KR20060006304A - Wireless communication terminal for master / slave with panoramic image capturing function and method - Google Patents

Abstract

1. TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal for master / slave having a panoramic image capturing function and a method thereof.

2. The technical problem to be solved by the invention

The present invention provides a panoramic image capturing function for editing (synthesizing) a panorama image together with the image captured by the user by receiving images captured simultaneously from different angles as a result of controlling a plurality of slave terminals connected wirelessly or by wire. Its purpose is to provide a wireless communication terminal and a method for the master (master).

3. Summary of Solution to Invention

The present invention provides a master wireless communication terminal having a panoramic image capturing function, comprising: transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving a signal with an external slave wireless communication terminal; Input means for receiving an image photographing preparation request signal (including a camera mode entry request signal, a panorama photographing mode request signal, and a photographing request signal); Output means for outputting an image and a shooting preparation message; Image acquisition means for acquiring an image of an arbitrary subject under control of the control means; An image capturing program for activating the image capturing means, and storage means for storing the image; And driving the video recording program according to the input of the camera mode entry request signal through the input means, and in response to the panoramic photographing mode request signal through the input means and the session connection request signal from the slave wireless communication terminal. Connecting a session with the slave wireless communication terminal to transmit a shooting preparation control signal, outputting a shooting preparation completion message using the output means, and a shooting instruction signal according to receiving a shooting request signal through the input means; Control the respective components to transmit the data to the slave wireless communication terminal and control the image acquisition means, and receive the image data from the slave wireless communication terminal and the image acquisition means and store the image data in the storage means. It includes the control means for.

4. Important uses of the invention

The present invention is used in a wireless communication terminal having a camera.

Wireless communication terminal, camera, panorama, video shooting, video editing

Description

Master / slave wireless telecommunication terminal and its method for providing a function of photographing a panorama}             

1 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a panoramic image capturing method in a wireless communication terminal for master / slave according to the present invention;

2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a wireless communication terminal for master / slave having a panoramic image capturing function according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a panoramic image capturing method in a master wireless communication terminal according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a panoramic image capturing method in a wireless communication terminal for a slave according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a panoramic image editing method in a wireless communication terminal for a master according to the present invention;

6 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a panoramic image photographed according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings                 

21: wireless transmission and reception unit 22: storage unit

23: input unit (keypad) 24: display unit (LCD)

25: video recording unit (camera) 26: control unit

27: codec 28: audio output unit (speaker)

29: voice input unit (microphone)

The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal for master / slave having a panoramic image capturing function and a method thereof, and more particularly to a wireless communication terminal having a camera, wherein one master terminal and a plurality of slave terminals are wired. Alternatively, the master and slave terminals simultaneously photograph a subject at different angles under the control of the master terminal while being wirelessly connected, and the master terminal edits a plurality of images obtained as a panoramic image (synthesis). The present invention relates to a master / slave wireless communication terminal having a panoramic image capturing function and a method for providing an excellent panoramic image.

First, the terms used in the present invention will be described.

In the present invention, a wireless communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal, a personal mobile communication terminal (PCS), a personal digital terminal (PDA), a smart phone, a next generation mobile communication terminal (IMT-2000), a wireless communication while being carried by an individual such as a wireless LAN terminal. Say this is possible terminal.

In addition, in the present invention, the master terminal (with a camera) is a wired / wireless network with a plurality of other wireless communication terminals (i.e., slave terminals) to control the slave terminals to simultaneously photograph any subject. And, as a result of receiving a plurality of images obtained as a result of the wireless communication terminal for editing (compositing) into a panoramic image with the image obtained by the self.

In addition, in the present invention, a slave terminal (with a camera) is photographed on the subject under the control of the master terminal, and the resulting image is transmitted to the master terminal to be edited as a panoramic image. Refers to a wireless communication terminal.

Recently, wireless communication terminals equipped with various additional functions such as MP3 phones, camera phones, camcorder phones, and TV phones have been steadily released. In particular, camera phones (collectively, wireless communication terminals with cameras), which are showing explosive response and continuous growth, are gradually becoming more functional. In addition to providing flash shooting, video filtering, and video editing, Megapixel now offers three megapixels, five shots, It provides a panoramic image capturing function of a method of continuously photographing a subject from different angles with 7 cuts, 9 cuts, etc., and then sequentially connecting the plurality of images obtained as a result.

