Digital photographing apparatus and method of controlling the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJae-heung Lim
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Abstract
A digital photographing apparatus with a display unit on a front surface thereof and a method of controlling the same. The method includes setting a self photographing mode; generating countdown information for self photographing; determining a subject distance; and displaying the countdown information together with a captured image on the display unit when the subject distance is shorter than a reference distance. Thereby, a photographer may see a preview along with the countdown information so that a desired self-photographed image may be acquired.
Claims16
A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus comprising a back display unit on a back surface thereof and a front display unit on a front surface thereof in proximity to a lens inputting an optical signal, the method comprising:
- setting a self photographing mode;
- generating countdown information for self photographing;
- determining a subject distance, and comparing the subject distance to a reference distance;
- when the subject distance is shorter than the reference distance, displaying on the front display unit the countdown information in a first format along with a captured image based on the optical signal, wherein the first format comprises a letter or a number having a first size;
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- when the subject distance is longer than the reference distance, displaying on the front display unit the countdown information alone in a second format, wherein the second format comprises a letter or a number having a second size that is larger than the first size.
A digital photographing apparatus comprising:
- a self photographing mode setting unit operable to set a self photographing mode;
- a countdown information generating unit operable to generate countdown information for self photographing;
- a distance determination unit operable to determine a distance to a subject;
- a display unit disposed on a back surface of the digital photographing apparatus;
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- a display unit disposed on a front surface of the digital photographing apparatus in proximity to a lens inputting an optical signal, operable to:
- display the countdown information in a first format along with a captured image based on the optical signal when the subject distance is shorter than a reference distance, wherein the first format comprises a letter or a number having a first size;
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- display the countdown information alone in a second format when the subject distance is longer than the reference distance, wherein the second format comprises a letter or a number having a second size that is larger than the first size.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.