first images, and

generate the one or more moving images based on the one or more first images.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions which, when executed by the processor, further cause the electronic device to:

detect the one or more first candidate images from among the one or more second images based on at least one of image quality of the one or more second images, brightness information of the one or more second images, a composition of an external object included in the one or more second images, or face recognition information detected from the one or more second images.

8 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:

detect scene information from the plurality of first images,

detect one or more first images having time information that is identical to time information of the one or more second candidate images from among the plurality of first images, and

determine the scene information detected from the plurality of first images as the scene information of the one or more second candidate images.

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

acquiring, via a first camera of the electronic device, a plurality of first images of a first resolution in a first cycle;

acquiring, via a second camera of the electronic device, one or more second images of a second resolution different from the first resolution in a second cycle different from the first cycle;

generating a plurality of image contents based on at least one of the plurality of first images or the one or more second images, wherein the plurality of image contents includes one or more moving images generated based on the plurality of first images and one or more still images generated based on the one or more second images; and

outputting the plurality of image contents at respective regions of a display of the electronic device,

wherein generating the plurality of image contents comprises:

detecting one or more first candidate images from among the one or more second images;

detecting one or more second candidate images by removing an overlapping image from among the one or more first candidate images;

selecting an image effect to be applied to the one or more second candidate images based on scene information of the one or more second candidate images; and

generating one or more still images by applying the selected image effect to the one or more second candidate images.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein acquiring the plurality of first images comprises:

receiving an input associated with image acquisition; and

in response to the received input associated with image acquisition, acquiring, via the first camera, the plurality of first images for a predetermined time.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein acquiring the one or more second images comprises:

in response to the received input associated with image acquisition, acquiring, via the second camera, the one or more second images for the predetermined time.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising acquiring one or more third images via the first camera for the predetermined time, in response to the received input associated with image acquisition,

wherein generating the plurality of image contents comprises generating the one or more image content based on at least one of the plurality of first images, the one or more second images, or the one or more third images.

13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein generating the plurality of image contents comprises:

selecting one or more first images based on a motion image of an external object included in the plurality of first images; and

generating the one or more moving images based on the one or more first images.

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein detecting the one or more first candidate images comprises:

detecting the one or more first candidate images based on at least one of image quality of the one or more second images, brightness information of the one or more second images, a composition of an external object included in the one or more second images, or face recognition information detected from the one or more second images.

Priority Claims (2)
IN 202021004382 · Jan 31, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0015771 · Feb 10, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17161131 · Jan 28, 2021
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