By the way, the conventional panorama function, using the same camera phone by slightly changing the shooting angle by shooting a subject in three cuts, five cuts, seven cuts, 9 cuts, etc., and the resulting images are connected in order It was a way to make a long picture in the horizontal or vertical direction. This is a method using a single camera phone, when taking a wide outdoor scenery, for example, when taking a 360-degree wide-angle picture, there was a limit to produce an excellent panorama image. Therefore, in view of the already popular camera phone, there is no technology to acquire a panoramic image by photographing a subject from multiple angles simultaneously using a plurality of camera phones, there is a need for development.

The present invention has been proposed to meet the above demands, and as a result of controlling a plurality of slave terminals connected by wireless or wired, receiving images taken simultaneously from different angles and converting them into panorama images together with the images taken by themselves. It is an object of the present invention to provide a master wireless communication terminal having a panoramic image capturing function for editing (synthesizing) and a method thereof.

The present invention also provides a panoramic image capturing function for capturing an image of a subject under control of a wirelessly or wired master terminal and transmitting the resulting image to the master terminal to edit the resulting image as a panoramic image. Another object of the present invention is to provide a wireless communication terminal for a slave and a method thereof.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. In addition, it will be readily appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a master wireless communication terminal having a panoramic image capturing function, comprising: transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving a signal with an external slave wireless communication terminal; Input means for receiving an image photographing preparation request signal (including a camera mode entry request signal, a panorama photographing mode request signal, and a photographing request signal); Output means for outputting an image and a shooting preparation message; Image acquisition means for acquiring an image of an arbitrary subject under control of the control means; An image capturing program for activating the image capturing means, and storage means for storing the image; And driving the image capturing program according to the input of the camera mode entry request signal through the input means, and according to the panoramic photographing mode request signal through the input means and the session connection request signal from the slave wireless communication terminal. Connecting a session with the slave wireless communication terminal to transmit a shooting preparation control signal, outputting a shooting preparation completion message using the output means, and a shooting instruction signal according to receiving a shooting request signal through the input means; Control the components to transmit the data to the slave wireless communication terminal and control the image acquisition means, and receive the image data from the slave wireless communication terminal and the image acquisition means and store them in the storage means. It includes the control means for.

In addition, the apparatus of the present invention for achieving the above object, the slave wireless communication terminal having a panoramic image capturing function, transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving a signal with an external master wireless communication terminal; Input means for receiving a network connection request signal; Output means for outputting an image; Image acquisition means for acquiring an image of an arbitrary subject under control of the control means; An image capturing program for activating the image capturing means, and storage means for storing the image; And transmitting a session connection request signal to the master wireless communication terminal according to receiving a network connection request signal through the input means, and receiving a shooting preparation control signal from the master wireless communication terminal. And control the image acquisition means in response to receiving a shooting instruction signal from the master radio communication terminal, and transmit the image acquisition means to the master radio communication terminal in response to the image data being received from the image acquisition means. Said control means for controlling the element.

On the other hand, the method of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the panoramic image capturing method in the master wireless communication terminal, the camera mode entry step of driving the image recording program in response to the input request for the camera mode entry; A session connection step of connecting a session for panorama image photographing according to receiving a panorama photographing mode request signal and receiving a session connection request signal from a slave wireless communication terminal; A photographing preparation step of transmitting a photographing preparation control signal to the slave wireless communication terminal using the connected session and outputting a photographing preparation completion message; An image acquisition step of transmitting a photographing instruction signal to the slave wireless communication terminal using the session and acquiring an image of an arbitrary subject in response to receiving a photographing request signal; And an image storing step of storing the image data as the image data is received.

In addition, the method of the present invention for achieving the above another object, in the panoramic image photographing method in the slave wireless communication terminal, the session connection request signal to the master wireless communication terminal in response to receiving the network connection request signal; A session connection request step of transmitting and driving an image photographing program; An image photographing preparation step of performing a photographing preparation operation and outputting a photographing preparation completion message according to receiving a photographing preparation control signal from the master wireless communication terminal through a session connected as a result of transmitting the session connection request signal; An image acquiring step of acquiring an image of an arbitrary subject in response to receiving a photographing instruction signal from the master wireless communication terminal through the session; And an image transmitting step of transmitting the image data to the master wireless communication terminal using the session.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, whereby those skilled in the art may easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. There will be. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a panoramic image capturing method in a master / slave wireless communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, two wireless communication terminals including a camera are connected by wires, and images of the subjects are simultaneously taken from different angles.

