Patent ID: 9124794
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for capturing a real-time image in an electronic device, the method comprising: identifying an output setting when entering a camera mode; receiving, by a camera module, an image for both a preview image and a capture image; controlling a camera module to simultaneously output, when a simultaneous output mode is activated, first data for the preview image, and second data for the capture image, wherein as output by the camera module, the second data is higher resolution data than the first data; generating the preview image from the first data, the generating comprising processing the first data so as to resize an image represented by the first data to match a resolution of a display unit that displays the preview image, and displaying the resized image as the preview image; and temporarily storing the second data; wherein when a capture key is pressed to finally capture an image at a time point at which a current preview image is displayed, the stored second data corresponding to the current preview image is retrieved as final capture image data.