KR20040065404A - Method and apparatus for printing wanted still picture in moving pictures - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for printing a still image from a moving image is provided to determine a screen selected by a user among printed screens, and to read the selected screen from the divided screens, then to print the read screen, thereby exactly printing a desired still image. CONSTITUTION: A system receives moving images(10). The system distinguishes moving images captured by a user among the received moving images(12). The system divides the distinguished moving images into predetermined screens(14). The system stores the divided screens, and prints the stored screens through index technique(16). The system determines a screen selected by the user among the printed screens(18). The system reads the selected screen from the divided screens, and prints the read screen(20).

Description

Method and apparatus for printing still image in moving image {Method and apparatus for printing wanted still picture in moving pictures}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to port printing, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for printing a still picture in a moving picture for printing a desired still picture on a moving picture.

Conventional photo printers have a liquid crystal display (LCD) and are directly connected to a digital camera to print an image. Alternatively, a conventional photo printer is directly connected to a memory card instead of a digital camera to print an image.

In the situation where the conventional photo printer and the camcorder, for example, are connected, there is a problem in that the user cannot accurately capture and print a still image that he / she wants to print while watching a video captured by the camcorder.

In order to solve this problem, a conventional photo printer may print a still image selected by a user when a user selects a still image that the user wants to print while monitoring a video provided from the imaging apparatus while a personal computer and an imaging device are connected. Can be. As a result, a user using a conventional photo printer has a problem in that a personal computer needs help to find and print a desired still image easily and accurately in a video.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in an effort to provide a printing method of a still image in a moving picture that can accurately and easily print a still picture that a user wants to print from a moving picture without the help of a personal computer.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a printing device for a still picture in a moving picture that can accurately and easily print a still picture that a user wants to print in a moving picture without the help of a personal computer.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a printing method of a still image in a moving picture according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a printing apparatus for a still picture in a moving picture according to the present invention.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of printing a still image, the method comprising: receiving a moving image, dividing the moving image captured by the user from the received moving image; Dividing into screens, storing the divided screens, printing the indexed technique, determining a screen selected by the user among the printed screens, and the user among the stored divided screens. It is preferable that the step consisting of reading the screen selected by the step of printing.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing apparatus for a still screen, comprising: a video input unit for inputting a video and a video captured by a user in the video input from the video input unit; A video capturing unit configured to output a video, a divided video inputted from the video capturing unit into a predetermined number of screens, and a screen divider outputting the divided screens; A storage unit for storing the screens, a printing unit for printing the divided screens by an index technique, and a screen selected by the user among the printed screens, and a screen for outputting a number corresponding to the determined screen. And a printing unit corresponding to the number inputted from the screen determination unit. It is preferable to read the screen from the storage and to print.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a method of printing a still image in a moving picture according to the present invention will be described as follows.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a printing method of a still image in a moving picture according to the present invention, comprising: dividing a portion captured by a user in a moving picture into a predetermined number (steps 10 to 14), and dividing Determining the screen selected by the user (sixteenth and eighteenth steps), and reading and printing the determined screen (step 20).

Referring to FIG. 1, a method of printing a still image in a moving picture according to the present invention first receives a moving picture from an external video device (not shown) (step 10).

Here, the external video device may be a video cassette, a video compact disk (VCD), a digital versatile disk (DVD), or a camcorder.

After the tenth step, the motion picture captured by the user is distinguished from the received motion picture (step 12). That is, the received video is displayed through a liquid crystal display device (not shown) so that the user can monitor the user, and the user captures the vicinity of the still image to be printed while watching the displayed video. Thus, the video captured by the user can be distinguished.

For example, if a 60-minute movie is being played, assuming that the user has captured a video at 10 minutes, videos from 10-α time to 10 + α time are classified as captured by the user. . Here, α may be set by the user in advance.

After the twelfth step, the divided video is divided into a predetermined number of screens (step 14). Here, the predetermined number may be changed by the user, and the video may be divided in units of frames.

After the fourteenth step, the divided screens are stored and printed using an index technique (step 16). Here, printing by the index technique means printing a series of divided screens as a collection of video photographs so that the user can recognize them at the same time.