In more detail, two or more wireless communication terminals are connected by wires (earjack, USB communication, etc.) to form a single network, so that various control / request signals and video data for capturing panoramic images are mutually different. Can send and receive Of course, the plurality of wireless communication terminals may be connected by wireless (Bluetooth, WLAN, infrared communication, etc.) rather than wired to form a network.

In particular, the network connected to the wired / wireless in order to take a panoramic image as described above, the plurality of wireless communication terminals (slave terminal) so that a plurality of wireless communication terminals can take any subject at the same time at a different angle. ) And a master terminal for editing (synthesizing) the plurality of images obtained as a single image, that is, a panoramic image, and an image obtained as a result of photographing a subject under the control of the master terminal It includes a plurality of slave terminals for transmitting to the master terminal to edit a panoramic image.

Meanwhile, in the following exemplary embodiment, a case where a master terminal and a plurality of slave terminals communicate with each other using a predetermined wireless communication rather than wired communication will be described as an example.

2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a wireless communication terminal for master / slave having a panoramic image capturing function according to the present invention. Herein, the case of operating as a master terminal and the case of operating as a slave terminal will be described as an example.

As shown in FIG. 2, a master wireless communication terminal having a panoramic image capturing function according to the present invention when operating as a master terminal is wirelessly connected to an external device (eg, a slave wireless communication terminal) through a wireless communication network. Providing an interface for activating the radio transmitter / receiver 21 and the image capturing unit (camera) 25 to transmit and receive signals, and an image capturing program for acquiring an image, and automatically or manually editing the captured image. Storage unit 22 for storing an image editing program, an image (including a picture), and the like, and various kinds of image-related request signals (camera mode entry request signal, panorama photographing mode request signal, photographing request signal) ) And an input unit (keypad) 23 for receiving an image editing-related request signal (used when manually editing a captured image), and the like. The display unit (LCD) 24 and the control unit 26 to display various messages such as a shooting ready message, a session connection-related message (eg, session connection failure message), and an image, and display an image of an arbitrary subject. The image photographing unit (camera) 25 is driven by receiving the camera mode entry request signal through the image photographing unit (camera) 25 and the input unit (keypad) 23 to obtain the image photographing unit (camera) 25. Activate the video signal, and connect the session with the other wireless communication terminal according to the panoramic photographing mode request signal from the input unit 23 and the session connection request signal from another wireless communication terminal (for example, a slave wireless communication terminal). After that, it transmits a shooting preparation control signal and outputs a shooting preparation completion message by using the display unit (LCD) 24, and receives a shooting request signal through the input unit (keypad) 23. In response to the input, the device transmits a photographing instruction signal to the other wireless communication terminal using the connected session, controls the image capturing unit (camera) 25, and the other wireless communication terminal and image capturing unit (camera) 25 Receiving the image data from the) to store in the storage unit 22, the image editing program to drive the image editing program stored in the storage unit 22 to edit (composite) to each panorama component (composite) The control unit 26 for controlling the control unit, the signal received from the wireless transmission and reception unit 21 under the control of the control unit 26 to convert the voice to the voice output unit (speaker) 28, and the voice input unit (microphone) Codec (27) for converting the voice received from the (29) to a signal to be transmitted to the control unit 26 to be transmitted through the wireless transmission and reception unit 21, and transmitted from the codec (CODEC) (27) Output voice To the sound output unit 28, for receiving voice and a voice input unit (microphone) 29 for transmission to the codec (CODEC) (27).

That is, in the present invention, the control unit 26 controls the overall operation of the wireless communication terminal, drives the image capturing program and the image editing program according to the present invention, and receives a session connection request signal from another wireless communication terminal. Connect a session with the other wireless communication terminal, and edit (combine) a plurality of images (video data) obtained as a result of controlling the other wireless communication terminal using the session; Will be performed. Here, the control unit 26 may connect the sessions with a plurality of wireless communication terminals and control them at the same time as receiving the session connection request signal from two or more wireless communication terminals.

In addition, the storage unit 22 stores the operation program and system program of the control unit 26, and the operation program and the system program are stored in a normal ROM area and can be erased as necessary. In addition, the storage unit 22 includes a RAM for temporarily storing data generated during execution of various operation programs.

