KR100873042B1 - Method of controlling digital image processing apparatus and apparatus thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, a photo including image information and location information of a photographing location is stored in a storage unit, and (a) displaying an image of the photo on a display unit; (b) setting a picture displayed on the display unit as the image as a reference picture; (c) setting photographs of the same region as the reference photograph as selection photographs; And (d) deleting the selected pictures.

Description

Method of controlling digital image processing apparatus and apparatus thereof

1 is a diagram illustrating a rear surface of a digital image processing apparatus in which a control method of the digital image processing apparatus according to the present invention is performed.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the digital image processing apparatus of FIG. 1.

3A and 3B are flowcharts schematically illustrating a control method of a digital image processing apparatus capable of deleting a photograph by region using location information of a photographing location, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a user interface for deleting a picture by region, a date, and a time zone by using location information of a photographing location in the control method of the digital image processing apparatus of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically illustrating a user mode setting menu capable of turning on or off whether a region delete function is operated in the control method of the digital image processing apparatus of FIG. 3.

The present invention relates to a method for controlling a digital image processing apparatus and a device thereof, and more particularly, to a method for controlling a digital image processing apparatus capable of storing location information of a photographing location received through a GPS module together with a photographed image when storing an image. And to the apparatus.

In general, a digital image processing apparatus includes any apparatus that processes an image such as a digital camera, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a phone camera, a PC camera, or uses a motion recognition sensor. The digital image processing apparatus receives a desired image through the image pickup device, displays the input image on the image display device, and displays the image on the image display device, and stores the image as an image file according to the user's selection of the image.

When taking a picture using a digital image processing device such as a digital camera and then checking the picture later, it may be necessary to immediately check the information where the picture was taken. In addition, for example, when looking at a restaurant photo and immediately looking through the local information stored in the photo, the location information of the photographing location received through the GPS module according to the user's operation or selection at the time of storing the image is recorded with the photographed image. You may need to save it together.

In addition, in order to more efficiently manage the photographed by using the location information of the location, there is a need for a method for efficiently deleting a picture according to the region where the picture was taken using the location location information of the picture.

The present invention, by storing the location information of the shooting location received through the GPS module with the captured image at the time of storing the image, and by using the location information of the shooting location can be deleted by region, digital image capable of efficient management of the photo An object of the present invention is to provide a control method of a processing apparatus and an apparatus thereof.

According to the present invention, a photo including image information and location information of a photographing location is stored in a storage unit,

(a) displaying an image of the picture on a display unit;

(b) setting a picture displayed on the display unit as the image as a reference picture;

(c) setting photographs of the same region as the reference photograph as selection photographs; And

(d) a control method of a digital image processing apparatus comprising the step of deleting the selected pictures.

Determining whether to delete the photo from the outside; And determining whether to delete a region by an external input from the outside at the time of the photo deletion input.

Preferably, the steps (a) to (d) are performed when the region-specific deletion input is performed from the outside.

In the step (c), it is preferable to classify the photographs by region from the location information and to select photographs of the same region as the reference photograph from the photographs classified by region.

Preferably, the location information is represented by a coordinate value indicating the location of the photographing location.

The step (c) of the step of calculating the distance from the photographing place of the reference picture of the photographing location of the other pictures from the coordinate values of the reference picture and the coordinates of the other pictures stored in the storage unit, wherein It is preferable to include the step of classifying the photos of the same area and the picture of the same area as the reference picture, and the setting of the pictures of the same area as the selected pictures, the distance is within a predetermined set distance.

and (e) resetting the pictures taken on the same date as the set date set from the outside among the selected pictures to the selected pictures.

The setting date is preferably the same date as the reference picture by default.

and (f) resetting the pictures taken at the same time zone as the set time zone set from the outside among the selected pictures to the selected pictures.

Preferably, the set time zone is a time zone between a start time and an end time input from the outside.

It is desirable to be able to turn on or off whether the region-specific delete function is activated by the user mode setting.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a control method of a digital image processing apparatus for storing a picture including image information and location information of a photographing location in a storage unit, and deleting a picture for each region by using the location information.

To this end, (a) classifying the photos by region from the location information; And (b) collectively deleting the photos of the same area.

