US 8,553,129 B2Granted

Handheld electronic device with two lens modules, dual image capturing method applying for the handheld electronic device, and computer program product for load into the handheld electronic device

AssigneeHTC Corporation

InventorsChun-Hsiang Huang, Wen-Chi Chang

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Abstract

A handheld electronic device includes a first lens module, a second lens module, an input unit and a control unit. The first lens module and the second lens module are respectively disposed on the handheld electronic device. The first lens module captures scenes in a first image capturing boundary. The second lens module captures scenes in a second image capturing boundary, which is different from the first image capturing boundary. The input unit is used for receiving a user input for capturing images. When the input unit receives the user input, the control unit controls the first lens module and the second lens module to captures a first image and a second image respectively at the same time.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A handheld electrical device comprising:

a first lens module with a first image capturing boundary, disposed on the handheld electrical device ;
a second lens module with a second image capturing boundary, disposed on the handheld electrical device, wherewith the first image capturing boundary and the second image capturing boundary are different;
an input unit, configured to receive a user input for capturing images;
a control unit, configured to control the first lens module and the second lens module to respectively capture a first image and a second image at the same time when the input unit receives the user input;
a display unit;
an orientation sensing module, configured to sense an orientation of the handheld electrical device;
and
wherein when the handheld electrical device is in a photograph mode:
when the orientation sensing module senses that the handheld electrical device is in a first orientation, the control unit controls the display unit to display a scene captured by the first lens module with the first image capturing boundary;
when the orientation sensing module senses that the handheld electrical device is in a second orientation, the control unit controls the display unit to display another scene captured by the second lens module with the second image capturing boundary;
when the handheld electrical device is in the photograph mode and the orientation sensing module senses that the handheld electrical device is in the first orientation, the control unit controls the display unit to further display one or more first indication lines to indicate the second image capturing boundary;
and
when the handheld electrical device is in the photograph mode and the orientation sensing module senses that the handheld electrical device is in the second orientation, the control unit controls the display unit to further display one or more second indication lines to indicate the first image capturing boundary.

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A dual image capturing method for a handheld electrical device, wherein the handheld electrical device comprises a first lens module with a first image capturing boundary and a second lens module with a second image capturing boundary, wherewith the first image capturing boundary is different from the second image capturing boundary, the method comprises:

receiving a user input for capturing images;
capturing a first image and a second image at the same time by the first lens module and the second lens module respectively when the user input is received;
sensing an orientation of the handheld electrical device;
and
when the handheld electrical device is in a photograph mode:
when handheld electrical device is in a first orientation, making the handheld electrical device display a scene captured by the first lens module with the first image capturing boundary;
when the handheld electrical device is in a second orientation, making the handheld electrical device display another scene captured by the second lens module with the second image capturing boundary;
when the handheld electrical device is in the photograph mode and the handheld electrical device is in the first orientation, further displaying one or more first indication lines to indicate the second image capturing boundary;
and
when the handheld electrical device is in the photograph mode and the handheld electrical device is in the second orientation, further displaying one or more second indication lines to indicate the first image capturing boundary.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.