An electronic device comprises a display apparatus, a photographing apparatus, and a lifting apparatus. The photographing apparatus receives, through the first channel or a second channel, a first stream on instruction triggered by a first application. The second channel is a channel between the display apparatus and the photographing apparatus, and the first stream on instruction is used to instruct the photographing apparatus to collect an image and output the collected image to the first application. The photographing apparatus reports a first stream on state to a proxy module in the display apparatus through the first channel. The proxy module in the display apparatus controls, based on the first stream on state, the lifting apparatus to lift the photographing apparatus. The photographing apparatus after being lifted starts to collect an image, and outputs the collected image to the first application through the second channel.

System and methods for adapting a smart phone for use as a hybrid smart phone and smart camera, referred to as a modified or hybrid device. The modified device is based on a set of smart phone components which has its battery removed and is instead powered by alternative circuitry. The modified device is also outfitted with a variety of modifications which allow it to operate in an extended temperature range. The modified device is loaded with software and circuitry which allow it to operate automatically without human interaction. The modified device functions as a smart camera but includes beneficial smart phone functions and features.

A photographing method, a storage medium, and an electronic device (100). The electronic device (100) comprises a display screen (21) and a camera module (22), and the display screen (21) comprises a liquid crystal panel (211), a backlight module (212), and electrochromic glass (213) which are stacked. When an HDR image needs to be captured, image acquisition is performed on a current scene by means of the camera module (22), an acquired image is analyzed, then the light transmittance of the liquid crystal panel (211) is adjusted according to brightness distribution information, and finally, secondary image acquisition is performed by means of the camera module (22) to obtain a target image.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera module, a first display, a second display, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to display a first screen and a second screen for displaying at least one function of a camera application on the first display facing in a first direction and the second display facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, respectively, wherein at least one of the first screen or the second screen includes an image obtained through the camera module, identify a first input for selecting a first function of the camera application through the first screen, identify a second input related to a subject's gaze or gesture in a state in which the first function of the camera application is selected through the first screen, and display, on the second screen, in a state in which the first function of the camera application is selected through the first screen, an indication indicating that selection of the first function by the second input related to the subject's gaze or gesture is restricted.

Provided is a method of visually displaying a countdown time on a graphical user interface. A countdown time is set, the width and opacity of an area that changes as the set time is sequentially counted down are determined, and the area that changes based on the determined width and opacity is output on the graphical user interface.

An electronic device, computer program product, and method mitigates loss of communication between participants in a communication session when a local participant attempts to speak without manually unmuting the electronic device. The electronic device includes an image capturing device, a user interface device having a microphone, and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled to the image capturing device and to the user interface device. The controller monitors, during the communication session with a second electronic device, an image stream received from the image capturing device for movements by the local participant in the communication session. The controller autonomously generates a prompt to unmute the microphone in response to determining that the microphone is muted while identifying at least one of a speaking movement of a mouth of the local participant to speak or a gesture by the local participant that correlates with the participant wanting to speak.

Provided is an operation method for a terminal performing a call. A first terminal may receive a first like signal transmitted from a second terminal to a server, and may transmit, to the server, a second like signal regarding a second user of the second terminal. At this time, the first terminal may receive a signal for establishing a call connection between the first terminal and the second terminal, and may perform a call with the second terminal based on the signal.

An electronic device for face recognition is provided. The electronic device is used to exclude an ineligible object to be identified according to the relative relationship between object distances and image sizes, the image variation with time and/or the feature difference between images captured by different cameras to prevent the possibility of cracking the face recognition by using a photo or a video.

A lens driving device, includes: a fixing portion; a lens support; a first slider; a second slider held by the first slider so as to be slidable in a first direction; and a third slider which is provided on the lens support, and is held by the second slider so as to be slidable in a second direction, wherein any one of the first slider and the second slider has a first projecting member extending along the first direction, and another one of the first slider and the second slider has a first groove that is to fit aver the first projecting member, and wherein any one of the second slider and the third slider has a second projecting member extending along the second direction, and another one of the second slider and the third slider has a second groove that is to fit over the second projecting member.

An embodiment user equipment includes an image sensor, a user interface configured to display an image photographed by the image sensor and to receive a user input, a location detection sensor configured to detect a location of the user equipment, and a controller configured to identify a point of interest (POI) located in a shooting direction of the image sensor based on an output of the location detection sensor, control the user interface to display an augmented reality (AR) icon corresponding to the POI by superimposing the AR icon on the image photographed by the image sensor, and add information about the POI to a scrap list based on an input to the AR icon.