The step (a) of calculating a distance from the photographing place of the reference picture of the photographing place of the other pictures from the coordinate values of the reference picture and the coordinate values of the other pictures stored in the storage unit, and among the other pictures The method may further include classifying pictures having the distance within a preset set distance as pictures of the same region as the reference picture.

(C) displaying an image of the picture on a display unit; (d) setting a picture displayed on the display unit as the image as a reference picture; (e) setting photographs of the same region as the reference photograph as selection photographs; And (f) deleting the selected pictures.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a control apparatus of a digital image processing apparatus for deleting a picture for each region by using the location information by the control method of the digital image processing apparatus.

According to the present invention, when the image is stored, the location information of the photographing location received through the GPS module is stored together with the photographed image, and the photograph can be deleted by region using the location information of the photographing location, thereby enabling efficient management of the photograph. .

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a rear surface of a digital image processing apparatus in which a control method of the digital image processing apparatus according to the present invention is performed.

Referring to the drawings, the rear of the digital image processing apparatus, the direction button 21, the menu-OK button 22, the wide angle (Zoom) button (W), the telephoto (Zoom) A button T, a delete button 24, a display panel 25, a speaker SP, and the like may be provided.

The direction button 21 may include four buttons, an up button 21a, a down button 21b, a left button 21c, and a right button 21d. The direction button 21 and the menu-OK button 22 are keys for executing various menus relating to the operation of the digital image processing apparatus such as a digital camera. In addition, the direction button 21 and the menu-OK button 22 may be used to activate or select an exposure area capable of controlling exposure or to move the exposure area.

The wide-angle zoom button W or the tele-zoom button T has a wider angle of view or a narrower angle of view depending on its input. In particular, it can be used to change the size of the selected exposure area. In this case, when the wide-zoom button W is input, the size of the selected exposure area is reduced, and when the tele-zoom button T is input, the size of the selected exposure area may be increased.

As the display panel 25, an image display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) may be used. In this case, the display panel 25 may be a display unit for displaying an image of a photo according to the present invention.

Meanwhile, a shutter release button, a flash, a power switch, and a lens unit may be provided on the front or the top of the digital image processing apparatus. In addition, the front and rear of the digital image processing apparatus may be provided with an objective lens and an eyepiece of the viewfinder.

The shutter release button opens and closes to expose the film or imager, such as a charge coupled device (CCD), to light for a set amount of time. In addition, the shutter release button records an image on the image pickup device by properly exposing a subject in association with an aperture (not shown).

When shooting in a dark place, the flash is used to instantly illuminate bright light, and flash modes include auto flash, forced flash, flash off, red-eye reduction, and slow synchro. The objective lens section of the viewfinder is a small window of the camera for viewing and composing a subject to be photographed.

On the other hand, when the delete button 24 is pressed in the present invention, the delete menu of FIG. 4 is displayed, and the user can select one of one, delete, cancel by region. In this case, when the deletion by region is selected, a control method of the digital image processing apparatus capable of deleting a photograph by region using the location information of the photographing location of the present invention is performed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3.

In another embodiment, a delete menu is selected through the menu-OK button 22, and accordingly, deletion by region is selected to delete a photo by region using location information of a photographing location of the present invention. The control method can be performed.

In addition, a user mode setting window as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed through the menu-OK button 22, and through this, it is possible to set whether to use a region-specific deletion function.

As an embodiment of a digital image processing apparatus to which the present invention can be applied, a digital camera, a control apparatus, and a control method thereof are disclosed in US Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0130650 (name: automatic using a secondary function of the camera). Method of automatically focusing using a quadratic function in camera. Matters relating to the digital camera, the control apparatus, and the control method disclosed in the above-mentioned US application will be included in the present specification, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the digital image processing apparatus of FIG. 1.

Referring to the drawing, an optical system OPS including a lens unit and a filter unit optically processes light from a subject. The lens unit of the optical system OPS includes a zoom lens, a focus lens, and a compensation lens. When the user presses the wide-angle zoom button W or the tele-zoom button T included in the user input unit INP, a signal corresponding thereto is input to the microcontroller 512.

Accordingly, as the microcontroller 512 controls the lens driver 510, the zoom motor M _Z is driven to move the zoom lens. That is, when the wide-zoom button W is pressed, the focal length of the zoom lens is shortened to widen the angle of view, and when the tele-zoom button T is pressed, the focal length of the zoom lens becomes long and the angle of view is narrowed.

