Terminal having photographing function and display method for the same

• US 20080079834A1
• Filed: 08/24/2007
• Published: 04/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chung, Stanley, Park, Sang-wook, Shim, Jung-hyun, Kim, Chang-su
• Application Number:
  US11/892,649
• Publication Number:
  US 20080079834A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/64 Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/743 Bracketing, i.e. taking a series of images with varying exposure conditions

Abstract

Provided are a terminal having a photographing function and a displaying method for the terminal. The displaying method includes generating a plurality of process images by processing an original image, which is an image shown through a lens of the terminal, several times using different setup information each time, and displaying the generated plurality of process images on a plurality of buttons. Accordingly, even when a user is not proficient with how to obtain a high quality photograph by setting setup information, such as a focus, exposure, etc. and with operating the buttons, the user can select a process image, which seems to be the most preferable to the user, from among the process images, and thus the user can easily find the optimum setup information with a simple button operation.

Claims

1. A terminal having a photographing function comprising:

an image processor which generates a plurality of images by processing an image that is to be photographed according to a plurality of different preset setup information; and

a plurality of displaying units which display the images generated by the image processor.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the image processor generates the plurality of images by blending two photographs of the same subject, one photograph taken with a flash and another photograph taken without a flash, while varying the blending ratio of the photographs several times.

3. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising a main displaying unit which enlarges and displays an image displayed by a manipulated displaying unit from among the displaying units.

4. The terminal of any one of claims 1 through 3, wherein the displaying units are input devices of the terminal.

5. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the setup information comprises closing and opening values of the iris, shutter speed value, exposure value, and focus depth value.

6. A displaying method performed in a terminal having a photographing function, the displaying method comprising:

generating a plurality of images by processing an image that is to be photographed according to a plurality of different preset setup information; and

displaying the generated plurality of images on a plurality of displaying units of the terminal.

7. The displaying method of claim 6, wherein in the generating of the images, the plurality of images are generated by blending two photographs of the same subject, one photograph taken with a flash and another photograph taken without a flash, while varying the blending ratio of the photographs several times.

8. The displaying method of claim 6, further comprising enlarging and displaying an image displayed by a manipulated displaying unit from among the displaying units.

9. The displaying method of any one of claims 6 through 8, wherein the displaying units are input devices of the terminal.

10. The displaying method of claim 6, wherein the setup information comprises closing and opening values of the iris, shutter speed value, exposure value, and focus depth value.

11. A terminal having a photographing function comprising:

a plurality of buttons which display a plurality of tags represented in a plurality of pieces of pre-prepared tag information;

a tag information matching unit which matches a photographed image with tag information showing a tag displayed by a manipulated button from among the plurality of buttons; and

a photograph storage unit which stores the photographed image with the tag information matched with the photographed image.

12. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the pieces of tag information are pre-prepared in the terminal or a computing device which can be recognized by the terminal.

13. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the stored image can be stored in a computing device recognized by the terminal after being matched with the tag information that is matched with the stored image, from among tag information prepared in the computing device.

14. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the pieces of tag information have a hierarchical structure.

15. A displaying method performed in a terminal having a photographing function and a plurality of buttons, the displaying method comprising:

displaying a plurality of tags represented in a plurality of pieces of pre-prepared tag information on the buttons;

matching a photographed image with tag information representing a tag displayed by a manipulated button from among the buttons; and

storing the photographed image with the tag information matched with the photographed image.

16. The displaying method of claim 15, wherein the pieces of tag information are pre-prepared in the terminal or a computing device which can be recognized by the terminal.

17. The displaying method of claim 15, wherein the stored image can be stored in a computing device recognized by the terminal after being matched with the tag information that is matched with the stored image, from among tag information prepared in the computing device.

18. A terminal having a photographing function comprising:

a plurality of buttons which display a representative image of each of a plurality of photographed images in response to a control signal; and

a controller which generates the control signal that determines a button in which the representative image is displayed from among the buttons for each of the representative images, correspond to a result of manipulating at least some of the buttons.

19. The terminal of claim 18, wherein the photographed images are moving pictures.

20. A displaying method performed in a terminal having a photographing function and a plurality of buttons, the displaying method comprising:

determining a button, in which a representative image of each of a plurality of photographed images to be displayed, from among the buttons for each of the representative images of the photographed images, in correspondence with a result of manipulating at least some of the buttons; and

displaying each of the representative images on the each of the determined buttons.