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US 9,319,580 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for shooting and storing multi-focused image in electronic device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYoung-Keun Choi
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Abstract
A method for shooting a multi-focused image in an electronic device includes selecting a plurality of focus targets in a preview mode, calculating camera lens moving distances of the focus targets, and shooting an image of each focus target from a single fixed angle by reference to the camera lens moving distances of the focus targets. Thus, a user does not have to move the focus several times from the fixed angle.
Claims25
A method in an electronic device, comprising:
- display a plurality of objects in an image in a preview mode;
- receiving a user input to select a plurality of focus targets among the plurality of objects in the preview mode;
- calculating respective camera lens moving distances to focus each of the plurality of focus targets based on a current position of the camera lens;
- detemining an order of the focus targets to be focused in order to minimize a sum of the respective camera lens moving distances;
- and
- shooting an image of each focus target from a single fixed angle based on the determined order by reference to the camera lens moving distances of the focus targets.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a camera;
- at least one processor;
- a memory;
- and
- one or more programs stored in the memory and configured for execution by the at least one processor,
- wherein the program comprises instructions for:
- displaying a plurality of objects in an image in a preview mode;
- receiving a user input to select a plurality of focus targets among the plurality of objects in the preview mode,
- calculating respective camera lens moving distances to focus each of the plurality of focus targets based on a current position of the camera lens;
- determining an order of the focus targets to be focused in order to minimize a sum of the respective camera lens moving distances;
- and
- shooting an image of each focus target with a single fixed angle based on the determined order by reference to the camera lens moving distances of the focus targets.
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An apparatus of a camera for shooting a multi-focused image, comprising:
- a camera lens;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- display a plurality of objects in an image in a preview mode;
- receive a user input to select a plurality of focus targets among the plurality of objects in the preview mode;
- calculate respective camera lens moving distances to focus each of the plurality of focus targets based on a current position of the camera lens;
- determine an order of the focus targets to be focused in order to minimize a sum of the respective camera lens moving distances;
- and
- shoot an image of each focus target with a single fixed angle based on the determined order by reference to the camera lens moving distances of the focus targets.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.