Patent ID: 7573522

Claim:
A method of processing an on-screen display (OSD) of a digital image processing device, the method comprising: determining a state of a shutter mechanism, which adjusts focus and exposure of a subject in the digital image processing device, when the OSD is displayed on a display panel according to a photograph setting; changing color values of the OSD into a semi-transparent value and displaying a semi-transparent OSD on the display panel when the shutter mechanism is half-triggered; performing automatic focus and automatic exposure operations while the semi-transparent OSD is being displayed on the display panel; determining whether the focus and exposure of the digital imaging processing device is fully adjusted and if so, changing the semi-transparent OSD to a different color value OSD; and photographing a subject when the OSD is the different color value OSD, the focus and exposure of the digital image processing device is fully adjusted, and the shutter mechanism is triggered completely.