In particular, the storage unit 22 includes an image capturing program, an image editing program, and an image (including a plurality of photographed images and a panorama image generated as a result of editing the images) for performing the panoramic image capturing function according to the present invention. Etc. are stored. A more detailed description thereof will be described later with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.

In addition, the input unit 23 includes a plurality of numeric keys (letter keys), menu keys, and function keys for performing various functions, and outputs key data to the controller 26 by external operations. In particular, the input unit 23 is used to receive a video recording-related request signal including a camera mode entry request signal, a panoramic shooting mode request signal, a shooting request signal, and the like from a user. In addition, the input unit 23 includes various image editing-related menu keys and direction keys, and is used to receive an image editing request signal when the image is manually edited by a user.

In addition, the display unit 24 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD). The display unit 24 is controlled by the control unit 26 to display the state of the wireless communication terminal or the progress of the program. That is, the overall state of the wireless communication terminal and the contents received are displayed. In particular, the video of the subject is displayed to the user, and a shooting preparation completion message, a session connection related message (including a session connection failure message), and a confirmation message asking whether the user is satisfied after automatic editing into the panorama image are displayed. Print various messages.

In addition, the wireless transmitter / receiver 21 transmits a shooting related control signal such as a shooting preparation control signal and a shooting instruction signal to an external device through a wireless communication network under the control of the controller 26, and thereafter, image data from the external device. Receive Here, the wireless transmitter / receiver 21 includes various types of wireless transmitters and receivers such as Bluetooth, wireless LAN, and infrared communication, and the external device mainly refers to a plurality of (one or more) wireless communication terminals.

In addition, the image capturing unit 25 obtains an analog image from the subject under the control of the controller 26 and converts the analog image into a digital image (image data). That is, the image of the subject is taken.

And, as shown in Figure 2 when operating as a slave terminal slave wireless communication terminal having a panoramic image capturing function according to the present invention, the external device (for example, the master wireless communication terminal) through a wireless communication network And a storage unit for storing an image photographing program, an image (including a picture), etc., for activating a radio transmitter / receiver 21 and an image photographing unit (camera) 25 for transmitting and receiving a radio signal. 22, an input unit (keypad) 23 for receiving a network connection request signal, which is an instruction signal for setting a communication path from the user, to a master terminal, a shooting preparation message, a session connection related message (eg, session connection) Images of any subject under the control of the display unit (LCD) 24 and the control unit 26 for displaying various messages and images such as a failure message). In response to receiving a network connection request signal through the image capturing unit (camera) 25 and the input unit (keypad) 23, a session connection request signal is transmitted to another wireless communication terminal (for example, a master wireless communication terminal). Transmits and drives the image capturing program to activate the image capturing unit (camera) 25, and receives a photographing preparation control signal from the other wireless communication terminal to perform a photographing preparation operation according to the received photographing preparation control signal. And outputs a shooting preparation completion message using the display unit (LCD) 24, and controls the image photographing unit (camera) 25 as a result of receiving a photographing instruction signal from the other wireless communication terminal. A control unit 26 for controlling each component to store the image data in the storage unit 22 and transmit the image data to the other wireless communication terminal, Under the control of the controller 26, the signal received from the wireless transmitter / receiver 21 is converted into voice and output to the voice output unit (speaker) 28, and the voice received from the voice input unit (microphone) 29 is received. Codec (27) for converting the signal to the control unit 26 to be transmitted through the wireless transmission and reception unit 21, a voice output unit for outputting the voice received from the codec (CODEC) (27) 28, a voice input unit (microphone) 29 for receiving a voice and transmitting the same to the codec 27.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a panoramic image capturing method in a master wireless communication terminal according to the present invention.                     

First, the controller 26 determines whether the camera mode entry request signal is input from the user through the input unit (keypad) 23 (301).

As a result of the determination (301), when the camera mode entry request signal is not received from the user, after performing general operations related to the wireless communication terminal such as a schedule check and a message transmission / reception, etc. (310), the camera mode entry request signal ends. In operation 302, the image capturing program (camera) 25 is activated by driving the image capturing program stored in the storage unit 22. That is, the camera function is activated.

In operation 303, it is determined whether the panoramic photographing mode request signal is input from the user.

As a result of the determination (303), when the panoramic photographing mode request signal is not input from the user, the general operation related to the single photographing mode is performed (311), and when the panoramic photographing mode request signal is received, the process proceeds to the next step. .

