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Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016

Filed:

May. 03, 2013
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Kyungchun Moon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Taekeun Oh, Seoul, KR;

Woonggyu Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/222 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 9/82 (2006.01); H04N 9/87 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 9/8233 (2013.01); H04N 9/8715 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are a method of controlling photographing in a camera device such as a portable terminal, which automatically sets a photographing mode using at least one of location information of the device and subject information, and a camera device thereof. A camera captures an image during a photographing mode of the device. A controller acquires meta data corresponding to the image based on at least one of the location information and subject information included in the image. A camera setting value is determined based on the acquired meta data, and the camera is automatically set according to the determined camera setting value.


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