KR101156685B1 - Digital image configuration changing method and digital image processing device executing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The digital image setting changing method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: continuously determining whether a menu setting hot key has been input; Displaying an icon of any one of the settable menus as an OSD on a predetermined position of a current image screen; Selecting one menu icon while scrolling through the configurable menu icons; Changing detailed settings as a submenu of a selected menu icon; Determining whether the menu setting state is terminated; And removing the display of the menu icon on the current screen when it is determined that the menu setting state has been completed.

According to the present invention, the setting of the image to be photographed or the image to be reproduced can be changed by a simple key operation. In particular, when you want to change various settings at the same time, you do not need to repeatedly perform image selection and menu entry, so you can change settings easily and quickly.

Description

Digital image configuration changing method and digital image processing device executing the same}

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a digital camera as an example of a digital image processing apparatus to which the concept of the present invention may be applied.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a front surface of a digital camera as shown in FIG. 1 as an example of a digital image processing apparatus to which the present invention may be applied.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a rear surface of a digital camera as shown in FIG. 1 as an example of a digital image processing apparatus to which the present invention may be applied.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of changing a setting of a digital image according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is an example of a screen implementing the step S102 of FIG. 4 on the display of the digital image processing apparatus.

6 is a flowchart for explaining a method of changing a setting of a digital image according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

7 is an example of a screen implemented on the display of the digital image processing apparatus when the photo protection icon is selected.

8 is a display screen of a digital image processing apparatus according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a display screen of a digital image processing apparatus according to still another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a digital image processing apparatus such as a digital camera, and more particularly, to a digital image processing apparatus capable of changing a setting of a reproduced image.

In the conventional digital image processing apparatus, in order to change one setting of an image file, the user enters a menu mode by pressing a menu button, and then selects a setting menu to be changed using a direction button. Then select the submenu of the selected setting menu and enter the OK button to save it as an image file of the new setting.

If the user wants to change another setting, the user must go through the process of entering the menu button → selecting the setup menu → selecting a submenu → entering the OK button.

For example, to change settings such as rotation / resize of an image file with photo protection, first proceed with the procedure of pressing the menu button → select photo protection menu → select photo protection → enter the confirmation button to release the photo protection. . Then again, the menu button input → rotation / resize menu selection → rotation angle / resolution selection → confirmation button input should be highlighted.

As described above, in order to change various file settings in the conventional digital image processing apparatus, a user may have to go through a complicated input process.

This inconvenience occurs not only when trying to change the settings of a stored image, but also when trying to photograph an image by changing various settings.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in an effort to provide a method for changing a setting of a digital image that can easily change a setting of a photographed image or a reproduced image, and a digital image processing apparatus for performing the same.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of changing a setting of a digital image, the method comprising: continuously determining whether a menu setting hot key is input; (b) displaying an icon of any one of the settable menus as an OSD on a predetermined position of a current image screen; (c) scrolling through the configurable menu icons and selecting one menu icon; (d) changing detailed settings as a submenu of the selected menu icon; (e) determining whether the menu setting state is terminated, and if it is determined that the menu setting state is not finished, proceeding to step (b); And (f) removing the display of the menu icon of the current screen when it is determined that the menu setting state has ended.

The setting method of the digital image may include determining whether the menu icon selected in the step (c) is a photo protection icon; And if it is determined that the menu icon selected in the step (c) is a photo protection icon, toggling the photo protection function on / off the current image, toggling the photo protection display and proceeding to the step (e). The step (d) may be implemented to change detailed settings as a submenu of the selected menu icon when the menu icon selected in the step (c) is not a photo protection icon.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of changing a setting of a digital image, the method comprising: continuously determining whether a menu setting hot key for all stored image files is input; Displaying a setting menu changeable with respect to the stored whole image file as an OSD on a predetermined position of a screen; Selecting one setting menu; Changing a detailed setting as a submenu of the selected setting menu; Judging whether the menu setting state for the stored whole image file has ended, and if it is determined that the menu setting state has not been terminated, displaying a changeable setting menu for the stored whole image file as an OSD at a predetermined position on the screen. Proceeding; And removing the setting menu displayed on the screen when it is determined that the menu setting state has been completed.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a digital image processing apparatus includes a means for storing an image and a display means, and performs a method for changing the setting of the digital image with respect to the stored image.

The digital image processing apparatus may further include an image capturing means, and may perform a method of changing the setting of the digital image with respect to the image to be photographed.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote components that perform the same function.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a digital camera as an example of a digital image processing apparatus to which the concept of the present invention may be applied.

The optical system OPS including the lens unit and the filter unit optically processes light from a subject. The lens unit in the optical system OPS includes a zoom lens, a focus lens, and a compensation lens.

