KR101650930B1 - The interface of the camera provided in a mobile terminal system settings - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for setting an interface for a camera included in a portable terminal, to enable a user to adjust the camera conveniently. The system comprises: a display unit displayed in a display panel of a portable terminal, and including a shutter button unit which controls starting and stopping the capturing of a photo and video and has a setting function which is moved according to an image capture format, and a plurality of function button units for adjusting the settings of a camera; a sensor unit using sensors separately included inside a portable terminal, and including a brightness sensor for detecting the brightness of the camera, and a detection sensor for detecting whether or not the touch panel is touched at the same time as a balance sensor for detecting a balance state of the camera; a control unit for controlling and managing the camera, and including a button control unit which detects a rotation direction of the camera by means of a gyro sensor to automatically move the shutter button unit to a corresponding position in accordance with the rotation direction of the camera when the camera is rotated in a specific direction, and a virtual setting unit which assigns an application separately installed in the portable terminal to enable a user to load a corresponding application; and an image unit including an image file unit for performing a storage function and a loading function after capturing the photo and the video, an image filter unit for manually changing the resolution and dots per inch (DPI) of a photo file and a video file, and an image editing unit for editing a part of the photo and the video.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a setting system of a camera interface provided in a portable terminal,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera interface setting system provided in a portable terminal. More particularly, the present invention relates to a portable terminal which is configured to more easily use a camera included in the portable terminal, and is capable of moving, attaching and deleting a shutter button portion for photographing and a setting button portion to be set at a desired point, And more particularly to a camera interface setting system provided in a portable terminal.

Today, a portable device can have a camera, can have a multi-tasking operating system such as Linux or Windows, and can have various applications related to a camera.

Generally, when a user requests a portable device to execute an application related to a camera through a touch panel, the application is executed. After the power of the battery is supplied to the camera, the camera performs activation (e.g., Converting it into an electrical signal, and processing the electrical signal into image data).

Accordingly, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2013-110717 discloses a camera function-equipped device, a program, and a voyeur prevention control method for detecting a tilt and changing the arrangement of an operation portion in Japanese Patent Application Laid- 2013-90056 discloses a one-picture reproducing apparatus and a camera which are provided with an attitude detecting unit and display an operation icon on the left and right edges of the panel. In Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2013-0092196, Technical Document 3) A camera shutter device and method for displaying the camera shutter key at a selected moving position have been disclosed.

However, according to the prior art document described above, when a user touches a shooting object while shooting with a mobile phone camera, the user can not recognize the camera according to the size of the user's hand, appearance, size of the mobile phone camera, There is a problem in that it is occluded by the user's hand or a minute shaking occurs.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2013-110717 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2013-90056 Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2013-0092196

In order to solve the problems of the related art, the present invention is configured to more easily use a camera provided in a portable terminal, and it is possible to move a shutter button portion for photographing and a setting button portion to be set, The present invention provides a camera interface setting system provided in a mobile terminal that can use a camera more conveniently for a user.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a system for setting a camera interface in a portable terminal in which a user arbitrarily adjusts a camera zoom and a brightness of a screen with only one hand so that a user can adjust the camera more conveniently.

In addition, the present invention provides a system for setting a camera interface in a portable terminal in which an image and an image are vertically and horizontally adjusted using a grid and a gyro sensor.

In addition, the present invention can be applied to a camera equipped with a virtual setting unit, which is provided in a portable terminal that maximizes the convenience of the user by separately editing an image and an image shot through a camera, And a configuration system of an interface.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for setting a camera interface in a mobile terminal, the system comprising: A display unit including a shutter button unit having a setting function for moving along with a plurality of function button units for setting the environment of the camera, a light sensor for sensing the brightness of the camera using a sensor separately provided in the portable terminal, A balance sensor for detecting a balance state of the camera, and a sensor unit for detecting whether or not the touch panel is simultaneously touched. The control unit controls and manages the camera, and when the user rotates the camera in a predetermined direction, The gyro sensor senses the camera's direction of rotation and matches the direction A control unit including a button control unit for automatically moving to a corresponding point of the shutter button unit and a virtual setting unit for allowing a user to designate an application separately provided to the portable terminal, And an image part including an image editing part for editing a part of a photograph and an image, and an image editing part for editing a part of a photograph and an image .

