Patent ID: 9549126
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus, the method comprising: detecting a gesture of a user of the digital photographing apparatus by calculating a motion vector using a plurality of video images sequentially generated according to live view photographing; changing an operation mode of the digital photographing apparatus to a zoom adjustment mode when the detected gesture of the user includes a preset first user gesture; and controlling a zooming state of the digital photographing apparatus step-by-step according to a moving path of a second user gesture after the first user gesture has ended, when the operation mode has been changed to the zoom adjustment mode, displaying a pattern having a shape corresponding to the gesture of the user based on the calculated motion vector on a live view screen when a gesture photographing mode is selected by the user, and displaying an identifier for notifying a change of a zoom magnification when the zoom magnification is changed.