Multifunctional video apparatus and method of providing user interface thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsChang-hyeon LEE, Han-Kon Kim
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Abstract
A multifunctional video apparatus and a method of providing a user interface (UI) thereof. The multifunctional video apparatus has diverse functions such as image capturing, image reproduction, image editing, image input/output from/to an external device, etc., and provides a UI capable of performing the above-described functions more conveniently.
Claims19
An image capturing and reproducing apparatus, comprising:
- a main body;
- a storage unit to store a captured image;
- a mode determining unit to determine a mode of the image capturing and reproducing apparatus;
- and
- a display unit rotatively connected to the main body, comprising:
- an LCD screen to display the captured image, and
- a control button to perform at least two control functions according to the mode selected by the mode determining unit.
An image capturing and reproducing apparatus, comprising:
- a main body;
- a mode determining unit to determine a mode of the image capturing and reproducing apparatus;
- and
- a display unit rotatively connected to the main body, comprising:
- an LCD screen to display the captured image, and
- a quick menu button to display a menu according to the mode selected by the mode determining unit.
A method of displaying a recording medium of an image capturing and reproducing apparatus having a first recording medium and a second recording medium, the method comprising:
- selecting the first recording medium or the second recording medium;
- displaying a recording medium icon corresponding to the selected recording medium;
- selecting an image capturing mode or an image reproduction mode of the image capturing and reproducing apparatus;
- and
- displaying an icon corresponding to the selected mode.
A method of simultaneously controlling an image and a sound of an image capturing device, the method comprising:
- inputting an image and voice control command by pushing a fade button during an image capturing operation;
- controlling the captured image to become dark gradually and simultaneously controlling the sound to become gradually less audible based the image and the voice control command;
- and
- restoring the present operation state to the operation state before the fade button is pushed by controlling the image to become bright gradually and simultaneously controlling the voice to become loud gradually if the pushing of the fade button is stopped.
A method of copying an image recorded in a first recording medium into a second recording medium in an image capturing device having the first recording medium and the second recording medium, the method comprising:
- receiving a copy command to copy an image in the first recording medium into the second recording medium;
- searching to find still images from images stored in the first recording medium;
- and
- copying the searched still images into the second recording medium.
A computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program to execute a method, wherein the method comprises:
- selecting a first recording medium or a second recording medium;
- displaying a recording medium icon corresponding to the selected recording medium;
- selecting an image capturing mode or an image reproduction mode of an image capturing and reproducing apparatus;
- and
- displaying an icon corresponding to the selected mode.
An image capturing and reproducing apparatus, comprising:
- a mode selection unit to select between a mode of capturing an image onto at least one of a plurality of recording media and a mode of reproducing another image from at least one of the plurality of recording media;
- and
- a display unit to display the image being captured or the reproduced another image.
A method of an image capturing and reproducing apparatus, comprising:
- selecting between a mode of capturing an image onto at least one of a plurality of recording media and a mode of reproducing another image from at least one of the plurality of recording media;
- displaying an indicator corresponding to the selected mode;
- and
- displaying the image being captured or the reproduced another image.
A computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program to execute a method, wherein the method comprises:
- selecting between a mode of capturing an image onto at least one of a plurality of recording media and a mode of reproducing another image from at least one of the plurality of recording media;
- displaying an indicator corresponding to the selected mode;
- and
- displaying the image being captured or the reproduced another image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.