Digital still camera with image preview using a first and second memory and method for using the same
AssigneeSamsung Aerospace Industries, Ltd.
InventorSang-Gi Lee
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Abstract
An electronic still camera is described which allows previewing the composition of an image before the image is stored. The digital still camera includes at least two release switches; a lens unit; an image pickup unit for converting the optical image into corresponding electronic image data; a controller responsive to the settings of the release switches and outputting either static image data or moving image data in real time; a first memory device for temporarily storing the static image data received from the controller; and a display unit for displaying either the static image corresponding to the static image data or the moving image corresponding to the moving image data, as determined by the controller.
Claims15
An apparatus enabling a user to preview the composition of an electronically acquired image on a display device and to store image data of the image in a first memory device, the apparatus comprising:
- a first release switch and a second release switch, each of the first release switch and the second release switch having a switch setting selected by the user;
- a controller in response to the switch settings of the first release switch and the second release switch directing the image data to be displayed on the display device either as a moving image or as a static image,
- wherein data of the static image are stored in the first memory device when the first release switch is activated and the data of the static image stored in the first memory device are deleted from the first memory device when the first release switch is deactivated after the activation.
An apparatus enabling a user to preview the composition of an electronically acquired image on a display device and to store image data of the image in a first memory device, the apparatus comprising:
- a first release switch and a second release switch, each of the first release switch and the second switch having a switch setting selected by the user;
- a controller in response to the switch settings of the first release switch and the second release switch directing the image data to be displayed on the display device either as a moving image or as a static image, wherein data of the static image are stored in the first memory device when the first release switch is activated and the data of the static image stored in the first memory device are deleted from the first memory device when the first release switch is deactivated after the activation, and wherein when the first release switch is activated, the controller outputs the data of the static image stored in the first memory device to the display device, and outputs the data of the moving image to the display device after the first switch is deactivated after the activation.
A method enabling a user to preview the composition of an electronically acquired image on a display device and to store image data of the image in a memory device, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining a switch setting of a first release switch of at least two switches;
- displaying the image data on the display device either as a moving image or as a static image in response to the switch setting of the first release switch;
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- storing and deleting the image data stored in the memory device in response to the switch setting of the first release switch.
A digital still camera, comprising:
- an imaging unit for acquiring an image and converting the image into digital image data;
- a first memory device and a second memory device for storing the image data;
- a first release switch and a second release switch, each of the first release switch and the second release switch having a switch setting;
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- a controller receiving the switch settings and in response to the switch settings directing the image data to be displayed on the display device either as a moving image or as a static image, and to be stored in and deleted from the first memory device;
- wherein the image data stored in the first memory are transferred to the second memory when the second release switch is activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.