That is, the camera mode is a single shooting mode used for capturing an image of a subject by a wireless communication terminal alone, and a panorama shooting used for simultaneously capturing an image of a subject from different angles while being connected to other wireless communication terminals by wire / wireless. It is divided into modes. Here, in the single shooting mode, the image of the subject is soon taken as the photographing request signal is input from the user. On the other hand, in the panorama photographing mode, a network is formed with another wireless communication terminal (ie, a slave terminal) and the image is captured.

Thereafter, the controller 26 determines whether there is a session connection request signal received from another wireless communication terminal, that is, a slave terminal (304). Here, the master terminal and one or more slave terminals are already connected by wire such as ear jack, USB communication, or wirelessly such as Bluetooth, WLAN, infrared communication, etc. There is no connection.

As a result of the determination 304, if there is no session connection request signal received from the slave terminal, after outputting a predetermined message (i.e., session connection failure message) informing the user of the failure of the session connection (312), the terminal terminates. If there is one session connection request signal, a session with the slave terminal transmitting the session connection request signal is connected (305). Here, the master terminal may form a network for panoramic image capturing by connecting sessions with a plurality of slave terminals in response to receiving a session connection request signal from two or more slave terminals.

Looking at the session connection process in more detail, for example, when the master terminal and the slave terminal is connected to the ear jack, the master terminal is wired to the external device through the ear jack due to the interrupt generated by the insertion of the ear jack Then, after receiving the session connection request signal for the panoramic image capture from the external device, that is, the slave terminal, it connects the session with the slave terminal that transmitted the session connection request signal. As another example, when the master terminal and the slave terminal are connected via Bluetooth, since the Bluetooth module periodically checks the external device, the master terminal may recognize the session connection request signal received from the slave terminal. Will be.                     

Here, the master terminal and a plurality of (one or more) slave terminals can be directly or indirectly connected using the wired or wireless communication as described above. That is, each slave terminal may be directly session-connected with the master terminal or indirectly via another slave terminal.

Thereafter, the controller 26 transmits various shooting preparation control signals to the slave terminal using the wireless transmitter / receiver 21 (306). Here, the photographing preparation control signal refers to various kinds of control information related to an exposure time, a focal length, flash emission, etc. necessary for photographing an image. That is, the master terminal transmits a shooting preparation control signal including the same control information to a plurality of slave terminals so that the master terminal and the plurality of slave terminals respectively photograph the subjects from different angles, but have the same camera settings. Control to shoot in.

The control unit 26 outputs a shooting preparation completion message to the user using the display unit (LCD) 24 (307).

Subsequently, in response to receiving a photographing request signal, that is, a shutter press signal from the user, the photographing instruction signal is transmitted to the plurality of slave terminals and the image photographing unit (camera) 25 is controlled to photograph the subject. (308). That is, the image capturing unit (camera) 25 obtains an analog image from a subject under the control of the controller 26 and converts the analog image into a digital image, that is, image data.

Subsequently, the control unit 26 stores image data from the plurality of slave terminals and the image photographing unit (camera) 25 in the storage unit 22 in operation 309. In this case, the storage unit 22 may be implemented as either a volatile memory or a nonvolatile memory (eg, a flash memory).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a panoramic image capturing method in a wireless communication terminal for a slave according to the present invention.

First, the controller 26 determines whether a network connection request signal is input from a user (401). Here, the network connection request signal refers to a setup indication signal of a communication path (ie, a session) with a master terminal for panoramic image capturing.

As a result of the determination (401), when the network connection request signal is not received from the user, after performing general operations related to the wireless communication terminal such as schedule confirmation and message transmission / reception (409), the network connection request signal is inputted. If received, the session connection request signal is transmitted to the master terminal (402) so that the session with the master terminal can be connected. Then, the image photographing program stored in the storage unit 22 is driven to activate the image photographing unit (camera) 25 (403). That is, the camera function is activated.

Thereafter, the controller 26 determines whether or not a shooting preparation control signal has been received from the master terminal (404). Here, the photographing preparation control signal is for capturing an image in the same camera setting state as the master terminal and refers to various control information regarding exposure time, focal length, flash emission, and the like.

As a result of the determination (404), if a shooting preparation control signal is not received from the master terminal (410) after outputting a predetermined message (i.e., session connection failure message) informing the user of the failure of the session connection, the process ends. When the photographing preparation control signal is received, the photographing preparation operation is performed accordingly (405). For example, it is set whether or not to flash.

