Photographic apparatus, control method thereof, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

• US 10,353,574 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2016
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Song, Won-seok, Choi, Myung-kyu, Kang, Tae-hoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Levy, Amy M
• Application Number:
  US15/085,115
• Publication Number:
  US 20160291861A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,203 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00 Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters

Abstract

A method comprising: displaying a live view image on a screen; detecting a first gesture that is performed on the screen when the live view image is displayed; and displaying a thumbnail menu on the screen together with the live view image based on a duration of the first gesture.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying a live view image on a touchscreen of an apparatus;

receiving user input to configure one or more of a plurality of available gestures via a setting window superimposed over the live view image, the user input associating each of the one or more of the plurality of available gestures with a function selected from a plurality of available functions;

detecting a first gesture that is performed on the touchscreen when the live view image is displayed;

displaying a thumbnail menu on the touchscreen together with the live view image based on a duration of the first gesture, the thumbnail menu including a plurality of thumbnails each corresponding to a pre-captured image;

detecting a second gesture that is performed on the touchscreen selecting one of the plurality of thumbnails;

determining an operation to be performed corresponding to the second gesture,

wherein the operation to be performed is the function associated with the second gesture that was configured by the user input; and

performing the determined operation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the thumbnail menu is displayed in response to the duration of the first gesture meeting a threshold.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the duration of the first gesture includes a period starting at a start time of the first gesture and ending at an end time of the first gesture.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the thumbnail menu comprises increasing a count of pre-captured images included in the thumbnail menu in proportion to the duration of the first gesture.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation to be performed includes at least one of:

transmitting the pre-captured image corresponding to the selected thumbnail to an external device or deleting the pre-captured image corresponding to the selected thumbnail.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation to be performed includes at least one of magnifying the selected thumbnail and entering a gallery mode.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation to be performed includes at least one of filtering on the pre-captured image corresponding to the selected thumbnail, setting a timer of the apparatus, activating a flash of the apparatus, or powering off the apparatus.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a third gesture that is performed outside of the thumbnail menu; and

hiding the thumbnail menu in response to the third gesture.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer-readable program for performing the method of claim 1.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a touchscreen display;

a memory; and

at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory, the at least one processor configured to;

display a live view image on the touchscreen display;

receive user input to configure one or more of a plurality of available gestures via a setting window superimposed over the live view image, the user input associating each of the one or more of the plurality of available gestures with a function selected from a plurality of available functions;

detect a first gesture that is performed on the touchscreen display when the live view image is displayed;

display a thumbnail menu on the touchscreen display together with the live view image based on a duration of the first gesture, the thumbnail menu including a plurality of thumbnails each corresponding to a pre-captured image;

detect a second gesture that is performed on the touchscreen display selecting one of the plurality of thumbnails;

determine an operation to be performed corresponding to the second gesture, wherein the operation to be performed is the function associated with the second gesture that was configured by the user input and

perform the determined operation.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein:

the thumbnail menu is displayed in response to the duration of the first gesture meeting a threshold.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the duration of the first gesture includes a period starting at a start time of the first gesture and ending at an end time of the first gesture.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to increase a count of images included in the thumbnail menu in proportion to the duration of the first gesture.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the operation to be performed includes at least one of

transmitting the pre-captured image corresponding to the selected thumbnail to an external device or deleting the pre-captured image corresponding to the selected thumbnail.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the operation to be performed includes at least one of magnifying the selected thumbnail and entering a gallery mode.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the operation to be performed includes at least one of filtering on the pre-captured image corresponding to the selected thumbnail, setting a timer of the apparatus, activating a flash of the apparatus, or powering off the apparatus.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

detect a third gesture that is performed outside of the thumbnail menu; and

hide the thumbnail menu in response to the third gesture.