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US 11,601,585 B2Granted
Mobile terminal and method of performing multi-focusing and photographing image including plurality of objects using the same
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsWoo Chang Chun, Jin Sang Yun, Ja Won Koo
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Abstract
The present invention provides a mobile terminal and a method of capturing an image using the same. The mobile terminal controls a camera conveniently and efficiently to capture an image and performs focusing in various manners to capture an image. Accordingly, a user can obtain a desired image easily and conveniently.
Claims30
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a camera configured to capture an image,
- a touch screen configured to receive touch inputs from users, and
- a processor configured to:
- control the touch screen to display a preview image of an image to be captured by the camera;
- control the touch screen to display an auto focus guide;
- control the touch screen to move the auto focus guide to a position on the preview image selected by a touch input;
- and
- control the camera to auto focus on an object within an area defined based on the position of the auto focus guide;
- perform face recognition in the area to recognize the object as a person's face;
- control the touch screen to display a menu at a menu position determined relative to the position on the preview image where the auto focus guide is positioned, the menu displaying user selectable functions for varying image characteristics of the recognized person's face;
- and
- control the camera to capture the image.
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A method by a mobile terminal comprising:
- controlling the touch screen to display a preview image of an image to be captured by a camera;
- controlling a touch screen to display an auto focus guide;
- controlling the touch screen to move the auto focus guide to a position on the preview image selected by a touch input received by the touch screen;
- and
- controlling the camera to auto focus on an object within an area defined based on the position of the auto focus guide;
- performing face recognition in the area to recognize the object as a person's face;
- controlling the touch screen to display a menu at a menu position determined relative to the position on the preview image where the auto focus guide is positioned, the menu displaying user selectable functions for varying image characteristics of the recognized person's face;
- and
- controlling the camera to capture the image.
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A computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions executable by a processor of a mobile terminal to perform operations comprising:
- controlling the touch screen to display a preview image of an image to be captured by a camera;
- controlling a touch screen to display an auto focus guide;
- controlling the touch screen to move the auto focus guide to a position on the preview image selected by a touch input received by the touch screen;
- and
- controlling the camera to auto focus on an object within an area defined based on the position of the auto focus guide;
- performing face recognition in the area to recognize the object as a person's face;
- controlling the touch screen to display a menu at a menu position determined relative to the position on the preview image where the auto focus guide is positioned, the menu displaying user selectable functions for varying image characteristics of the recognized person's face;
- and
- controlling the camera to capture the image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.