KR20090093663A - Apparatus for processing digital image and method for controlling thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus for processing a digital image and a method for controlling the same are provided to share data with other digital image processing apparatus by transmitting the data obtained from a subject to a device designated to the subject. An input image including a subject is photographed(S420), and an image file is generated by processing the input image(S430). Tag information is inputted by reading a radio tag from the subject(S440), and it is judged whether or not a unknown file is transmitted to a share address included in the tag information(S450). The image file is transmitted to the share information designated in the tag information(S460).

Description

Apparatus for processing digital image and method for controlling Technical Field

The present invention relates to a digital image processing apparatus and a control method thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a digital image processing apparatus for storing a captured image file in a memory and sharing the image file with other devices. An image processing apparatus and a control method thereof.

Typically, the digital image processing apparatus includes all devices that process images such as a digital camera, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a phone camera, a PC camera, or use an image recognition sensor.

The digital image processing apparatus may image an image received through an image pickup device by a digital signal processor, compress the image, generate an image file, and store the image file in a memory.

In addition, the digital image processing apparatus may display and display an image of an image file received through an imaging device or stored in a storage medium on a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD).

In a typical digital image processing apparatus, a stored image file may be shared with another digital image processing apparatus. To this end, the image file may be stored in a removable memory such as a memory card, and then the memory card may be moved to another device to share the image file with another image processing device.

An object of the present invention is to provide a digital image processing apparatus capable of obtaining subject information from a subject and transmitting data to a device designated to the subject and a control method thereof.

The present invention includes the steps of (a) photographing an input image including a subject; (b) generating an image file by processing the input image; (c) reading wireless tags from the subject and receiving tag information; And (d) transmitting the image file to the shared address specified in the tag information.

The tag information may include sharing information including information on whether or not to receive the image file, and the sharing address including address information to receive the image file.

(e) further comprising determining whether to transmit the image file from the shared address, and if it is determined that the image file is to be transmitted, step (d) may be performed.

Another aspect of the invention, (a) photographing the input image including the subject; (b) generating an image file by processing the input image; (c) searching for a connection target connected by wireless communication within a set distance; (d) selecting a sharing object to share the image file among the connection objects; And (e) transmitting the image file to the shared address of the sharing object.

In step (d), determining whether to share the image file only with a person included in the input image, recognizing a face of a person in the input image, and setting a database of the recognized face person. Searching for and selecting the sharing object, and selecting all the found connection objects as the sharing object.

The step (e) may further include determining whether the share object wants to share the image file, and receiving the share address from the share object.

Another aspect of the invention, the image input unit for receiving an input image including a subject from the outside; A wireless tag reader for reading tag from the subject and receiving tag information; A controller configured to receive the input image and generate an image file; And a communication unit which transmits the image file to the shared address specified in the tag information.

The image file may be transmitted to a sharing address specified in the tag information of the subject including the sharing information receiving the image file among the plurality of subjects.

Another aspect of the invention, the image input unit for receiving an input image including a subject from the outside; A controller configured to receive the input image, generate an image file, and select a sharing target to share the image file; And a wireless communication unit which searches for a connection target connected by wireless communication within a set distance and transmits the image file to the shared address of the sharing target.

The face of the person may be recognized from the input image, and the person to be shared may be selected by searching for the recognized person of the face in a set database.

All of the found connection targets can be selected as the sharing targets.

According to the digital image processing apparatus and the control method thereof according to the present invention, it is possible to conveniently share data with another digital image processing apparatus by obtaining the subject information from the subject and transmitting the data to a device assigned to the subject.

1 is a perspective view showing the front and top appearance of a digital camera as an embodiment of a digital image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a control apparatus that may be included in the digital camera of FIG. 1.

3 is a block diagram schematically showing a digital image processing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a control method of a digital image processing apparatus as a preferred embodiment according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a control method of a digital image processing apparatus according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing embodiments of tag information included in each of a plurality of subjects photographed by the digital image processing apparatus of FIG. 3.

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

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the front and top appearance of the digital camera as an embodiment of the digital image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, in front of the digital camera 100 as a digital photographing apparatus according to the present invention, a microphone (MIC), a self-timer lamp 11, a shutter release button 12, a flash 13, a mode dial ( 14), power switch 15, microphone (MIC), speaker (SP), view finder 17, flash-light sensor 19, lens unit 20, wireless tag reader 110, and wireless transmission and reception There is a portion 120.

