Patent ID: 7796871

Claim:
An apparatus for taking a panoramic photograph, the apparatus comprising: a camera module having a lens for capturing an image for the panoramic photograph; a memory unit for storing the image captured by the camera module; a display unit for visually exhibiting the image stored in the memory unit and offering a preview image when a capture mode is enabled; an angular velocity sensor for outputting an angular velocity utilizing a perceived rotation of the lens; a rotation angle calculator for receiving the angular velocity from the angular velocity sensor and calculating a first rotation angle of the lens from a first angular velocity according to a rotation of the lens and a second rotation angle of the lens from a second angular velocity according to a further rotation of the lens; and a control unit for receiving the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle from the rotation angle calculator, notifying a stop of the rotation of the lens when the first rotation angle is within a capturable section having lowest and highest values, and capturing a second image of the panoramic photograph by operating the camera module when an absolute value of the second rotation angle is within a specific threshold value.