Method of controlling digital photographing apparatus and digital photographing apparatus using the same

• US 9,124,854 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2014
• Issued: 09/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoon, Ji-young, Lee, Ho-woung, Kim, Byoung-soo
• Primary Examiner(s): BERARDESCA, PAUL M
• Application Number:
  US14/217,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20140199047A1
• Time in Patent Office: 532 Days
• Field of Search: 348/220.1, 348/222.1, 348/231.99, 348/231.1, 348/231.4, 348/231.7, 386/322, 386/323, 386/325
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 31/006 with video camera or receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/212 Motion video recording combined with still video recording television signal recording H04N5/76
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2129 Recording in, or reproducing from, a specific memory area or areas, or recording or reproducing at a specific moment
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/91 Television signal processing therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/802 involving processing of the sound signal H04N9/806, H04N9/835 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/00 Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's

Abstract

Provided is a method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus recording moving image data being input to a recording medium in a moving image photographing mode. The method includes creating a moving image file in the recording medium and storing the moving image data being input in the moving image file when a first signal is generated by a first button of the digital photographing apparatus pressed by a user, stopping storing of the moving image data being input when the first signal is generated by a second button of the digital photographing apparatus pressed by the user, continuing to store the moving image data being input in the moving image file when a second signal is generated by the second button pressed by the user, and stopping storing of the moving image data being input and completing the moving image file when the second signal is generated by the first button pressed by the user.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a lens;

a photoelectric conversion unit to convert light passing through the lens into an image electrical signal;

a microphone unit to generate an audio electrical signal;

one or more processors configured to;

generate moving image data from the image electrical signal, and audio data from the audio electrical signal;

control a moving image photographing operation, a still image photographing operation, and an audio recording operation;

while executing the moving image photographing operation, store the generated audio data and the generated moving image data in a moving image file;

while executing the audio recording operation in which only audio data is recorded, store the generated audio data in an audio file;

if a first input is detected while the audio data is not being recorded, start recording the audio data;

if a second input is detected while the audio data is being recorded, pause the recording of the audio data;

if a third input is detected while the recording of the audio data is paused, continue the recording of the audio data;

if only one time of a fourth input is detected while the audio data is being recorded, stop the recording of the audio data, and complete the audio file; and

if only one time of the fourth input is detected while the recording of the audio data is paused but before the audio file has been completed, complete the audio file;

wherein the if only one time of a fourth input is detected while the audio data is being recorded comprises if the fourth input has not previously been input to the device and the fourth input corresponds to a single button press.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the second input and the fourth input are generated by separate input units.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein each of the input units are buttons.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the third input and the fourth input are generated by separate input units.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein each of the input units are buttons.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor and algorithms consecutively reproduce the audio data in the audio file which has been stored including sounds recorded in at least two different time frames.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the moving image file comprises a file starter, head data, moving image data, and a file terminator.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor and algorithms further, while executing the still image photographing operation, store still image data which are generated from the image electrical signal in a still image file.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

respond to a user input signal, and, based thereon, select;

a) the moving image photographing operation in which moving image data and audio data is captured in a moving image file, b) the still image photographing operation in which still image data is captured in a still image file, and c) the audio recording operation in which only audio is captured in an audio file.

10. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

common controls for both the moving image photographing operation and the audio recording operation for functions of said start, stop, pause, and continue the recording.

11. An electronic device, comprising:

a lens;

a photoelectric conversion unit to convert light passing through the lens into an image electrical signal;

a microphone unit to generate an audio electrical signal;

one or more processors configured to;

generate moving image data from the image electrical signal, and audio data from the audio electrical signal;

control a moving image photographing operation, a still image photographing operation, and an audio recording operation;

while executing the moving image photographing operation, store the generated audio data and the generated moving image data in a moving image file;

while executing the audio recording operation in which only audio data is recorded, store the generated audio data in an audio file;

if a first input is detected while the audio data is not being recorded, start recording the audio data;

if a second input is detected while the audio data is being recorded, pause the recording of the audio data;

if a third input is detected while the recording of the audio data is paused, continue the recording of the audio data;

if only one time of a fourth input is detected while the audio data is being recorded by the first input or the third input, stop the recording of the audio data, and complete the audio file; and

if only one time of the fourth input is detected while the recording of the audio data is paused by the second input but before the audio file has been completed, complete the audio file;

wherein the if only one time of a fourth input is detected while the audio data is being recorded comprises if the fourth input has not previously been input to the device and the fourth input corresponds to a single button press.