In the self-timer mode, the self-timer lamp 11 operates for a set time from the time when the shutter release button 12 is pressed to the time when the shutter is operated. The flash-light amount sensor 19 detects the light amount when the flash 13 operates and inputs the light amount to the digital signal processor 207 of FIG. 2 through the microcontroller 212.

The mode dial 14 is used to select camera operation modes such as automatic shooting mode (AUTO), program shooting mode (PROG), A / S / M shooting mode (A / S / M), MySET shooting mode (MySET). ), Voice recording mode, movie shooting mode, night scene shooting mode, and scene shooting mode (SCENE) are used to select and set by the user.

The shutter release button 12 is opened and closed to expose an image pickup device such as a charge coupled device (CCD) or a film to light for a predetermined time. In addition, the shutter release button 12 records an image on the image pickup device by properly exposing a subject in cooperation with an aperture (not shown).

The radio tag reader 110 reads and reads a radio tag such as an external radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The wireless tag reader 110 may be the wireless tag reader 216 of FIG. 2, and the tag information read through the wireless tag reader 110 may be input to the digital signal processor 207 of FIG. 2. Can be.

The wireless transceiver 120 is for transmitting or receiving data wirelessly with an external wireless communication capable device. The signal received by the wireless transceiver 120 may be input to the digital signal processor 207 through the wireless communication unit 217 of FIG. 2. The signal output from the digital signal processor 207 through the wireless communication unit 217 of FIG. 2 may be transmitted by the wireless transmission / reception unit 120.

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.

2 is a block diagram of a control device 200 of a digital image processing apparatus, which is a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The control device 200 of the digital image processing apparatus may be mounted in the digital camera 100 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 212. Accordingly, as the microcontroller 212 controls the lens driver 210, the zoom motor M _Z is driven to move the zoom lens.

When the wide-zoom button W is pressed, the focal length of the zoom lens is shortened to widen the angle of view, and the input image is reduced and input. Narrower, the input image is enlarged and input.

On the other hand, in the auto focusing mode, the main controller embedded in the digital signal processor 207 controls the lens driver 210 through the microcontroller 212, whereby the focus motor M _F is driven. do. That is, the focus lens is moved to a position where the sharpest picture is obtained by driving the focus motor M _F.

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 CDS-ADC (Correlation Double Sampler and Analog-to-Digital Converter) device 201. 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 207 controls the timing circuit 202 to control the operation of the photoelectric converter OEC and the analog-to-digital converter 201.

The optical system OPS, the photoelectric conversion unit OEC, the CDS-ADC element 201, and the like may be included in the image input unit 310 of FIG. 3.

The real time clock 203 provides time information to the digital signal processor 207. The digital signal processor 207 processes digital signals from the CDS-ADC element 201 to generate digital image signals classified into luminance (Y value) and chromaticity (R, G, B) signals.

The light emitting unit LAMP driven by the microcontroller 212 under the control of the main controller built in the digital signal processor 207 includes a self-timer lamp, an auto-focus lamp, a mode indicating lamp, a flash standby lamp, and the like. May be included.

The digital signal processor 207 and / or the microcontroller 212 may be included in the controller 320 of FIG. 3 according to the present invention. In addition, the user input input by the operation of the user manipulation unit 360 of FIG. 3 is input to the digital signal processor 207 and / or the microcontroller 212 through the user input unit INP, and processed. Accordingly, the designated work can be performed.

The digital image signal from the digital signal processor 207 is temporarily stored in the DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) 204. The EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory) 205 stores algorithms and setting data such as a boot program and a key input program required for the operation of the digital signal processor 207. In the memory card interface 206, a user's memory card may be attached or detached.

In the memory card recognized through the DRAM 204 or the memory card interface 206, an input image or an image file or tag information may be temporarily or nonvolatilely stored. The first storage unit 330 of FIG. 3 and And / or included in the second storage unit 340.

That is, the first storage unit 330 may be a DRAM 204 or a cache memory in which an input image photographed from the outside or input image or tag information input from a stored image file is temporarily stored.

In addition, the photographed image file may be nonvolatilely stored in the second storage unit 340. That is, the second storage unit 340 may be a flash memory or a memory card mounted to be removable.

The digital image signal from the digital signal processor 207 is input to the display panel driver 214, whereby the image is displayed on the display panel 215. The display panel 215 may be driven by the display panel driver 214 under the control of the digital signal processor 207.