A photoelectric conversion unit (OEC) of a charge coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) converts light from an optical system (OPS) into an electrical analog signal. Here, the DSP 7 controls the timing circuit 2 to control the operations of the photoelectric converter OEC and the analog-digital converter 1. The CDS-ADC (Correlation Double Sampler and Analog-to-Digital Converter) element 1 as an analog-to-digital converter processes the analog signal from the photoelectric converter (OEC), removes the high frequency noise, and adjusts the amplitude. (auto gain control, AGC) and then convert to a digital signal. The DSP 7 processes the digital signal from the CDS-ADC element 1 to generate a digital image signal classified into luminance and chroma signals.

The DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) 4 temporarily stores digital image signals and other temporary processing data from the DSP 7.

The EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) 5 stores algorithms and setting data necessary for the operation of the DSP 7. The memory card of the user is attached to and detached from the memory card interface 6.

The digital image signal from the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) 7 is converted into the display signal of the LCD panel by the LCD driver 14 so that the image is displayed on the color LCD panel 17.

On the other hand, the digital image signal from the DSP 7 can be transmitted by serial communication via the USB (Universal Serial Bus) connection 18 or the RS232C interface 8 and its connection 19, and the video filter 9 And a video signal through the video output unit 20.

The audio processor 13 outputs the audio signal from the microphone MIC to the DSP 7 or the speaker SP, and outputs the audio signal from the DSP 7 to the speaker SP.

The user input unit INP may include a shutter button, a mode selection button, a function selection button, a zoom button, a direction movement button, and the like. The user input unit INP is operated by the user to generate a command for performing each function according to the user's instruction.

The microcontroller 12 controls the lens driver 10, whereby the zoom motor M _Z , the focus motor M _F , and the aperture motor M _A are zoom lenses in the optical system OPS, The focus lens and the aperture are driven respectively. The light emitting unit LAMP driven by the microcontroller 12 may include a self-timer lamp, an auto-focus lamp, a flash standby lamp, and the like. On the other hand, the microcontroller 12 drives the flash 15 by controlling the operation of the flash controller 11 in accordance with the signal from the flash-light amount sensor 16.

The function of the microcontroller 12 may be implemented in one chip with the DSP 7.

The digital camera to which the present invention can be applied does not have to include all the components of FIG. 1, and those skilled in the art may delete some of the components, add another component, or modify some components according to the specification. It will be appreciated that the functionality of the various components may be implemented in combination.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a front surface of a digital camera as shown in FIG. 1 as an example of a digital image processing apparatus to which the present invention may be applied.

In front of the digital camera of FIG. 2, a shutter button 104, a jog dial 117, a mode dial 103, a power switch 126, a speaker 124, an AF (auto-focus) auxiliary light 125, and a microphone 123 are provided. ), A remote control receiver 122, a lens 121, lens barrels 120-1 and 120-2, a view finder 119, a flash 118, and the like.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a rear surface of a digital camera as shown in FIG. 1 as an example of a digital image processing apparatus to which the present invention may be applied.

Behind the digital camera of Figure 3, the viewfinder 100, autofocus lamp 101, flash status lamp 102, mode dial 103, shutter button 104, LCD button 105, wide-angle zoom button (106), telephoto zoom button 107, grip portion 108, five function button 109, DC power input terminal 110, external output terminal 111, playback mode button 112, LCD monitor 113 , Manual focus button 114, automatic exposure lock button 115, the image quality adjustment button 116 is provided.

The LCD monitor 113 displays an OSD (On Screen Display) indicating the current shooting mode and status of the digital camera.

The five-function button 106 has a menu entry / OK button and up, down, left, and right buttons at the center. When the menu is displayed on the monitor, the up, down, left, and right directional buttons can function as special function buttons instead of directional movement.

The various function buttons shown in FIG. 3 may be provided to perform two or more complex functions in addition to the functions shown in the names.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of changing a setting of a digital image according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a method of changing digital image setting implemented in a digital camera will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

First, it is continuously determined whether a menu setting hotkey is input (S100). The menu setting hotkey may be implemented by giving a hotkey function to any one of various function buttons in the digital camera of FIG. 3, or by further providing a new dedicated button.

When a menu setting hot key is input, an icon of one of the settable menus is displayed as an OSD at a predetermined position on the current image screen (S102).

