MOVING IMAGE SHOOTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING A CAMERA DEVICE

• US 20130222640A1
• Filed: 02/25/2013
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: BAEK, Woohyun, PARK, Hyunho, LEE, Kwangju, CHOE, Seungjoo
• Granted Patent: US 9,167,164 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.99
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3027 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9201 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction

Abstract

An apparatus and method generate and store metadata in a moving image shooting mode for use in playing and editing the moving image. The moving image processing method of the apparatus equipped with a camera includes acquiring images at every frame period in a moving image shooting mode; generating metadata of the images; encoding the images into the moving image; storing the moving image with the metadata; and displaying a specific metadata selected among the metadata as supplementary functions of the moving image in a moving image playback mode.

Claims

1. A moving image processing method of an apparatus equipped with a camera, the method comprising:

acquiring images at every frame period in a moving image shooting mode;

generating metadata of the images;

encoding the images into a moving image;

storing the moving image with the metadata; and

displaying a specific metadata selected among the metadata as a supplementary function of the moving image in a moving image playback mode.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata comprises information on a difference between two consecutive frames of the moving image.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the metadata comprises a thumbnail image of a corresponding frame viewing image.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the supplementary function comprises displaying thumbnail images of frames adjacent to a current frame being displayed which is acquired by parsing a timestamp in a moving image preview mode.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the supplementary function comprises outputting the metadata of the moving image.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the supplementary function comprises outputting the metadata of the moving image in the form of a caption.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the supplementary function comprises outputting a selected metadata along with the moving image, wherein the selected metadata are shooting location information forming a tracking path output on a map.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the supplementary function comprises converting the moving image to a panorama image by analyzing the selected metadata of the moving image.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein the supplementary function comprises processing the moving image to generate a high video quality picture using the metadata of the moving image.

10. A moving image shooting and playback apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a camera which acquires a plurality of consecutive frame images;

an image signal processor which processes the consecutive frame images acquired by the camera and generates camera shooting information of the consecutive frame images;

a sensor unit which comprises at least one sensor;

an application processor which encodes the consecutive frame images into the moving image and stores the moving image with metadata output by the camera and the sensor unit in a moving image shooting mode and displays the moving image along with a specific metadata selected among the metadata as a supplementary function in a moving image playback mode;

a storage unit which stores the moving image; and

a display unit which displays the moving image under the control of the application processor.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the sensor unit generates sensor shooting information;

and

wherein the application processor processes difference information of the camera shooting information from the camera and the sensor shooting information from the sensor unit between two consecutive frames to generate the metadata.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the application processor includes, in the metadata, a thumbnail image of a corresponding frame viewing image.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the application processor displays a plurality of thumbnail images of frames adjacent to a current frame being displayed which is acquired by parsing a timestamp in a moving image preview mode.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the application processor outputs the metadata of the moving image.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the application processor outputs the metadata of the moving image in the form of a caption.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the application processor outputs a selected metadata along with the moving image, and the selected metadata are shooting location information forming a tracking path output on a map.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the application processor analyzes a selected metadata of the moving image and converts the moving image to a panorama image based on the analysis result.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the application processor processes the moving image to generate a high video quality picture using the metadata of the moving image.

19. A terminal apparatus comprising:

a communication unit which performs a radio communication with an external device;

a terminal controller which controls voice call and communication services of the terminal through communication unit;

a camera which acquires images in a moving image shooting mode;

an image signal processor which converts the images acquired at every frame into viewing images and generates metadata of the viewing images;

an application processor which encodes the viewing images into the moving image, regenerates the metadata, and stores the metadata in a storage unit along with the moving image; and

a display unit which displays the moving image.

20. The terminal apparatus of claim 19, further comprising a sensor unit, wherein the application processor generates the metadata by combining an output of the image signal processor and output of the sensor unit.

21. The terminal apparatus of claim 20, wherein the application processor outputs a specific metadata selected among the metadata as a supplementary function in a moving image playback mode.

22. The terminal apparatus of claim 21, wherein the application processor regenerates the metadata with difference information between consecutive frames of the moving image.

23. The terminal apparatus of claim 22, wherein the application processor includes, in the metadata, thumbnail images corresponding to the viewing images.

24. The terminal apparatus of claim 23, wherein the thumbnail images included in the metadata are selected at a predetermined number of frames.