Method of obtaining a user-selected angle of view from among a plurality of angles of view of respective cameras and electronic device supporting the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11457151-B2
Application number	US-202016788089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 11, 2020
Priority date	Feb 11, 2019
Publication date	Sep 27, 2022
Grant date	Sep 27, 2022

Abstract

An electronic device including: a housing; a first camera having a first angle of view; a second camera having a second angle of view that is smaller than the first angle of view; a touchscreen display; and a processor. The processor is configured to: based on a photographing direction of the first camera and a photographing direction of the second camera being substantially the same, activate the first camera; display a first image acquired via the first camera on the display; acquire a second image by cropping the first image in accordance with the second angle of view, in response to reception of a first input event; display the second image on the display; activate the second camera in response to reception of a second input event; and display a third image acquired via the second camera on the display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a first camera having a first angle of view;
a second camera having a second angle of view that is smaller than the first angle of view;
a display with a touchable screen; and
a processor connected to the first camera, the second camera, and the display,
wherein the processor is configured to:
based on being in a state where a photographing direction of the first camera and a photographing direction of the second camera are substantially the same, activate the first camera;
display a first image acquired via the first camera on the display;
while the second camera is not activated, acquire a second image by cropping the first image to have the second angle of view, in response to reception of a first input event;
while the second camera is not activated, concurrently display the second image with the first image on the display;
activate the second camera in response to reception of a second input event; and
display a third image acquired via the second camera on the display.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the first input event is generated according to a first touch input made at a point on the touchable screen of the display; and
the second input event is generated according to a second touch input made at a position where the second image is displayed on the touchable screen.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to arrange the second image overlappingly in a partial area of the first image displayed on the display.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the first input event is generated at a first time point at which touch objects are contacted at two points on the touchable screen of the display; and
the second input event is generated at a second time point at which the touch objects are moved in different directions from each other and then separated from the touchable screen.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
acquire a plurality of fourth images by cropping the first image to have a plurality of angles of view included in a range of the first angle of view and the second angle of view; and
display a fourth image, that corresponds to an angle of view matched to a distance between the touch objects from among the fourth images, on the display from the first time point to the second time point.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to deactivate the first camera or switch the first camera to a standby state in response to reception of the second input event.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to activate the second camera and switch the activated second camera to a standby state before reception of the first input event.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a third camera that is connected to the processor and has a third angle of view that is greater than the first angle of view,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
based on a photographing direction of the third camera being substantially the same as a photographing direction of the first camera and a photographing direction of the second camera, activate the third camera in response to reception of the first input event;
acquire a fourth image from the activated third camera;
acquire a fifth image by cropping the fourth image in accordance with the first angle of view;
acquire the second image by cropping the fourth image in accordance with the second angle of view; and
display at least one of the second image and the fifth image on the display.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to, based on the second image and the fifth image being displayed on the display, apply a graphic effect to one of the second image and the fifth image on a basis of at least one of an object to be photographed or a user's preference.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising: a third camera that is connected to the processor and has a third angle of view that is smaller than the first angle of view and greater than the second angle of view,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
based on a photographing direction of the third camera being substantially the same as a photographing direction of the first camera and a photographing direction of the second camera, activate the third camera in response to reception of the first input event;
acquire a fourth image from the activated third camera; and
acquire the second image by cropping the fourth image in accordance with the second angle of view.

11. A screen providing method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
based on being in a state where a photographing direction of a first camera having a first angle of view and a photographing direction of a second camera having a second angle of view that is smaller than the first angle of view are substantially the same, activating the first camera;
displaying a first image acquired via the first camera on a display;
while the second camera is not activated, acquiring a second image by cropping the first image to have the second angle of view, in response to reception of a first input event;
while the second camera is not activated, concurrently displaying the second image with the first image on the display;
activating the second camera in response to reception of a second input event; and
displaying a third image acquired via the second camera on the display.

12. The screen providing method of claim 11 , wherein:
the first input event is generated according to a first touch input made at a point on a screen of the display;
and the second input event is generated according to a second touch input made at a position where the second image is displayed on the screen.

13. The screen providing method of claim 12 , wherein the displaying of the second image on the display comprises arranging the second image overlappingly in a partial area of the first image displayed on the display.

14. The screen providing method of claim 11 , wherein:
the first input event is generated at a first time point at which touch objects are contacted at two points on the screen of the display; and
the second input event is generated at a second time point at which the touch objects are moved in different directions from each other and then separated from the screen.

15. The screen providing method of claim 14 , further comprising:
acquiring a plurality of fourth images by cropping the first image to have a plurality of angles of view included in a range of the first angle of view and the second angle of view; and
displaying a fourth image, that corresponds to an angle of view matched to a distance between the touch objects from among the fourth images, on the display from the first time point to the second time point.

16. The screen providing method of claim 11 , further comprising deactivating the first camera or switching the first camera to a standby state in response to reception of the second input event.

17. The screen providing method of claim 11 , further comprising activating the second camera and switching the activated second camera to a standby state before reception of the first input event.

18. The screen providing method of claim 11 , further comprising:
based on a photographing direction of a third camera having a third angle of view that is greater than the first angle of view being substantial

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• An Sungwook

Classifications

• H04N5/2628 Primary

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• H04N23/632 Primary

  for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters · CPC title

• H04N23/667

  Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes · CPC title

• H04N23/45

  for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images · CPC title

• H04N23/65

  Control of camera operation in relation to power supply · CPC title