Electronic device and method for photographing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016286132-A1
Application number	US-201615080423-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 24, 2016
Priority date	Mar 24, 2015
Publication date	Sep 29, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for photographing in an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes displaying a preview image on a display, identifying at least one of current location information, environment information, and information related to the preview image of the electronic device, and searching and obtaining photographing information based on the identified information. An electronic device includes a communication module, a camera module, a display, a memory, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to control to display a preview image obtained from the camera module on the display, identify at least one of current location information, environment information, and information related to the preview image, and search for and obtain photographing information through the communication module based on the identified information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for photographing in an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying a preview image on a display; identifying at least one of current location information, environment information, and information related to the preview image of the electronic device; and searching and obtaining photographing information based on the identified information.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a suggested image by applying the obtained photographing information to the preview image.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
displaying the suggested image on the display.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
storing the suggested image if a user input for selecting the suggested image is received.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
searching for an image based on the identified information; and obtaining at least one of photographing angle information or photographing location information from the image.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
displaying the image on the display as a suggested image based on at least one of the obtained photographing angle information and the obtained photographing location information.

7 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
generating guide information based on at least one of the obtained photographing angle information and the obtained photographing location information, and displaying the guide information on the display.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the suggested image is semi-transparent.

9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the suggested image is resized to a thumbnail.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device comprises at least one of an air pressure sensor, temperature sensor or humidity sensor.

11 . An electronic device comprising:
a communication module; a camera module; a display; a memory; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to control to:
display a preview image obtained from the camera module on the display;
identify at least one of current location information, environment information, and information related to the preview image; and
search for and obtain photographing information through the communication module based on the identified information.

12 . The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to generate a suggested image by controlling the camera module to apply the obtained photographing information to the preview image.

13 . The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to control the display to display the suggested image.

14 . The electronic device of claim 13 ,
wherein the processor controls the memory to store the suggested image if a user input for selecting the suggested image is received.

15 . The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to:
search for an image through the communication module based on the identified information; and obtain at least one of photographing angle information and photographing location information from the found image.

16 . The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to control the display to display the found image as a suggested image based on at least one of the obtained photographing angle information and the obtained photographing location information.

17 . The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to control the display to display guide information based on at least one of the obtained photographing angle information and the obtained photographing location information.

18 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the suggested image is semi-transparent.

19 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the suggested image is resized to a thumbnail.

20 . The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the electronic device comprises at least one of an air pressure sensor, temperature sensor or humidity sensor.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Junghyung
• Jin Pyeonggyu
• Park Jonghyun
• Im Younggyun

Classifications

• H04N23/64 Primary

  Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image · CPC title

• H04N2201/325

  Modified version of the image, e.g. part of the image, image reduced in size or resolution, thumbnail or screennail · CPC title

• H04N1/00244 Primary

  with a server, e.g. an internet server (fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324) · CPC title

• H04N23/62

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• H04N23/633

  for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera · CPC title