CAMERA WITH MULTIPLE VIEWFINDERS
First Claim
1. A method for controlling the display of a portable electronic device having a user input device and a camera function;
- the portable electronic device including a photosensor chip having a sensor array of a predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels for converting radiant energy into electronic signals representing an image for display via a viewfinder;
the method comprising;
selecting via said user input a zoom level and viewfinder resolution for said camera application;
in the event said zoom level is 1×
then scaling said predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels to said selected viewfinder resolution and generating an image corresponding thereto; and
in the event said zoom level is greater than 1×
then cropping a region of interest of said predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels in accordance with said zoom level and then scaling the cropped region of interest in accordance with said viewfinder resolution and generating an image corresponding thereto.
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Abstract
A novel method and apparatus for controlling the display of a portable electronic device having a user input device and a camera function; the portable electronic device including a photosensor chip having a sensor array of a predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels for converting radiant energy into electronic signals representing an image for display via a viewfinder. The method comprises selecting via the user input a zoom level and viewfinder resolution for the camera application, and in the event the zoom level is 1× then scaling the predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels to the selected viewfinder resolution and generating an image corresponding thereto; and in the event the zoom level is greater than 1× then cropping a region of interest of the predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels in accordance with the zoom level and then scaling the cropped region of interest in accordance with the viewfinder resolution and generating an image corresponding thereto.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for controlling the display of a portable electronic device having a user input device and a camera function;
- the portable electronic device including a photosensor chip having a sensor array of a predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels for converting radiant energy into electronic signals representing an image for display via a viewfinder;
the method comprising;selecting via said user input a zoom level and viewfinder resolution for said camera application; in the event said zoom level is 1×
then scaling said predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels to said selected viewfinder resolution and generating an image corresponding thereto; andin the event said zoom level is greater than 1×
then cropping a region of interest of said predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels in accordance with said zoom level and then scaling the cropped region of interest in accordance with said viewfinder resolution and generating an image corresponding thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 16)
- the portable electronic device including a photosensor chip having a sensor array of a predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels for converting radiant energy into electronic signals representing an image for display via a viewfinder;
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7. A portable electronic device comprising:
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at least one user input device selecting an input a zoom level and viewfinder resolution; a photosensor chip having a sensor array of a predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels; a display; a persistent storage device; and a processor interconnecting said user input device, photosensor chip, display, and persistent storage device, and configured to in the event said zoom level is 1×
, scale said predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels to said selected viewfinder resolution and generate an image corresponding thereto on said display; andin the event said zoom level is greater than 1×
, crop a region of interest of said predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels in accordance with said zoom level and then scale the cropped region of interest in accordance with said viewfinder resolution and generate an image corresponding thereto on said display. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18)
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