Patent ID: 7705890

Claim:
An apparatus for simultaneously photographing a still image and a motion image in a wireless terminal with at least two cameras, comprising: a first camera for photographing motion images in motion-image photography mode of the wireless terminal; a second camera for photographing still images in the motion-image photography mode; a first controller for controlling the first camera to photograph the motion images in the motion-image photography mode; a second controller for controlling the second camera to photograph the still images in the motion-image photography mode, and to temporarily store the still images when still-image photography is selected while the first camera photographs the motion images; and a control unit for controlling an operation for photographing the motion images through the first controller in the motion-image photography mode, and for controlling an operation for photographing the still images through the second controller, determining whether automatic storage of the still images is set in the motion-image photography mode, automatically encoding and controlling an operation for storing the motion/still images photographed in the motion-image photography mode when the automatic storage is set, and encoding and storing the temporarily stored still images according to the selection of a user when the automatic storage is not set.