Mobile terminal
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJumin Chi, Youngwoo Kim, Sohoon Yi, Shinhae Lee, Jaeyoung Chae
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Abstract
A mobile terminal includes a camera configured to acquire a preview picture including a picture of a subject, a display unit configured to display the preview picture and a controller configured to control the display unit 151 and the camera. The controller displays a guide object configured to provide guidance on taking the picture of the subject, automatically takes the preview picture if a shape of the subject matches a shape of the guide object by a reference value or more, and moves a position of an image of the subject acquired by taking the preview picture to correspond to a position of the guide object and displays a generated final image.
Claims14
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a memory;
- a camera configured to acquire a preview picture including a picture of a subject;
- a display unit configured to display the preview picture;
- and
- a controller configured to control the display unit and the camera,
- wherein the controller is further configured to:
- display a guide object to provide guidance on taking the picture of the subject, and
- automatically, take the preview picture if a shape of the subject matches a shape of the guide object by at least one reference value,
- wherein a whole image acquired by taking the preview picture includes a preview image corresponding to the preview picture and an additional image corresponding to an additional picture capable of being taken by the camera,
- the controller is further configured to:
- store the whole image in the memory,
- move a position of the stored whole image so that a position of the picture of the subject corresponds to a position of the guide object, and
- display a final image according to a moving result.
A method of operating a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- acquiring a preview picture including a picture of a subject;
- displaying the preview picture;
- displaying a guide object to provide guidance on taking the picture of the subject;
- and
- automatically taking the preview picture if a shape of the subject matches a shape of the guide object by at least one reference value,
- wherein a whole image acquired by taking the preview picture includes a preview image corresponding to the preview picture and an additional image corresponding to an additional picture capable of being taken by the camera, and
- wherein the method further comprises:
- storing the whole image in a memory;
- moving a position of the stored whole image so that a position of the picture of the subject corresponds to a position of the guide object;
- and
- displaying a final image according to a moving result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.