Digital image processing apparatus to simulate auto-focus, method of controlling the apparatus, and recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDong-min Kim, Hong-ju Kim
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Abstract
Provided are a digital image processing apparatus and a method of controlling the apparatus, and more particularly, is a digital image processing apparatus which embodies a focusing screen digitally instead of optically, and a method of controlling the apparatus. The digital image processing apparatus includes: a lens; a photographing device obtaining data of an original image from light which has passed through the lens; and a digital signal processor performing a blurring treatment on the original image obtained from the photographing device and displaying the original image.
Claims20
A digital image processing apparatus comprising:
- a lens;
- a photographing device that obtains data of a through image from light which has passed through the lens;
- and
- a digital signal processor that:
- prior to receiving a shutter-release signal, sequentially performs a blurring treatment on the through image obtained from the photographing device,
- sequentially displays the blurred image and the through image to simulate an auto-focus, and
- upon receiving the shutter-release signal, stores an image on a storage medium.
A method of controlling a digital image processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- obtaining data of an through image from a photographing device;
- prior to receiving a shutter-release signal, performing a blurring treatment on the obtained through image,
- sequentially displaying the blurred image and the through image to simulate an auto-focus, and
- upon receiving the shutter-release signal, storing an image on a storage medium.
A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for controlling a digital image processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- obtaining data of an through image from a photographing device;
- prior to receiving a shutter-release signal, sequentially performing a blurring treatment on the obtained through image,
- sequentially displaying the blurred image and the through image to simulate an auto-focus, and
- upon receiving the shutter-release signal, storing an image on a storage medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.