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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sang-Hyeon Yoo, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung-Dae Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Dae-Sung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jung-Ik Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for performing spherical panorama shooting in an electronic device are provided. The method includes, displaying, if it is determined that the electronic device is positioned in an outdoor environment, a first summary guide corresponding to the outdoor environment, and displaying, if it is determined that the electronic device is positioned in an indoor environment, a second summary guide corresponding to the indoor environment. The first summary guide and the second summary guide are graphic User Interfaces (UI) for informing a spherical panorama shooting progress, and the second summary guide has a number of image shootings that are required for generating a spherical panoramic image, different from the number of image shootings in a case where the first summary guide is displayed.