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20100315528 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - A digital photographing apparatus, a method of controlling the same, and a computer readable program product having recorded thereon a program for executing the method. The method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus includes: calculating a distance from the digital photographing apparatus to at least one of a plurality of subject regions; calculating a diaphragm distance by using a focal length calculated based on a diaphragm setting value that indicates a degree of opening of a diaphragm; comparing the distance from the digital photographing apparatus to at least one of a plurality of subject regions with the diaphragm distance; determining whether or not the at least one subject region is in focus, according to the result of comparison; and providing focus information that indicates whether or not the at least one subject region is in focus. | 12-16-2010 |
20110025866 | COMPACT LENS OPTICAL SYSTEM AND DIGITAL CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - A dual lens optical system (OS) includes a photographing device, a first OS having a first reflection member and redirecting an optical axis of light representing an image of an object input from a first direction toward the photographing device, and a second OS having a second reflection member, redirecting an optical axis of light representing an image of an object input from a second direction toward the photographing device, and sharing at least one of optical elements of the first OS. The first and second OSs selectively redirect the image light from the first or second direction toward the photographing device. The photographing surface has a first region where the light representing the image of the object input through the first OS is formed, and a second region where light representing the image of the object input through the second OS is formed, have different sizes and are overlapped. | 02-03-2011 |
20110255751 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - A digital image processing apparatus for easily obtaining information regarding a face, a method of controlling the same, and a recording medium for storing a program for executing the method. The digital image processing apparatus includes a face recognition unit recognizing a face from an image, a face index assignment unit assigning a face index to the recognized face if the face recognized from the image is not a previously recognized face, and a relation index update unit that, if the image includes a second face, updates a relation index corresponding to the number of times the first face and second face appear together in a plurality of images. | 10-20-2011 |
20120008016 | LENS-INTERCHANGEABLE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are a lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus that can use a suitable lens according to a photographing circumstance, a method of controlling the lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium having recorded therein a program for the method. The lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus includes a photographing circumstance analysis unit, a lens suitability determination unit for determining whether a lens installed in the digital photographing apparatus is suitable for a photographing circumstance, a lens search unit for searching for lenses suitable for a photographing circumstance, and a display unit. If the lens suitability determination unit determines that the installed lens is not suitable for the photographing circumstance, lenses suitable for the photographing circumstance analyzed by the photographing circumstance analysis unit from among lenses searched by the lens search unit are displayed on the display unit to be recommended. | 01-12-2012 |
20130039546 | Method and Apparatus for Displaying Images Related to a Selected Target Point on an Electronic Map Based on Azimuth and View Angle Information - An image reproduction apparatus for displaying images of image files including an image of a target point to be observed by using image files located adjacent to the target point. A method of reproducing an image of an image file on an electronic map including the image file so that position information of the image file matches position information on the electronic map includes: (a) selecting a target point to be observed on the electronic map and obtaining position information of the target point; (b) setting a search range of image files on the electronic map; (c) searching for image files including an image of the target point within the set search range; and (d) displaying images of the found image files on the electronic map. | 02-14-2013 |
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20090044714 | Printing method of image and photo-printing system and digital camera adapted for the same - A method of printing an image and a photo printing system and a digital camera adapted for the printing method are provided. The method of printing an image is a printing method for outputting through a photo printer an image stored in an image storage device. The method includes: setting a temporary printing area on an image to be printed; determining whether or not an option for Paper-full printing in which no space is left on a printing material, is selected; if the Paper-full print option is selected, detecting a face area photographed on the image; determining whether or not the detected face area is included in a printing area; and according to the determination result, adjusting a printing area so that the face area can be included in the printing area. | 02-19-2009 |
20090051941 | Method and apparatus for printing images - An apparatus and method of printing a personal image including at least one person, and individual information corresponding to the person or location information of a place in which the personal image was captured, on respective sides of a sheet of printing paper. The apparatus and method can print the image and individual information by providing an image file comprising a personal image including at least one person and face recognition information of the person to a printing apparatus, printing the personal image on a first side of the sheet of printing paper, and printing individual information corresponding to the face recognition information on a second side of the sheet of printing paper. | 02-26-2009 |
