User interface for creating composite images

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10129464-B1
Application number	US-201715436639-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Feb 17, 2017
Priority date	Feb 18, 2016
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

Systems and methods for image compositing. Image capture devices may be used for documenting various activities. An image capture device may be configured to operate in image acquisition mode configured for image compositing. The image acquisition mode may be characterized by one or more of a given image acquisition interval, number of acquired images, camera shutter setting, and/or other settings. The image capture device may provide a user interface configured to facilitate acquiring an image sequence suitable for compositing. A live compositing preview may enable users to select one or more composite images for viewing and/or sharing.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A system for image compositing, the system comprising:
one or more physical processors configured by machine readable instructions to:
effectuate presentation of a user interface on a display, the user interface including one or more fields related to one or more image acquisition modes, the one or more image acquisition modes including a compositing image acquisition mode, the one or more fields including a compositing image acquisition mode field related to the compositing image acquisition mode;
responsive to receiving a selection of the compositing image acquisition mode field, communicate to a capture device via a wireless communications interface one or more instructions configured to cause the capture device to acquire a sequence of images;
obtain one or more composite images, the one or more composite images generated based on two or more images from the sequence of images, individual ones of the two or more images including a representation of an object captured at different points in time, individual ones of the one or more composite images including multiple representations of the object captured at different points in time, wherein the two or more images are selected based on (1) segmentation of the individual ones of the two or more images into (a) background portions, and (b) foreground portions including the multiple representations of the object, and (2) amounts of overlap between the multiple representations of the object within the foreground portions; and
present one or more of the obtained composite images via the user interface.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more composite images are generated by the capture device.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more composite images are generated by the one or more physical processors.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by the machine readable instructions to provide via the user interface one or more instructions related to operation of the capture device for acquiring the sequence of images.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by the machine readable instructions to provide via the user interface one or more options configured to cause the capture device to capture the sequence of images, set a capture duration for the sequence of images, set a number of images within the sequence of images, set an inter-image interval, set a shutter speed, or set a resolution for the sequence of images.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the one or more instructions include an instruction to press a start button within the user interface to being image compositing.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more composite images include a first composite image and a second composite image, the first composite image generated based on a first overlap amount between the multiple representations of the object and the second composite image generated based on a second overlap amount between the multiple representations of the object, the first overlap amount being different from the second overlap amount.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the user interface presented on the display includes a slider, the slider including a bar with a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the slider enabling user selection of a given overlap amount between the multiple representations of the object based on positioning of an element along the bar between the first end and the second end.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein responsive to user selection of a first overlap amount between the multiple representations of the object, a first composite image is generated based on the first overlap amount between the multiple representations of the object.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein responsive to user selection of a first overlap amount between the multiple representations of the object, a first composite image is presented via the user interface, the first composite image generated based on the first overlap amount between the multiple representations of the object.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sequence of images are video frames of a video clip acquired by the capture device.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by the machine readable instructions to communicate one or more of the obtained composite images to a target destination via the wireless communications interface.

13. A user interface device, comprising:
a display;
a wireless communications interface;
one or more physical processors in operable communications with the display and the wireless communications interface, the one or more physical processors configured by computer-executable instructions to:
effectuate presentation of a user interface on the display, the user interface including one or more fields related to one or more image acquisition modes, the one or more image acquisition modes including a compositing image acquisition mode, the one or more fields including a compositing image acquisition mode field related to the compositing image acquisition mode;
responsive to receiving a selection of the compositing image acquisition mode field, access a sequence of images;
determine a foreground portion and a background portion for two or more images of the sequence of images;
identify multiple representations of an object in the foreground portions of the two or more images;
generate one or more composite images based on one or more of the background portions and the multiple representations of the object in the foreground portions of the two or more images, wherein the multiple representations of the object are identified for use in generating the one or more composite images based on amounts of overlap between the multiple representations of the object within the foreground portions;
effectuate presentation on the display one or more of the generated composite images;
receive a selection of at least one of the generated composite images for sharing; and
provide the selected composite image to a target destination via the wireless communications interface.

14. The user interface device of claim 13 , wherein accessing the sequence of images includes accessing previously acquired images.

15. The user interface device of claim 13 , wherein accessing the sequence of images includes:
communicating to a capture device one or more instructions configured to cause the capture device to acquire the sequence of images; and
obtaining the sequence of images from the capture device.

16. The user interface device of claim 13 , wherein the one or more composite images are generated further based on a given overlap amount between the multiple representations of the object.

17. The user interface device of claim 16 , wherein the one or more composite images include a first composite image and a second composite image, the first composite image generated based on a first overlap amount between the multiple representations of the object and the second composite image generated based on a second overlap amount between the multiple representations of the object, the first overlap amount being different from the second overlap amount.

18. The user interface device of claim 16 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by computer-executable instructions to effectuate presentation of the display a slider, the slider including a bar with a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the slider enab

Assignees

• Gopro Inc

Inventors

• Matias Joven
• Stimm Daryl
• Lustig Ryan
• Schwartz Kyler
• Vandalsem Joseph

Classifications

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• H04N23/62

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