Patent ID: 9041847
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for taking a self-portrait picture of a user in a portable device equipped with a camera and a display screen, the method comprising: displaying a live preview image as a self-portrait image on the display screen, the preview image received from the camera; in response to detecting a first user input for triggering a display of an indicator on the display screen, displaying the indicator on the display screen at a position where the first user input is detected; in response to detecting a. second user input for triggering a time counter configured to have cause the camera to take the self-portrait picture upon an expiration of the time counter, with respect to the indicator, displaying the time counter indicating a remaining time until taking the self-portrait picture of the user, on the display screen; and taking the self-portrait picture of the user through the camera when the time counter expires, wherein the first user input for triggering the display of the indicator is detectable at any one of a plurality of detectable positions.