Meanwhile, in the auto focus mode, the focus motor M _F is driven by the main controller embedded in the digital signal processor 507 controlling the lens driver 510 through the microcontroller 512. The compensation lens compensates for the overall refractive index and is not driven separately. Reference numeral M _A denotes a motor for driving an aperture (not shown).

In the filter section of the optical system OPS, an optical low pass filter removes optical noise of high frequency components. Infra-Red cut filter cuts the infrared component of the incident light.

The photoelectric conversion unit OEC may include an imaging device such as a charge coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS). The photoelectric conversion unit OEC converts light from the optical system OPS into an electrical analog signal.

The analog-to-digital converter may include a correlation double sampler and analog-to-digital converter (CDS-ADC) device 501. The analog-to-digital converter processes the analog signal from the photoelectric converter (OEC), removes the high frequency noise, adjusts the amplitude, and converts the analog signal into a digital signal. Here, the digital signal processor 507 controls the timing circuit 502 to control the operations of the photoelectric converter OEC and the analog-digital converter 501.

The real time clock 503 provides time information to the digital signal processor 507. The digital signal processor 507 processes the digital signal from the CDS-ADC element 501 to generate a digital image signal classified into luminance and chroma signals.

The light emitting unit LAMP driven by the microcontroller 512 under the control of the main controller built in the digital signal processor 507 includes a self-timer lamp, an auto-focus lamp, a mode indicating lamp, a flash standby lamp, and the like. May be included. The user input unit INP may include a shutter release button, a direction button 21, a wide-angle zoom button W, a telephoto- zoom button T, and the like.

The digital image signal from the digital signal processor 507 is temporarily stored in the DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) 504. The EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory) 505 stores algorithms and setting data such as a boot program and a key input program required for the operation of the digital signal processor 507. In the memory card interface 506, a user's memory card is detached.

The digital image signal from the digital signal processor 507 is input to the display panel driver 514, whereby the image is displayed on the display panel 25.

On the other hand, the digital image signal from the digital signal processor 507 can be transmitted by serial communication via the USB (Universal Serial Bus) connection 31a or the RS232C interface 508 and its connection 31b, and the video filter ( 509 and video output 31c may be transmitted as a video signal. Here, the digital signal processor 507 may have a microcontroller therein.

The audio processor 513 outputs the audio signal from the microphone MIC to the digital signal processor 507 or the speaker SP, and outputs the audio signal from the digital signal processor 507 to the speaker SP.

According to the present invention, a control method of a digital image processing apparatus capable of deleting a picture by region using location information of a photographing location shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 is shown in FIG. 2. It can be performed in. At this time, the main algorithm of the control method according to the embodiment may be performed inside the digital signal processor 507 or the microcontroller 512 with the help of peripheral components in the control device.

In addition, in the control method of the digital image processing apparatus capable of deleting a photograph by region using location information of a photographing location of the present invention, a photograph including image information and location information of a photographing location is stored in a storage unit. In this case, the storage unit may be stored in the memory card of the user through the DRAM 504, the EEPROM 505, or the memory card interface 506. However, the storage unit may be stored in the memory card of the user through the memory card interface 506. It is desirable to be.

Meanwhile, the control device 500 of the digital image processing apparatus may include a GPS module 515, and may receive location information of a photographing location through the GPS module 515. In this case, the location information of the photographing location received through the GPS module 515 may be a coordinate value indicating the location. The location information of the photographing location may be obtained through a database stored in a separate memory device of the control device 500 through the location information.

3A and 3B are flowcharts schematically illustrating a control method of a digital image processing apparatus capable of deleting a photograph by region using location information of a photographing location, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a user interface for deleting a picture by region, a date, and a time zone by using location information of a photographing location in the control method of the digital image processing apparatus of FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically illustrating a user mode setting menu capable of turning on or off whether a region delete function is operated in the control method of the digital image processing apparatus of FIG. 3.

Referring to the drawings, a control method 300 of a digital image processing apparatus capable of deleting a photograph for each region by using location information of a photographing location includes a photo display step 310; Setting a reference picture 320; Selecting the same area photo 330; Date selection step 340; A time zone selection picture 350; And a photo deleting step 360. In this case, according to an exemplary embodiment, both or each step of the photo selection step 340 for each date and the photo selection step 350 for each time slot may be omitted.

