Apparatus and method for photographing a moving picture

• US 20050094000A1
• Filed: 10/29/2004
• Published: 05/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Son, Jae-Gon, Hwang, Soon-Shik, Kim, Kang-Wook
• Granted Patent: US 7,652,692 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.99
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction

Abstract

An apparatus and method for storing moving picture signals in the apparatus equipped with a camera. The method includes the steps of entering a preview mode for enabling the moving picture signals photographed by the camera to be displayed when the camera is powered; coding the photographed moving picture signals and storing the coded moving picture signals in an image memory when a storage key is input in the preview mode; shifting to the preview mode when a temporary pause key is input in a first moving picture storage mode in which the moving picture signals are stored and entering a second moving picture storage mode in which the moving picture signals stored in the image memory are converted to moving picture files and stored; returning to the first moving picture storage mode when the storage key is input in the preview mode; and linking the stored moving picture files to generate one moving picture file and storing the moving picture file, when a record end key is input in the preview mode or the first moving picture storage mode.

Claims

1. A method for storing moving picture signals in an apparatus equipped with a camera, the method comprising the steps of:

entering a preview mode for enabling the moving picture signals photographed by the camera to be displayed when the camera is powered;

coding the photographed moving picture signals and storing the coded moving picture signals in an image memory when a storage key is input in the preview mode;

shifting to the preview mode when a temporary pause key is input in a first moving picture storage mode in which the moving picture signals are stored and entering a second moving picture storage mode in which the moving picture signals stored in the image memory are converted to moving picture files and stored;

returning to the first moving picture storage mode when the storage key is input in the preview mode; and

linking the stored moving picture files to generate one moving picture file and storing the moving picture file, when a record end key is input in the preview mode or the first moving picture storage mode.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a sub-step of entering the first moving picture storage mode after generating link information of previously stored moving picture files and moving picture files to be stored later, when the second moving picture storage mode is entered after performing a temporary pause in a process of entering the first moving picture storage mode.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in the step of storing the moving picture file in a record end mode, the moving picture files are sequentially linked according to the link information to generate one moving picture file and the moving picture file is stored, when the record end key is input.

4. A method for photographing moving picture signals in a portable terminal including a camera and an image processor for processing the moving picture signals photographed by the camera, the method comprising the steps of:

entering a preview mode for enabling the moving picture signals photographed by the camera to be displayed when the camera is driven;

entering a moving picture storage mode for enabling the moving picture signals photographed by the camera to be coded and stored in an image memory when a moving picture storage key is input in the preview mode;

converting the moving picture signals stored in the image memory to moving picture files, storing the moving picture files and returning to the preview mode, when a temporary pause key is input in the moving picture storage mode;

returning to the moving picture storage mode when the moving picture storage key is input in the preview mode; and

linking the moving picture files stored in the image memory to generate one moving picture file and storing the moving picture file, when a record end key is input in the preview mode or a photographing mode.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a sub-step of performing the moving picture storage mode after generating link information of previously stored moving picture files and moving picture files to be stored later, when the moving picture storage mode is performed after performing a temporary pause mode in a process of performing the moving picture storage mode.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein, in the step of storing the moving picture file in a record end mode, the moving picture files are sequentially linked according to the link information to generate one moving picture file and the moving picture file is stored, when the record end key is input.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the step of performing the moving picture storage mode comprises the sub-steps of:

performing a silent termination alert and displaying calling party'"'"'s information when an incoming call occurs in the moving picture storage mode;

converting the moving picture signals stored in the image memory to the moving picture files, storing the moving picture files and processing the incoming call when a processing of the incoming call is selected, and returning to the preview mode when processing of the incoming call is ended; and

ending processing of the incoming call and performing the moving picture storage mode when the processing of the incoming call is rejected.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of indicating the silent termination alert comprises the sub-steps of indicating occurrence of the incoming call by flickering a lamp and reporting that a user cannot answer the telephone by connecting a voice message recorded in advance to the calling party when the incoming call is rejected.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the step of performing the moving picture storage mode comprises the sub-steps of reporting that a user cannot answer the telephone by connecting a voice message recorded in advance to the calling party when a voice guidance function has been set in the moving picture storage mode, and repeating the moving picture storage mode.

10. An apparatus equipped with a camera for storing moving picture signals comprising:

a keypad adapted to receive commands;

an image memory adapted to store programs and images; and

a controller adapted to enter a preview mode for enabling the moving picture signals photographed by the camera to be displayed when the camera is powered, code the photographed moving picture signals and store the coded moving picture signals in the image memory when a storage key is input in the preview mode, shift to the preview mode when a temporary pause key is input in a first moving picture storage mode in which the moving picture signals are stored and enter a second moving picture storage mode in which the moving picture signals stored in the image memory are converted to moving picture files and stored, return to the first moving picture storage mode when the storage key is input in the preview mode, and link the stored moving picture files to generate one moving picture file and store the moving picture file, when a record end key is input in the preview mode or the first moving picture storage mode.

11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the controller is further adapted to enter the first moving picture storage mode after generating link information of previously stored moving picture files and moving picture files to be stored later, when the second moving picture storage mode is entered after performing a temporary pause in a process of entering the first moving picture storage mode.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the controller is further adapted to sequentially link the moving picture files according to the link information to generate one moving picture file and storing the moving picture file when the record end key is input.