METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GUIDING PHOTOGRAPHING

• US 20110102621A1
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Won-jung
• Application Number:
  US12/915,232
• Publication Number:
  US 20110102621A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/222.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/61 based on recognised objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators

Abstract

A digital image processing apparatus provides to a photographer and a subject reference images that are similar to a temporary image that is viewed through a view finder in terms of a background, a portrait, or an object, thereby enabling various photographings. The digital image processing apparatus includes a display unit on which an image is displayed, and a search unit that searches for the reference image, wherein the reference image and the temporary image are displayed on the display unit.

Claims

1. A digital image processing apparatus comprising:

a display unit on which an image is displayed; and

a search unit that searches for a reference image that is similar to a temporary image displayed on the display unit,

wherein when the reference image is not found, the search unit determines an image having a same regional or date information as the temporary image as the reference image, and

the temporary image and the reference image are displayed on the display unit.

2. The digital image processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reference image is an image that is similar to the temporary image in terms of at least one selected from the group consisting of a background, a portrait, and an object.

3. The digital image processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display unit is divided into a plurality of areas on which the temporary image and the reference image are displayed together.

4. The digital image processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the digital image processing apparatus comprises a plurality of display units, and the temporary image and the reference image are displayed on different display units.

5. A digital image processing apparatus comprising:

a display unit on which an image is displayed; and

a search unit that searches for a reference image that is similar to a temporary image displayed on the display unit,

wherein the reference image and the temporary image are displayed on the display unit.

6. The digital image processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the reference image is an image that has a same scene mode as the temporary image, among images stored in a memory, wherein the scene mode is selected from the group consisting of a night view portrait mode, a night view mode, a back light portrait mode, a portrait mode, a landscape mode, a macro mode, and an automatic exposure mode.

7. The digital image processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the reference image is an image that is similar to the temporary image in terms of at least one selected from the group consisting of a background, a portrait, and an object.

8. The digital image processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the reference image is selected from images that are reverse-chronologically ordered so that the most recently captured image is selected first.

9. The digital image processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein when the reference image is not found, the search unit determines an image having a same regional information as the temporary image as the reference image and the determined image is displayed on the display unit.

10. The digital image processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein when the reference image is not found, the search unit determines an image having a same date information as the temporary image as the reference images and the determined image is displayed on the display unit.

11. The digital image processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the display unit is divided into a plurality of areas on which the temporary image and the reference image are displayed together.

12. The digital image processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the digital image processing apparatus comprises a plurality of display units, and the temporary image and the reference image are displayed on different display units.

13. The digital image processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein the temporary image is an image that is displayed on the display unit when a shutter button is half pressed.

14. A method of guiding photographing in a digital image processing apparatus, the method comprising:

searching for a reference image in a memory, wherein the reference image is an image similar to a temporary image displayed on a display unit;

if the reference image is not found, determining an image having a same regional information as the temporary image as the reference image;

if the image having the same regional information is not found, determining an image having a same date information as the temporary image as the reference image; and

displaying the temporary image and the reference image.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the temporary image and the reference image are displayed on a single display panel comprising a plurality of divided areas on which the temporary image and the reference image are displayed together.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the temporary image and the reference image are displayed on a plurality of display panels.