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US 7,804,524 B2Granted
Image editing method for digital image processing apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJin-pyo Gwak
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Abstract
Provided is a method of operating a digital image processing apparatus, and more particularly, an image editing method for a digital image processing apparatus, whereby a plurality of images captured in a continuous shooting mode can be collectively or individually edited. The image editing method is used to operate a digital image processing apparatus, and the image editing method includes: taking photographs in a continuous shooting mode in which a plurality of images are captured by pressing a shutter-release button one time; recognizing the captured images as images captured in the continuous shooting mode; and applying the same editing operation to all of the images recognized as the images captured in the continuous shooting mode.
Claims17
A method for editing images on a digital image processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- (a) in response to a shutter-release button of the digital image processing apparatus being pressed a single time, capturing a plurality of photographic images;
- (b) recognizing the plurality of images as having been captured in a continuous shooting mode of the digital image processing apparatus;
- (b1) for each of the plurality of images, creating a file in which the image is stored, thereby resulting in a plurality of files;
- (b2) for each of the plurality of files, inserting an identification number of the image into the file so that the image is recognizable by the digital image processing apparatus as an image that was captured in the continuous shooting mode;
- (b3) based on the identification number, determining which image of the plurality of images is a first of the plurality of images to have been captured;
- (b4) based on the identification number, determining which image of the plurality of images is a last of the plurality of images to have been captured;
- (c) retrieving all of the images from the first image to the last image;
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- (d) applying the selected editing operation to all of the retrieved images.
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A method for editing images on a digital image processing apparatus, comprising:
- (a) taking photographs in a continuous shooting mode in which a plurality of images are captured by pressing a shutter-release button one time;
- (b) assigning identification numbers to the plurality of captured images in ascending order;
- (c) subsequently identifying the plurality of images based on the identification numbers;
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- (d) in response to a user input, performing the same editing operation on all of the plurality of images;
- wherein the plurality of images is stored in a plurality of files, each file having a file number and each file including an image of the plurality of images,
- the method further comprising:
- retrieving a first image of the plurality images by comparing identification numbers of current and previous images and comparing file numbers of the files of the current and previous images;
- counting sequential identification numbers starting from an identification number of the retrieved first image;
- retrieving a last image of the plurality of images by comparing identification numbers of current and previous images and comparing file numbers of the files of the current and previous images;
- retrieving all other images between the first image and the last image;
- and
- applying the editing operation to the retrieved images from the first image to the last image.
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An image editing method for operating a digital image processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- (a) determining a last-used identification code;
- (b) taking photographs in a continuous shooting mode in which a plurality of images are captured by pressing a shutter-release button one time;
- (c) inserting an identification code into a data file of each of the images captured in step
- (b), the inserted identification code being distinguishable from the last-inserted identification code;
- (d) using the identification code of each of the plurality images to identify the plurality of images as having been captured in a continuous shooting mode;
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- (e) performing the same editing operation on each of the plurality of images;
- wherein step (e) comprises:
- retrieving a first image of the plurality based on a comparison of the identification codes of current and previous images;
- counting sequential identification codes starting from the identification code of the retrieved first image;
- retrieving a last image of the plurality based on a comparison of the identification codes of the current and previous images;
- retrieving all other images between the first image and the last image;
- and
- performing the same editing operation to the retrieved images from the first image to the last image.
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A digital imaging apparatus comprising:
- an image capture unit comprising a lens and a charge-coupled device;
- a user input unit;
- a display;
- an image processor;
- a storage, and
- a digital signal processor communicatively linked to the image capture unit, the user input unit, the display, the image processor, and the storage, wherein
- in response to a single user manipulation of the user input unit, the image capture unit captures a plurality of images in a continuous shooting mode, the images being capture based on light entering the lens and signals generated by the charge-coupled device that are representative of the light,
- for each captured image, the image processor creates an image file, inserts into the file an identification code that identifies the image to the digital imaging apparatus as having been captured in the continuous shooting mode, and stores the file in the storage;
- based on the identification code, the image processor determines which image of the plurality of images is a first of the plurality of images to have been captured;
- based on the identification code, the image processor determines which image of the plurality of images is a last of the plurality of images;
- the image processor retrieves all of the images from the first image to the last image;
- in response to a user manipulation of the user input unit, the display shows at least one of the plurality of images,
- in response to a user selection of an editing function, the image processor performs the selected editing function on each of the plurality of images.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.