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Apparatus and method for photographing an image in a wireless terminal

US7705890B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 7, 2007
Grant dateApr 27, 2010
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/667
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method are provided for simultaneously photographing a still image and a motion image in a wireless terminal with at least two cameras. A first camera photographs motion images in motion-image photography mode. A second camera photographs still images in the motion-image photography mode. A controller of the first camera controls the first camera to photograph the motion images in the motion-image photography mode. A controller of the second camera controls the second camera to photograph the still images in the motion-image photography mode. A control unit controls an operation for photographing the motion images through the controller of the first camera in the motion-image photography mode, and controls photographing the still images through the controller of the second camera, and controls an operation for storing the motion/still images photographed in the motion-image photography mode.

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