Method of controlling camera device and electronic device thereof

Abstract

An electronic device and a method for controlling a camera device in the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen including at least one layer having a hole formed in the at least one layer, a camera configured to capture an image through the hole, the camera including a camera lens, and at least one processor configured to receive, via the touch screen, touch input on a portion of the touch screen, a contact area of the received touch input including at least a part of an area where the hole is formed, drive the camera and periodically obtain an image through the camera lens for determining whether pollution contaminates a surface of the touch screen over the camera lens, determine whether the pollution exists on the surface of the touch screen over the camera lens based on the obtained image, and display information on the pollution of the surface of the touch screen over the camera lens based on the determination of the pollution existing on the surface of the touch screen over the camera lens.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.