5 is an example of a screen implemented in step S102 of FIG. 4 on the display (17 in FIG. 1, 113 in FIG. 3) of the digital image processing apparatus. The first menu that can be set in the currently displayed image is displayed or the menu that was last changed is displayed at a predetermined position on the screen, for example, in the upper right corner. The menu displayed by way of example shows deletion, picture protection, output, and resolution change. The image displayed on the current screen may be a reproduced image or an image captured and previewed by the current image capturing means (OPS, OEC, 1 of FIG. 1). That is, it is possible to change the image setting according to the present invention with respect to the reproduced image, and also to set the image according to the present invention with respect to an image to be taken in the future.

Then, one menu icon is selected while scrolling the menu icon that can be set (S104). When the user scrolls the icon by using the direction buttons (109 in FIG. 3) and the like in the displayed state as shown in FIG. 5, the menu is scrolled in the order of Delete → Protection → Output → Resolution. If the user inputs a confirmation button (109 in Fig. 3) during scrolling, one menu is selected. The jog dial 117 of FIG. 2 may be used as an operation button provided to scroll an icon. The jog dial is provided with a shutter button at the top in the example of FIG. 2, but may be provided at a predetermined position on the back of the digital camera.

The detailed setting is changed as a submenu of the selected menu icon (S106).

In operation S108, it is determined whether the menu setting hotkey is input again. When the menu setting hotkey is re-entered, the scroll menu icon display is removed (S110) and the menu setting method of FIG. 4 ends. If the menu setting hotkey is not re-entered, the process proceeds to step S102 where the user waits for additional menu change input. Step S108 may be performed by another button input (Exit key, etc.) in addition to re-entering the hot key.

6 is a flowchart for explaining a method of changing a setting of a digital image according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a method of changing digital image setting implemented in a digital camera will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 6.

First, it is continuously determined whether a menu setting hotkey is input (S100). The menu setting hotkey may be implemented by giving a hotkey function to any one of various function buttons in the digital camera of FIG. 3, or by further providing a new dedicated button.

When a menu setting hot key is input, an icon of one of the settable menus is displayed as an OSD at a predetermined position on the current image screen (S102). Then, one menu icon is selected while scrolling the menu icon that can be set (S104).

In operation S112, it is determined whether the selected menu icon is a photo protection icon. If the photo protection icon is selected as shown in FIG. 7, photo protection on / off is toggled on the current image and photo protection display is toggled (S114).

FIG. 7 is an example of a screen implemented when a photo protection icon is selected on a display (17 in FIG. 1 and 113 in FIG. 3) of the digital image processing apparatus. In the displayed state as shown in FIG. 7, the user may select a photo protection icon by inputting a direction button 109 of FIG. 3 and a confirmation button 109 of FIG. 3.

When the picture protection is set in the current image, the picture protection display 201 is provided as shown in the upper screen of FIG. 7, and changes such as deletion, rotation, and resizing cannot be added. In this case, when the user selects the photo protection icon 200 as shown in the lower screen of FIG. 7, photo protection is released for the current image and the photo protection display disappears. If the photo protection icon 200 is selected in the state in which the picture protection is not set in the current image, the picture protection function is set and the picture protection display 201 is displayed.

Returning to step S112 again, if the selected menu icon is not a photo protection icon, the detailed setting is changed as a submenu of the selected menu icon (S106).

In operation S108, it is determined whether the menu setting hotkey is input again. When the menu setting hotkey is re-entered, the scroll menu icon display is removed (S110) and the menu setting method of FIG. 6 ends. If the menu setting hotkey is not re-entered, the process proceeds to step S102 where the user waits for additional menu change input.

FIG. 8 is a display screen of a digital image processing apparatus according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is an example in which the digital image setting changing method of the present invention is implemented in a thumbnail search screen in a playback mode.

When the user enters a menu setting hotkey in the thumbnail search screen of the play mode (S100), a menu icon is displayed. In FIG. 8, the menu icon is displayed only on the image where the cursor is currently located, but is not limited thereto. The menu icon may be displayed on the entire thumbnail image displayed on the display when a hot key is input.

Conventionally, in order to change a setting in one thumbnail image, perform menu button input → display the selected image in full screen → menu display → menu selection → submenu in the thumbnail image where the cursor is located, and change other settings again. In order to solve this problem, it was inconvenient to repeat this process again.

In the present invention, in order to change the image setting on the thumbnail search screen, the hotkey input (S100) → menu icon display on the thumbnail image (S102) → menu selection (S104) → submenu selection in the thumbnail image where the cursor is located ( In order to perform S106) and change other settings again, only steps S102 to S106 are repeatedly performed so that the user's operation for setting change is simplified.

9 is a display screen of a digital image processing apparatus according to still another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

A hot key for changing the settings of all files is input to enter a menu state for changing the settings of all files as shown in the top screen of FIG. 9. The entire menu setting hotkey may be implemented by assigning a hotkey function to any one of various function buttons in the digital camera of FIG. 3, or by further providing a new dedicated button.

