Image processing in a communication device having a camera
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorMikko Nurmi
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Abstract
The invention relates to processing an image in a mobile communication device having a camera. An area on the user interface of the mobile communication device is selected. The selected area is shown together with an image to be captured by the camera and the captured image is stored as a part of the user interface on said selected area.
Claims37
A method for processing an image in a mobile communication device having a camera, the method comprising:
- selecting an area on the a user interface of the mobile communication device,
- showing the selected area together with an image to be captured by the camera, and
- storing the a captured image as a part of the user interface on said selected area.
A method for processing an image in a mobile communications device having a camera, the method comprising:
- limiting an image to be captured by the camera into a beforehand-selected frame on a user interface, and
- storing the captured image without said frame.
A mobile communication device having comprising:
- a camera and
- a processing element for enabling selection of an area on a user interface of the mobile communication device, the user interface for showing the selected area together with an image to be captured by the camera, wherein the mobile communications device is configured to store the captured image as a part of the user interface on said selected area.
A mobile communications device comprising:
- a camera;
- and
- a processing element for limiting an image to be captured by the camera into a beforehand-selected frame on a user interface, wherein the mobile communications device is configured to store the captured image without said frame.
A software product executable in a communication device having a camera, the software product comprising:
- program code for enabling selection of an area on a user interface of the mobile communication device;
- program code for causing the selected area to be shown together with an image to be captured by the camera;
- and
- program code for storing the captured image as a part of the user interface on said selected area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.