The display unit may further include a panel unit that allows the user to move the shutter button unit and the function button unit in a convenient state and edit the display panel of the portable terminal.

The shutter button unit may be configured to take a picture and an image when the user touches the shutter button unit and then falls when the photographing mode is changed to the moving mode through the function button unit.

In addition, the sensing sensor may photograph a picture and an image through a shutter button portion while touching an object exposed on the touch panel.

In addition, the button adjusting unit can move to any point after touching the shutter button unit and the function button unit in a specific pattern to convert the setting mode into a setting mode, and touching a specific pattern after the point movement is completed, .

The controller may further include a zoom controller for adjusting a zoom of the camera, and an illuminance adjuster for adjusting brightness of the camera.

The zoom adjusting unit may adjust the zoom of the camera along the zoom display unit displayed on the display panel after touching the arbitrary place on the display panel with a specific pattern.

The illuminance adjusting unit may adjust the brightness of the camera along the brightness display unit displayed on the display panel after touching the arbitrary place of the display panel with a specific pattern.

In addition, the control unit may further include a balance adjusting unit for adjusting a balance of the camera.

In addition, the balance adjusting unit may display the first adjusting member and the second adjusting member on the display panel to easily set a balance between the photograph and the image, and to adjust the balance between the first adjusting member and the second adjusting member, On / Off is performed.

In addition, the first adjusting member and the second adjusting member are configured such that the balance of the photograph and the image can be automatically adjusted through the balance sensor.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the camera included in the portable terminal can be more easily used, and the shutter button portion for photographing and the setting button portion for setting can be moved and attached to a desired point, The camera can be conveniently used.

In addition, the present invention allows the user to adjust the camera zoom and the screen brightness arbitrarily with only one hand, so that the user can adjust the camera more conveniently.

Further, the present invention can adjust the vertical and horizontal of an image and an image using a grid and a gyro sensor on the interface.

Further, according to the present invention, an image and an image photographed through a camera may be separately edited or an SMS application may be driven according to an arbitrary order of a user by providing a separate virtual setting unit, thereby maximizing the convenience of the user.

1 is a configuration diagram of a camera interface setting system included in a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
2 to 5 are schematic diagrams of a camera interface setting system provided in a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention,
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for changing a button of a camera interface setting method provided in a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms, and the inventor should appropriately interpret the concepts of the terms appropriately It should be interpreted in accordance with the meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the technical ideas of the present invention are described. Therefore, It should be understood that various equivalents and modifications are possible.

As shown in FIG. 1, a camera interface setting system included in a portable terminal includes a display unit 110 displayed on a display panel 100a of the portable terminal 100, A control unit 150 for controlling a camera application separately installed in the portable terminal 100 and an image unit 170 for controlling an image or an image file photographed in the camera application.

The portable terminal 100 may be configured as any one of a camcorder, a camera, a camera with built-in camera, and a tablet PC in which photographs or images are taken. Among them, a smart phone and a tablet PC may be installed with separate camera applications So that the camera can be used smoothly. The portable terminal 100 according to the present invention is composed of a smart phone having a built-in camera application.

The display unit 110 includes a shutter button unit 111 for starting or ending a photographing operation or a photographing operation, A plurality of function button units 113 for setting the states of the function buttons 113 are formed.

The shutter button unit 111 is formed on one surface of the display panel 100a and has a button of a predetermined size for easily photographing a photograph or an image or terminating an image being photographed. Is fixed to an outer circumferential surface or an edge (normally located at the center of one side).

