Patent ID: 7847827

Claim:
A method of photographing an object to produce a still image while recording a moving picture, the method comprising: (a) if a request for recording the moving picture is input by a user, changing an image resolution of preview image data to a pre-set image resolution of moving picture data, generating moving picture data according to the changed image resolution of the moving picture, and compressing the generated moving picture data and storing the compressed moving picture data; (b) if a request for photographing during the recording is input by the user, changing the image resolution to a pre-set image resolution of still image data during recording, generating still image data according to the changed image resolution of the still image, and storing the generated still image data; (c) if the photographing is terminated, releasing the pause of the moving picture recording, changing the image resolution of the still image to the image resolution of moving picture data, generating moving picture data according to the changed image resolution, and compressing the generated moving picture data according to the changed image resolution and storing the compressed moving picture; and (d) if a request for terminating the recording is input by the user, compressing the generated still image data and storing the compressed still image data; wherein the image resolution of the still image data during recording is set to be greater than or equal to the image resolution of the preview image data; and wherein the pre-set image resolution of the moving picture data is lower than the pre-set image resolution of the still image data.