Combination camera and DSC lens control method using the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKuie-sup Kim
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Abstract
A combination camera and a DSC lens control method using the same, including a lens position check unit for checking a position of a DSC lens if electric power is applied, and a switching unit for switching the DSC lens to a closed state if the lens position check unit decides that the DSC lens is open. Thus, if the power is applied in the DVC mode after the combination camera is turned off when the DSC lens has been open, the combination camera can efficiently switch the DSC lens to the closed state to thereby eliminate a user's inconvenience of using the DVC picture-taking mode during the open state of the DSC lens, or the inconvenience of switching the mode to the DSC image-capturing mode to close the DSC lens and then switching the mode to the DVC picture-capturing mode for use.
Claims14
A combination camera combining both a digital still camera (DSC) and a digital video camera (DVC), comprising:
- a lens position check unit for checking a position of a DSC lens if electric power is applied;
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- a switching unit for switching the DSC lens to a closed state if the lens position check unit decides that the DSC lens is open when the combination camera is in a DVC picture-taking mode.
A DSC lens control method for a combination camera combining both a digital still camera (DSC) and a digital video camera (DVC), comprising the steps of:
- (a) checking a position of a DSC lens if electric power is applied to the combination camera;
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- (b) switching the DSC lens to a closed state if the DSC lens is decided to be open when the combination camera is in a DVC picture taking mode.
A combination camera combining both a digital still camera (DSC) and a digital video camera (DVC), comprising:
- a storage unit for storing an open or a closed state of a DSC lens while in an operation mode comprising that of the DSC;
- a state decision unit for deciding the state of the DSC lens through the storage unit if electric power is applied while in an operation mode comprising that of the DVC;
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- a switching unit for switching the DSC lens to a closed state if the state decision unit decides that the DSC lens is open.
A DSC lens control method for a combination camera combining both a digital still camera (DSC) and a digital video camera (DVC), comprising the steps of:
- (a) storing an open or a closed state of a DSC lens while in an operation mode comprising that of the DSC of the combination camera;
- (b) deciding the state of the DSC lens based on information stored in the step (a) if electric power is applied while in an operation mode comprising that of the DVC;
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- (c) switching the DSC lens to the closed state if the step (b) decides that the DSC lens is open.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.