The display panel 215 and the display panel driver 214 may be included in the display unit 350 of FIG. 3, in which an image of an image file may be displayed.

On the other hand, the digital image signal from the digital signal processor 207 can be transmitted by serial communication via a universal serial bus (USB) connection portion 31a or an RS232C interface 208 and the connection portion 31b thereof, and a video filter ( 209 and through the video output unit 31c. Here, the digital signal processor 207 may incorporate a microcontroller therein.

The audio processor 213 inputs a voice signal input through the microphone MIC to the digital signal processor 207 or outputs a voice signal output from the digital signal processor 207 to the speaker SP.

The wireless tag reader 216 reads a wireless tag such as an RFID tag from a subject and receives tag information. The wireless tag reader 216 may be the wireless tag reader 370 of FIG. 3. Tag information read through the wireless tag reader 216 may be input to the digital signal processor 207, which may be the controller 320 of FIG. 3.

The wireless communication unit 217 may be a communication module that transmits the image file to the shared address specified in the tag information or searches for a connection target connected by wireless communication within a set distance. The wireless communication unit 217 may be the wireless communication unit 380 of FIG. 3.

The wireless signal input through the wireless communication unit 217 may be input to the digital signal processor 207 which may be the control unit 320 of FIG. 3. In addition, a wireless signal output from the digital signal processor 207 may be output through the wireless communication unit 217.

3 is a block diagram of a digital image processing apparatus 300 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 6 schematically illustrates embodiments of tag information included in each of a plurality of subjects photographed by the digital image processing apparatus 300.

Referring to the drawings, the digital image processing apparatus 300 includes an image input unit 310; The control unit 320; Storage units 330 and 340; Display unit 350; A user manipulation unit 360; Wireless tag reader 370; And a wireless communication unit 380.

The digital image processing apparatus 300 may be controlled by the control methods S400 and S500 of the digital image processing apparatus illustrated in FIGS. 4 and / or 5. Therefore, the same items as in the control methods S400 and S500 of the digital image processing apparatus illustrated in FIGS. 4 and / or 5 may be referred to, and detailed description may be omitted.

The image input unit 310 receives an input image captured and input from the outside. The controller 320 receives an input image and generates an image file. Image files and tag information may be stored in the storage units 330 and 340.

The display unit 350 may display a captured input image, a stored input image, and an edited edited image. The user manipulation unit 360 may be manipulated by a user to input a desired command from the outside.

The wireless tag reader 370 reads a wireless tag from a subject and receives tag information. The wireless communication unit 380 transmits the image file to the shared address specified in the tag information.

The image input unit 310 receiving the input image may include the optical system OPS, the photoelectric converter OEC, the CDS-ADC device 201, and the like of FIG. 2. In this case, the optical system OPS may include various lenses including a zoom lens. The CDS-ADC element 201 may be included in an image pickup device that receives an input image input through a lens.

The user manipulation unit 360 may include the shutter release button 12 of FIG. 1. The shutter release button 12 may be pressed in two steps. When pressed in one step, a first signal S1 corresponding to a shooting preparation signal is generated, and when pressed in two steps, a second signal S2 corresponding to a shooting start signal is pressed. Can be generated.

The user manipulation unit 360 may be manipulated by a user to input a desired command from the outside. The direction button, the menu-OK button, the shutter release button 12 of FIG. 1, the power switch 15 of FIG. 1, and the like may be included in the user manipulation unit 360.

The storage units 330 and 340 may include a first storage unit 330 and a second storage unit 340. The first storage unit 330 may be a DRAM (204 of FIG. 2) or a cache memory that temporarily stores data. The second storage unit 340 stores data non-volatilely, and may be a flash memory or a memory card.

That is, the first storage unit 330 may be a DRAM 204 or a cache memory in which an input image photographed from the outside or input image or tag information input from a stored image file is temporarily stored.

In addition, the photographed image file may be nonvolatilely stored in the second storage unit 340. That is, the second storage unit 340 may be a flash memory or a memory card mounted to be removable.

The wireless tag reader 370 may read the wireless tag from the subject and receive tag information. In this case, the wireless tag may be an RFID tag. The tag information includes a tag ID, sharing information, a sharing address, and the like, and it is possible to find out whether or not to share the tag information and the address to be shared.

