PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF COMMUNICATION WITH EXTERNAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20080186385A1
• Filed: 07/24/2007
• Published: 08/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: O, Seung-hun
• Granted Patent: US 8,848,085 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.99
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 By radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3204 of data relating to a user, sender, addressee, machine or electronic recording medium H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3209 of a telephone number
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3266 of text or character information, e.g. text accompanying an image H04N2201/3226 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3273 Display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 Transmission
• 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 9/804 involving pulse code modulation of the colour picture signal components
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 : involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 : Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A photographing apparatus capable of performing communication with an external apparatus and a method of controlling the photographing apparatus. The photographing apparatus can communicate with an external apparatus and store data received from the external apparatus together with a photographed image, even while photographing the image. Additionally, the data received from the external apparatus can be stored in a form of metadata to connect data to the image, and thus it is possible to play back the data received from the external apparatus in a more lifelike manner.

Claims

1. A photographing apparatus, comprising:

an image photographing unit to photograph an image;

a display unit to display the photographed image;

a communication interface to communicate with an external apparatus; and

a controller to control such that a notification message to indicate that data has been received is generated and displayed on the display unit together with the photographed image, if the communication interface receives data from the external apparatus.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the external apparatus comprises:

a mobile phone; and

the communication interface performs short-range communication with the mobile phone.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the mobile phone performs long-range communication with another mobile phone and transmits an image received from the communication interface to the other mobile phone or transmits data received from the other mobile phone to the communication interface.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the received data comprises:

at least one of audio data and text data.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit to store the photographed image,

wherein the controller stores the received data in the storage unit in which the

photographed image is stored, if a storage command to store the received data is input.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5, further comprising:

a compressor to compress audio data,

wherein if the received data is in a form of audio data, the compressed audio data output from the compressor is stored in the storage unit.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein when the received data is stored in the storage unit, the controller generates metadata including information regarding the received data and the image and stores the generated metadata in the storage unit.

8. A method of controlling a photographing apparatus, comprising:

photographing an image;

displaying the photographed image; and

performing communication with an external apparatus,

wherein if data is received from the external apparatus, the displaying of the photographed image comprises displaying a notification message to indicate that the data has been received together with the photographed image.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein:

the external apparatus comprises a mobile phone; and

the performing of the communication includes performing short-range communication with the mobile phone.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the mobile phone performs long-range communication with another mobile phone and transmits an image received from the photographing apparatus to the other mobile phone or transmits data received from the other mobile phone to the photographing apparatus.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the received data comprises:

at least one of audio data and text data.

12. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

storing the received data in a storage unit in which the photographed image is stored, if a storage command to store the received data is input.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

compressing audio data if the received data is in a form of audio data.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

generating metadata including information regarding the received data and the image,

wherein the storing includes storing the metadata and the image.

15. A photographing apparatus usable with an external device, the apparatus comprising:

a photographic mode in which an image is photographed and stored without communication with the external device;

a communication mode in which communication with the external device is enabled while the image is being photographed and the image is stored with the data communicated by the external device; and

a selection button for selecting one of the photographic mode and the communication mode.

16. A photographing system, comprising:

a photographing apparatus to photograph an image, the photographing apparatus having a photographic mode and a communication mode;

a first mobile phone to communicate with the photographing apparatus; and

a second mobile phone to communicate with the first mobile phone;

wherein the photographing apparatus receives data from the second mobile phone through the first mobile phone while photographing the image, when in the communication mode.

17. A method of operating a photographing apparatus, the method comprising:

determining whether a photographic mode or a communication mode has been selected;

if a photographic mode has been selected, preventing communication with an external device during the photographing of an image; and

if a communication mode has been selected, allowing communication with the external device during the photographing of the image.

18. A computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program to execute a method, wherein the method comprises:

determining whether a photographic mode or a communication mode has been selected;

if a photographic mode has been selected, preventing communication with an external device during the photographing of an image; and

if a communication mode has been selected, allowing communication with the external device during the photographing of the image.