CN103294328B - The user interface of digital camera - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosure provides the user interface of digital camera (e.g., being built into the digital camera in smart phone or other multifunctional portable electronic equipments).This user interface shows electronic viewfinder image and at least one other image, the image caught such as before simultaneously.The image before caught is positioned at electronic viewfinder image.The input specified makes from original dimension, the image caught before is amplified to up-sizing.

Description

The user interface of digital camera

Technical field

It relates to user interface, and relate more specifically to the user interface of digital camera.

Background technology

Digital camera (includes being built in smart phone and other multifunctional portable electronic equipments Digital camera) there is electronic viewfinder sometimes, in this electronic viewfinder, at built-in display Real-time or " live " image that upper display is captured by digital image sensor.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Fig. 1 shows the frame of the mancarried electronic aid of an example embodiment according to the disclosure Figure.

Fig. 2 A to 6 is the user interface of the digital camera of the example embodiment according to the disclosure Screenshot capture.

Fig. 7 be an example embodiment according to the disclosure for show electronic viewfinder and its The flow chart of the method for his view data.

Detailed description of the invention

Accompanying drawing now with reference to the example embodiment showing the disclosure.Simple in order to illustrate With clear, among the figures can be with repeat reference numerals, the corresponding or similar units with instruction.Explain State a large amount of details to provide the understanding to example embodiment described herein.Can there is no these Example embodiment is realized in the case of some details in details.In other instances, the most in detail The well-known method of thin description, process and assembly, to avoid so that described example embodiment Do not highlight.Description should be considered as the restriction of scope to example embodiment described herein.

Any quoting to the direction stated herein or orientation is for convenience, unless The most clearly state, be otherwise not intended to limit.Any about graphic user interface (GUI) It is that the screen relative to GUI orients rather than consolidating on host electronic appliance that directivity is quoted Fixed point or reference.For convenience, " user interface " is occasionally used for referring to GUI term in this article.

It relates to digital camera (e.g., is built into smart phone or other multifunctional portables electricity Digital camera in subset) user interface.This user interface shows electronic viewfinder simultaneously With at least one other image, electronic viewfinder is included in the electronic viewfinder part of user interface In real time imaging, at least one other image be such as before catch image (such as, clap The upper image taken the photograph).The image before caught is positioned at electronic viewfinder part.That specifies is defeated Enter (e.g., touch gestures) to make from original dimension, the image caught before is amplified to pantograph Very little.

Under the solution that the disclosure is proposed allows digital camera to keep activating and be ready to catch One image, allows user carry out preview with relatively large size or quickly check (peek) simultaneously The image before caught, and do not switch to image and the numeral caught before full screen display Camera un-activation and " playback " or " playback " pattern of another image can not be caught.This solution Scheme also proposed by avoiding single playback mode and between playback mode and camera mode Switch over caused delay and the process cycle improves the probability of computational efficiency.

According to an example embodiment, it is provided that a kind of for the touch-sensitive display at electronic equipment The method of upper display electronic viewfinder, described method includes: show on described touch-sensitive display Camera user interface, described camera user interface include the electronic viewfinder as lasting unit and Preview part, wherein, described electronic viewfinder substantially occupies whole described touch-sensitive display also The real time imaging that display is caught by digital image sensor, wherein, described preview part is configured For the partly overlapping single image caught before of display and described electronic viewfinder；And response In the touch gestures specified, the size of the image caught before described is changed into from first size Second size, wherein, specifies the size adjusting of the image caught before described with from described The starting point of touch gestures between the current location of the touch point of the described touch gestures specified away from From the amount being directly proportional.

According to another example embodiment, it is provided that a kind of mancarried electronic aid, including: processor； It is coupled to the touch-sensitive display of described processor；It is coupled to the digital picture sensing of described processor Device, wherein, described processor is configured to: show camera user on described touch-sensitive display Interface, described camera user interface includes the electronic viewfinder as lasting unit and preview part, Wherein, described electronic viewfinder substantially occupies whole described touch-sensitive display and shows by numeral The real time imaging of image capture sensor, wherein, described preview part is display configured to and institute State the partly overlapping image caught before of the single view finder of electronics；And in response to touching of specifying Touch gesture, the size of the image caught before described changed into the second size from first size, Wherein, by the size adjusting of image that catches before described with from the described touch gestures specified Starting point is directly proportional to the distance between the current location of the touch point of the described touch gestures specified Amount.

According to another example embodiment, it is provided that a kind of show on the touch sensitive display for phase The graphic user interface of machine, including: electronic viewfinder, substantially occupy whole described touch-sensitive aobvious Show device and be display configured to the real time imaging caught by digital image sensor；And preview portion Point, it is display configured to the single image that before catch partly overlapping with described electronic viewfinder, Wherein, in response to the touch gestures specified, it is possible to by the size of image that catches before described from First size changes into the second size, wherein, and the size adjusting of image that will catch before described With working as of the touch point of the starting point from the described touch gestures specified to the described touch gestures specified The amount that distance between front position is directly proportional, wherein, described electronic viewfinder and described preview portion Dividing is lasting unit.

