Image display apparatus and photographing apparatus

• US 8,035,720 B2
• Filed: 09/18/2006
• Issued: 10/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ozone, Takayoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Ye; Lin
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOGUE, DENNIS A
• Application Number:
  US11/522,790
• Publication Number:
  US 20070146526A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,849 Days
• Field of Search: 348/208.16
• US Class Current: 348/333.12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4184 providing storage capabilities, e.g. memory stick
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440272 for performing aspect ratio conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

Provided is an image display apparatus whose display images can be viewed regardless of an orientation or an aspect ratio of a display image. When a user sets the orientation and the aspect ratio of a live view display, a background frame corresponding to the orientation and the aspect ratio set by the user is selected. Then, a spare region is determined, and icons are placed in the determined spare region. When the orientation or aspect ratio of the display image is changed, the position of the icons is also changed so that the appearance of the display images is not overlapped with icons or information.

Claims

1. An image display apparatus for a photographing apparatus, the image display apparatus comprising:

a display unit that displays an image;

a motion sensing unit that senses motion of a body of the photographing apparatus while the image is displayed on the display unit; and

an image display setting unit that changes at least one of an orientation and an aspect ratio of the image according to the motion sensed by the motion sensing unit,

wherein the motion sensing unit senses the motion of the body of the photographing apparatus while an orientation of the body of the photographing apparatus is retained.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the motion sensing unit is selected from the group consisting of accelerometers and gyroscopes.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the motion sensing unit includes at least one sensor configured to detect motion of the photographing apparatus along at least one axis.

4. A photographing apparatus comprising:

a photographing module that photographs an image of a subject;

a display unit that displays the image and OSD information relative to the image;

a motion sensing unit that senses motion of a body of the photographing apparatus while the image is displayed on the display unit;

an image display setting unit that formats image data of the image for reproduction on a first portion of the display unit according to the motion sensed by the motion sensing unit while an orientation of the body of the photographing apparatus is retained; and

an OSD information position determination unit that reproduces the OSD information on a second portion of the display unit, at least one of a size and a position of the second portion determined relative to a format of the image data set by the image display setting unit, wherein at least one of a characteristic and content of the OSD information reproduced varies according to at least one of the size and the position of the second portion.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the image display setting unit is configured to change at least one of an orientation and an aspect ratio of the image.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the motion sensing unit includes at least one sensor selected from the group consisting of accelerometers and gyroscopes.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the at least one sensor is configured to detect motion of the photographing apparatus along at least one axis.

8. A digital camera comprising:

a photographing means for capturing an image of a subject;

a display means for reproducing the image and displaying a plurality of informational icons relative to the image;

a sensing means for detecting at least one of an inclination, direction, speed, and acceleration of the camera while the image is reproduced on the display means;

an image formatting means for adjusting image data of the image for reproduction on a first portion of the display means according to the at least one of inclination, direction, speed, and acceleration of the camera detected by the sensing means while an orientation of the camera is retained; and

a means for reproducing the plurality of informational icons on a second portion of the display means, at least one of a size and a position of the second portion determined according to a format of the image data set by the image formatting means, wherein at least one of a characteristic and content of the plurality of informational icons reproduced varies according to at least one of the size and the position of the second portion.

9. The digital camera of claim 8 wherein the image formatting means is configured to change at least one of an orientation and an aspect ratio of the image.

10. The digital camera of claim 9 wherein the aspect ratio of the first portion of the display means is one of 4:

3, 16;

9 and 1;

1.

11. The digital camera of claim 10 wherein the second portion of the display comprises two non-adjacent, non-contiguous spare regions configured between the first portion and a perimeter of the display means.

12. The digital camera of claim 11 wherein the perimeter of the display means is generally square-shaped.

13. The digital camera of claim 12 wherein both of the two non-adjacent, non-contiguous spare regions are oriented substantially parallel and at least one of horizontally and vertically.

14. The digital camera of claim 8 wherein the sensing means communicates with at least one of the image formatting means and the means for reproducing the plurality of informational icons.

15. The digital camera of claim 8 wherein the sensing means includes at least one sensor selected from the group consisting of accelerometers and gyroscopes.

16. The digital camera of claim 8 wherein the sensing means is configured to detect motion of the digital camera along at least one axis.

17. The digital camera of claim 16 wherein a first axis of the at least one axis is a horizontal axis and a second axis of the at least one axis is a vertical axis.

18. An image display apparatus for a photographing apparatus, the image display apparatus comprising:

a display unit that displays an image;

a motion sensing unit that senses motion of a body of the photographing apparatus;

an image display setting unit that changes at least one of an orientation and an aspect ratio of a first displayed image to generate a second displayed image according to a motion sensed by the motion sensing unit;

a signal processing unit that outputs image data corresponding to the second displayed image;

a memory card control unit that stores the image data corresponding to the second displayed image into an image file; and

a memory control unit that temporarily stores image data corresponding to the first displayed image but not the second displayed image in addition to the image data corresponding to the second displayed image separately from the image file,

wherein after the memory card control unit stores the image file, a display region of the image file is adjusted using the temporarily stored image data corresponding to the first displayed image but not the second displayed image, and

wherein the motion sensing unit senses the motion of the body of the photographing apparatus while an orientation of the body of the photographing apparatus is retained.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the first displayed image is a live view image.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the adjusting of the display region of the image file after the memory card control unit stores the image file is according to a motion sensed by the motion sensing unit.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the memory card control unit stores the image file in an external memory medium, and the memory control unit temporarily stores the image data corresponding to the first displayed image but not the second displayed image in addition to the image data corresponding to the second displayed image in a built-in random access memory (RAM).