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Patent No.:

US 8856192 B1

Date of Patent:

Oct. 07, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2010

Method and apparatus for updating composition database by using composition pattern of user, and digital photographing apparatus

Applicants:

Myung-kyu Choi, Suwon-si, KR;

Ung-sik Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Ji-hyun Goh, Seongnam-si, KR;

Won-seok Song, Anyang-si, KR;

Hyun-ock Yim, Seoul, KR;

Tae-hoon Kang, Seoul, KR;

Eun-sun Ahn, Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Myung-kyu Choi, Suwon-si, KR;

Ung-sik Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Ji-hyun Goh, Seongnam-si, KR;

Won-seok Song, Anyang-si, KR;

Hyun-ock Yim, Seoul, KR;

Tae-hoon Kang, Seoul, KR;

Eun-sun Ahn, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Primary Examiner:

Debbie Le

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 17/30256 (2013.01); H04N 1/00183 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); H04N 5/23222 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01);

Abstract

A method and apparatus update a composition database for storing information for setting a composition. The method includes extracting and displaying at least one composition stored in the composition database, counting a composition selected by a user from among the at least one composition, and updating the composition database according to the result of the count. According to the method, compositions selected by a user from among compositions displayed on a screen are counted, and the result of the count is reflected on the composition database. Accordingly, compositions are displayed in a user-centered manner and photographing convenience is increased, a digital photographing apparatus automatically learns compositions preferred by a user during photographing so as to automatically display the compositions preferred by the user, and a composition based on a pattern of the user is suggested instead of a composition according to a certain place or scene.

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