In addition, when the user sets the moving mode for photographing and photographing while moving the camera while the user is moving, the user touches the shutter button unit 111 formed on the touch panel 100a So that a photograph and an image can be photographed at the moment of falling.

That is, although the normal shutter button section 111 is photographed at the moment of touch, when the shutter button section 111 of the present invention is set to the moving mode through the function button section 113, So that the photographing and the image can be taken at a moment when the user touches the touch panel 111 and then falls.

The function button unit 113 is formed on one side of the display panel 100a so that the user can easily manipulate the environment setting of the camera. , Rear change, gallery movement, and the like are formed.

The sensor unit 130 is provided with a sensor inside the portable terminal 100 so that the camera can easily photograph or photograph the image. More specifically, the sensor unit 130 uses a sensor So that the angle, the state, and the balance can be automatically set before photographing or photographing is performed.

The sensor unit 130 includes an illuminance sensor 131 for sensing the illuminance of the image formed on the display panel 100a and a balance sensor 133 for sensing the tilt of the mobile terminal 100. [

The illuminance sensor 131 senses illuminance and brightness of an image formed through the display panel 100a immediately before the camera provided in the portable terminal 100 photographs or photographs the image. The illuminance and the luminance can be manually set through the separate function button unit 113. [

The balance sensor 133 is a sensor for sensing the balance of the portable terminal 100. When the user holds the portable terminal 100 in his / her hand and photographs or images are taken, the balance sensor 133 automatically corrects the one- .

The illuminance sensor 131 and the balance sensor 133 of the present invention are described as having a separate sensor in the portable terminal 100. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, And can be configured to detect illuminance, balance,

The sensor unit 130 provides signals sensed by the illuminance sensor 131 and the balance sensor 133 to the camera to provide data to the user by converting the sensed signals into data on the display panel 100a, A detection sensor 135 may be further configured to detect whether data is displayed on the display unit 100a.

As shown in FIG. 2, the detection sensor 135 monitors whether data is displayed on the display panel 100a, detects whether or not the user touches a plurality of points on the touch panel 100a When the user photographs and photographs the image, the photographing can be performed simultaneously while focusing.

The camera of the present invention has a problem that the camera can not accurately focus because the camera has touched the touchpad 100a to focus on the touchpad 100a. However, the camera of the present invention uses the sensing sensor 135 to capture an object So that it is possible to easily set the user and to obtain an accurate and high-quality image by performing the setting effect simultaneously.

The control unit 150 performs a function of controlling and managing the camera. When the user automatically sets the resolution and the DPI of the photo and image through the environment setting, To be converted.

The control unit 150 includes a button adjusting unit 151 for adjusting the shutter button unit 111 and the function button unit 113, a zoom adjusting unit 153 for adjusting the zoom of the camera, An illuminance adjusting unit 155, a balance adjusting unit 157 for adjusting the balance of the camera, and a virtual setting unit 159 for specifying the order of the separate apps.

The button adjusting unit 151 is configured to move the shutter button unit 111 provided on one side of the display panel 100a in four directions of upward, downward, left, and right. Specifically, When the user rotates the shutter button 111 in the left and right direction, the user moves the shutter button 111 so that the user can easily take a picture.

In addition, the button adjusting unit 151 may include a gyro sensor (not shown) separately provided in the portable terminal 100, and may move the shutter button unit 111 in accordance with the direction in which the user rotates through the gyro sensor And the shutter button unit 111 is automatically moved without a user's setting, so that the user can conveniently take an image.

The button control unit 151 of the present invention is configured to move the shutter button unit 111 in accordance with the direction in which the user rotates using the gyro sensor. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the shutter button unit 111 And the function button unit 113 are touched for a long period of time, the setting mode can be switched to be set separately.

That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the button adjusting unit 151 switches the button setting mode by touching the button of the shutter button unit 111 and the function button unit 113, And is configured so that the user can drag and change the desired position.