Then, a menu, for example, DPOF (Digital Print Order Format), to be changed is selected by using a direction button or a jog dial. When the user inputs the right button (▶), a submenu for setting the DPOF output size appears as shown in the following screen of FIG. When the user selects the output size (3 × 5) using the arrow keys or the jog dial and enters the OK button, the DPOF output size of all the stored files is set to 3 × 5. At this time, the menu on the screen returns to the upper screen state of FIG. 9.

If the user does not re-enter the hotkey or enter another exit key to exit the entire file configuration change state, the user may change other settings for the entire file in the top screen of FIG.

It is assumed that a user wants to delete an entire file while photo protection is set on some of the image files. The user enters a hot key to enter the entire file setting menu state as shown in the top screen of FIG. 9. Select the picture protection menu to turn off picture protection for the entire file. The on-screen menu after the picture protection release returns to the top screen state of FIG. The user can then select the Delete menu to delete the entire file.

The above embodiments have been described with reference to a digital camera as an example of a digital image processing apparatus to which the present invention can be applied, but are not limited thereto. Those skilled in the art can edit the stored image of the present invention and can be applied to a camera phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), and the like, capable of capturing an image.

The best embodiments have been disclosed in the drawings and specification above. Although specific terms have been used herein, they are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention as defined in the meaning or claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, the setting of the captured image or the reproduced image can be changed by simple key operation. In particular, when you want to change various settings at the same time, you do not need to repeatedly perform image selection and menu entry, so you can change settings easily and quickly.

The invention is not limited to the examples described above and represented in the drawings. Those skilled in the art taught by the above-described embodiments, many modifications to the above-described embodiments are possible by substitution, erasure, merging, etc. within the scope and object of the present invention described in the following claims.

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(a) continuously determining whether a menu setting hotkey has been entered; (b) displaying an icon of any one of the settable menus as an OSD on a predetermined position of a current image screen; (c) scrolling through the configurable menu icons and selecting one menu icon; (d) changing detailed settings as a submenu of the selected menu icon; (e) determining whether the menu setting state is terminated, and if it is determined that the menu setting state is not finished, proceeding to step (b); And and (f) removing the display of the menu icon of the current screen when it is determined that the menu setting state is terminated. The method of claim 1, Determining whether the menu icon selected in step (c) is a photo protection icon; And If it is determined that the menu icon selected in step (c) is a photo protection icon, the method further comprises the step of enabling / disabling a photo protection function for the current image, toggling the photo protection display and proceeding to step (e). , In the step (d), when the menu icon selected in the step (c) is not a photo protection icon, the detailed setting is changed as a submenu of the selected menu icon. Continuously determining whether a menu setting hotkey for all stored image files has been entered; Displaying a setting menu changeable with respect to the stored whole image file as an OSD on a predetermined position of a screen; Selecting one setting menu; Changing a detailed setting as a submenu of the selected setting menu; Judging whether the menu setting state for the stored whole image file has ended, and if it is determined that the menu setting state has not been terminated, displaying a changeable setting menu for the stored whole image file as an OSD at a predetermined position on the screen. Proceeding; And And removing the setting menu displayed on the screen when it is determined that the menu setting state is terminated. Display means; Means for storing an image; And When a menu setting hot key is input, an icon of any one of the settable menus is displayed as an OSD at a predetermined position of the current image screen displayed on the display means, and when one menu icon is selected while scrolling the settable menu icon, Change a detailed setting as a sub-menu of the selected menu icon, determine whether the menu setting state is terminated, and if it is not terminated, display an icon of any one of the settable menus as an OSD at a predetermined position of the current image screen; And digital signal processing means for removing the display of the menu icon of the current screen when the menu setting state is terminated. 5. The method of claim 4, The digital signal processing means If the selected menu icon is a photo protection icon, the photo protection function is toggled on / off for the current image displayed on the display means, and it is determined whether the menu setting state is terminated. And when the selected menu icon is not a photo protection icon, changing a detailed setting as a submenu of the selected menu icon. Display means; Means for storing an image; And When a menu setting hotkey for the entire image file stored in the means for storing the image is input, a setting menu that can be changed for the stored whole image file is displayed as an OSD at a predetermined position of the screen displayed on the display means, and When the setting menu of is selected, the detailed setting is changed as a submenu of the selected setting menu, and it is determined whether the menu setting state for the stored all image files is finished. And digital signal processing means for displaying a changeable setting menu as a OSD at a predetermined position on the screen, and removing the setting menu displayed on the screen when it is determined that the menu setting state is finished.

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