Apparatus and method for storing moving image portions

• US 10,237,480 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2016
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hamada, Masataka
• Primary Examiner(s): Khan, Usman A
• Application Number:
  US15/180,232
• Publication Number:
  US 20160286126A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,009 Days
• Field of Search: 3482201
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/54 Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/55 Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/67 Focus control based on electronic image sensor signals

Abstract

Provided are a digital photographing apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The digital photographing apparatus includes a snap motion picture capturing mode and is capable of capturing a short-time motion picture using the same sequence as capturing of still images by pressing a capture start button.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a memory;

an image sensor; and

a processor adapted to;

determine a photographing mode associated with the image sensor;

based at least in part on a determination that the photographing mode is a first mode, capture a still image using the image sensor in response to a first input;

based at least in part on a determination that the photographing mode is a second mode, record a first moving image using the image sensor from a first time that the first input is obtained to a second time that a second input is obtained;

based at least in part on a determination that the photographing mode is a third mode, record a second moving image using the image sensor for i) a first specified period prior to the first time that the first input is obtained, and ii) a second specified period after the first time that the first input is obtained, and record a third moving image, in response to a third input obtained between the first time and the second specified period, for a third specified period prior to a third time that the third input is obtained and a fourth specified period after the third time; and

store a first portion of the second moving image corresponding to the first specified period in the memory temporarily when the third mode is selected.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a display, wherein the processor is adapted to:

preview, via the display, an image obtained using the image sensor in response to an activation of the image sensor prior to the determining.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processor is adapted to:

present, via the display, an indicator in respect to the image, the indicator indicating to record the second moving image based at least in part on the determination that the photographing mode is the third mode.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processor is adapted to:

adjust a focus corresponding to an object included in the image in response to the first input.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a microphone, wherein the processor is adapted to:

record the second moving image using the microphone.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a speaker, wherein the processor is adapted to:

output, via the speaker, a sound recorded in the second moving image during the presenting of the second moving image.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to:

terminate the recording of the second moving image in response to the third input.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first specified period or the second specified period is from one second to three minutes.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the third moving image is an extension of the second moving image.

10. A non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

determining, at an electronic device, a photographing mode associated with an image sensor operatively coupled with the electronic device;

based at least in part on a determination that the photographing mode is a first mode, capturing a still image using the image sensor in response to a first input;

based at least in part on a determination that the photographing mode is a second mode, recording a first moving image using the image sensor operatively coupled with the electronic device from a first time that the first input is obtained to a second time that a second input is obtained;

based at least in part on a determination that the photographing mode is a third mode, recording a second moving image using the image sensor for i) a first specified period prior to the first time that the first input is obtained, and ii) a second specified period after the first time that the first input is obtained, and recording a third moving image, in response to a third input obtained between the first time and the second specified period, for a third specified period prior to a third time that the third input is obtained and a fourth specified period after the third time;

wherein a first portion of the second moving image corresponding to the first specified period is stored in the memory temporarily when the third mode is selected.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 10, further comprising:

presenting, via a display and a speaker operatively coupled with the electronic device, the entirety of the second moving image including a voice recorded during the recording of the second image.