Terminal having camera and method of processing images at various focal lengths in the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9807314-B2
Application number	US-63428909-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2009
Priority date	Dec 10, 2008
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

A terminal having a camera and a method of processing an image in the camera are disclosed. The method includes collecting, using a camera, a user image captured at a user focal length and a link image captured at a selective focal length, and storing the user image and the link image by linking the link image with the user image. Using this method, a user can capture a subject and circumstances around the subject when the image is captured.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a first image capturing unit having a first focal length;
a second image capturing unit having a second focal length, the second focal length being different from the first focal length;
a display unit; and
a controller configured to:
acquire, using the first image capturing unit, a first image,
control the display unit to display a first image along with an icon, and
in response to receiving a user selection of the icon displayed on the display unit, control the display unit to display a reduced image of a first image centered on and overlapping a second image acquired by the second image capturing unit while the first image capturing unit acquires a first image,

wherein the reduced image is reduced in size from a first image acquired by the first image capturing unit.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the size of a first image acquired by the first image capturing unit is variable.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
enter a camera mode, and
provide a dual image capturing function.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is further configured to display a first image acquired by the first image capturing unit as distinguished from a second image acquired by the second image capturing unit.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the distinguishably displaying comprises displaying a second image acquired by the second image capturing unit more opaque than a first image acquired by the first image capturing unit.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first focal length is greater than the second focal length.

7. A method of operating a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
acquiring, using a first image capturing unit having a first focal length, a first image;
displaying a first image along with an icon on a display unit; and
in response to receiving a user selection of the icon displayed on the display unit, displaying, on the display unit, a reduced image of a first image centered on and overlapping a second image acquired by a second image capturing unit while the first image capturing unit acquires a first image,
wherein the second image capturing unit has a second focal length different from the first focal length,
wherein the reduced image is reduced in size from a first image acquired by the first image capturing unit.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the size of a first image acquired by the first image capturing unit is variable.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
entering a camera mode; and
providing a dual image capturing function.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising displaying a first image acquired by the first image capturing unit as distinguished from a second image acquired by the second image capturing unit.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the distinguishably displaying comprises displaying a second image acquired by the second image capturing unit more opaque than a first image acquired by the first image capturing unit.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first focal length is greater than the second focal length.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions thereon that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform functions including:
acquiring, using a first image capturing unit having a first focal length, a first image;
displaying a first image along with an icon on a display unit; and
in response to receiving a user selection of the icon displayed on the display unit, displaying, on the display unit, a reduced image of a first image centered on and overlapping a second image acquired by a second image capturing unit while the first image capturing unit acquired a first image,
wherein the second image capturing unit has a second focal length different from the first focal length,
wherein the reduced image is reduced in size from a first image acquired by the first image capturing unit.

14. The storage medium of claim 13 , further including instructions for varying the size of a first image acquired by the first image capturing unit.

15. The storage medium of claim 13 , further including instructions for entering a camera mode and for providing a dual image capturing function.

16. The storage medium of claim 13 , further including instructions for displaying a first image acquired by the first image capturing unit as distinguished from a second image acquired by the second image capturing unit.

17. The storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the distinguishably displaying comprises displaying a second image acquired by the second image capturing unit more opaque than a first image acquired by the first image capturing unit.

18. The storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the first focal length is greater than the second focal length.

Assignees

• Jung Han Chul
• Kim Sun Ae
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jung Han Chul
• Kim Sun Ae

Classifications

• H04N23/633 Primary

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

• H04N23/60

  Control of cameras or camera modules · CPC title

• H04N23/69

  Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming · CPC title

• H04N5/23296

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N5/262 Primary

  Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects {; Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects} · CPC title