According to another example embodiment, it is provided that a kind of for showing that electronics takes on an electronic device Scape device and the method for other view data, described method includes: show user circle over the display Face is that described user interface includes being caught by digital image sensor and in described user interface Electronic viewfinder part in display real time imaging and in described electronic viewfinder part At least one other image；And in response to the input signal specified, on the display will At least one other image described are amplified to up-sizing from original dimension.

According to another example embodiment, it is provided that a kind of graphic user interface, including: electronics takes Scape device part, is configured to show real time imaging on the display of electronic equipment, described in real time Image is provided by digital image sensor；And it is positioned at the display of described electronic viewfinder part The preview part of at least one other image, wherein, in response to the input signal specified, it is possible to Described preview part is amplified to up-sizing from original dimension.

According to another example embodiment, it is provided that a kind of electronic equipment, including: processor；Coupling Close the display of described processor；And it is coupled to the digital image sensor of described processor； Wherein, described processor is configured to perform method described herein.

Another embodiment according to the disclosure, it is provided that one is including computer-readable medium Computer program, on described computer-readable medium storage have on an electronic device The computer program instructions of implementation method, computer executable instructions includes for performing institute herein State the instruction of method.

Referring first to Fig. 1, it illustrates and can apply example embodiment described in the disclosure Mancarried electronic aid 101 (for convenience, hereinafter referred to simply as electronic equipment 101).Retouch below The electronic equipment 101 stated has wireless communication ability, it is nevertheless contemplated that the teaching of the disclosure can be fitted For not having the equipment of wireless communication ability.The example of electronic equipment 101 includes (but not limiting In): mobile phone, smart phone or super phone, tablet PC, notebook (take Certainly in capacity of equipment, the most on knee, net book or super computer), wireless group Knit device, personal digital assistant (PDA), electronic game station and digital camera.

Electronic equipment 101 includes the outer rigid housing (not shown) of the electronic building brick of load bearing equipment 101. The electronic building brick of equipment 101 is built on printed circuit board (PCB) (not shown).Electronic equipment 101 Including the controller of the integrated operation of control equipment 101, this controller includes that at least one processes Device 102 (such as microprocessor).Perform to include that data and voice lead to by communication subsystem 111 Letter is at interior communication function.The data that by decoder 106, electronic equipment 101 can be received It is decompressed and decrypted by.Communication subsystem 111 receives message and to nothing from wireless network 100 Gauze network 100 sends message.Wireless network 100 can be any kind of wireless network, bag Include (but not limited to): data wireless networks, voice wireless network and both supported voice communication Also the network of data communication is supported.

Processor 102 and other component interactions, as random access memory (RAM) 108, Read only memory (ROM) 110, have be operably connected to electronic controller 116 touch The display 112 (they together form touch-sensitive display 118) of quick covering 114, (the most non- Volatibility) memorizer 114 (e.g., flash memory), auxiliary input/output (I/O) subsystem 150, FPDP 152 is (such as serial data port (such as, USB (universal serial bus) (USB) data Port)), speaker 156, mike 158, short-range communication subsystem 162, digital camera 180, And it is designated generally as other equipment subsystems of 164.Electronic equipment 101 can also include Keyboard and/or control knob (not shown).

Performed mutual with the user of graphic user interface (GUI) by touch-sensitive covering 114. Processor 102 is mutual with touch-sensitive covering 114 via electronic controller 116.Via processor 102 Touch-sensitive display 118 shows the information that can show on mancarried electronic aid or present, Such as text, character, symbol, image, icon and sundry item.Processor 102 can be with Orientation sensor (such as accelerometer) is mutual, to detect gravity or the retroaction caused by gravity The direction of power, to determine the orientation of such as electronic equipment 101.

Processor 102 operates under the programme-control of storage, and performs in memory (e.g., In long-time memory, such as in long-time memory 144) software module 121 that stores. As it is shown in figure 1, software module 121 includes operating system software 123 and software application 125. Software application includes camera applications 172 and photo viewer application 174.Camera applications 172 is wrapped Logic containing for the following: operation digital camera 180, catches figure from digital camera 180 Picture and optional video, and in long-time memory 144, store image and video.Photograph is clear Device of looking at application 174 comprises on the display 112 with the following seamless and collection being more fully described One-tenth mode show data (that is, image and optional video) from long-time memory 144 with And the logic of the data from digital camera 180.Persistant data 176 including user data It also is stored in long-time memory 144.Persistant data 176 is included in electronic equipment 101 and deposits Any digital media file of storage, as still image and/or video segment (such as, catch before Image and video or the image storing before or downloading and video).

Software module 121 or one part can be temporarily loaded in volatile memory, as RAM146.RAM146 for storage running time data variable and other kinds of data or Information.Although describing concrete function for various types of memorizeies, this is only an example, And the different distribution that function is assigned to all types of memorizer can also be used.

