ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING COMPOSITION INFORMATION OF PICTURE AND SHOOTING METHOD USING THE SAME

• US 20150358498A1
• Filed: 06/09/2015
• Published: 12/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: EOM, Ki Hun, KOO, Young Gwon, KIM, Seong Yeol, CHOI, Hyung Wook
• Granted Patent: US 9,794,441 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/61 based on recognised objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera
• 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 5/272 Means for inserting a foreground image in a background image, i.e. inlay, outlay

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera module, a memory configured to store reference composition information, and a camera control module configured to collect real-time composition information through the camera module. The camera control module compares the stored reference composition information and the real-time composition information to indicate to a user whether the stored reference composition information and the real-time composition information are consistent with each other.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a camera module;

a memory configured to store reference composition information; and

a camera control module configured to collect real-time composition information through the camera module,

wherein the camera control module compares the stored reference composition information and the real-time composition information to indicate to a user whether the stored reference composition information and the real-time composition information are consistent with each other.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the stored reference composition information is predetermined by at least one of a user, a manufacturing company, and a service provider.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the reference composition information is extracted from a specific picture or video.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, further comprising a sub camera module, the sub camera being independently implemented from the camera module.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the at least one of the specific picture and video is taken using one of the camera module and the sub camera module.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the sub camera module is disposed on the same surface as that of a display of the electronic device.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the stored reference composition information comprises at least one of information on a state of the electronic device and digital image information included in a specific image.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the information on the state of the electronic device comprises information on a movement direction, a tilt or an azimuth of the electronic device recognized through a sensor.

9. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the digital image information comprises information on brightness or chroma of a specific point of the image.

10. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the digital image information comprises information on a portion of the image.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the real-time composition information comprises at least one of information on a state of the electronic device and digital image information of a real-time image captured through the camera module.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the camera control module compares information on a state of the electronic device included in the real-time composition information and information on a state of the electronic device included in the stored reference composition information.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the camera control module compares an image associated with the stored reference composition information and a real-time image captured through the camera module.

14. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the camera control module outputs a composition hit message or performs auto-shooting, when a hit ratio of the real-time composition information to the stored reference composition information is greater than or equal to a reference value.

15. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the camera control module outputs a composition adjustment message when a hit ratio of the real-time composition information to the stored reference composition information is smaller than a reference value.

16. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the camera control module replaces at least a portion of a captured picture using the camera module with a portion of a picture associated with the stored reference composition information.

17. A shooting method executed by an electronic device, the shooting method comprising:

storing reference composition information at a memory;

collecting real-time composition information through a camera module;

comparing the real-time composition information with the reference composition information; and

indicating to a user whether the real-time composition information is consistent with the reference composition information, based on the comparison result.

18. The shooting method of claim 17, wherein the storing of the reference composition information comprises:

extracting the reference composition information from a picture or video captured through a sub camera module, the sub camera module being independent of the camera module; and

storing the extracted reference composition information at the memory.

19. The shooting method of claim 17, wherein the indicating to the user comprises:

outputting a composition hit message or performing auto-shooting, where a hit ratio of the real-time composition information to the reference composition information is greater than or equal to a specific reference value.

20. The shooting method of claim 17, wherein the indicating to the user comprises:

outputting a composition adjustment message, where a hit ratio of the real-time composition information to the reference composition information is smaller than a specific reference value.