# US 10,375,312 B2 · Imaging device and video generation method by imaging device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,375,312 B2 - Document ID: US10375312B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/313,548 - Filed: 2015-06-03 - Published: 2017-07-13 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-06-03 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jun-kwon Choi; Sung-hoon Kim; Su-jin Ryu; Dong-jin Jung; Kyu-chun Han - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10375312B2 ## CPC - H04N 23/631: {Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters} - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - G06T 7/20: Analysis of motion (motion estimation for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/43, H04N19/51) - H04N 5/2628: {Alteration of picture size, shape, position or orientation, e.g. zooming, rotation, rolling, perspective, translation} - H04N 5/45: Picture in picture {, e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen} - H04N 23/00: Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof - H04N 23/62: Control of parameters via user interfaces - H04N 23/635: {Region indicators; Field of view indicators} - H04N 23/675: {comprising setting of focusing regions} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL ## Abstract Provided are an imaging device and a video generation method by the imaging device, and more specifically, an imaging device, which enlarges an object selected in a video displayed on a screen and displays same, and a video generation method by the imaging device. According to an example embodiment, an object selected in a video displayed on a screen is enlarged, and the enlarged object is tracked and then displayed on the screen. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for generating video by an imaging device, the method comprising: displaying video on a screen of the imaging device; detecting a user input for selecting an object in the video; enlarging a first area and displaying the enlarged first area on the screen; and performing an auto exposure function and an auto focusing function corresponding to the object included in the enlarged first area, wherein the first area includes the object and is cropped from the video, and a size of the enlarged first area corresponds to a size of the screen. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the size of the enlarged first area is changeable. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the video displayed on the screen is displayed based on one of pressing a video imaging button of the imaging device and selecting the video from a video list displayed on the screen. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising tracking the detected object in the enlarged first area and displaying the tracked object. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, further comprising storing the enlarged first area including the tracked object. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, further comprising displaying a picture-in-picture (PIP) screen overlaying a portion of the enlarged first area, wherein the PIP screen is acquired by scaling the video. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the PIP screen is movable within the screen. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the enlarging of the first area and displaying of the enlarged first area comprises: providing at least one of visual feedback and auditory feedback corresponding to enlargement of the first area; and displaying the object differently from other objects included in the video. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein resolution of the enlarged first area is lower than resolution of the video. ### Claim 10 An imaging device comprising: a touch screen configured to display video; and a controller configured to control the touch screen, wherein the controller is configured to detect a user input for selecting an object in a video displayed on the touch screen, display the object differently from other objects in the video based on the touch input, enlarge a first area included in the video, and display the enlarged first area on the screen, wherein the first area includes the object and a size of the enlarged first area corresponds to a size of the screen, and wherein the controller is configured to control auto focusing and auto exposure functions corresponding to the object included in the enlarged first area. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The imaging device of claim 10, further comprising a video imaging button, wherein the controller is configured to display the video on the touch screen based on detecting pressing of the video imaging button. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The imaging device of claim 10, wherein the video imaging button further comprises a switch for selecting a video mode, and an outer diameter of the video imaging button is smaller than an outer diameter of the switch. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The imaging device of claim 10, further comprising a speaker, wherein the controller is configured to control at least one of visual feedback corresponding to enlargement of the first area through the touch screen and auditory feedback corresponding to the enlargement of the first area through the speaker. ### Claim 14 An imaging device comprising: a touch screen configured to display video; and a controller configured to control the touch screen, wherein the controller is configured to detect input for selecting an object in a video displayed on the touch screen, display the object differently from other objects in the video based on the input, enlarge a first area included in the video, and display the enlarged first area on the screen, wherein the first area includes the object and a size of the enlarged first area corresponds to a size of the screen, and wherein the controller is configured to track the selected object in the enlarged first area, display the tracked object, and control auto focusing and auto exposure functions corresponding to the object included in the enlarged first area.