Patent ID: 8421898

Claim:
A method for detecting and showing quality of a preview picture in an electronic imaging device, which is applied to the electronic imaging device comprising at least an image capture unit, an image detecting and processing unit, a LCD screen, a control unit, an operation unit and a storage memory, wherein the image capture unit acquires light originating from a subject, transforms the light into digital data of a picture and then outputs the digital data to the image detecting and processing unit, the image detecting and processing unit transforms the digital data into a preview picture for displaying the preview picture on the LCD screen, the control unit is a central processor for performing arithmetic operation and control operation of the electronic imaging device, and the operation unit serves as a user interface including at least a shutter button for operating the electronic imaging device to take the preview picture and store the preview picture in the storage memory as a stored picture, the method enabling the control unit to execute the steps of: determining whether the electronic imaging device is operated in a preview mode or a file mode; enabling the image detecting and processing unit to detect at least four features of the preview picture before the shutter button is fully depressed or released when it is determined that the electronic imaging device is operated in a preview mode, wherein the features of the preview picture are shaking, exposure, backlight and white balance, and intensity of the feature of shaking or backlight of the preview picture detected by the image detecting and processing unit is defined and configured by the corresponding graphical indicator and ranges from 0 to 100, and wherein 100 represents that the preview picture is in a worst status, and 0 represents that the preview picture is in a normal status; reading the features of the preview picture received from the image detecting and processing unit; determining whether each of the features of the preview picture is normal or not; and enabling the image detecting and processing unit to display the preview picture and at least one of four graphical indicators on the LCD screen when it is determined that the feature corresponding to the graphical indicator is not in a normal status, wherein the graphical indicator corresponding to the feature of exposure, backlight or white balance of the preview picture is displayed on the LCD screen when the control unit determines that the feature of shaking of the preview picture is in a normal status.