In certain embodiments, electronic equipment 101 also includes that detachable memory card 130 is (logical Often include long-time memory, such as flash memory) and memory card interface 132.The usual warp of network insertion It is associated with subscriber or the user of electronic equipment 101 by memory card 130, memory card 130 Can be that the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) used in gsm networks blocks or at relevant wireless network The other kinds of memory card used in network type.Memory card 130 is inserted or attached to The memory card interface 132 of electronic equipment 101, operates with combining wireless network 100.

Electronic equipment 101 also includes the battery 138 as power supply, and battery 138 is the most permissible Fill by being such as coupled to the charging circuit of battery interface (e.g., serial data port 152) One or more rechargeable batteries of electricity.Battery 138 in electronic equipment 101 at least one A little electronic circuits provide electrical power, and battery interface 136 provides both mechanically and electrically for battery 138 Connect.Battery interface 136 is coupled to manostat (not shown), and this manostat is to electronic equipment The circuit with power V+ of 101.

The signal (such as text message, email message or page download) received is by leading to Letter subsystem 104 processes, and is imported into processor 102.Processor 102 processes and receives Signal, with output to display 112 and/or auxiliary I/O subsystem 150.Subscriber can produce Data item, such as email message, can such as pass through communication subsystem 111 at wireless network This data item is sent on network.

Touch-sensitive display 118 can be any suitable touch-sensitive display well known in the art Device, such as capacitive character, resistive, infrared, surface acoustic wave (SAW) touch-sensitive display, strain Instrument (strain gauge), optical imagery, scattered signal technology, acoustic pulse recognition etc..? In presently described example embodiment, touch-sensitive display 118 is capacitive touch-sensitive display, its 114 are covered including capacitive touch-sensitive.Cover the assembling that 114 can be multiple layers stacked, should Multiple layers can include such as: substrate, ground shield, barrier layer, by substrate or other screens One or more capacitive touch sensor layers that phragma is opened and capping.Capacitive touch passes Sensor layer can be any suitable material, as having figuratum tin indium oxide (ITO).

Viewing area that the display 112 of touch-sensitive display 118 includes showing information and The non-display area extended around border, viewing area.In non-display area, do not show information, Non-display area be used for accommodating such as electrical traces or electronics connect, binding agent or other sealants, And/or the protective coating at viewing area perimeter.

Also referred to as one or more touches of touch input, touch contact or touch event can To be detected by touch-sensitive display 118.Alternatively, processor 102 can be configured to basis The touch data that touch-sensitive covering 114 provides detects one or more touch gestures.Processor 102 May determine that the touch attribute including touch location.Touch position data can include contact Region or a single point of contact, as the center of contact area or near be referred to as barycenter Point.In response to detecting that touch provides signal to controller 116.Depend on touch-sensitive display The type of 118, can detect the touch from any proper object, as finger, thumb, Adnexa (appendage) or other, such as writing pencil, pen or other indicators. The position touched is moved along with the movement of the object detected during touching.Controller 116 and/ Or processor 102 can detect that any suitable contact member is on touch-sensitive display 118 Touch.Similarly, the touch while of detecting multiple.

Different types of touch event is detected by touch-sensitive display 118.When touch event occurs During more than or equal to persistent period of threshold duration, detect or recognize touch and keep (touch and hold) event.In certain embodiments, this threshold duration can be example Such as 400 milliseconds.Other threshold duration is possible.When at least one touch event occurs During less than persistent period of threshold duration, detect or recognize tapping (tap) event.

When user touches may select at screen (onscreen) on touch-sensitive display 118 with a finger Finger is also kept contacting with touch-sensitive display 118 and exceedes threshold by project (such as button or menu item) When being worth the persistent period of persistent period, singly refer to touch and keep event to occur.When user is with two Finger touch on touch-sensitive display 118 may select screen project and by two fingers all with touch-sensitive When display 118 keeps the persistent period that contact exceedes threshold duration, double fingers touch and protect Event of holding occurs.Touch may select and includes in screen project: touch on touch-sensitive display 118 with On display 112, display may select in the consistent position of screen project.Position is being shielded with may select Unanimously being of project: the barycenter of touch event user interface screen be allocated for receive Activate and may select in the input area of the input of screen project.In certain embodiments, optional Input area in screen project can be differently configured from and may select in screen project on display screen 112 Viewing area, the most in such an embodiment, input area is more than viewing area, to adapt to use The touch side-play amount at family.

Term " touch gestures " is specific for refer on touch-sensitive display 118 in this article The touch event of type, it starts from initial point and lasts till terminal.Touch gestures can be by touching The attribute of gesture identifies, the attribute of touch gestures includes such as: initial point, terminal, traveling away from From, persistent period, speed and direction.Touch gestures can in distance and/or persistent period With long or short.Two points of touch gestures are determined for the direction of touch gestures.

