Image processing apparatus and method for previewing still and motion images

摘要

An image processing apparatus and method for regulating viewing image output of the image processor which processes motion and still images in a time divisional manner are provided. The image processing apparatus includes an image processor processing the viewing and still images in a time divisional manner, a timing manager storing the viewing image processed by the image processor temporarily and outputting the viewing image at a preset time of a frame period, and a controller controlling, in response to a capture request, the image processor to process the still image at a residual part of a current frame to be at a beginning part of a next frame and to process the buffered viewing image to be at the residual part of the next frame, wherein the residual part of the next frame is a part which remains after processing the still image completely.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
an image processor configured to process for separating a video stream into an motion image and a still image, to buffer a predetermined number of frames of the motion image, and to buffer a predetermined number of frames of the still image, the video stream generated by a camera at every frame period; a timing manager configured to store the motion image processed by the image processor temporarily and to output the motion image at a preset time of a frame period; and in response to a capture request time point, a controller configured to control the image processor: to process a current frame of the motion image in response to the capture request and to output the current frame of the motion image on a display, to process one of the buffered frames of the still image in response to the capture request, when the processing of the current frame of the motion image is completed, and to process to a next frame of the motion image, wherein the controller is further configured to control the timing manager to store the next frame of the motion image processed by the image processor upon completion of processing one of the buffered frames of the still image.