Image photographing apparatus and photographing method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorTae-hee Lee
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Abstract
An image photographing apparatus and a photographing method thereof are provided. The image photographing apparatus includes two rotatable cameras spaced apart from each other in the same direction, and a controller configured to calculate a distance between the image photographing apparatus and an object, and to control at least one of the two rotatable cameras to rotate according to a viewing angle corresponding to the calculated distance.
Claims14
An image photographing apparatus comprising:
- a first rotatable camera and a second rotatable camera spaced apart from each other in a same direction;
- a storage storing information regarding a distance between the image photographing apparatus and an object, and a viewing angle which increases in proportion to the distance;
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- a controller configured to:
- identify an object, the object being included in both an image obtained by the first rotatable camera and an image obtained by the second rotatable camera,
- calculate the distance between the image photographing apparatus and the object,
- identify a location of the object through an image captured by the first and second rotatable cameras,
- based on the distance being calculated, search for a pre-stored viewing angle corresponding to the calculated distance based on the information, and
- control at least one of the first and second rotatable cameras to rotate according to the searched pre-stored viewing angle,
- where the controller, based on an object included in an image obtained by any one of the first and second rotatable cameras not being included in an image obtained by the other camera, rotates the other camera to photograph the object, and
- wherein the object included in the captured image is positioned in a predetermined position by rotating at least one of the first and second rotatable cameras.
A photographing method for use with an image photographing apparatus having a first rotatable camera and a second rotatable camera and storing information regarding a distance between the image photographing apparatus and an object, and a viewing angle which increases in proportion to the distance, the method comprising:
- identifying an object, the object being included in both an image obtained by the first rotatable camera and an image obtained by the second rotatable camera;
- calculating the distance between the image photographing apparatus and the object;
- identifying a location of the object through an image captured by the first and second rotatable cameras;
- based on the distance being calculated, searching for a pre-stored viewing angle corresponding to the calculated distance based on the information;
- controlling at least one of the first and second rotatable cameras spaced apart from each other in a same direction to rotate according to the searched pre-stored viewing angle;
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- capturing an image using the first and second rotatable cameras,
- wherein the controlling comprises, based on an object included in an image obtained by any one of the first and second rotatable cameras not being included in an image obtained by the other camera, rotating the other camera to photograph the object, and
- wherein the object included in the captured image is positioned in a predetermined position by rotating at least one of the first and second rotatable cameras.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.