The controller 26 outputs a shooting preparation completion message to the user by using the display unit (LCD) 24 (406).

In operation 407, the image capturing unit (camera) 25 is controlled to capture an image of a subject in response to receiving a photographing instruction signal from the master terminal. That is, the shutter is opened at the master terminal and the shutter is opened at the slave terminal to take an image. Here, the image capturing unit (camera) 25 obtains an analog image from a subject and converts it into a digital image, that is, image data.

Subsequently, as image data is received from the image capturing unit (camera) 25, the image data is stored in the storage unit 22 and transmitted to the master terminal using the wireless transmission / reception unit 21 (408). ). In this case, the storage unit 22 may be implemented as either a volatile memory or a nonvolatile memory (eg, flash memory).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a panoramic image editing method in a master wireless communication terminal according to the present invention.

First, the controller 26 drives an image editing program, and reads (combines) the image data stored in the storage unit 22 into a panorama image (501). Here, the image data includes both image data obtained as a result of controlling the image capturing unit (camera) 25 and image data received from a plurality of slave terminals.                     

In this case, as an example, a process of synthesizing the plurality of images into a panoramic image may be performed by comparing image patterns of the plurality of images, searching for common portions, and arranging the common portions in such a manner as to overlap the common portions. have.

In addition, the controller 26 displays a panoramic image to the user using the display unit (LCD) 24 (502), and a predetermined message asking whether the user is satisfied with the panoramic image, that is, a confirmation message of satisfaction. After outputting (503), it is determined whether the user is satisfied (504).

As a result of the determination (504), if the user is satisfied, the generated panorama image is stored in the storage unit 22 (506). If the user is not satisfied, the image may be manually synthesized through an interface of the image editing program. In operation 505, the image data is displayed in a predetermined display format, for example, a thumb nail format, and an operation according to input of a control signal related to image editing from a user is performed (505). Here, the video editing control signal refers to key data generated according to an input of a video editing related menu key and a direction key from a user. In addition, the image editing program may be implemented to include a function of enlarging an image of some of the plurality of images displayed in a thumbnail format.

The controller 26 stores the generated panoramic image in the storage 22 (506).

6 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a panoramic image photographed according to the present invention.

Here, two subject images photographed by two wireless communication terminals and a panoramic image obtained by combining the two images are shown. The above-described image editing program may be implemented to display the images before and after the synthesis, together with the interface, or to enlarge a specific portion through the interface.

As described above, the method of the present invention may be implemented as a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form. Since this process can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art will not be described in more detail.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

The present invention as described above, by connecting a plurality of wireless communication terminal with a camera by wireless or wired to shoot the subject at a plurality of angles at the same time, the resulting plurality of images can be edited (synthesized) as a panorama image By doing so, there is an effect that can provide a wide-angle photograph or three-dimensional photograph.

In addition, the present invention by sharing the flash of a plurality of wireless communication terminal provided with a camera, there is an effect that can provide a clearer image quality by increasing the intensity of light during image capture.

In addition, the present invention has an advantage that can take a panoramic image without incurring additional costs by utilizing a wireless communication terminal equipped with a camera to take a panoramic image in consideration of the current situation of the camera phone.

Claims (12)

