Camera device and methods for aiding users in use thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyungchun Moon, Taekeun Oh, Woonggyu Park
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Abstract
Provided are a method of controlling photographing in a camera device such as a portable terminal, which automatically sets a photographing mode using at least one of location information of the device and subject information, and a camera device thereof. A camera captures an image during a photographing mode of the device. A controller acquires meta data corresponding to the image based on at least one of the location information and subject information included in the image. A camera setting value is determined based on the acquired meta data, and the camera is automatically set according to the determined camera setting value.
Claims22
A device comprising:
- a camera for capturing an image of a subject;
- a display unit;
- a controller configured to:
- acquire a reference image of the subject based on at least one of a location information of the device and the captured image
- compute a moving direction of the camera by comparing a relative position of the subject within the captured image with a relative position of the subject within the reference image, the captured image and the reference image being displayed on the display unit;
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- control the display unit to display the computed moving direction of the camera.
A device comprising:
- a camera for capturing an image;
- a display unit for displaying the captured image;
- a controller configured to acquire meta data corresponding to the captured image and a reference image including a subject information within the captured image based on at least one of a location information of the device and the subject information included in the captured image, to compute a moving direction of the camera based on the meta data and the reference image, and to control the display unit to display the computed moving direction of the camera and at least one of the reference image and captured image;
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- a communication unit to perform data communication, wherein the controller controls the communication unit to transmit at least one of the location information and the subject information to a server, and to receive the reference image and the meta data including a camera setting value associated with the reference image corresponding to at least one of the location information and the subject information from the server.
A method of controlling photographing in a device, the method comprising:
- capturing an image;
- acquiring, based on at least one of a location information of the device and the captured image, a reference image of a subject;
- computing a moving direction of a camera by comparing a relative position of the subject within the captured image with a relative position of the subject within the reference image, the captured image and the reference image being displayed on a display unit;
- and
- displaying the computed moving direction of the device.
A method of controlling photographing in a device, the method comprising:
- capturing an image of a subject;
- acquiring meta data corresponding to the captured image and a reference image including subject information within the captured image based on at least one of a location information of the device and the subject information included in the captured image;
- computing a moving direction of the device on the meta data and the reference image;
- and
- displaying the computed moving direction of the device and at least one of the reference image and captured image,
- wherein the acquiring the meta data comprises transmitting at least one of the location information and the subject information and receiving the meta data including a camera setting value with respect to the reference image corresponding to the location information and the subject information from a server.
A method operable in a server, comprising:
- for each of a plurality of locations, storing a plurality of reference images containing subjects associated with each location;
- storing meta data associated with each reference image;
- receiving a captured image from a camera device, along with location information of the camera device and subject information of the captured image;
- comparing the received image and subject information with reference images associated with a location of the camera device, to obtain a matching reference image;
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- transmitting the matching reference image along with the meta data associated with the matching reference image to the camera device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.