When maintaining contact and touch point (such as, the matter of touch event in touch-sensitive display 118 The heart) mobile when exceeding threshold distance (generally measuring in units of pixel), drag and keep Gesture occurs.When with at the end of the contacting of touch-sensitive display 118, drag and keep gesture to terminate.

Paddling (swipe) (also referred to as flicking (flick)) is a class touch gestures.Paddling has Single direction.Touch-sensitive covering 114 can be former about initially carry out contacting with touch-sensitive covering 114 Put and touching to assess paddling rather than use with the terminal terminated that contacts of touch-sensitive covering 114 Touch each position on the persistent period of gesture or contact point to solve direction, and then assessment paddling. The example of paddling includes: horizontal paddling, vertical paddling and diagonal paddling.Horizontal paddling Generally include: for initializing the left side towards touch-sensitive covering 114 of touch gestures or right side Initial point, the object detected when maintaining with the continuous contact of touch-sensitive covering 114 from initial point to court Terminal to the right side of touch-sensitive covering 114 or left side move horizontally and with touch-sensitive covering 114 The disconnection of contact.Similarly, vertical paddling generally includes: for initializing touch gestures Towards the top of touch-sensitive covering 114 or the initial point of bottom, when maintaining and the holding of touch-sensitive covering 114 The object detected when continued access is touched from initial point to towards the bottom of touch-sensitive covering 114 or the end at top Point vertically move and with the disconnection contacted of touch-sensitive covering 114.

Paddling can have various length, can send out the various positions in touch-sensitive covering 114 Rise, and need not stride across the full-size of touch-sensitive covering 114.Additionally, disconnect the contact of paddling Can be gradually: gradually decrease time in paddling is still carried out and the contacting of touch-sensitive covering 114.

Touch-sensitive display 118 can also detect unit's navigation touch gestures.Unit's navigation touch gestures is There is the initial point outside the viewing area of touch-sensitive display 118 and move to touch-sensitive display The touch gestures of the position on the viewing area of 118.Other attributes of touch gestures can be tested Survey and be used for detecting unit's navigation touch gestures.Unit's navigation touch gestures can also include multi-point touch (multi-touch) touch gestures, wherein, touch gestures is to be weight simultaneously or in time Fold, and at least one touches and has the initial point outside viewing area and mobile to touch-sensitive display Position on the viewing area of device 118.Thus, two fingers may be used for unit's navigation and touch hands Gesture.Furthermore, it is possible to by multi-point touch unit navigation touch gestures and single-point touch unit navigation touch hands Gesture is distinguished mutually, and can provide additional or further function.

In this article, for the sake of convenience, described in the context of the finger of equipment user Touch-sensitive display 118.As it was previously stated, depend on type, it is possible to use writing pencil or other are right As mutual with touch-sensitive display 118.

Fig. 2 A to 6 is the screenshot capture of the user interface (UI) of digital camera 180.Fig. 2 A Show the UI screen of the electronic viewfinder part 202 with digital camera, electronic viewfinder Part 202 display digital camera 180 (such as, the digital picture sensing of digital camera 180 Device (not shown)) catch in real time or " live " image 203 (or approximation of image).? In example shown, electronic viewfinder part 202 occupies display 112 totally or substantially Whole viewable regions.In other embodiments, electronic viewfinder part 202 can take up The relatively small part of display 112.

In the embodiment shown, UI screen also includes the graticule being positioned at the center of real time imaging 203 204.Graticule 204 can be omitted in other embodiments.Graticule 204 identifies real time imaging Center, and the position of the automatic focus point of digital camera 180 may be identified.UI screen is also Including: menu button 208, for making the menu of display digit camera 180；And pattern Button 210, designation number camera 180 is in rest image pattern or camera mode, And cause the conversion between rest image pattern and camera mode or switching.

With menu button 208 make alternately show menu UI screen on the display 112, To interact therewith.With mode button 210 mutual by electronic equipment 101 at rest image Change between pattern and camera mode.Mutual with menu button 208 and mode button 210 Touch input or the event of correspondence can be included.Depend on that electronic equipment 101 is in rest image Pattern and/or camera mode, the most also make the outward appearance of mode button 210 change.? In illustrated embodiment, as shown in Figure 2 A, when electronic equipment 101 is in rest image pattern, Mode button 210 includes that the icon of stationary cameras icon or other diagrams represent.Work as electronic equipment 101 when being in camera mode, and mode button 210 includes icon or other diagrams of video camera Represent.It is possible for representing other UI schemes of present mode, and can be real at other Execute in example and use.

Fig. 2 B shows that mode button 210 includes stationary cameras icon 216 and camera icon Another embodiment of 214.Depend on that electronic equipment 101 is in rest image pattern and/or shooting Machine pattern, with mode button 210 make stationary cameras icon 216 and camera icon alternately In 214, corresponding one becomes state of activation, and stationary cameras icon 216 and camera icon 214 In another become unactivated state.In the embodiment shown, electronic equipment 101 is in quiet Only image model, and stationary cameras icon 216 is active.At the UI that other are possible In scheme, the state of activation of stationary cameras icon 216 and camera icon 214 and un-activation shape State is compared can be less opaque and/or have different colours.

