KR20100047605A - Apparatus and method for digital picturing image - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device for processing a digital image and a control method thereof are provided to touch a touch screen by a fixed frequency, thereby directly moving to a preset menu. CONSTITUTION: An execution command setting unit sets an execution command according to an input signal of a user. A menu moving unit directly moves to a menu to execute a corresponding execution command saved in the execution command setting unit according to an input signal of the user. The menu moving unit comprises a display unit(110), a storage unit(130), and a controller(120). The display unit comprises a sensing unit sensing an input signal of a user.

Description

Digital image processing apparatus and control method thereof {Apparatus and method for digital picturing image}

The present invention relates to a digital image processing apparatus and a method of controlling the same, and more particularly, by performing a predetermined number of touches on a specific area of a display having a screen touch function or moving to a specific menu preset as a favorite. The present invention relates to a digital image processing apparatus and a control method thereof.

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

In order to change the setting of the shooting conditions for the shooting in the digital image processing apparatus, a complicated process of reaching the menu and executing the corresponding command is performed through a plurality of steps along the menu of the tree structure before the shooting.

In such a case, there is a problem that it takes a considerable time to move the menu, as it goes through a complicated process as described above.

An object of the present invention is to provide a digital image processing apparatus and a method of controlling the same, which can directly move to a preset menu by touching the touch screen a predetermined number of times.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, the execution command setting unit is set the execution command according to the user's input signal; and the menu to perform the execution command stored in the execution command setting unit according to the user's input signal Provided is a digital image processing apparatus including a menu moving unit which moves directly.

Here, the menu moving unit comprises: a display unit configured to include a detection unit for detecting an input signal of a user; A storage unit which stores an execution command corresponding to the number of times of the input signal; And a controller configured to receive an input signal of the detector and retrieve and execute an execution command corresponding to the input signal from the storage.

Here, the input signal may be information about the user's touch with respect to the sensing unit.

More specifically, the input signal may be the number of continuous touches of the user with respect to the sensing unit.

Here, the number of consecutive touches is the number of consecutive touches within a set time interval.

Optionally, the input signal may be information about a location of the user's touch with respect to the sensing unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method of a digital image processing apparatus including a display configured to include a sensing unit for sensing an input signal of a user, the method comprising: receiving an input signal through the sensing unit; Determining the input signal; Searching for an execution command corresponding to a determination result of the determining of the input signal; It provides a control method of a digital image processing apparatus comprising the step of performing the searched execution command.

Here, the signal may be the user's touch with respect to the sensing unit.

The input signal may be continuous touch information of the user with respect to the sensing unit.

In particular, the continuous touch information may be continuous touch information within a set time interval.

Optionally, the input signal may be location information of the user's touch with respect to the sensing unit.

The determining may include determining whether a predetermined time elapses after the input of the input signal; Waiting for input of the input signal if the set time has not elapsed; And determining whether two or more input signals have been input after the set time has elapsed.

Meanwhile, the control method of the present invention may further include setting an execution command corresponding to the input signal.

According to the present invention, it is possible to move directly to a preset menu by simply touching the touch screen of the display unit a predetermined number of times, and also easily preset by touching a preset touch position in order to diversify an input signal input to the touch screen. By directly moving to the menu and by moving the menu according to the number of touches, it is possible to prevent an input error caused by touching a small menu on the small display unit.

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

1 is a front view showing a rear appearance of a digital image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

The display unit 110 displaying an image to be photographed to the user or a captured image is disposed at the rear of the digital image processing apparatus 100. The display unit 110 has a touch screen function, so that the digital image processing apparatus 100 may be partially controlled by directly touching the display unit 110 of the user. For example, by inputting an input signal to the digital image processing apparatus 100 by touching the display 110, the sharpness, the exposure, or the shutter speed of the digital image processing apparatus may be adjusted. have.

Here, the input signal refers to the user's input, the input signal input in the touch screen device means that the touch screen using a part of the user's body (for example, a finger) or a touch tool such as a stylus pen It is meant to include a variety of inputs, including input using the touch.

2 is a schematic block diagram of a digital image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

The digital image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may execute an execution command setting unit (not shown) in which an execution command is set according to a user's input signal, and perform a corresponding execution command stored in the execution command setting unit according to a user's input signal. With a menu moving part that moves directly, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the menu moving part in particular.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the menu moving unit is a touch screen device that performs information input and information display functions, and includes a display unit 110. The display unit 10 may include an image display unit 114 displaying a plurality of menu information (icons, etc.) and data, and a detection unit detecting a touch operation to select a menu or data displayed on the image display unit 114 ( 112).

The detection unit 112 detects whether the touch operation is performed when the user touches to select a menu and data displayed on the image display unit 114 using a finger or a stylus pen.