In the master wireless communication terminal having a panoramic image capturing function, Transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving a signal with an external slave wireless communication terminal; Input means for receiving an image photographing preparation request signal (including a camera mode entry request signal, a panorama photographing mode request signal, and a photographing request signal); Output means for outputting an image and a shooting preparation message; Image acquisition means for acquiring an image of an arbitrary subject under control of the control means; An image capturing program for activating the image capturing means, and storage means for storing the image; And The image photographing program is driven in response to receiving a camera mode entry request signal through the input means, and in response to the panoramic photographing mode request signal through the input means and a session connection request signal from the slave wireless communication terminal. Connect a session with the slave wireless communication terminal to transmit a shooting preparation control signal and output a shooting preparation completion message using the output means, and receives a shooting instruction signal in response to receiving a shooting request signal through the input means. Transmitting to the slave wireless communication terminal and controlling the image acquisition means, and controlling each component to receive the image data from the slave wireless communication terminal and the image acquisition means and store the image data in the storage means. The control means Master wireless communication terminal having a panoramic image capturing function comprising a. The method of claim 1, The storage means, And storing an image editing program for editing (compositing) a plurality of images (image data) into a panorama image. The control means, Driving the image editing program, reading a plurality of images (image data) from the storage means, and automatically editing (synthesizing) the panoramic image and storing the image in the storage means. Master radio communication terminal having a function. The method of claim 2, The input means, Further performs a function of receiving a request signal related to video editing, The output means, Further outputting a plurality of images (image data) in a predetermined editing form (including thumbnails); The control means, In response to receiving an image editing-related request signal through the input means, the plurality of images (image data) is edited (synthesized) into a panoramic image and further stores a function of storing in the storage means Master radio communication terminal having an image capturing function. The method of claim 1, The input means, Further performs a function of receiving a request signal related to video editing, The output means, Further outputting a plurality of images (image data) in a predetermined editing form (including thumbnails); The storage means, Performing a function of storing an image editing program for editing (compositing) a plurality of images (image data) into a panorama image, The control means, In response to receiving an image editing-related request signal through the input means, the plurality of images (image data) is edited (synthesized) into a panoramic image and further stores a function of storing in the storage means Master wireless communication terminal with video shooting function. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The transmitting and receiving means, A wireless communication terminal for a master having a panoramic image capturing function, comprising a wired transmitting and receiving means (including an ear jack) and a wireless transmitting and receiving means (including Bluetooth). In the slave wireless communication terminal having a panoramic image capturing function, Transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving a signal with an external master wireless communication terminal; Input means for receiving a network connection request signal; Output means for outputting an image; Image acquisition means for acquiring an image of an arbitrary subject under control of the control means; An image capturing program for activating the image capturing means, and storage means for storing the image; And Sending a session connection request signal to the master wireless communication terminal in response to receiving a network connection request signal through the input means, and receiving a shooting preparation control signal from the master wireless communication terminal. And control the image acquisition means in response to receiving a photographing instruction signal from the master radio communication terminal, and transmit the image acquisition means to the master radio communication terminal as the image data is received from the image acquisition means. Said control means for controlling Slave wireless communication terminal having a panoramic image shooting function comprising a. The method of claim 6, The control means, In response to receiving a shooting preparation control signal from the master wireless communication terminal has a panoramic image shooting function characterized in that it sets the exposure time, focal length, flash or not and outputs a shooting preparation completion message using the output means. Slave wireless communication terminal. In the panoramic image capture method in the master wireless communication terminal, A camera mode entry step of driving an image capturing program in response to receiving a camera mode entry request signal; A session connection step of connecting a session for panorama image photographing according to receiving a panorama photographing mode request signal and receiving a session connection request signal from a slave wireless communication terminal; A shooting preparation completion step of transmitting a shooting preparation control signal to the slave wireless communication terminal using the connected session and outputting a shooting preparation completion message; An image acquisition step of transmitting a photographing instruction signal to the slave wireless communication terminal using the session and acquiring an image of an arbitrary subject in response to receiving a photographing request signal; And Image storage step of storing the image data as received Panoramic image capturing method in a wireless communication terminal for a master comprising a. The method of claim 8, An automatic image synthesizing step of automatically editing (compositing) the image data into a panorama image by driving an image editing program. Panoramic image capturing method in a wireless communication terminal for a master further comprising. The method according to claim 8 or 9, A video synthesis step of editing a plurality of images (image data) into a panorama image by using an image editing program in response to receiving a video editing related request signal. Panoramic image capturing method in a wireless communication terminal for a master further comprising. In the panoramic image capture method in the wireless communication terminal for the slave, A session connection request step of transmitting a session connection request signal to a master wireless communication terminal and driving an image photographing program in response to receiving a network connection request signal; An image photographing preparation step of performing a photographing preparation operation and outputting a photographing preparation completion message according to receiving a photographing preparation control signal from the master wireless communication terminal through a session connected as a result of transmitting the session connection request signal; An image acquiring step of acquiring an image of an arbitrary subject in response to receiving a photographing instruction signal from the master wireless communication terminal through the session; And An image transmitting step of transmitting the image data to the master wireless communication terminal using the session Panoramic image capturing method in a wireless communication terminal for a slave comprising a. The method of claim 11, The video shooting preparation step, Setting an exposure time, a focal length, and whether a flash is emitted according to the reception of a shooting preparation control signal from the master wireless communication terminal through a session connected as a result of transmitting the session connection request signal, and outputting a shooting preparation completion message; A panoramic image capturing method in a wireless communication terminal for a slave.

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