US Patent 7652692 Apparatus and method for photographing a moving picture

An apparatus and method for storing moving picture signals in the apparatus equipped with a camera. The method includes the steps of entering a preview mode for enabling the moving picture signals photographed by the camera to be displayed when the camera is powered; coding the photographed moving picture signals and storing the coded moving picture signals in an image memory when a storage key is input in the preview mode; shifting to the preview mode when a temporary pause key is input in a first moving picture storage mode in which the moving picture signals are stored and entering a second moving picture storage mode in which the moving picture signals stored in the image memory are converted to moving picture files and stored; returning to the first moving picture storage mode when the storage key is input in the preview mode; and linking the stored moving picture files to generate one moving picture file and storing the moving picture file, when a record end key is input in the preview mode or the first moving picture storage mode.