In the control method 300 of the digital image processing apparatus capable of deleting a photograph by region using location information of a photographing location, a photograph including image information and location information of the photographing location is stored in the storage unit. In the photo display step 310, an image of a photo stored in the storage unit is displayed on the display unit.

In the reference picture setting step 320, a picture in which the image is displayed on the display unit is selected and set as the reference picture. In the same area picture selection step 330, pictures of the same area as the reference picture are set as the selected pictures.

In the picture selection step 340 by date, the pictures having the same date as the set date are selected as the selected pictures among the selected pictures selected as the pictures of the same area. In the time-phase-specific picture selection step 350, the pictures in the same time zone as the time zone set among the selected pictures selected as the pictures of the same region are reset to the selected pictures.

In the photo deleting step 360, selected photographs selected through the same area photo selection step 330, date-specific picture selection step 340, and time zone-specific picture selection step 350 are respectively deleted.

In addition, the control method 300 of the digital image processing apparatus includes the steps of determining whether or not to delete the photo from the outside (311); And determining whether to delete a region by an external region when the photo is deleted. At this time, when the deletion input for each region is received from the outside in the photo deletion input determination step 311 and the region deletion input determination step 312, the control method according to the present invention below the reference photo setting step 320 is performed.

That is, when the delete button 24 of FIG. 1 is pressed, the delete menu window of FIG. 4 is displayed, and one delete, region delete, and cancel buttons are displayed on the delete menu window. At this time, if one delete button is pressed, only one picture currently displayed is deleted and the delete menu ends. If the cancel button is pressed, the delete menu is terminated without performing the delete function.

When the region-specific delete button is pressed, the region-specific deletion menu window of FIG. 4 is displayed, and the region-selection step 330 of the same region is performed. At this time, the date, time, execution, and cancel buttons are displayed in the region delete menu window. In this case, when the execute button is pressed, the selected photos currently selected in the photo deleting step 360 are deleted in a batch.

If the cancel button is pressed, the region delete menu is terminated without performing the region delete function. At this time, when the region-specific delete menu ends, the menu returns to the delete menu of the previous step. When the date button is pressed, the date setting menu window of FIG. 4 is displayed, and the step 340 of selecting a picture by date is performed. When the time button is pressed, the time setting menu window of FIG. 4 is displayed, and the time-domain-selecting step 350 is performed.

In the same region photo selection step 330, the photos may be classified by region from the location information, and the photos of the same region and the photos of the same region may be set as the selected photos from the photos classified by regions. In this case, the location information may be represented by a coordinate value indicating the location of the photographing location. Such location information may be received through the GPS module 515 of FIG. 2.

The same area photo selecting step 330 may include calculating a distance from the photographing location of the reference picture of the photographing location, classifying the same area photo, and setting a selected picture. In the step of calculating the distance from the photographing place of the reference picture of the photographing place, the distance from the photographing place of the reference picture of the photographing place of the other pictures is calculated from the coordinate values of the reference picture and the coordinate values of other pictures stored in the storage unit.

In the same area photo classification step, among the other pictures, the pictures having the distance within a preset set distance are classified into the reference picture and the same area picture. In the selected picture setting step, pictures of the same area are set as selected pictures.

In the picture selection step 340 by date, the pictures having the same date as the set date are selected as the selected pictures among the selected pictures selected as the pictures of the same area. In this case, the setting date may be set by a user input through the date setting window of FIG. 4. However, the set date may be the same as the reference picture by default, so that the same date as the reference picture is displayed in the date input box, and the user may modify it.

At this time, when the same date as the reference picture is to be set as a setting date, the user may press the setting button without setting the date in the date input box to set the setting date. When the Cancel button is pressed, it stops setting the date and returns to the regional delete menu window.

The date-specific picture selection step 340 includes a date-specific deletion selection decision step 341, a date setting step 342, and a set date picture selection step 343. In the date-deleting selection determination step 341, it is determined whether the date-by-date deletion is selected by a user input through the selection of the date button of the region-deletion menu window of FIG. 4.

In the date setting step 342, a date is set through the date setting menu window of FIG. 4. In the setting date picture selection step 343, the pictures having the same date as the set date among the selected pictures selected as the pictures of the same area are reset to the selected pictures.

