Video apparatus and photography method thereof

• US 9,888,176 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2014
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Xu, Yuanyuan, Yu, Chaoyang, Chen, Yan
• Primary Examiner(s): Hunter, Mishawn
• Application Number:
  US15/031,313
• Publication Number:
  US 20160261796A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,470 Days
• Field of Search: 386225-227
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/212 Motion video recording combined with still video recording television signal recording H04N5/76
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2125 Display of information relating to the still picture recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/91 Television signal processing therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

Disclosed are a video recording apparatus and a photographing method thereof. The method includes: enabling a video recording mode when the video recording apparatus is powered on, and slowly playing a recorded video at a set speed during recording; and capturing a video image at a moment of triggering to obtain a photograph when a user triggers photographing.

Claims

1. A photographing method, comprising:

enabling a video recording mode when a video recording apparatus is powered on, and slowly playing a recorded video at a set speed during recording; and

capturing a video image at a moment of triggering to obtain a photograph when a user triggers photographing;

wherein a current handheld state of the video recording apparatus is detected when the video recording apparatus is powered on, and the video recording mode is enabled when the handheld state satisfies a set photographing demand;

wherein when the recorded video is played, the method further comprises;

detecting the handheld state of the video recording apparatus in real time, deleting the current recorded video when the handheld state does not satisfy the set photographing demand, and recording a video again when the handheld state satisfies the set photographing demand.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the user triggers photographing, the method further comprises:

performing normal photographing by using the video recording apparatus to obtain a real-scene photograph at the moment of triggering, to allow the user to make a choice between the captured video image and the real-scene photograph.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

after obtaining the photograph, detecting whether eyes of the user are focused on a screen of the video recording apparatus;

if yes, using the captured video image as a final photograph; and

if not, using the real-scene photograph as the final photograph.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the recorded video is used as a temporary file which is stored in the video recording apparatus;

and

after the photograph is obtained or when photographing exits, the stored temporary file is deleted.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the recorded video is used as a temporary file which is stored in the video recording apparatus;

and

after the photograph is obtained or when photographing exits, the stored temporary file is deleted.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the recorded video is used as a temporary file which is stored in the video recording apparatus;

and

after the photograph is obtained or when photographing exits, the stored temporary file is deleted.

7. A video recording apparatus, comprising:

a detection module configured to enable a video recording mode when detecting that the video recording apparatus is powered on; and

a central processing module configured to control a display to slowly play a recorded video at a set speed during recording, and capture a video image at a moment of triggering to obtain a photograph when a user triggers photographing;

wherein the detection module is further configured to detect a current handheld state of the video recording apparatus when detecting that the video recording apparatus is powered on, and enable the video recording mode when the handheld state satisfies a set photographing demand;

wherein the central processing module is further configured to use the detection module to detect the handheld state of the video recording apparatus in real time when the recorded video is played, delete the current recorded video when the handheld state does not satisfy the set photographing demand, and record a video again when the detection module detects that the handheld state satisfies the set photographing demand.

8. The video recording apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the central processing module is further configured to perform normal photographing to obtain a real-scene photograph at the moment of triggering when the user triggers photographing, to allow the user to make a choice between the captured video image and the real-scene photograph.

9. The video recording apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the central processing module is further configured to, after obtaining the photograph, detect whether eyes of the user are focused on a screen of the video recording apparatus;

if yes, use the captured video image as a final photograph; and

if not, use the real-scene photograph as the final photograph.

10. The video recording apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:

a storage module configured to store the photograph and store the recorded video as a temporary file; and

wherein the central processing module is further configured to, after the photograph is obtained or when photographing exits, delete the temporary file stored by the storage module.

11. The video recording apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

a storage module configured to store the photograph and store the recorded video as a temporary file; and

wherein the central processing module is further configured to, after the photograph is obtained or when photographing exits, delete the temporary file stored by the storage module.

12. The video recording apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a storage module configured to store the photograph and store the recorded video as a temporary file; and

wherein the central processing module is further configured to, after the photograph is obtained or when photographing exits, delete the temporary file stored by the storage module.