Can receive appointment input in response to electronic equipment 101, " shooting " is at electronic viewfinder The real time imaging 203 of display in part 202, i.e. be stored in long-time memory 144.Logical Often the image captured is stored together with describing the metadata of this image, as caught the day of image Phase and time.When shooting image with digital camera 180, can be in electronic viewfinder part By the image captured or its approximation display set quantitative time (such as, 1 or 2 in 202 Second etc.), the most no longer show the image captured, and in electronic viewfinder part 202 again Display real time imaging 203.Then in the preview part 206 in electronic viewfinder part 202 Show the image captured or its approximation.In the embodiment shown, preview part 206 is positioned Lower left quarter in electronic viewfinder part 202.In other embodiments, preview part 206 can With other positions being positioned in electronic viewfinder part 202.

When there is not the image caught before, preview part 206 can be expressed as having with The empty frame of the original dimension same size of preview part 206, or can be in preview part 206 Display default image (such as, storage (such as, pre-stored) before or the image of download).Standby , when there is not the image caught before in selection of land, it is convenient to omit preview part 206.

In addition to long-time memory 144, or replace long-time memory 144, can remotely deposit The image that storage captures.To can remotely store the image captured and possible video at least portion Dividing and be embodied as solution based on cloud, wherein, multiple electronic equipments 101 share resource, example Such as content server (not shown).User is accessed by the thin-client on electronic equipment 101 The image captured.Master is stored in shared resource (such as, server) at remote location The process logic wanted and data.Cloud computing can allow from neighbouring have to the Internet or other Any electronic equipment 101 of the access rights connecting communication network conducts interviews.

The amplification the specified input detected by electronic equipment 101 is so that at preview part In 206, the image of display is amplified to more than initial from original dimension (e.g., default display size) The up-sizing of size.For graphics processing efficiency, the image of display in preview part 206 It is typically the thumbnail (such as, reducing the version of size/resolution) of the image captured.Ring Should be in the amplification input specified, thumbnail can subtract undersized image from have an original dimension Become the image (relative to original dimension) with the of a relatively high size of up-sizing.

The most in certain embodiments, the original dimension of preview part 206 and aspect ratio and pre- The image of display in part 206 of looking at can be fixing, regardless of aobvious in preview part 206 The aspect ratio of the image captured shown.Such as, preview part 206 and at preview part 206 The aspect ratio of the image of middle display can be fixed as 1: 1.When the aspect ratio of source images is different from pre- Look at the fixed aspect ratio of part 206 time, generally by the image of display in preview part 206 in addition Prune so that the images match fixed aspect ratio of display.In the sense that graphics process, prune The process intensity of the size that ratio adjusts source images is lower, and avoids the distortion of source images, and loses Very will balance out some benefits of preview part 206.

When the amplification input specified being detected, if the aspect ratio of source images is different from preview portion The fixed aspect ratio of points 206 (its can be such as 4: 3 or 16: 9 etc.), thus it is possible to vary preview Part 206 and in preview part 206 aspect ratio of image of display, to mate source images Aspect ratio.This allows user to see the complete source images pruned before, and allows preview portion 206 are divided to have fixed dimension and aspect ratio, regardless of the aspect ratio of source images, at image procossing Efficiency is created with user in the sense that adopting.

In the described embodiment, it is intended that amplification input be touch gestures, but, real at other Execute and example can use click or other touch events or other appointments amplify input.At least one In a little embodiments, it is intended that touch gestures be to drag and keep gesture, it has at preview part In 206 or neighbouring starting point.If within the threshold distance of preview part 206, then expected The touch gestures specified can be performed in a part for real time imaging 203.In some embodiments In, starting point, terminal, moving direction (directivity of touch gestures), the travel distance of gesture, Or in the sense that combinations thereof, touch gestures can be more specifically.

In an example embodiment, it is intended that touch gestures be drag and keep gesture, its tool Have: in preview part 206 or near starting point, threshold distance extends or exceedes threshold value The travel distance that distance extends, and in the real time imaging 203 of electronic viewfinder part 202 Terminal.In other embodiments, only in travel distance and terminal is to specify parameter. A left side for electronic viewfinder part 202 it is positioned at the same preview part of embodiment as shown 206 In the embodiment of bottom, it is intended that touch gestures can be the right side having and being positioned at preview part 207 Starting point in upper 1/4th regions and moving direction (such as, the court away from preview part 206 Center to electronic viewfinder part 202) touch gestures.Can also define traveling threshold value away from From.Suitable threshold distance can be such as 50 pixels.

In figure 3, user the touch event caused by touch-sensitive display 118 is touched by electricity Subset 101 in preview part 206 or near detect, as indicated by labelling 300. Illustrate that this touch event is merely to illustrate, and great majority (if not all) examples in its To show the most on a user interface.

