Patent ID: 7492406
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus in which a portion of an input image is enlarged and displayed as a display image on an image display unit so that a user may determine the clarity of the input image, the digital photographing apparatus receiving the input image having a resolution of a first pixel number and displaying the display image on the image display unit having a resolution of a second pixel number, the method comprising: receiving the input image; determining whether to enlarge the input image; setting a portion of the input image that is to be enlarged as an enlarged display region having a resolution of a third pixel number; calculating a number of display frames that are to be displayed on the image display unit by dividing the third pixel number by the second pixel number and rounding the result to an integer, and dividing the enlarged display region into the display images according to the number of the display frames; determining a method of displaying the display image on the image display unit from a default setting; and sequentially displaying the display images on the image display unit according to the determined method of displaying.