The button adjusting unit 151 is configured to end the setting mode by performing a double touch on the display panel 100a after the change is completed. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the button adjusting unit 151 may be configured to end the setting mode in a different manner Of course it is.

As shown in FIG. 4, the zoom adjusting unit 153 is configured to allow the user to easily set the zoom of the camera with one hand. When the user drags the display panel 100a with diagonal lines, In) and zoom out (Zoom Out).

When the user performs a specific pattern such as a double touch in an empty space of the touch panel 100a, the zoom adjusting unit 153 exposes a zoom display unit 153a indicating zoom in and zoom out on the touch panel 100a, Zoom-in and zoom-out can be easily performed.

The illuminance adjusting unit 155 is configured to allow the user to easily set the brightness of the camera with one hand. When the user drags the display panel 100a with diagonal lines, the brightness of the picture and the image is brightened or darkened Respectively.

When the user performs a specific pattern such as a double touch on an empty space of the touch panel 100a, the brightness adjusting unit 155 exposes the brightness display unit 155a for adjusting the brightness of the camera to the touch panel 100a, So that the brightness of the camera can be easily adjusted.

That is, the zoom adjusting unit 153 and the illuminance adjusting unit 155 perform a specific pattern on the empty space of the touch panel 100a to expose the zoom display unit 153a and the brightness display unit 155a, The zooming and brightness of the camera can be easily adjusted by performing dragging with one hand in accordance with the guide direction of the display unit.

5, the balance adjusting unit 157 adjusts the balance between the first adjusting member 157a and the second adjusting member 157a to easily determine whether the image and the image exposed on the touch panel 100a are tilted to one side, And the adjustment member 157b is configured to be exposed to the touch panel 100a so that the user can not tilt to one side when photographing and photographing the image.

In addition, the balance adjusting unit 157 is configured to allow the user to manually adjust the balance of the photograph and the image. However, the balance adjusting unit 157 may be configured such that the balance sensor 133 automatically adjusts the balance of the photograph and the image Of course.

That is, the balance adjusting unit 157 is configured to automatically or manually adjust the balance of the photograph and the image. The first adjusting member 157a and the second adjusting member 157b may be turned on And can be adjusted manually by the user through the adjustment members 157a and 157b and the balance of photographs and images can be automatically adjusted through a separate balance sensor 133, Even beginners can easily and precisely and accurately take pictures and images.

The virtual setting unit 159 is configured to allow a user to easily call up an editing application (or an editing program) when editing a photograph and a video shot by the camera. More specifically, And executes the application that is set when editing pictures and images shot by the camera, thereby performing a function of searching for the application to be used and minimizing the hassle of executing it.

Although the virtual setting unit 159 is not illustrated in the present invention, the virtual setting unit 159 may be configured to be set in a separate function button unit 113 so that the corresponding application can be called by one touch. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

The image unit 170 is an editing application embedded in the camera. The image unit 170 is configured so that a user can perform simple editing using the editing application. The image unit 170 includes an image file unit for setting a file, An image filter unit 173 for adjusting specifications such as resolution and DPI of a photograph and an image, and an image editing unit 175 for editing a photograph and an image.

The image file unit 171 performs a function of loading previously stored pictures and images into the image unit 170 or storing the pictures and images that have been filtered or edited by the image filter unit 173 and the image editing unit 175 In addition to importing and storing, it can be loaded with various functions such as sharing with other applications, e-mailing, and so on.

The image filter unit 173 is configured to filter photographs and images. Specifically, the image filter unit 173 adjusts the resolution and the DPI of the photographs and images to reduce the number of files of the photographs and images or to obtain sharp and high-quality photographs and images And is configured to be installed in the camera or to be adjusted using a separate filtering application.

The image editing unit 175 is configured to edit photographs and images. Specifically, the image editing unit 175 includes not only functions such as cutting and pasting photographs and images, but also inserting emoticons, texts, pictures, .