Fig. 4 to 6 shows the touch event 300 movement from the terminal of the starting point of Fig. 3 to Fig. 6 Progress, and wherein preview part 206 is amplified to figure from the original dimension shown in Fig. 2 and 3 Up-sizing in 6.In Figure 5, graticule 204 is previewed part 206 part and covers, and In figure 6, to be previewed part 206 completely obscured for graticule 204.But, in figs. 5 and 6, A part of electronic viewfinder part 202 keeps the most shielded.This allows user checking amplification Real time imaging 203 is simultaneously evaluated during preview part 206.

Preview part 206 can be amplified fixed amount or just become with the distance from starting point to touch point The amount of ratio.When preview part 206 is amplified fixed amount, preview part 206 can be from Fig. 2 A Shown original dimension is converted directly into the such as up-sizing shown in Fig. 6.Generally, preview portion Divide 206 will be amplified by smooth conversion (such as, animation).But, preview part 206 The up-sizing shown in Fig. 6 can be jumped to from the original dimension shown in Fig. 2 A.But, will meaning Knowledge to: even if when such as based on user configurable arrange amplify fixed amount time, the amount of amplification is also Can change.When amplifying when being directly proportional by preview part 206, preview part 206 is from Fig. 2 A Shown original dimension is converted to up-sizing, the up-sizing as shown in one of Fig. 4 to 6. Can travel distance based on touch point, amplify preview part 206 at a set interval, or Can be gone forward one by one ground, pixel by pixel amplification preview part 206.This amplification can maintain original size Aspect ratio, the vector based on being formed by the touch point of movement maybe can be allowed to change in length and breadth Ratio.Relatively, if touch point moves back towards starting point, can be according to from starting point to movement The distance of touch point reduce the size of preview part 206.Thus, by preview part 206 With the size adjusting of image of display in preview part 206 with the starting point from touch gestures to touching The amount that distance between the current location of the touch point touching gesture is directly proportional.

The most in certain embodiments, amplification quantity is limited to the maximum arranged, to avoid covering Whole electronic viewfinder part 202.In other embodiments, preview part 206 can be amplified, Until preview part 206 occupies whole screen or substantially whole screen, at this point, electronics Equipment 101 is changed into by camera applications 174 real from the camera mode realized by camera applications 172 Existing photo viewer pattern (be sometimes referred to as camera and roll (camera roll)).Can be in phase Image is checked on the display 112, as from it of digital camera 180 under machine browser model The image of front seizure or optionally other images.When entering photo viewer pattern, the most scarce Save the image that display finally captures.Other figures can be checked in response to corresponding selection input Picture.Such as, the most in certain embodiments, in response to left paddling (if existing at first image) Select and show at first image, and in response to right paddling (if successive image existence) being detected Select and show successive image.Can be in the case of not changing user interface screen, as above institute State other images locally or remotely stored.

In certain embodiments, point in the user interface screen of any one from such as Fig. 2 is to 6 Hitting preview part 206 makes electronic equipment 101 from the camera mode realized by camera applications 172 Change into the photo viewer pattern realized by camera applications 174.

In other embodiments, so that the image of display is from initially in preview part 206 Size be amplified to up-sizing specify amplify input be in preview part 206 or near point Hit.In a further embodiment, it is possible to use the amplification input that other are specified.

For the efficiency of graphics process, can be by graticule 204, preview part 206, menu button 208 and mode button 210 individually or uniformly (completely or partially) be embodied as covering figure in real time Layer (referred to as covering) as 203.

Fig. 7 be an example embodiment according to the disclosure for show electronic viewfinder and its The flow chart of the method 700 of his view data.The software that can be performed by processor 102 (as Camera applications 172) come implementation method 700 at least in part.For realizing this method 700 The coding of software be provided of in the range of those of ordinary skill in the art of the disclosure.Side Method 700 can comprise in addition to shown and/or described process the less of additional or ratio Process, and can perform by different order.Can be by can be by least the one of electronic equipment 101 It is that individual processor 102 performs, based on the computer-readable code performing method 700 is stored in In calculation machine computer-readable recording medium (e.g., long-time memory 144).

Such as in response to the input received, touch-sensitive display 118 shows by camera applications The user interface (702) of 172 digital cameras 180 provided.The input received can be right It is specified for entering the control knob of camera mode or the pressing of button so that electronic equipment 101. User interface is same or similar to the user interface described in 6 with above for Fig. 2.User interface Frame or the border in addition cincture of the circumference of content area and frame lived can also be included.Can be The frame of GUI or window show user interface screen, maybe can show user with foil screen format Interface screen, under foil screen format, user interface occupies whole viewing area.

Electronic equipment 101 detects and receives via input equipment (e.g., touch-sensitive display 118) The various inputs (704) arrived.Depending on type and the attribute of input equipment, detection can be passive Ground occurs in response to the interruption from various input equipments, or can be on one's own initiative in response to supervision Occur with the output analyzed from various input equipments.Electronic equipment 101 sets based on by electronics The standby 101 predetermined touch gesture standards (such as predetermined touch gesture mode) identified identify tactile Touch gesture.

