PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD

• US 20140168452A1
• Filed: 09/25/2013
• Published: 06/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Hyon-soo, Son, Sang-ryoon, Oh, Seung-tae, Lee, Ki-deok, Jo, Sang-hyun
• Granted Patent: US 9,723,194 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.11
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/33353 according to the available bandwidth used for a single communication, e.g. the number of ISDN channels used
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0036 Detecting or checking connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 By radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes

Abstract

A photographing apparatus includes a photographing unit that captures an image from incident light thereon; a communication status checking unit that checks a communication status of the photographing apparatus; a resolution determination unit that sets a resolution for a first image file for the captured image according to the communication status; a file generation unit that generates the first image file from the captured image, the first image file having the set resolution; and a communication unit that transmits the first image file to an external device.

Claims

1. A photographing apparatus comprising:

a photographing unit that captures an image from incident light thereon;

a communication status checking unit that checks a communication status of the photographing apparatus;

a resolution determination unit that sets a resolution for a first image file for the captured image according to the communication status;

a file generation unit that generates the first image file from the captured image, the first image file having the set resolution; and

a communication unit that transmits the first image file to an external device.

2. The photographing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication status comprises at least one of a communication type and a communication speed.

3. The photographing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the resolution determination unit sets the resolution higher for a first communication speed than for a second communication speed, wherein the first communication speed is higher than the second communication speed.

4. The photographing apparatus of claim 2, wherein a maximum resolution for the first image file, set by the resolution determination unit, varies with the communication type.

5. The photographing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a mode setting unit that sets an operation mode of the photographing apparatus to a picture upload mode for generation of the first image file to be transmitted to the external device.

6. The photographing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the file generation unit generates a second image file from the captured image and stores the second image file, the second image file having a pre-set resolution.

7. A method of controlling a photographing apparatus, the method comprising:

capturing an image;

checking a communication status of the photographing apparatus;

setting a resolution for a first image file for the captured image according to the communication status;

generating the first image file from the captured image, the first image file having the set resolution; and

transmitting the first image file to an external device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the communication status comprises at least one of a communication type and a communication speed.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the setting of the resolution comprises setting the resolution higher for a first communication speed than for a second communication speed, wherein the first communication speed is higher than the second communication speed.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein a maximum resolution for the first image file varies with the communication type.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising, before the capturing of the image, setting an operation mode of the photographing apparatus to a picture upload mode for generation of the first image file to be transmitted to the external device.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising generating a second image file from the captured image;

and

storing the second image file, wherein the second image file has a pre-set resolution.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon computer program codes to perform a method of controlling a photographing apparatus via a processor,

wherein the method of controlling the photographing apparatus comprises:

capturing an image;

checking a communication status of the photographing apparatus;

setting a resolution for a first image file for the captured image according to the communication status;

generating the first image file from the captured image, the first image file having the set resolution; and

transmitting the first image file to an external device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 13, wherein the communication status comprises at least one of a communication type and a communication speed.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 14, wherein the setting of the resolution comprises setting the resolution higher for a first communication speed than for a second communication speed, wherein the first communication speed is higher than the second communication speed.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 14, wherein a maximum resolution for the first image file varies with the communication type.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 13, wherein the method of controlling the photographing apparatus further comprises, before the capturing of the image, setting an operation mode of the photographing apparatus to a picture upload mode for generation of the first image file to be transmitted to the external device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 13, wherein the method of controlling the photographing apparatus further comprises generating a second image file from the captured image, and

storing the second image file, wherein the second image file has a pre-set resolution.