Photographing apparatus method, and computer usable medium for photographing an object within a detection area based on a change of the object
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJung-yoon Won, Nyun-woo Nam
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Abstract
A photographing apparatus includes a photographing device for photographing an image of an object and converting the photographed image to an electric signal, an image conversion unit for converting the electric signal of the photographing device to image data, a detection area setting unit for setting a part of an image produced by the image data as a detection area, a detection unit for detecting a change of the object and generating a detection signal, and a photographing control unit for operating the photographing device and performing photography based on the detection signal.
Claims19
A photographing apparatus comprising:
- a photographing device configured to photograph an image of an object and convert the photographed image to an electric signal;
- an image conversion unit configured to convert the electric signal of the photographing device to image data;
- a detection area setting unit configured to set a part of an image produced by the image data as a detection area;
- a detection unit configured to detect a change of the object and to generate a detection signal if the change of the object exceeds a preset sensitivity range, wherein the detection area setting unit is further configured to change the detection area according to the movement of the object if the object to be detected is out of the detection area;
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- a photographing control unit for operating the photographing device and performing photography based on the detection signal.
A photographing method comprising:
- setting a part of an image to be photographed as a detection area;
- detecting a change of an object in the detection area;
- performing photography when a degree of the change of the object exceeds a preset sensitivity range;
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- tracking the object by changing the detection area according to the movement of the object when the object to be detected is out of the detection area.
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 photographing, said method comprising:
- setting a part of an image to be photographed as a detection area;
- detecting a change of an object in the detection area;
- performing photography when a degree of the change of the object exceeds a preset sensitivity range;
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- tracking the object by changing the detection area according to the movement of the object when the object to be detected is out of the detection area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.