When appointment amplifying gesture (or other appointment amplification inputs) being detected, by preview part 206 are amplified to up-sizing (706) from original dimension.Amplification quantity may be directly proportional to touch gestures Travel distance, potential maximum be amplified to arrange maximum, to avoid covering whole electronics View finder part 202.As it has been described above, at least some embodiments, it is intended that amplification input It is to drag and keep gesture.In certain embodiments, when dragging and keeping gesture to terminate (such as, When user unclamps from touch-sensitive display 118 or lifts his/her finger) time, preview part 206 Original dimension (such as, default size) is returned from up-sizing.In other embodiments, permissible Preview part 206 and the image shown in preview part 206 are maintained in up-sizing. Other inputs can make preview part 206 and at the beginning of the image return of display in preview part 206 Beginning size or other reduction sizes.

When detecting that the appointment image for selecting new images for preview part 206 selects gesture, Select and in preview part 206, show the new images (708) for preview part 206.This Allow user's preview image different from the image finally captured (such as, with digital camera 180 The one or more images before captured, or other potential images).Use can not changed Other images the most locally or remotely stored in the case of the interface screen of family.Instead, User can be with paddling, with the image that preview is different.In all of the embodiments illustrated, this step is can Choosing, and can not perform.Selection to new images can direction based on touch gestures.

In certain embodiments, outside preview part 206, perform image and select gesture, or figure As selecting gesture at least to have the starting point outside preview part 206, to simplify electronic equipment 101 With equipment user to amplifying gesture and the differentiation of image selection gesture.

In certain embodiments, select at first image (if deposited at first image in response to left paddling ) and in response to detecting that right paddling selects successive image (if successive image existence).Formerly Image is image before the image of current preview in order, order be typically according to catching (or If image capture date is unavailable or inapplicable, then according to storage) date and time of image Time sequencing, but be also likely to be the lexicographic order of file name based on image or other close Suitable sequence.Successive image is image after the image of current preview in order, and order is logical Be often according to catch (if or image capture date unavailable or inapplicable, then according to storage) The time sequencing of the date and time of image, but it is also likely to be file name based on image Lexicographic order or other suitably sort.This selection may be directly proportional to the travel distance of touch gestures. Such as, electronic equipment 101 can be by the position n of the currently displaying image of image sequence chosen distance The image of individual position, wherein, between the setting of n=travel distance (pixel)/each position Every length (pixel).

Although at least partly describing the disclosure, ordinary skill people in the sense that method Member is it will be appreciated that the disclosure is directed at least some aspect for performing described method and feature Various assemblies, no matter it is nextport hardware component NextPort, software or any combination or any of both Other modes.Additionally, the disclosure further relates to pre-recorded storage device or other similar calculating Machine computer-readable recording medium, they include the program for performing method described herein being stored thereon Instruction.

Can be embodied this in other specific forms in the case of without departing from claimed subject matter Open.Go up in all respects should be considered as described example embodiment being merely illustrative rather than Restrictive.The disclosure is intended to cover and comprise technical all suitable changes.Therefore these public affairs The scope opened is by claims rather than described above describes.Fall into claim etc. Changed expection in effect meaning and scope is embraced within their scope.

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1. the side being used for showing camera user interface on the touch-sensitive display of electronic equipment Method, described electronic equipment has the digital image sensor for catching image, described method bag Include:

When described electronic equipment is in camera mode, on described touch-sensitive display, display is described Camera user interface, described camera user interface includes view finder part and preview part, wherein, The real time imaging that described view finder part is caught by described digital image sensor for display, institute State the image that preview part caught before display, be in described camera at described electronic equipment During pattern, described view finder part and described preview part are simultaneously held in described touch-sensitive display On, described preview part has default size and position；And

In response to detecting with the touch in described preview part as starting point and finding a view to described Device part extend dragging and keep gesture, by the described preview portion in described camera user interface Divide and be amplified from described default size and default position；And

Detecting with touching the described dragging as starting point and keeping hands in described preview part After gesture, do not touch on described touch-sensitive display in response to detecting, described camera is used Described preview part in interface, family is contracted to described default size and described default position.

Method the most according to claim 1, wherein, was not catching before described In the case of the visual supply that the size adjusting of image is relevant, carry out the amplification of described preview part With reduce.

Method the most according to claim 1, wherein, is not having for described dragging and is protecting In the case of holding the visual cues of gesture, carry out the amplification of described preview part and reduce.

Method the most according to claim 1, wherein, the described image caught before is The image of rear seizure.

Method the most according to claim 1, wherein, the default position of described preview part It is positioned in the lower left corner of described view finder part.

