DIGITAL IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE SAME TO PROVIDE LOCATION INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a digital image photographing apparatus, the method comprising:
- generating a preview image by photographing an object;
detecting the current location of the digital image photographing apparatus;
detecting a photographing direction in which the digital image photographing apparatus photographed the object;
generating distance information regarding the object; and
displaying the distance information regarding the object according to the photographing direction around the current location of the digital image photographing apparatus.
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Abstract
Digital image photographing apparatuses and methods of controlling the same to provide location information are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes generating a preview image by photographing an object; detecting the current location of the digital image photographing apparatus; detecting a photographing direction in which the digital image photographing apparatus photographed the object; generating distance information regarding the object; and displaying the distance information regarding the object according to the photographing direction around the current location of the digital image photographing apparatus. Digital image photographing apparatuses disclosed herein are capable of providing location information and/or additional information regardless of its their optical limits.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a digital image photographing apparatus, the method comprising:
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generating a preview image by photographing an object; detecting the current location of the digital image photographing apparatus; detecting a photographing direction in which the digital image photographing apparatus photographed the object; generating distance information regarding the object; and displaying the distance information regarding the object according to the photographing direction around the current location of the digital image photographing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A digital image photographing apparatus comprising:
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a preview generating unit to generate a preview image by photographing an object; a location information detecting unit to detect the current location of the digital image photographing apparatus; a directional information detecting unit to detect a photographing direction in which the digital image photographing apparatus photographed the object; a first distance information generating unit to generate distance information regarding the object; and a display image generating unit to generate a first display image that displays the distance information regarding the object according to the photographing direction around the current location of the digital image photographing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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