In this case, the tag ID is a unique number of a tag capable of identifying each tag. The sharing information includes information on whether to receive an image file. The shared address includes address information to receive an image file.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, a plurality of subjects may be photographed, and each subject may be provided with a wireless tag. In this case, the sharing of the image file according to the present invention may be excluded from the subject having no wireless tag.

The wireless communication unit 380 may transmit the image file to the sharing address specified in the tag information. The image file may be transmitted to a sharing address specified in tag information of the subject including sharing information receiving the image file among the plurality of subjects. That is, in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 6, the image file may be transmitted only to the shared address of the wireless tag in which the sharing information is "Yes."

For example, in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 6, when the sharing information is "Yes" as in the first wireless tag tag1 and the third wireless tag tag3, the image file may be transmitted to the corresponding shared address. . When the sharing information is "no" as in the second wireless tag tag2, the image file may not be transmitted to the corresponding sharing address.

In the present embodiment, the image file is transmitted through the wireless communication unit 380 by wireless communication. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the image file may be transmitted by communication according to another concept.

The controller 320 receives an input image and generates an image file. In addition, the controller 320 receives tag information through the wireless tag reader 370, reads the shared information included in the tag information, and uses the wireless communication unit 380 as a shared address of tag information having the shared information of "Yes". The image file can be controlled to be transmitted.

Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, the search for the connection target is performed through the wireless tag reader 370, but the wireless tag reader 370 is omitted, and another embodiment in which the connection target is searched by the wireless communication unit 380 is possible. Do. Such an embodiment may be controlled by the control method S500 of the digital image processing apparatus illustrated in FIG. 5.

In this case, the controller 320 receives an input image, generates an image file, and selects a sharing target to share the image file. The wireless communication unit 380 searches for a connection target connected by wireless communication within a set distance, and transmits the image file to a shared address of the sharing target. In this case, the sharing address may be input from the sharing object.

A face of a person may be recognized from an input image, and a person to be shared may be selected by searching for a person of the recognized face in a set database. In this case, as a searched database, a database having a relationship between face information and a device of a subject may be used.

The searched database may be formed as a preprocessing operation by user's intervention in a batch. In this case, a database of face information and a device of the subject may be formed.

In addition, by repeatedly performing a matching operation between the recognized face and the recognized device while continuously taking a picture, a database of a person of the recognized face and a device of the person may be automatically generated. Such a database may be more effective when searching for a connection target by a directional radio tag.

In addition, when it is unclear whether the device of the subject is ambiguous, whether the device of the subject is displayed to the user through dialog boxes, and the user may directly select the object.

As another example, all the searched connection objects may be selected as the sharing objects.

According to the present invention, it is possible to conveniently share the captured image data with another digital image processing apparatus in real time.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a control method (S400) of a digital image processing apparatus as a preferred embodiment according to the present invention.

The control method S400 of the digital image processing apparatus may be implemented in the control apparatus 200 of the digital image processing apparatus of FIG. 2 and / or the digital image processing apparatus 300 of FIG. 3. To this end, the control method S400 of the digital image processing apparatus according to the present invention may be a program or algorithm stored in the storage means of FIG. 2 or implemented in the form of a semiconductor chip such as firmware.

The control method S400 of the digital image processing apparatus may be performed by the digital image processing apparatus 300 illustrated in FIG. 3. Therefore, the same matters as those in the description of the digital image processing apparatus 300 of FIG. 3 are referred to this.

In the control method (S400) of the digital image processing apparatus according to the present invention, a picture may be taken to generate an image file, and the image file of the image including the current photographed subject may be shared. To this end, by reading a wireless tag such as an RFID tag from a subject at the time of photographing, obtaining tag information, and sending a captured image file to a shared address included in the tag information, the captured image may be shared in real time.

The control method (S400) of the digital image processing apparatus includes a photographing step (S420); Generating an image file (S430); Tag information input step (S440); An image transmission step S460 may be provided.

In the photographing step S420, an input image including a subject is photographed. In the image file generating step (S430), an image file is generated by processing the input image. In the tag information input step S440, a wireless tag is read from a subject to receive tag information. The image transmission step (S460) transmits the image file to the shared address specified in the tag information.

In this case, the tag information may include a tag identification number (ID), sharing information, and a sharing address. The tag ID is a unique number of a tag that can identify each tag. The sharing information includes information on whether to receive an image file. The shared address includes address information to receive an image file.