Method the most according to claim 1, also includes:

In response to detecting that the image with the starting point outside described preview part selects gesture, Select and show new images, wherein, selecting in response to the described image detected in the first direction Gesture, selects and shows at first image, and in response to the described figure detected in a second direction As selecting gesture, select and show successive image.

Method the most according to claim 1, wherein, described dragging also keeps gesture to include Paddling.

Method the most according to claim 1, also includes:

It is amplified to full-sized in response to described preview part, changes into from described camera mode For browsing the photo viewer pattern of the image caught before, wherein, described change include by It is clear that the user interface shown on described touch-sensitive display changes into photograph from described camera user interface Look at device user interface screen.

Method the most according to claim 1, also includes:

In response to the click event detected in described preview part, change from described camera mode Becoming the photo viewer pattern for browsing the image caught before, wherein, described change is wrapped Include and the user interface of display on described touch-sensitive display is changed into phase from described camera user interface Sheet browser user interface screen.

The most according to claim 8 or claim 9, method, wherein, use at described photo viewer The image caught before initial display is described in the interface screen of family.

11. methods according to claim 8, also include:

In described photo viewer user interface screen, in response to detecting in the first direction Image selects gesture, selects and show formerly to scheme in described photo viewer user interface screen Picture；And

In described photo viewer user interface screen, in response to detecting in a second direction Image selects gesture, selects and show subsequent figure in described photo viewer user interface screen Picture.

12. methods according to claim 11, wherein, image in the first direction selects Gesture is left paddling, and image in a second direction selects gesture to be right paddling.

13. methods according to claim 1, also include:

When original aspect ratio is different from the aspect ratio of described preview part, with default size by institute State the image caught before and be trimmed to the aspect ratio phase with described preview part from original aspect ratio The pruning aspect ratio joined,

Wherein, when described preview part has default size, show by described pruning aspect ratio Show the described image caught before.

14. methods according to claim 13, wherein, in response to the amplification input specified, The image caught before described is changed into from the trimmed image with pruning aspect ratio has original indulging The full size image of horizontal ratio.

15. 1 kinds of mancarried electronic aids, including:

Processor；

It is coupled to the touch-sensitive display of described processor；

It is coupled to the digital image sensor of described processor,

Wherein, described processor is configured to:

On described touch-sensitive display, camera is shown when described electronic equipment is in camera mode User interface, described camera user interface includes view finder part and preview part, wherein, institute State view finder part for the real time imaging that caught by described digital image sensor of display, described Preview part is display configured to the image caught before, is in described phase at described electronic equipment During machine pattern, described view finder part and described preview part are simultaneously held in described touch-sensitive display On, described preview part has default size and position；And

In response to detecting with the touch in described preview part as starting point and finding a view to described Device part extend dragging and keep gesture, by the described preview portion in described camera user interface Divide and be amplified from described default size and default position；And

Detecting with touching the described dragging as starting point and keeping hands in described preview part After gesture, do not touch on described touch-sensitive display in response to detecting, described camera is used Described preview part in interface, family is contracted to described default size and described default position.

16. electronic equipments according to claim 15, wherein, described processor is also joined Be set to: not to described before the relevant feelings visually supplied of the size adjusting of image that catches Under condition, amplify and reduce described preview part.

17. electronic equipments according to claim 15, wherein, described processor is also joined Be set to: not for described dragging and keep gesture visual cues in the case of, amplify and Reduce described preview part.

18. electronic equipments according to claim 15, wherein, described processor is also joined It is set to: be amplified to full-sized in response to described preview part, changes from described camera mode For the photo viewer pattern for browsing the image caught before, wherein, described change includes The user interface of display on described touch-sensitive display is changed into photograph from described camera user interface Browser user interface screen.

19. electronic equipments according to claim 15, wherein, described processor is also joined It is set to: in response to the click event detected in described preview part, from described camera mode Change into the photo viewer pattern for browsing the image caught before, wherein, described change Change into from described camera user interface including by the user interface of display on described touch-sensitive display Photo viewer user interface screen.

20. according to the electronic equipment described in claim 18 or 19, wherein, clear at described photograph Look at the image caught before initial display is described in device user interface screen.

21. 1 kinds of figures for camera mode of display on the touch-sensitive display of electronic equipment User interface, described electronic equipment is in described camera mode, and has for catching image Digital image sensor, described graphic user interface includes:

View finder part, is display configured to the real-time figure caught by described digital image sensor Picture；And

Preview part, is display configured to the image caught before, and described preview part has scarce The size saved and position,

The described view finder part and described pre-when described electronic equipment is in described camera mode Part of looking at is simultaneously held on described touch-sensitive display,

Wherein, in response to detecting with the touch in described preview part as starting point and to described Dragging that view finder part extends also keeps gesture, described pre-by described camera user interface Part of looking at is amplified from described default size and default position；And

Detecting with touching the described dragging as starting point and keeping hands in described preview part After gesture, do not touch on described touch-sensitive display in response to detecting, described camera is used Described preview part in interface, family is contracted to described default size and described default position.