US 10,871,798 B2Granted

Electronic device and image capture method thereof

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorHwa Jun Lee

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Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a display exposed through a first surface of the housing, a first camera exposed through a second surface of the housing that is opposite to the first surface, a second camera exposed through the second surface, a memory storing an image obtained by the first or second camera, and a processor electrically connected with the display, the first camera, the second camera, and the memory. The processor is configured to output a first image obtained by using the first camera on the display and, when an area recognized as a face in the first image has a size satisfying a specified condition, output a second image obtained by using the second camera on the display.

Claims12

Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

a housing;
a display provided at a front side of the electronic device;
a first camera provided at a rear side of the electronic device;
a second camera provided at the rear side of the electronic device;
a memory;
and
a processor configured to:
provide a first preview image obtained by the first camera on the display,
while the first preview image obtained by the first camera is displayed on the display, use the second camera to obtain a second preview image using a zooming parameter different from a zooming parameter used by the first camera to capture the first preview image,
provide the second preview image with the first preview image on the display, and
while the second preview image is provided with the first preview image on the display, provide a first user interface item associated with the first preview image for receiving an input for capturing a still image using the first camera, and provide a second user interface item associated with the second preview image for receiving an input for capturing a still image using the second camera.

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Facts

Application: 16/578,807Filed 23 Sep 2019 · continuation
Priority: KR 10-2017-00028169 Jan 2017
Published: US 2020/0019213 A116 Jan 2020
Granted: 22 Dec 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

G06F 1/1626
For portable computers: with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
G02B 13/02
Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below: telephoto objectives, i.e. systems of the type + - in which the distance…
G02B 13/06
Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below: panoramic objectives; So-called "sky lenses" including panoramic…
G06F 1/1605
Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays: multimedia displays, e.g. with…

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Application15/865,529Parent of this continuation · filed 9 Jan 2018
US 2020/0019213 A1Pre-grant publication · published 16 Jan 2020
US 10,423,194 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0196472 A1Published application
US 10,871,798 B2This patent

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