6 illustrates wireless tags included in the subjects 61, 62, and 63 and the subjects 61, 62, and 63 photographed by the digital camera 600, which may be an embodiment of the digital image processing apparatus. Examples of (tag1, tag2, tag3) are shown.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, a plurality of subjects may be photographed, and each subject may be provided with a wireless tag. In this case, the sharing of the image file according to the present invention may be excluded from the subject having no wireless tag.

The first wireless tag tag1 has a tag ID of 1, and whether or not it is shared may be, for example, an email address 123.kim@samsung.com. The second wireless tag tag2 may have a tag ID of 2, a sharing state of the second wireless tag tag2, and a sharing address of “NULL”. The third wireless tag tag3 has a tag ID of 3, and whether or not it is shared, for example, the shared address may be HP "010-1234-5678" as a mobile phone number.

In the photographing step S420, an input image including a subject may be photographed. In this case, the input image may include a plurality of subjects 61, 62, and 63 including the wireless tags tag1, tag2, and tag3. In this case, an image file photographed for each of the plurality of subjects 61, 62, and 63 included in the input image may be transmitted.

On the other hand, the control method (S400) of the digital image processing apparatus further includes a step (S410) of determining whether or not to input the recording start signal, in this case, the recording step (S420) may be performed when the recording start signal is input. .

In the image file generation step S430, an image file may be generated by processing an input image. An input image input through the imaging device may be generated as an image file through an image processing chain. In this case, the image file may be compressed and stored in a storage medium such as a memory card.

In the tag information input step S440, a wireless tag may be read from a subject to receive tag information. In this case, the wireless tag may be an RFID tag. The tag information includes a tag ID, sharing information, a sharing address, and the like, and it is possible to find out whether or not to share the tag information and the address to be shared.

The image transmission step (S460) transmits the image file to the shared address specified in the tag information. In this case, the image file may be transmitted to the shared address by wireless communication. Wireless communication may use any one or more of methods such as WiBro, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, ZIGBEE, Bluetooth, UWB, wireless infrared communication, wireless LAN, and the like.

In order to transmit the image, the control method (S400) of the digital image processing apparatus may further include a sharing determination step (S450). In the sharing determination step (S450) it is determined whether or not to transmit the image file from the shared address included in the tag information.

At this time, when the sharing information is "Yes" as in the first wireless tag tag1 and the third wireless tag tag3, it is determined that the image file is to be transmitted to the corresponding shared address, and accordingly the image transmitting step (S460). Can be performed. When the sharing information is "no" as in the second wireless tag tag2, it may be determined that the image file is not transmitted to the corresponding shared address, and thus the image transmitting step S460 may not be performed.

In this case, the image transmission step (S460) may be repeated as many as the number of subjects whose sharing information is “Yes” among the subjects included in the captured input image.

According to the present invention, it is possible to conveniently share the captured image data with another digital image processing apparatus in real time.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a control method S500 of a digital image processing apparatus as a preferred embodiment according to the present invention.

In the control method (S500) of the digital image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, instead of recognizing a sharing object with a wireless tag, the sharing object is recognized through a wireless communication such as Bluetooth, and the image is shown in FIG. 4. You can share files.

Therefore, the same matters as in the control method (S500) of the digital image processing apparatus illustrated in FIG. 4 are referred to this, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4, since the wireless tag included in the subject to be photographed is recognized, the sharing object may be located in the direction in which the digital image processing apparatus faces for photographing.

However, in the case of using wireless communication as in the case of the present embodiment, there is a difference in directivity with respect to the digital image processing apparatus in which the shared object recognized by the wireless communication captures an image.

The control method (S500) of the digital image processing apparatus includes a photographing step (S510); Generating an image file (S520); Connection target search step (S530); Selection step of sharing object (S540, S551, S552, S553); And sharing step (S560, S570, S580) may be provided.

In the photographing step S510, an input image including a subject is photographed. In the image file generation step (S520), an image file is generated by processing the input image. In the connection target search step (S530), a connection target that is connected by wireless communication is searched within a set distance.

In the sharing target selection step (S540, S551, S552, S553), a sharing target to share the image file is selected from among the connection targets. In the sharing step (S560, S570, S580), the image file is transmitted to the share address of the sharing target.

The control method S500 of the digital image processing apparatus may further include a step S505 of determining whether or not a shooting start signal is input. In this case, when a shooting start signal is input, the shooting step S510 may be performed.

In the image file generation step S520, an image file may be generated by processing an input image. An input image input through the imaging device may be generated as an image file through an image processing chain. In this case, the image file may be compressed and stored in a storage medium such as a memory card.

