US 7,480,002 B2
Digital photographing apparatus that performs integrated display mode and method of controlling the same
Ji-hyun Goh, Seongnam-si (Korea, Republic of); and Nyun-woo Nam, Seongnam-si (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd., Changwon (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/64,411.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0091520 (KR), filed on Nov. 10, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0098111 A1, May 11, 2006
Int. Cl. H04N 5/222 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 348—333.05  [348/333.11; 348/333.01] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus including a display panel, the method comprising:
providing a display sub-area on the display panel;
receiving a signal according to one of a user-actuated first mode to capture an image and store said image to a memory, and a user-actuated second mode to reproduce said image from said memory;
displaying a preview image in one of a main display area of the display panel and the display sub-area relative to the receiving step;
reproducing said image from said memory in the other one of said main display area and said display sub-area; and
exchanging said image with said preview image, wherein the exchanging step comprises:
receiving a first signal from a user activating said display sub-area;
receiving a second signal from the user actuating a confirmation means;
replacing a first image in said main display area with a second image in said display sub-area; and
substantially simultaneously with the step of replacing a first image in said main display area with a second image in said display sub-area, replacing the second image in said display sub-area with the first image in said main display area.