That is, the image unit 170 is configured to easily edit pictures and images, and provides a function of converting the resolution and the DPI of the pictures and image files according to the user's preferences, thereby making it easy and simple to edit .

6, when the user touches a button to be changed for a long time (S210), the camera includes a shutter button unit 111 and a function button unit 113, (S220). ≪ tb > < / TABLE >

The interface converted into the setting mode is a mode in which the user touches the shutter button unit 111 and the function button unit 113 and performs dragging at a desired point in S230 to select the shutter button unit 111 and the function button unit 113, (S230) so that the button of the user can be moved to a user-friendly position.

The buttons 111 and 113 moved to an arbitrary point can be configured so that the user can set and store the moved buttons 111 and 113 by executing the touch twice on the touch panel 100a.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with the preferred embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited thereto, It is to be understood that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

100: portable terminal 110:
111: shutter button section 113: function button section
130: sensor unit 131: illuminance sensor
133: Balance sensor 135: Sensing sensor
150: control unit 151: button control unit
153: zoom adjustment unit 155: illuminance adjustment unit
157: balance adjustment unit 159: virtual setting unit
170: Image file part 171: Image filter part
173:

Claims (11)

A shutter button unit that is displayed on a display panel of the portable terminal and has a setting function of controlling a photograph and an image to start and end photographing and to move according to an image photographing format and a plurality of function button units A display unit;
A brightness sensor for detecting the brightness of the camera, a balance sensor for detecting a balance state of the camera, and a detection sensor for detecting whether or not the touch panel is simultaneously touched, using a sensor provided separately inside the portable terminal A sensor unit;
The gyro sensor senses the direction of rotation of the camera, and when the user rotates the camera in a predetermined direction, the gyro sensor senses the direction of rotation of the camera and controls the movement of the shutter button portion corresponding to the rotation direction of the camera A controller configured to designate an application separately provided in the mobile terminal and configured to allow a user to call the application; And
An image file part for performing a save and recall function after photographs and images are captured, an image filter part for manually converting the resolution and DPI of the photo and image files, and an image editing part for editing a part of the photographs and images An image portion;
The camera system of claim 1,
The method according to claim 1,
The display unit includes:
Further comprising a panel unit for allowing a user to move the shutter button unit and the function button unit in a convenient state and edit the display panel of the portable terminal.
The method according to claim 1,
The shutter button portion
Wherein when the photograph mode is changed to the movement mode through the function button unit, photographing and image capturing are performed at a moment when the user touches the shutter button unit and falls after the user touches the shutter button unit.
The method according to claim 1,
The detection sensor includes:
Wherein the photographing unit photographs a photograph and an image through a shutter button unit while touching an object exposed on the touch panel.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the button controller comprises:
Wherein the setting mode is ended by touching the shutter button portion and the function button portion with a specific pattern and then changing to a setting mode and then moving to an arbitrary point and touching a specific pattern after the point movement is completed. The camera interface setting system comprising:
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
A zoom control unit for controlling the zoom of the camera, and a brightness control unit for controlling the brightness of the camera.
The method according to claim 6,
The zoom controller may include:
Wherein the user adjusts the zoom of the camera along a zoom display portion displayed on the display panel after touching the display panel in a specific pattern at a certain place.
The method according to claim 6,
The illumination controller may include:
Wherein the user adjusts the brightness of the camera along a brightness display portion displayed on the display panel after touching the display panel with a specific pattern at a certain place.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
And a balance adjusting unit for adjusting the balance of the camera.
10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the balance adjuster comprises:
The first adjustment member and the second adjustment member are displayed on the display panel so that the balance of the photograph and the image is easily set and the first adjustment member and the second adjustment member are turned on / The camera interface setting system comprising:
11. The method of claim 10,
The first adjusting member and the second adjusting member
And a balance between the photograph and the image is automatically adjusted through the balance sensor.

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