In this case, the image display unit 114 is a general image display device, various display devices such as LCD, PDP, LED or OLED may be used. In addition, the sensing unit 112 is a thin layer provided on the front surface of the image display unit 114 is pressure-sensitive or electrostatic. Of course, a touch screen using infrared light is also applicable, but preferably the pressure resistive or electrostatic type is used.

The pressure-resistance type is provided with two membranes coated with a resistive material so as to maintain a constant interval, and flows current through both membranes. In this case, when both membranes are contacted by applying pressure to the membrane, the amount of current flowing changes and detects the touched position.

Electrostatics, on the other hand, coat conductive metal on both sides of the glass and apply voltage across the edges. At this time, the high frequency flows through the touch screen, and when the hand touches, the high frequency waveform changes, and the touch screen detects the touched position.

The sensing unit 112 is provided with a touch screen controller 116 that detects the deformation of the high frequency type and converts it into an electrical signal. The touch screen controller 116 controls the operation of the sensing unit 112, detects information (position, time), etc. of the touch, converts it into an electrical signal, and transfers it to the control unit 120.

The display unit 110 is connected to a control unit 20 for controlling the display unit 110 to access the execution command according to the detection result of the detection unit 112 to be displayed on the display unit 110. The control unit 120 controls not only the display control but also the operation of the entire digital image processing apparatus. The control unit 120 operates the digital image processing apparatus according to the detection result of the sensing unit 112.

On the other hand, the control unit 120 is connected to the storage unit 130 that stores the user command set according to the type of touch location and the number of times. The storage unit 130 stores execution commands of a user set by the above-described execution command setting unit (not shown).

Before the execution command is set through the execution command setting unit, a specific execution command may be basically set and stored in the storage unit 130. If the user changes the execution command at any time later through the execution command setting unit, the changed execution command The storage unit 130 is stored.

In this case, the number of touches refers to the number of touches inputted within a set time, and the touches inputted within a set time means a next touch inputted without exceeding a set time value after a previous touch and a set time value again. The touches are input without exceeding. That is, the interval between touches does not exceed the set time value. The time value can be set by the user.

Preferably, the controller 120 is connected to a buffer unit 140 that stores the bunkers for the touches until the touch input is executed and the execution command corresponding thereto is executed. Therefore, the contents stored in the buffer 140 are preferably deleted after the execution command is executed.

Execution instructions stored in the storage unit 30 is preferably stored in a table format, when looking at the application example of the present invention a specific example, it will be described in detail. Hereinafter, the control method of the digital image processing apparatus of the preferred embodiment of the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described in detail according to the input method.

3 is a schematic flowchart of a control method of a digital image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

According to FIG. 3, a step (S10) of setting an execution command corresponding to an input signal is performed by the execution command setting unit so that an execution command corresponding to the input signal is stored in the storage unit 130. Subsequently, when an input signal is received, an execution command corresponding to the input signal is performed (S20 to S100).

An example of the execution command set by the step of setting the execution command corresponding to the input signal is shown in Table 1 below.

TABLE 1

Touch count Touch location Command 2 Video display center Run Sharpness Setting Menu 2 Video display upper left corner Launch the shutter speed setting menu 2 Video display upper right corner Launch wallpaper selection menu 3 Video display center Launch AF method selection menu 3 Video display upper left corner Launch the AF assist light selection menu 3 Video display upper right corner Image display brightness setting menu

4 is a block diagram of each step of receiving an input signal and executing an execution command corresponding to the input signal.

Referring to FIG. 4, an input signal is received through the sensing unit 112 of FIG. 2 (FIG. 2) (S20). The input signal is user's touch information on the sensing unit, and more specifically, the touched specific position of the sensing unit and the number of continuous touches of the sensing unit within a set time interval.

This input signal is stored in the buffer unit 140 (FIG. 2) (S30). This is to easily load the table data in the calculation of the relationship between each touch after the continuous touch input.

Next, it is determined whether the set time has elapsed since the touch (S40). This is to determine whether input of a continuous touch is completed. That is, when a new touch is not input to pass after the set time after the touch, it is determined that the input of the continuous touch is completed.

If the number of consecutive touches is determined as one, such as 2 or 3, step S40 is not necessary. However, if the user wants to utilize the number of continuous inputs in various ways, step S40 is necessary because it should be possible to determine whether the continuous input of the user has ended. The time value may be set and changed by the user.

Next, it is determined whether the number of consecutive touches is two or more (S50). At this time, if the number of consecutive touches is less than two times, if only one touch is input without being continuously made, the corresponding menu displayed on the display unit 110 is executed in the same manner as the conventional touch input (S60).

When the input to the touch screen is not limited to the execution of the corresponding touch area where the menu is displayed, and only the number of touches is executed, the execution command can be set by executing the corresponding command even for one input (touch).

