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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2016
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Kwanhyung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Youngman Kwon, Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Photographing apparatus and method for controlling the photographing apparatus are disclosed. The present invention comprises: a lens; a beam splitter; a first image sensor for outputting first image data; a second image sensor for outputting second image data; a display unit for displaying the first image data; and a control unit for correcting the pixel value of at least a part of the first image data displayed on the display unit on the basis of brightness information obtained from the second image data, and when a malfunction of the first image sensor is detected, adjusting the exposure value of the second image sensor to the exposure value of the first image sensor and displaying the second image data on the display unit. According to the present invention, a photographed image can be improved, and an image can be stably output even when an image sensor in a photographing apparatus malfunctions.