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US 2012/0056997 A1Published application
Digital photographing apparatus for generating three-dimensional image having appropriate brightness, and method of controlling the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorWon-kyu JANG
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Abstract
A digital photographing apparatus capable of generating a normal 3D image having an appropriate brightness, and a method of controlling the same. A 3D image is generated by performing time-division photographing to correspond to an exposure time that is appropriate for a low illumination level, and combining first and second images input through first and second image input units.
Claims21
A digital photographing apparatus comprising:
- an illumination level determiner configured to determine whether an illumination level is low;
- an exposure data extractor configured to extract necessary exposure data required if the illumination level determiner determines that the illumination level is low;
- a first image input unit configured to input first images corresponding to the number of photographing operations corresponding to the necessary exposure data;
- a second image input unit configured to input second images corresponding to the number of photographing operations;
- an image input controller configured to control the first and second image input units to alternately input the first and second images;
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- a three-dimensional (3D) image generator configured to generate a 3D image by combining the first and second images.
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A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus, the method comprising:
- determining whether an illumination level is low;
- extracting necessary exposure data required if it is determined that the illumination level is low and determining a number of photographing operations;
- alternately inputting first images corresponding to the number of photographing operations corresponding to the necessary exposure data, and second images corresponding to the number of photographing operations;
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- generating a three-dimensional (3D) image by combining the first and second images.
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A method of controlling a digital apparatus, the method comprising:
- if it is determined that an illumination level is low, determining a number of images to capture to form a single three-dimensional (3D) image;
- repeating the following according to the determined number of images to capture, capturing a first images from light incident on a first opening and a second image from light incident on a second opening;
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- generating the single 3D image by combining the captured first images with the corresponding captured second images, and combining the combined captured first and second images.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.