Camera system of mobile device for capturing images, and method adapted thereto

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9900572-B2
Application number	US-201313893818-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2013
Priority date	May 14, 2012
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

A method for recording moving images via a camera system includes detecting a rotation state of a device and setting an image rotation angle in image record mode, rotating images acquired via a camera module by the set image rotation angle, and encoding and storing the rotated images.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for recording moving images via a camera, comprising:
displaying images acquired via a camera module in a preview mode;
detecting a rotation state of a device in an image record mode;
setting an image rotation angle based on the detected rotation state;
rotating the images by the set image rotation angle and displaying the rotated images; and
encoding and storing the rotated images as moving images,
wherein the rotating the images comprises altering a resolution of the image based on the set image rotation angle, and
wherein the rotated images are encoded with the altered resolution, and
wherein setting the image rotation angle comprises:
setting the image rotation angle by comparing the rotation state of an image sensor of the camera module with the detected rotation state of the device;
setting, if the image sensor outputs in a landscape mode and the device is positioned in a portrait mode, the image rotation angle so that a landscape image, acquired via the image sensor, is rotated to a portrait image;
setting, if the image sensor outputs in the portrait mode and the device is positioned in the landscape mode, the image rotation angle so that the portrait image, acquired via the image sensor, is rotated to the landscape image; and
setting, if the device is positioned in a reverse phase, the image rotation angle so that images acquired via the image sensor are rotated in the reverse phase.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein setting the image rotation angle by comparing comprises:
inputting an output of a sensor for setting the rotation state of the device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying images acquired via the camera module comprises:
processing images acquired via the camera module and creating the displayed images; and
displaying the displayed images,
wherein the rotation of images comprises rotating the created, displayed images.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying images acquired via the camera module comprises:
processing images acquired via the camera module and creating the displayed images; and
displaying the displayed images,
wherein the rotation of images comprises rotating the created, displayed images, and
wherein the display of the displayed images comprises re-rotating the rotated displayed images at an original rotation angle.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rotation of images comprises:
rotating, if the image rotation angle is a 90° angle, the landscape image, acquired via the image sensor, by 90° to convert the landscape image to the portrait image.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rotation of images comprises:
rotating, if the image rotation angle is 180°, the landscape image, acquired via the image sensor, by 180° to convert the landscape image by reversing a phase of the landscape image with respect to a normal phase.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rotation of images comprises:
rotating, if the image rotation angle is 270°, the landscape image, acquired via the image sensor, by 270° to convert the landscape image to the portrait image with the reverse phase with respect to the normal phase.

8. A device for recording moving images comprising:
a camera module with an image sensor;
a rotation detector configured to detect a rotation state of the device in an image record mode;
a buffer configured to buffer images acquired via the camera module;
a video processor configured to
display images acquired via the camera module,
set an image rotation angle based on the detected rotation state,
rotate the images with the set image rotation angle,
display the rotated images,
encode the rotated images as moving images, and
alter a resolution of the image based on the set image rotation angle;

a storage unit configured to store the encoded moving images; and
a display unit configured to display the images output from the video processor,
wherein the rotated images are encoded with the altered resolution, and
wherein the video processor is further configured to set the image rotation angle by comparing the rotation state of the image sensor of the camera module with the detected rotation state of the device, set, if the image sensor outputs in a landscape mode and the device is positioned in a portrait mode, the rotation angle so that a landscape image, acquired via the image sensor, is rotated to a portrait image, set, if the image sensor outputs in the portrait mode and the device is positioned in the landscape mode, the rotation angle so that the portrait image, acquired via the image sensor, is rotated to the landscape image, and set, if the device is positioned in a reverse phase, the rotation angle so that images acquired via the image sensor are rotated in the reverse phase.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the video processor comprises:
an image processor configured to process images acquired via the camera module;
an image-rotating unit configured to rotate the processed images by the set rotation angle;
a video codec configured to encode the rotated images and output the encoded, rotated images to the storage unit; and
a controller configured to set the image rotation angle in image record mode, and control the image-rotating unit to rotate the images output from the image processor.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the rotation detector comprises:
at least one of a gyro sensor and an acceleration sensor.

11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the video processor comprises:
an image processor configured to process images, acquired via the camera module, and rotate the processed images by the set rotation angle, wherein the image processor includes an image-rotating unit;
a video codec configured to encode the images, rotated via the image processor, and output the encoded, rotated images to the storage unit;
an image-rotating unit configured to re-rotate the processed images by the set rotation angle in the opposite direction and display the re-rotated images on the display unit; and
a controller configured to detect a rotation state of the device to set the image rotation angle in image record mode, and control the image-rotating unit to rotate the images.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rotation state is detected by a rotation detector that comprises at least one of a gyro sensor and an acceleration sensor.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Sangchul
• Yang Jeongmo

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