In the time-phase-specific picture selection step 350, the pictures in the same time zone as the time zone set among the selected pictures selected as the pictures of the same region are reset to the selected pictures. In this case, the setting time zone may be set by a user input through the time zone setting window of FIG. 4.

That is, the set time zone may be a time zone between the start time and the end time input from the outside. At this time, if the cancel button is pressed, the time zone setting is stopped and the menu returns to the region-specific delete menu window.

The time zone-specific picture selection step 350 includes a time zone deletion selection determination step 351, a time zone setting step 352, and a set time zone picture selection step 353. In the step-by-step deletion selection determination step 351, it is determined whether the step-by-step deletion is selected by a user input through the selection of a time button in the region-deletion menu window of FIG. 4.

In the time zone setting step 352, a time zone is set through the time setting menu window of FIG. 4. In the set time zone photo selection step 353, pictures in the same time zone as the set time zone are selected from the selected photos selected as the photos of the same region.

In the photo deleting step 360, selected photographs selected through the same area photo selection step 330, date-specific picture selection step 340, and time zone-specific picture selection step 350 are respectively deleted. In the photo deleting step 360, each of the photo deletion input determination step 311, the region deletion input determination step 312, or the deletion selection determination step 341 by date, or the deletion selection determination step 351 for each time zone is determined. Accordingly, the selected photos selected by region or by date or by time zone respectively or all are deleted at once.

At this time, a user mode setting window as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed according to a user setting or a basic setting, and through this, it is possible to set whether to use a region-specific delete function.

In the present invention, since the pictures can be deleted collectively according to the basic setting or the user selection according to the region, the date, or the time zone, respectively, the limbs stored in the storage can be managed efficiently.

According to the control method of the digital image processing apparatus and the apparatus according to the present invention, the location information of the photographing location received through the GPS module at the time of storing the image with the photographed image, and by using the location information of the photographing location by region By allowing deletion, efficient management of the picture is possible.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, it is merely an example, and those skilled in the art may realize various modifications and equivalent other embodiments therefrom. I can understand. Accordingly, the true scope of protection of the invention should be defined only by the appended claims.

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The photo including the image information and the location information of the location is stored in the storage unit, (a) displaying an image of the picture on a display unit; (b) setting a picture displayed on the display unit as the image as a reference picture; (c) selecting photos of the same region as the reference photo; (d) setting the pictures taken on the same date as the selected setting date as the selected pictures among the selected pictures of the same region; And (e) deleting the selected pictures; In step (c), The position information is represented by a coordinate value indicating the position of the photographing place, Calculating a distance from the photographing location of the reference picture of the photographing location of the other pictures from the coordinate value of the reference picture and the coordinate values of the other pictures stored in the storage unit; And classifying and selecting the pictures within the same area as the pictures of the same region as the reference picture. The method of claim 1, Determining whether to delete the photo from the outside; And And determining whether to delete a region by an external region when the photo deletion input is performed. delete delete delete delete delete The method of claim 1, And the set date defaults to the same date as the reference picture. The method of claim 1, and (f) resetting the pictures taken in the same time zone as the set time zone set from the outside among the selected pictures to the selected pictures. The method of claim 9, And a time zone between a start time and an end time input from the outside. The method of claim 1, A control method of a digital image processing apparatus that can turn on or off whether a region delete function is activated by a user mode setting. A photo including image information, location information of a photographing location represented by coordinate values, and date information is stored in a storage unit. The distance from the photographing location of the reference picture of the photographing location of the other pictures is calculated from the coordinate value of the reference picture and the coordinates of other pictures stored in the storage unit. Classified and selected as the picture of the same area as the reference picture, Among the selected pictures, the pictures taken on the same date as the set date are set as the selected pictures. And deleting the selected pictures collectively. delete delete delete The method of claim 12, Displaying an image of the photo on a display unit; Setting a picture in which the image is displayed on the display unit as the reference picture; The control method of the digital image processing apparatus further comprising. delete The method of claim 12, Setting the selected pictures, The control method of the digital image processing apparatus, characterized in that for resetting the pictures taken in the same time zone set from the outside as the selected pictures. 19. By region and date by using the location information and the date information by the method of controlling the digital image processing apparatus of any one of claims 1, 2, 8, 12, 16, and 18. Control unit of digital image processing unit to delete a picture.

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