Patent ID: 7711262

Claim:
A method of photographing a panoramic image, the method comprising: a first step of checking whether a configuration of each scene constituting the panoramic image is set according to a predetermined frame or arbitrarily set whenever each scene is photographed; a second step of outputting a photographic guide screen on a preview screen when the configuration of each scene is set, the photographic guide screen overlappingly displaying a guide image of a previously photographed scene and an indicator indicative of a position of a currently photographed scene in a whole frame, a third step of storing a corresponding photographed scene according to a corresponding numbered scene when a shutter key is input during the second step; and a fourth step of checking if a predetermined direction key or a completion key is input after the third step, determining that all scenes are completely photographed when the completion key is input, and considering the frame to extend from the currently photographed scene along an up-and-down direction or a right-and-left direction corresponding to the input direction key and proceeding to the second step of outputting the photographic guide screen when the direction key is input; wherein the indicator indicative of a position of a currently photographed scene in the whole frame is composed in a table format, and scenes photographed so far, scenes to be subsequently photographed, and a scene to be currently photographed are differently displayed by filling respective cells of the table with different substances.