# US 2014/0192217 A1 · Apparatus and method for photographing portrait in portable terminal having camera > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0192217 A1 - Document ID: US20140192217A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/142,290 - Filed: 2013-12-27 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-04 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kyunghwa KIM; Seonhwa KIM; HeeJin KIM; Mijung PARK; Seockhyun YU; Joah CHOI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140192217A1 ## CPC - H04N 23/64: {Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image} - H04N 23/61: based on recognised objects - H04N 23/611: where the recognised objects include parts of the human body - H04N 23/631: {Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters} - H04N 23/634: {Warning indications} - H04N 23/62: Control of parameters via user interfaces - H04N 23/635: {Region indicators; Field of view indicators} - H04N 23/67: Focus control based on electronic image sensor signals - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A method for photographing a portrait in an apparatus having a camera is provided. The method includes detecting a person in an image obtained by a camera in a photographing mode, determining occurrence of an error by identifying whether the detected person is located in a subject recognition area, generating an error warning including direction information so that the person moves into the subject recognition area if at least a portion of the person is out of the subject recognition area based on the determining of the occurrence of the error, and storing an image output by the camera if the person is located in the subject recognition area based on the determining of the occurrence of the error. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for photographing a portrait in an apparatus having a camera, the method comprising: detecting a person in an image obtained by a camera in a photographing mode; determining occurrence of an error by identifying whether the detected person is located in a subject recognition area; generating an error warning including direction information so that the person moves into the subject recognition area if at least a portion of the person is out of the subject recognition area based on the determining of the occurrence of the error; and storing an image output by the camera if the person is located in the subject recognition area based on the determining of the occurrence of the error. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the photographing mode comprises a portrait photographing mode outputting a voice as an error warning set according to an error type in a setting mode, and the portrait photographing mode is set before or after the driving of camera. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the generating of the error warning comprises: analyzing an error type regarding a person in the subject recognition area; and generating an error warning by guiding the error warning with a voice corresponding to the error type. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the error type includes error types of which the person is out of the subject recognition area in the direction of upward, down ward, leftward, or rightward, and the generating of the error warning comprises generating a voice error warning including direction information for the camera device so that the person is located in the subject recognition area corresponding to the error type. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the error type comprises an error type of which the person is located too far from the subject recognition area, and the generating of the error warning comprises generating a voice error warning including direction information so that the person reduces a distance from the subject recognition area. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the determining of the occurrence of the error further comprises determining a horizontal level of the apparatus through a sensor, and the generating of the error warning comprises generating a voice error warning including direction information so that the camera device maintains in a horizontal state if the horizontal level of the apparatus is inclined. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the error type comprises an error type of which a face area of the person is not detected in the subject recognition area, and the generating of the error warning comprises generating a voice error warning indicating that the face area is not detected according to the error type. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the error type comprises an error type of which the person in the subject recognition area closes their eyes, and the generating of the error warning comprises generating a voice error warning indicating that the person closed their eyes according to the error type. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the detecting of the person in the image further comprises indicating the number of persons as a voice. ### Claim 10 An apparatus having a camera, the apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to be disposed on an opposite side of the camera and to display an image photographed by the camera; a storage unit configured to store error warnings corresponding to error types and to store photographed images; and a control unit configured to determine whether a person is located in a subject recognition area of the image output by the camera in a photographing mode, to generate an error warning including direction information so that the person moves into the subject recognition area if at least a portion of the person is not located in the subject recognition area, and to store the image output by the camera if the person is located in the subject recognition area. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the storage unit is configured to store voice error warnings, and the control unit is configured to set a portrait photographing mode generating a voice error warning from the error warning in the setting mode. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control unit is configured to determine an error type of person in the subject recognition area of the image output by the camera, and to output the voice error warning stored in the storage unit corresponding to the error type as a voice. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control unit is configured to determine the error type by identifying in which direction of upward, downward, leftward, or rightward the person is out of the subject recognition area, and to generate a voice error warning including direction information so that the person moves into the subject recognition area corresponding to the detected error type. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising: a sensor configured to detect a horizontal level of the apparatus, wherein the control unit is configured to generate a voice error warning including direction information by analyzing the output of the sensor so that the apparatus maintains in a horizontal state if the horizontal level of the apparatus is inclined. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the apparatus comprises a portable terminal, and the portrait photographing mode is set in an auto-portrait mode. ### Claim 16 An apparatus comprising: a camera disposed on a first side of the apparatus and configured to operate in a photographing mode and to capture an image; a display unit disposed on a second side of the apparatus, opposite the first side, and configured to display the image captured by the camera; a storage unit configured to store error warnings corresponding to error types and to store the image captured by the camera; and a control unit configured to determine whether a person is located in a subject recognition area when the camera operates in the photographing mode, to generate an error warning when the person is not located in the subject recognition area, and to automatically control storing of the image captured by the camera if the person is located in the subject recognition area. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the storage unit is configured to store voice error warnings. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the control unit is configured to determine an error type regarding the person in the subject recognition area, and to control output of the voice error warning stored in the storage unit corresponding to the error type as a voice. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the control unit is configured to determine the error type by identifying in which direction of upward, downward, leftward, or rightward the person is out of the subject recognition area, and to generate a voice error warning including direction information so that the person moves into the subject recognition area corresponding to the detected error type. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, further comprising: a sensor configured to detect a horizontal level of the apparatus, wherein the control unit is configured to generate a voice error warning including direction information by analyzing the output of the sensor so that the apparatus maintains a horizontal state.