Photographing apparatus capable of communication with external apparatus and method of controlling the same

• US 8,848,085 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2007
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: O, Seung-hun
• Primary Examiner(s): HOGUE, DENNIS A
• Application Number:
  US11/781,996
• Publication Number:
  US 20080186385A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,625 Days
• Field of Search: 348/211.99, 348/211.1, 348/211.2, 348/211.3, 348/333.01, 348/333.02, 348/207.99, 348/207.1, 455/412.2, 386/46
• US Class Current: 348/333.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 By radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3204 of data relating to a user, sender, addressee, machine or electronic recording medium H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3209 of a telephone number
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3266 of text or character information, e.g. text accompanying an image H04N2201/3226 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3273 Display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/804 involving pulse code modulation of the colour picture signal components
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 : involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 : Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A photographing apparatus capable of performing communication with an external apparatus and a method of controlling the photographing apparatus. The photographing apparatus can communicate with an external apparatus and store data received from the external apparatus together with a photographed image, even while photographing the image. Additionally, the data received from the external apparatus can be stored in a form of metadata to connect data to the image, and thus it is possible to play back the data received from the external apparatus in a more lifelike manner.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

an image pickup unit to acquire a moving image of a subject;

an image processing unit to process signals output from the image pickup unit and to generate video image data;

a display unit to display the video image data;

a memory unit to store the video image data; and

a controller to control the display unit to simultaneously display the video image data and display a notification message in response to receiving a text data sent by an external device while photographing the moving image of the subject,

wherein the notification message indicates that the text data has been received, wherein the notification message includes information on contents of the text data, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display the contents of the text data in response to receiving a first user input while the video image data and the notification image are displayed, and wherein the controller controls the memory unit to attach the text data to the video image data as metadata in response to receiving a second user input while the video image data and the notification image are displayed.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information on the contents of the text data comprises a phone number of a sender.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information on the contents of the text data comprises a name of a sender.

4. The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein a pre-stored contact address window is displayed in response to receiving a third user input.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a contact address of the external device is input and stored, and wherein the notification message is displayed with the contact address.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller generates an alarm sound in response to receiving the text data.