Content display method and electronic device for implementing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10972670-B2
Application number	US-201615774148-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2016
Priority date	Nov 6, 2015
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

Various embodiment provide a method and device comprising: a display; a memory; and a control unit operatively connected to the display and the memory, wherein the control unit is configured to control the display to display an original image on the display, detect a roll generation event, identify an object from the original image according to the roll generation event, convert the original image into a roll image using the identified object, and store the same in the memory. In addition, other embodiments are also possible.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
a memory; and
at least one processor operatively connected with the display and the memory,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
control the display to display an original image,
detect a roll creation event,
identify objects from the original image in accordance with the roll creation event,
convert the original image into a roll image by rolling the original image into a 3 dimensional (3D) spherical shape or a circular shape, using the identified objects, and
store the roll image in the memory,

wherein the objects include at least one of a subject, a person, a thing, a background, or a natural environment, and
wherein the roll image is created such that the identified objects in the original image is displayed protruding from the edge of the 3D spherical shape or the circular shape.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
control the display to display an area setting frame on the displayed image in accordance with the roll creation event,
determine a roll image creation area by moving the position of the area setting frame in accordance with selection by a user, and
identify objects in the roll image creation area.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
determine a boundary line, using the identified objects, and
convert the original image into the roll image, using the objects or the boundary line.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine a size of the roll image based on at least one of a size of the original image, the objects, or the boundary line.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
select a representative object based on at least one of priority, sizes, or properties of the objects, and

wherein the representative object has size discriminated from size of other objects of the original image, in the roll image.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine the boundary line based on at least one of a color difference in the original image, the properties of the original image, or sizes of the objects.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a camera module,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
determine a type of an image obtained through the camera module, and
determine whether to create the roll image based on the type of the image.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
identify at least one object from the original image in response to detecting the roll creation event, and
generate the roll image that the identified at least one object is centered, by converting the original image based on the identified at least one object, and

wherein the roll image comprises at least one of a 3D spherical shape image, or a circular shape image.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine a shape of the roll image based on a length of the original image.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, in the roll image, a lower area from the boundary line of the original image is shown in the 3D spherical shape or the circular shape, an upper area from the boundary line of the original image is shown as the outside of the 3D spherical shape or the circular shape, and the identified objects are positioned at the center of the 3D spherical shape or the circular shape.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
control the display to display the roll image,
detect a user input, and
change sizes of the objects or the sphere in the roll image based on the user input.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
adjust a size of the sphere when the sizes of the objects are changed based on the user input, and
adjust the sizes of the objects when the size of the sphere is changed based on the user input.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
search for the roll image of images stored in the memory, and
control the display to display an image list including a found roll image when a roll image display event is detected.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to create the roll image by:
checking metadata of contents displayed on the display, and
determining text and a spherical shape to display based on the metadata.

15. A method of displaying contents of an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying an original image on a display;
detecting a roll creation event;
identifying objects from the original image in accordance with the roll creation event; and
converting the original image into a roll image by rolling the original image into a 3 dimensional (3D) spherical shape or a circular shape, using the identified objects,
wherein the objects include at least one of a subject, a person, a thing, a background, and a natural environment, and
wherein the roll image is created such that the identified objects in the original image is displayed from the edge of the 3D spherical shape or the circular shape.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
displaying an area setting frame on the displayed image in accordance with the roll creation event; and
determining a roll image creation area by moving the position of the area setting frame in accordance with selection by a user.

17. The method of claim 15 ,
wherein the converting of the original image into the roll image comprising:
selecting a representative object based on at least one of priority, sizes, or properties of the objects, and

wherein the representative object has size discriminated from size of other objects of the original image, in the roll image.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the converting of the original image into the roll image comprising:
determining the boundary line based on at least one of a color difference in the original image, the properties of the original image, or the sizes of the objects; and
creating the roll image by using a lower area and upper area of the original image based on the boundary line.

19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
determining a type of an image obtained through a camera module; and
determining whether to create the roll image based on the type of the image.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising identifying at least one object from the original image in response to detecting the roll creation event, and generate the roll image that the identified at least one object is centered, by converting the original image based on the identified at least one object,
wherein the roll image comprises at least one of a 3D spherical shape image, or a circular shape image.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Yongyeon
• Kim Yunkyung
• Kwak Jiyeon

Classifications

• H04N23/632 Primary

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• H04N23/61

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• G06F16/904

  Browsing; Visualisation therefor (for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957) · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title