# US 10,871,798 B2 · Electronic device and image capture method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,871,798 B2 - Document ID: US10871798B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/578,807 - Filed: 2019-09-23 - Published: 2020-01-16 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-09 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hwa Jun Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10871798B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]} - G02B 13/02: Telephoto objectives, i.e. systems of the type + - in which the distance from the front vertex to the image plane is less than the equivalent focal length - G02B 13/06: Panoramic objectives; So-called "sky lenses" {including panoramic objectives having reflecting surfaces} - G06F 1/1605: {Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones} - G06F 1/1643: {the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615)} - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - H04M 1/72403: with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality - H04N 5/772: {the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure} - H04N 7/188: {Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position (signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253)} - H04N 23/45: for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images - H04N 23/611: where the recognised objects include parts of the human body - H04N 23/63: by using electronic viewfinders - H04M 2250/52: including functional features of a camera - H04N 23/69: Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming - H04N 23/90: Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, while the second preview image is provided with the first preview image on the display, the processor is further configured to provide a third user interface item for receiving an input for capturing both a still image using the first camera and a still image using the second camera. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: determine if an object is moving in the first preview image, and if the moving object in the first preview image satisfies a defined condition, automatically use the second camera to obtain the second preview image by zooming in on at least the moving object. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: recognize a face on the first preview image, and if a portion of the first preview image corresponding to the recognized face satisfies a defined condition, automatically use the second camera to obtain the second preview image by zooming in on a subject corresponding to the recognized face. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the defined condition comprises identifying a size of the portion containing the recognized face in relation to the first preview image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: recognize a plurality of faces on the first preview image, and if a portion of the first preview image corresponding to the recognized faces satisfies a defined condition, automatically use the second camera to obtain the second preview image by zooming in on subjects corresponding to the recognized faces. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the defined condition comprises identifying a size of the portion containing the recognized faces in relation to the first preview image. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to: stop actuating the second camera if the moving object is outside a field of view of the first camera or the moving object stops, and stop displaying the second preview image. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: if a plurality of moving objects are recognized in the first preview image and satisfy a defined condition, display, on the display, a guide to select one of the plurality of moving objects, and obtain the second preview image based on the selected moving object through the guide. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to: compute an angle to move a shooting direction of the second camera to track the moving object by analyzing the first preview image and to control an actuator to move the shooting direction of the second camera by the computed angle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: if a plurality of faces are recognized in the first preview image, classify the plurality of faces into one or more groups based on a distance between the plurality of faces, and obtain the second preview image having a group including a greatest number of faces among the one or more groups. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: if a plurality of faces are recognized in the first preview image, classify the plurality of faces into one or more groups based on a distance between the plurality of faces, display, on the display, a guide to select one of the one or more groups, and obtain the second preview image based on a group selected through the guide.