Patent ID: 8760557

Claim:
A method for displaying an electronic viewfinder on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device having a digital image sensor for capturing images, the method comprising: displaying a camera user interface on the touch-sensitive display when the electronic device is in a camera mode, the camera user interface including an electronic viewfinder for displaying a real-time image captured by the digital image sensor and a preview portion for displaying a previously captured image that partially overlays the electronic viewfinder, resizing the preview portion of the camera user interface while the electronic viewfinder is maintained on a remainder of the touch-sensitive display in response to a designated touch gesture, wherein the preview portion is resized by an amount proportional to a distance from a start point of the designated touch gesture within the preview portion; and selecting and displaying a new image in response to detecting an image selection gesture having a start point outside of the preview portion, wherein a preceding image is selected and displayed in response to detecting the image selection gesture being in a first direction and a succeeding image is selected and displayed in response to detecting the image selection gesture being in a second direction.