20090089386 | Method of communicating e-mail and apparatus using the same - Provided are a method of communicating an e-mail and an apparatus using the same. The method includes: selecting at least one image file; generating an index file including an index image of the at least one image file; and generating an e-mail including the at least one image file and the index file. Accordingly, the image file can be checked by simply checking the index file having a relatively small size. In addition, desired image files can be selectively downloaded. | 04-02-2009 |
20090106279 | METHOD OF PROCESSING TAG INFORMATION AND CLIENT-SERVER SYSTEM USING THE METHOD - A method of processing tag information includes displaying a web page for designating media contents to be uploaded on a screen of the client terminal; receiving tag information on the media contents to be uploaded through the web page; converting the received tag information into metadata; storing the metadata in a local storage area of the client terminal; and storing the metadata in a storage area of a web server. Also provided is a client-server system using the method. Accordingly, the tag information, which provides additional information associated with multimedia contents, can be managed at a local area and on a web connected to the local area through the communication network. Also, a user environment in which the tag information can be applied in a useable way at the local area is provided. The tag information is added to the multimedia contents stored in the local area, so that it is not necessary to manually input the tag information each time the contents are uploaded. | 04-23-2009 |
20090154761 | Image display method and image display system using the same - An image display method and an image display system using the method. In the method, location information is extracted from each of a plurality of image files, and map information corresponding to the location information is extracted. Then, images contained in the image files and the map information are displayed. The map information includes map images of places corresponding to the location information. In addition, a representative map image, which is determined based on a distance between the images contained in the image files and by using the map images, is displayed. | 06-18-2009 |
20090161002 | Lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus and method for controlling the same - Provided are a lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus that can use a suitable lens according to a photographing circumstance, a method of controlling the lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium having recorded therein a program for the method. The lens-interchangeable digital photographing apparatus includes a photographing circumstance analysis unit, a lens suitability determination unit for determining whether a lens installed in the digital photographing apparatus is suitable for a photographing circumstance, a lens search unit for searching for lenses suitable for a photographing circumstance, and a display unit. If the lens suitability determination unit determines that the installed lens is not suitable for the photographing circumstance, lenses suitable for the photographing circumstance analyzed by the photographing circumstance analysis unit from among lenses searched by the lens search unit are displayed on the display unit to be recommended. | 06-25-2009 |
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20090016576 | Digital image processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and recording medium for storing program for executing the method - A digital image processing apparatus for easily obtaining information regarding a face, a method of controlling the same, and a recording medium for storing a program for executing the method. The digital image processing apparatus includes a face recognition unit recognizing a face from an image, a face index assignment unit assigning a face index to the recognized face if the face recognized from the image is not a previously recognized face, and a relation index update unit that, if the image includes a second face, updates a relation index corresponding to the number of times the first face and second face appear together in a plurality of images. | 01-15-2009 |
20090046106 | Method of displaying images and display apparatus applying the same - A method of displaying an object image desired by a user on a display apparatus such as an electronic picture frame, without needing to rotate or cut the object image, and a display apparatus to which the method of displaying is applied are provided. The displaying method comprises: determining a background image; generating a display image by synthesizing the background image and an object image; and displaying the display image. | 02-19-2009 |
20090052729 | Image reproduction apparatus using image files related to an electronic map, image reproduction method for the same, and recording medium for recording program for executing the method - An image reproduction apparatus for displaying images of image files including an image of a target point to be observed by using image files located adjacent to the target point. A method of reproducing an image of an image file on an electronic map including the image file so that position information of the image file matches position information on the electronic map includes: (a) selecting a target point to be observed on the electronic map and obtaining position information of the target point; (b) setting a search range of image files on the electronic map; (c) searching for image files including an image of the target point within the set search range; and (d) displaying images of the found image files on the electronic map. | 02-26-2009 |