After the sixteenth step, a screen selected by the user among the screens printed by the index technique is determined (step 18). After the eighteenth step, the screen selected by the user is read and printed among the stored divided screens (step 20).

At this time, the screen selected by the user among the screens printed by the index technique may be identified as a number. For example, the user selects a number that uniquely represents a screen to be printed from among screens printed by the index technique.

As a result, a screen corresponding to the number selected by the user among the stored screens may be read and printed.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the configuration and operation of the printing apparatus of the still image in the moving picture according to the present invention will be described as follows.

2 is a block diagram of a printing apparatus for a still image in a moving picture according to the present invention, which includes an image input unit 40, a moving image capture unit 42, a screen divider 44, a storage unit 46, and a printing unit 48. And a screen determination unit 50.

In the moving image illustrated in FIG. 2, the printing apparatus of the still image may perform the printing method of the still image illustrated in FIG. 1. At this time, since the printing method of the still image in the above-described video shown in FIG. 1 may be performed by a photo printer (not shown), the printing apparatus of the still image shown in FIG. 2 may be built in the photo printer.

In order to perform the tenth step illustrated in FIG. 1, the image input unit 40 inputs a video through an input terminal IN from an external video device (not shown), and inputs the input video to the video capture unit 42. Output

In order to perform the twelfth step, the video capture unit 42 distinguishes the video captured by the user from the video inputted from the image input unit 40, and outputs the divided video to the screen divider 44.

For example, a user observes a video inputted through the image input unit 40 through a separate liquid crystal display (LCD) (not shown), and when the screen to be printed on the video appears, the user may be provided in the video capture unit 42. Press the capture button (not shown). At this time, when the capture button is pressed, the video capture unit 42 classifies a certain portion of the video displayed at the time when the capture button is pressed into the video captured by the user.

In order to perform the fourteenth step, the screen divider 44 divides the divided video inputted from the video capture unit 42 into a predetermined number of screens, and outputs the divided screens to the storage 46. For example, if the user sets the predetermined number to '9', the screen divider 44 divides the divided video into nine screens.

At this time, in order to perform the sixteenth step, the storage unit 46 and the printing unit 48 are provided. Here, the storage unit 46 stores the divided screens input from the screen divider 44. The printing unit 48 prints the divided screens by the index technique, and outputs the printed result through the output terminal OUT.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the printing unit 48 reads the divided screens from the storage unit 46 and prints them.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the printing unit 48 inputs and prints the divided screens directly from the screen divider 44 instead of reading them from the storage unit 46.

In order to perform the eighteenth step, the screen determination unit 50 determines the screen selected by the user among the screens printed by the indexing technique in the printing unit 48, and prints the number corresponding to the determined screen. Will output

For example, the screen determination unit 50 may be implemented as a key operation unit (not shown). Here, the key manipulation unit is operated by a user who wants to select a still image to be printed by looking at a screen printed by the index technique and outputs a number corresponding to the desired still image.

In order to perform the twentieth step, the printing unit 48 reads the screen corresponding to the number input from the screen determination unit 50 from the storage unit 46, prints the read screen, and outputs the printed result. Output through terminal OUT.

As described above, the method and apparatus for printing a still image in a moving picture according to the present invention can be easily and accurately connected to an external image device using a photo printer without the help of a personal computer. It has the effect of printing.

Claims (3)

Accepting a video; Distinguishing the video captured by the user from the received video; Dividing the divided video into a predetermined number of screens; Storing the divided screens and printing the indexed screens; Determining a screen selected by the user among the printed screens; And And reading out and printing a screen selected by the user among the stored divided screens. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined number is variable by the user. Image input unit for inputting a video; A video capture unit for distinguishing a video captured by a user from the video inputted from the image input unit, and outputting the separated video; A screen divider for dividing the divided video inputted from the video capture unit into a predetermined number of screens and outputting the divided screens; A storage unit which stores the divided screens inputted from the screen divider; A printing unit to print the divided screens by an index technique; And A screen determination unit which determines a screen selected by the user among the printed screens and outputs a number corresponding to the determined screen; And the printing unit reads out a screen corresponding to the number input from the screen determination unit from the storage unit and prints the screen.