In the connection target search step (S530), a connection target that is connected by wireless communication may be searched within a set distance. In this case, a Bluetooth method may be used as the wireless communication method.

In the connection target search step (S530), devices having a wireless communication module may be searched to be located within a predetermined distance with respect to the digital image processing apparatus photographed. Therefore, not only the subject included in the image to be photographed but also the subject not included in the image to be photographed can be searched as the connection target if the wireless communication module is provided.

Therefore, it is necessary to select a sharing target among the connection targets. To this end, in the sharing target selection steps S540, S551, S552, and S553, a sharing target to share the image file may be selected from among the connection targets.

The sharing target selection step (S540, S551, S552, S553) may include a sharing target determination step (S540), a face recognition step (S551), a person searching step (S552), and all the connection target selection step (S553). .

In the sharing target determination step (S540), it is determined whether to share the image file with only the person included in the input image. In the face recognition step S551, a face of a person is recognized from an input image.

In the person searching step (S552), the person of the recognized face is searched in the set database to select a sharing target. In all the connection target selection step (S553), all the search targets are selected as the sharing target.

In this case, whether to share the image file only with the person included in the input image may be selected and set by the user in advance. As a result of the determination in the sharing target determination step S540, when the image file is shared only with the person included in the input image, the face recognition step S551 and the person searching step S552 may be performed.

As a result of the determination in the sharing target determination step (S540), if it is determined that all the connection targets are selected as the sharing target, instead of sharing the image file only with the person included in the input image, all the connection target selection steps (S553) are performed. do.

Therefore, according to a preset selection, the sharing target can be selected to share the file only with the person included in the input image, or all the search targets can be selected as the sharing target.

In the sharing step (S560, S570, S580) it is possible to transfer the image file to the shared address of the sharing target. To this end, the sharing steps S560, S570, and S580 may include a sharing determination step S560, a sharing address obtaining step S570, and a sending step S580.

In the sharing determination step (S560), it is determined whether the selected sharing target wants to share the image file. In the obtaining of the shared address (S570), the share address is input from the share object. In the transmission step S580, the image file is transferred to the shared address of the sharing object.

Therefore, the image file photographed and generated can be transmitted in real time only when the sharing information desired to be shared is selected among the selected sharing objects.

According to the present invention, it is possible to conveniently share the captured image data with another digital image processing apparatus in real time.

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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(a) photographing an input image including a subject; (b) generating an image file by processing the input image; (c) reading wireless tags from the subject and receiving tag information; And and (d) transmitting the image file to a shared address specified in the tag information. The method of claim 1, And the sharing information including the information on whether the tag information is to be transmitted, and the sharing address including the address information to which the image file is to be transmitted. The method of claim 2, (e) determining whether to transmit the image file from the shared address, And in step (d), if it is determined that the image file is to be transmitted. The method of claim 3, And a plurality of subjects including respective wireless tags in the input image. The method of claim 4, wherein (E) and (d) are performed on each of the plurality of subjects included in the input image. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, And the image file is transmitted to the shared address by wireless communication. (a) photographing an input image including a subject; (b) generating an image file by processing the input image; (c) searching for a connection target connected by wireless communication within a set distance; (d) selecting a sharing object to share the image file among the connection objects; And and (e) transmitting the image file to the shared address of the sharing object. The method of claim 7, wherein In step (d), Determining whether to share the image file with only the person included in the input image; Recognizing a face of a person in the input image; Selecting the person to be shared by searching for the recognized person of the face in a set database; and And selecting all the retrieved connection targets as the sharing targets. The method of claim 7, wherein In step (e), Determining whether the sharing object wants to share the image file, and receiving the sharing address from the sharing object. An image input unit configured to receive an input image including a subject from the outside; A wireless tag reader for reading tag from the subject and receiving tag information; A controller configured to receive the input image and generate an image file; And And a communication unit which transmits the image file to a shared address specified in the tag information. The method of claim 10, And the tag information includes sharing information including information on whether to receive the image file, and the sharing address including address information to receive the image file. An image input unit configured to receive an input image including a subject from the outside; A controller configured to receive the input image, generate an image file, and select a sharing target to share the image file; And And a wireless communication unit which searches for a connection target connected by wireless communication within a set distance and transmits the image file to the shared address of the sharing target. The method of claim 12, And recognizing a face of a person in the input image, and searching for a recognized person in the set database to select the sharing object.