DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20120081573A1
• Filed: 09/22/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Sung-ha
• Granted Patent: US 8,823,836 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00167 Processing or editing H04N1/00196 - H04N1/00201 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00453 arranged in a two dimensional array
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2621 Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects during image pickup, e.g. digital cameras, camcorders, video cameras having integrated special effects capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8227 the additional signal being at least another television signal

Abstract

A digital photographing apparatus includes a digital signal processing unit that obtains first image data from an input image and generates second image data using the first image data according to a condition that is previously set. A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus includes obtaining first image data from an input image and generating second image data using the first image data according to a condition that is previously set.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus, the method comprising:

obtaining first image data from an input image; and

generating second image data using the first image data according to a condition that is previously set.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the condition that is previously set is a multi-effect image set according to a selection by a user.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising displaying a multi-effect image setting menu.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the displaying of the multi-effect image setting menu comprises:

displaying a display area of the digital photographing apparatus by dividing the display area into a first area and a second area;

displaying one or more multi-effect images selectable by the user in the first area; and

displaying in the second area one or more images selected by the user from among the one or more multi-effect images displayed in the first area.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the displaying of the multi-effect image setting menu comprises displaying the multi-effect images selectable by a user by grouping the multi-effect images according to a category.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second image data is a thumbnail image generated according to the condition that is previously set.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a first thumbnail image from the obtained first image data;

generating a second thumbnail image according to the condition that is previously set from the first thumbnail image; and

storing one or more of the first image data, the first thumbnail image, and the second thumbnail image.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising displaying the first thumbnail image and the second thumbnail image,

wherein the displaying comprises:

displaying a display area of the digital photographing apparatus by dividing the display area into a first area and a second area;

displaying the first thumbnail image in the first area; and

displaying the second thumbnail image in the second area.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the second thumbnail image is displayed in the second area with respect to the first thumbnail image displayed in the first area, according to a selection of a user.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a first thumbnail image from the obtained first image data;

storing information about the condition that is previously set in an EXIF of the first image data; and

when the first image data and the first thumbnail image are displayed, generating a second thumbnail image from the first thumbnail image according to the information about the condition that is previously set.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising storing position information of the generated second thumbnail image in the EXIF of the first image data.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the first image data and the second image data as one image file.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein a resolution of the first image data is greater than that of the second image data.

14. A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus, the method comprising:

selecting one or more multi-effect images;

obtaining first image data from an input image;

generating one or more second image data using the first image data according to the one or more selected multi-effect images; and

generating the first image data and the one or more second images as one multi picture file.

15. A digital photographing apparatus comprising:

a digital signal processing unit that obtains first image data from an input image and generates second image data using the first image data according to a condition that is previously set.

16. The digital photographing apparatus of claim 15, wherein the digital signal processing unit comprises a multi-effect image setting unit that sets a multi-effect image according to a user'"'"'s selection.

17. The digital photographing apparatus of claim 15, wherein the digital signal processing unit comprises a control unit that controls displaying of a display area of the digital photographing apparatus by dividing the display area into a first area and a second area, displaying of multi-effect images selectable by a user in the first area, and displaying of in the second area one or more images selected by the user from among the multi-effect images displayed in the first area.

18. The digital photographing apparatus of claim 15, wherein the digital signal processing unit comprises a thumbnail generating unit that generates the second image data as a thumbnail image from the first image data according to the condition that is previously set.

19. The digital photographing apparatus of claim 15, wherein the digital signal processing unit comprises:

a thumbnail generating unit that generates a first thumbnail image from the obtained first image data and that generates a second thumbnail image according to the condition that is previously set from the first thumbnail image; and

a control unit that controls storing of one or more of the first image data, the first thumbnail image, and the second thumbnail image.

20. The digital photographing apparatus of claim 19, wherein the control unit controls displaying of one or more of the first thumbnail image and the second thumbnail image, displaying of a display area of the digital photographing apparatus divided into a first area and a second area, and displaying of the first thumbnail image in the first area and the second thumbnail image the second area.