METHOD FOR GUIDING SHOOTING LOCATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR

• US 20150264267A1
• Filed: 02/12/2015
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Jaejin, PARK, Kyungmin
• Application Number:
  US14/620,552
• Publication Number:
  US 20150264267A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/64 Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/71 Circuitry for evaluating the brightness variation

Abstract

A method and apparatus for guiding a camera shooting location. A subject is shot with a camera of the electronic device, and the device identifies whether an amount of incident light measured by a sensor of the camera is greater than a predetermined threshold value. The preview image is displayed along with recommended shooting location information if the amount of incident light amount is greater than the predetermined threshold value. A sensor unit has an illumination sensor configured to measure a sunlight amount, and a gyroscope sensor and an orientation sensor configured to measure a shooting direction of the camera. A processor controls a wireless communication unit including a GPS for measuring the locations of the electronic device, subject, and Sun. Recommended shooting location information is displayed informing where to move to shoot the subject if the incident light amount is greater than the predetermined threshold value.

Claims

1. A method for guiding a camera shooting location of an electronic device, the method comprising:

shooting a subject with a camera of the electronic device;

identifying whether an amount of incident light measured by a sensor of the camera is greater than a predetermined threshold value; and

displaying with a preview image a recommended shooting location information identifying at least one location at which to shoot an image of a subject with a reduced amount of incident light being at least below the predetermined threshold value if the amount of incident light at a current location is greater than the predetermined threshold value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the shooting a subject comprises performing a shooting operation after identifying a selection of a subject to be shot.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising calculating a distance between the electronic device and a subject to be shot and displaying the distance with the preview.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying of at least one location at which to shoot an image of a subject comprises a location for shooting the selected subject without a backlight.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the measuring the amount of incident light is performed after identifying whether the electronic device, subject, and Sun are optically aligned.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the identifying whether an amount of incident light is greater than a predetermined threshold value is performed after detecting locations of the Sun, subject, and electronic device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying with the preview image the recommended shooting location information comprises identifying locations of the electronic device, the subject, and the Sun in an outer range of camera'"'"'s view angle.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the displaying recommended shooting location information comprises displaying at least one of a direction and a distance to move towards the recommended location.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying recommended shooting location information comprises displaying with the preview image a map indicating a shooting location of the electronic device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying recommended shooting location information further comprises displaying with the preview image a shooting probability notice if the light amount becomes less than the threshold value.

11. An apparatus for guiding a camera shooting location of an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:

an input unit including a camera in the electronic device configured to shoot a subject;

a memory including an application configured to drive the camera;

a display unit including a display module configured to display a shooting location of the subject;

a sensor unit including an illumination sensor configured to measure a sunlight amount, and a gyroscope sensor and an orientation sensor configured to measure a shooting direction of the camera; and

a processor configured to control a wireless communication unit including a GPS for measuring the locations of the electronic device, subject, and sun,

wherein the processor includes a shooting location obtaining module which shoots a subject with the camera of the electronic device, identifies whether an amount of incident light measured by a sensor of the camera is greater than a predetermined threshold value, and controlling to display recommended shooting location information with a preview image if the incident light amount is greater than the predetermined threshold value.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor controls shooting the subject after identifying a selection of a subject to be shot.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor controls shooting the subject after identifying whether the electronic device, the subject, and the sun are optically aligned.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor identifies after detecting the locations of the sun, the subject, and the electronic device.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor controls to display with the preview image the recommended shooting location information by identifying from the locations of the electronic device, subject, and Sun in an outer range of camera'"'"'s view angle.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor controls displaying recommended shooting location information including a moving direction and a distance toward the recommended location.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the processor further controls to display with the preview image a map indicating a shooting location of the electronic device.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor further controls a display of the preview image with a shooting probability notice if the light amount becomes less than the threshold value.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to calculate a distance between the electronic device and a subject to be shot and display the distance with the preview.

20. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein processor is configured to identify at least one location at which to shoot an image of a subject that comprises a location for shooting the selected subject without a backlight.