Image processing apparatus and method of camera device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYonggu Lee
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus capable of performing a method for processing the image taken by a camera includes a camera that generates full resolution images. The image processing apparatus also includes a buffer that buffers the full resolution images; a viewing image processor that scales the buffered full resolution images to generate viewing images; a capture image processor that processes one of the buffered full resolution images to generate a capture image; a display unit that displays the viewing images; and a storage unit that stores the capture image.
Claims32
An image processing apparatus of a camera device, the apparatus comprising:
- a camera configured to generate full resolution images;
- a buffer configured to buffer the full resolution images;
- a viewing image processor configured to scale the buffered full resolution images to generate viewing images;
- a capture image processor configured to process one of the buffered full resolution images to generate a capture image;
- a display unit configured to display the viewing images;
- and
- a storage unit configured to store the capture image.
A mobile terminal apparatus, comprising:
- a camera configured to generate full resolution images in camera operation mode;
- an image processor configured to, in response to a capture request, to generate a capture image compensated for shutter lag by
- buffering the full resolution images generated by the camera at every frame period,
- scaling the full resolution images to viewing images simultaneously, and
- encoding the image taken at a shutter press time among the buffered images;
- an application processor configured to:
- buffer the viewing and capture images output by the image processor,
- display the viewing image in a preview mode,
- store the capture image in a capture mode;
- a display unit configured to display the viewing image under the control of the application processor;
- and
- a storage unit configured to h store the capture image under the control of the application processor.
An image processing method of a camera device, the method comprising:
- buffering and converting full resolution images of a camera to viewing images to be displayed at every frame period in a camera operation mode;
- and
- generating and storing a capture image compensated for shutter lag by encoding the image taken at shutter press time among the buffered images in response to a capture request.
A camera device comprising:
- a camera configured to generate full resolution images in camera operation mode;
- a first buffer configured to buffers images generated by the camera at every frame;
- at least two image processors configured to process frame images having predetermined frame numbers buffered in the first buffer to generate full resolution image and viewing images;
- a second buffer configured to buffer the viewing images output by the image processors in order of frame numbers;
- a display unit configured to display the viewing images output by the second buffer;
- a third buffer configured to buffer the full resolution images output by the image processors in order of frame number;
- a still image codec configured to encode the image taken at a shutter press time among the images buffered in the third buffer in response to a capture request;
- and
- a storage unit configured to store the encoded image.
An image processing method of a camera device, the method comprising:
- buffering images generated by a camera at every frame in a first buffer;
- generating full resolution images and viewing images by processing the frame images with predetermined frame numbers in the first buffer using plural image processors;
- buffering the viewing images output by the image processors in the second buffer in the order of frame number;
- displaying the viewing images output from a second buffer;
- buffering the full resolution images output by the image processors in a third buffer in the order of frame number;
- and
- encoding and storing the image taken at a shutter press time among the images buffered in the third buffer in response to a capture request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.