On the other hand, when the continuous touch input is two or more times, the execution unit corresponding to the information on the area of the image display unit 114 of the display unit 110 on which the number of touches and the touches are performed is stored in the storage unit 130 (FIG. 2). An example of information on the number of touches and the touch area and an execution command corresponding thereto are as described above in Table 1.

Referring to Table 1 described above, when the center of the image display unit 114 is touched twice, a work order for executing the sharpness setting menu is stored in the storage unit 130. Therefore, in step S70, it is detected that touching the center of the image display unit twice is executing the sharpness setting menu.

In this step, as a result of searching whether the input signal corresponds to one of the information stored in the storage 130 (S70), it is determined whether the corresponding execution command does not exist (S80), and there is no corresponding execution command. If not, no command execution is done. However, if a corresponding real command is retrieved from the storage unit 130, an execution command corresponding to an input signal is performed as described in Table 1 (S90). That is, if the center of the image display unit is touched twice, the sharpness setting menu is executed.

When the execution command is performed and the last touch is released, the data for the input signal stored in the buffer unit 140 is deleted (S100), and the operation ends.

5A and 5B show an example of the operation of the present invention for controlling the digital image processing device in this manner.

5A and 5B illustrate the operation of the present invention in a shooting mode for capturing an image of a landscape.

In this case, the portion indicated by the circle of solid line in FIG. 5A indicates one touch point and the portion indicated by the circle of broken line indicates one touch point. As described above, the touch may be made using a stylus pen as well as a user's hand.

As shown in FIG. 5A, when the center of the image display unit is touched twice, the controller 120 searches the storage 130 to search for an execution command corresponding to the center touch of the image display unit twice. In the above Table 1, since the touch twice in the center of the image display unit corresponds to a moving command to the sharpness setting menu, the sharpness setting menu is immediately displayed on the image display unit 114 of the display 110.

In the above, the execution command has been described with very limited examples, but the execution command may be variously described and stored. That is, various commands may be executed such as executing a shutter speed setting menu, executing a background screen selection menu, executing an AF method selection menu, executing an AF assist light selection menu, and executing an image display brightness setting menu.

Of course, the execution of the various menus may also be performed by a menu execution method of a tree structure by operating buttons installed on the digital image processing apparatus rather than the touch screen, and may be executed in parallel with the control method of the digital image processing apparatus according to the present invention. have.

In the present invention, the information combining the number of touches and the touch position has been described as corresponding to the execution of one command. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the command may be executed only by the number of touches regardless of the touch position.

So far I looked at the center of the preferred embodiment for the present invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

The present invention can be used in the technical field related to digital image processing apparatus.

FIG. 1 is a rear view showing a user operating a touch screen with respect to a rear surface of a camera as a digital image processing apparatus.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a digital image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a digital image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating specific steps for performing an execution command corresponding to the input signal of FIG. 3.

5A and 5B are explanatory diagrams illustrating a step of directly moving to a suffix setting menu by touching a touch screen according to a control method of a digital image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

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100: digital image processing apparatus 110: display unit

112: detection unit 114: image display unit

116: touch screen controller 120: control unit

130: storage unit 140: buffer unit

Claims (13)

An execution command setting unit in which an execution command is set according to a user input signal; and And a menu moving unit for directly moving to a corresponding menu to perform a corresponding execution command stored in the execution command setting unit according to a user input signal. The menu moving unit, A display unit configured to include a detection unit detecting a user input signal; A storage unit which stores an execution command corresponding to the input signal; And a controller configured to receive an input signal of the detector and retrieve and execute an execution command corresponding to the input signal from the storage. The method of claim 2, And the input signal is touch information of the user with respect to the sensing unit. The method of claim 3, wherein And the input signal is a number of consecutive touches of the user with respect to the sensing unit. The method of claim 4, wherein And the number of consecutive touches is a number of consecutive touches within a set time interval. The method of claim 3, wherein And the input signal is location information of the user's touch with respect to the sensing unit. A control method of a digital image processing apparatus having a display unit configured to include a sensing unit detecting a user's input signal, Receiving an input signal through the sensing unit; Determining the input signal; Searching for an execution command corresponding to a determination result of the determining of the input signal; And executing the searched execution command. The method of claim 7, wherein And wherein the input signal is touch information of the user with respect to the sensing unit. The method of claim 8, The input signal is a control method of a digital image processing apparatus, characterized in that the user's continuous touch information to the sensor. The method of claim 9, The continuous touch information is a control method of the digital image processing apparatus, characterized in that the continuous touch information within a set time interval. The method of claim 7, wherein And the input signal is information about a position of the user's touch with respect to the sensing unit. The method of claim 7, wherein The determining step, Determining whether a predetermined time has elapsed after the input signal is input; Waiting for input of the input signal if the set time has not elapsed; And determining whether two or more input signals are input after the set time has elapsed. The method of claim 7, wherein And setting an execution command corresponding to the input signal.

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