Preview image display method, apparatus and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10270975-B2
Application number	US-201615254689-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2016
Priority date	Nov 30, 2015
Publication date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019

Abstract

Preview images and alternate enlarged facial preview images may be displayed in a camera display screen or viewfinder prior to shooting a picture. When an image captured by a camera during a first time duration includes a human face, a face from an image captured by the camera during a second time duration may be enlarged and displayed as an alternate preview image in the viewfinder. An instruction to shoot an image may be received and the camera may shoot or save an image captured by the camera according to the shooting instruction. The alternate preview image including the facial enlargement may be used in conjunction with use of a selfie stick to aid users looking at a distant viewfinder at the end of the selfie stick.

First claim

We claim:

1. A preview image display method, the method comprising:
capturing a first image by a camera during a first time duration;
determining whether the first image includes a first human face;
in response to the determining that the first image includes the first human face:
capturing a second image including a second human face during a second time duration, wherein the second time duration is continuous with the first time duration,
enlarging the second human face of the second image, and
displaying the enlarged second human face on a display screen;

in response to the determining that the first image does not include the first human face:
capturing the second image by the camera during the second time duration, and
displaying the second image on the display screen;

after the second time duration ends, capturing a third image by the camera during a third time duration, wherein the third duration is continuous with the second time duration;
displaying the third image on the display screen, wherein the third image is an image of original scale; and
when receiving an image capture instruction, shooting a fourth image captured by the camera in response to the shooting instruction.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the second image captured by the camera during the second time duration includes N human faces, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein the enlarging the second human face from the second image captured by the camera during the second time duration comprises:
selecting one of the N human faces as the second human face to be enlarged; and
enlarging the selected one of the N human faces; and
marking remaining human faces of the N human faces that are not enlarged, selecting a next human face from the remaining human faces according to the marking, and enlarging the selected next human face, during a next enlargement process.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the second image captured by the camera during the second time duration includes N human faces, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein the enlarging the second human face from the second image captured by the camera during the second time duration comprises:
selecting, as the second human face to be enlarged, one of the N human faces having a largest spatial area; and
enlarging the selected one of the N human faces.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the second image captured by the camera during the second time duration includes N human faces, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein the enlarging the second human face from the second image captured by the camera during the second time duration comprises:
selecting M of the N human faces that have relatively large spatial areas as human faces to be enlarged based on the spatial areas of the N human faces;
combining the M human faces to be enlarged into one image, and enlarging the M human faces in the combined image.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the second image captured by the camera during the second time duration includes N human faces, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein the enlarging the second human face from the second image captured by the camera during the second time duration comprises:
selecting M of the N human faces that have relatively large spatial areas based on the spatial areas of the N human faces;
selecting one of the M human faces as the second human face to be enlarged; and
enlarging the selected one of the M human faces; and
marking the remaining M−1 human faces in the M human faces that are not enlarged, such that one human face is selected from the remaining M−1 human faces and is enlarged according to the marking during a next enlargement process.

6. A terminal device, the terminal device comprising:
a camera configured to capture an image;
a display screen configured to display the image;
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions executable by the processor,
wherein the processor when executing the instructions is configured to:
capture a first image by the camera during a first time duration,
determine whether the first image includes a first human face,
in response to the determining that the first image includes the first human face:
capture a second image including a second human face during a second time duration, wherein the second time duration is continuous with the first time duration,
enlarge the second human face of the second image, and
display the enlarged second human face on the display screen,

in response to the determining that the first image does not include the first human face:
capture the second image by the camera during the second time duration, and
display the second image on the display screen,

after the second time duration ends, capture a third image by the camera during a third time duration, wherein the third duration is continuous with the second time duration,
displaying the third image on the display screen, wherein the third image is an image of original scale, and
when the terminal device receives a shooting instruction, shoot a fourth image captured by the camera according to the shooting instruction.

7. The terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein when the second image captured by the camera during the second time duration includes N human faces, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, the processor when executing the instructions is further configured to:
select one of the N human faces as the second human face to be enlarged; and
enlarge the selected second human face; and
mark the remaining N−1 human faces in the N human faces that are not enlarged, such that one human face is selected from the remaining N−1 human faces that are not yet selected to be enlarged, and is enlarged according to the marking during a next enlargement process.

8. The terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein when the second image captured by the camera during the second time duration includes N human faces, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, the processor when executing the instructions is further configured to:
select one of the N human faces that has the largest area as the second human face to be enlarged; and
enlarge the selected second human face.

9. The terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein when the second image captured by the camera during the second time duration includes N human faces, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, the processor when executing the instructions is further configured to:
select M of the N human faces that have relatively large spatial areas, as human faces to be enlarged based on the spatial areas of the N human faces;
combine the selected M human faces into one image, and enlarge the selected M human faces in the combined image.

10. The terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein when the second image captured by the camera during the second time duration includes N human faces, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, the processor when executing the instructions is further configured to:
select M of the N human faces that have relatively large spatial areas based on the spatial areas of the N human faces;
select one of the M human faces as the second human face to be enlarged;
enlarge the selected one of the M human faces; and
mark the remaining M−1 human faces in the M human faces that are not enlarged, such that one human face is selected from the remaining M−1 human faces and enlarged according to the marking in a next enlargement process.

11. A non-transitory comput

Assignees

• Xiaomi Inc

Inventors

• Qin Qiuping
• Chen Zhijun
• Wang Baichao

Classifications

• H04N23/64

  Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image · CPC title

• H04N23/611 Primary

  where the recognised objects include parts of the human body · CPC title

• H04N23/69

  Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming · CPC title

• H04N5/272 Primary

  Means for inserting a foreground image in a background image, i.e. inlay, outlay · CPC title

• H04N5/265

  Mixing · CPC title