APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHING IMAGE IN CAMERA DEVICE AND PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING CAMERA

• US 20140184858A1
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: YU, Seockhyun, KIM, Kyunghwa, KIM, Seonhwa, KIM, HeeJin, PARK, Mijung, CHOI, Joah
• Granted Patent: US 9,807,306 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/241
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/6811 based on the image signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/743 Bracketing, i.e. taking a series of images with varying exposure conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/80 Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/144 Movement detection for video coding H04N19/503; analysis of motion in general G06T7/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2621 Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects during image pickup, e.g. digital cameras, camcorders, video cameras having integrated special effects capability

Abstract

A method for photographing an image and a portable terminal having a camera for photographing an image are provided. The method includes buffering a burst shot image and displaying a frame image, erasing an object having a movement in the displayed image, and generating and displaying a still image by replacing the displayed image including the object having the movement, at location where the object is erased, with a buffered image.

Claims

1. A method for photographing an image with a portable terminal having a camera, the method comprising:

buffering a burst shot image and displaying an image;

erasing an object having a movement from the displayed image; and

generating and displaying a still image by replacing the displayed image including the object having the movement, at a location where the object is erased, with a buffered image.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the erasing of the object comprises:

extracting and displaying the object having the movement from the displayed image;

selecting the object having the movement from the displayed image; and

erasing the selected object having the movement from the displayed image.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein an eraser button is displayed in a screen displaying the image, and further comprising:

erasing an image area at which a touch interaction is detected, if the eraser button is selected after erasing the object.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the displaying of the object having the movement is performed by distinguishing a border line and/or color of the object having the movement.

5. A method for photographing an image with a portable terminal having a camera, the method comprising:

buffering a burst shot image and displaying an image;

displaying an error editing menu;

processing an eraser mode by erasing an object having a movement of from displayed images, if the eraser mode is selected in the error editing menu, and generating and displaying a still image by replacing the displayed image including the object having the movement, at a location where the object is erased, with a buffered image; and

replacement editing by displaying an image corresponding to an erroneous area of the buffered images, if the error editing mode is selected in the error editing menu, and replacing the image corresponding to the erroneous area with a selected image, if the displayed image is selected.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the processing of the eraser mode comprises:

extracting and displaying the object having the movement from the displayed image;

selecting the object having the movement from the displayed image; and

erasing the selected object having the movement from the displayed image.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein an eraser button is displayed in a screen displaying the image, and further comprising:

erasing an image area at which a touch interaction is detected, if the eraser button is selected after erasing the object.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the displaying of the object having the movement is performed by distinguishing a border line and/or color of the object having the movement.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the replacement editing comprises:

displaying images corresponding to an erroneous area of the buffered images, if the erroneous area is selected from the displayed images; and

replacing an image corresponding to the erroneous area with an image selected from the images corresponding to the erroneous area.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the erroneous area is an image area having a face area and/or a movement.

11. An apparatus for photographing an image, the apparatus comprising:

a camera configured to obtain an image by a burst shot;

a storage unit configured to buffer burst shot images;

an input unit configured to generate a device control command;

a control unit configured to control the camera to perform the burst shot, if photographing is requested through the input unit, to buffer the burst shot image in the storage unit and to display an image, and to generate a still image by extracting and erasing an object having a movement from the displayed image by replacing the object having a movement with a buffered image; and

a display unit configured to display an image under the control of the control unit.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control unit is further configured to extract and display an object having a movement from the displayed image, to select the object having the movement from the displayed image, and to erase the selected object having the movement from the displayed image.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control unit is further configured to display an eraser button in a screen displaying the image, and to erase an image at a location where a touch interaction is detected through the input unit, if the eraser button is selected after erasing the object.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the control unit is further configured to display the object having the movement by distinguishing a border line and/or color of the object having the movement.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control unit comprises an error editing mode and is further configured to display images corresponding to an erroneous area selected from buffered images, if the error editing mode is selected through the input unit, wherein an erroneous area is selected from a display screen, and to replace the image of the erroneous area with a selected image, if the displayed image is selected.