Method and electronic device for recommending image capture mode

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11233936-B2
Application number	US-201916517373-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2019
Priority date	Jul 20, 2018
Publication date	Jan 25, 2022
Grant date	Jan 25, 2022

Abstract

Embodiments herein disclose a method for recommending an image capture mode by an electronic device. The method includes identifying, by the electronic device, at least one ROI displayed in a camera preview of the electronic device for capturing an image in a non-ultra-wide image capture mode. Further, the method includes determining, by the electronic device, that the at least one ROI is suitable to capture in an ultra-wide image capture mode. Further, the method includes providing, by the electronic device, at least one recommendation to switch to the ultra-wide image capture mode from the non-ultra-wide image capture mode for capturing the image.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for recommending an image capture mode by an electronic device, comprising:
identifying, by the electronic device, at least one region of interest (ROI) displayed in a camera preview of the electronic device for capturing an image in a non-ultra-wide image capture mode;
determining, by the electronic device, based on a characteristic of the at least one ROI and based on whether a motion in a background of the at least one ROI is sensed, that the at least one ROI is suitable to capture in an ultra-wide image capture mode;
providing, by the electronic device, at least one recommendation to switch to the ultra-wide image capture mode from the non-ultra-wide image capture mode for capturing the image;
providing, by the electronic device, a feedback to capture the image of the at least one ROI in the ultra-wide image capture mode; and
generating, by the electronic device, the image of the at least one ROI in the ultra-wide image capture mode based on the feedback,
wherein the ultra-wide image capture mode is to capture the image using an ultra-wide lens.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one recommendation is provided in the camera preview of the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining, by the electronic device, based on the characteristic of the at least one ROI, that the at least one ROI is suitable to capture in the ultra-wide image capture mode comprises:
determining, by the electronic device, at least one object in the at least one ROI;
determining, by the electronic device, whether the at least one object in the at least one ROI matches with at least one predefined object; and
determining, by the electronic device, that the at least one ROI is suitable to capture in the ultra-wide image capture mode in response to determining that the at least one object in the at least one ROI matches with the at least one predefined object.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
activating, by the electronic device, the ultra-wide image capture mode.

5. An electronic device for recommending an image capture mode, comprising:
a memory; and
a processor, coupled with the memory, configured to:
identify at least one region of interest (ROI) displayed in a camera preview of the electronic device for capturing an image in an non-ultra-wide image capture mode;
determine, based on a characteristic of the at least one ROI and based on whether a motion in a background of the at least one ROI is sensed, that the at least one ROI is suitable to capture in an ultra-wide image capture mode;

provide at least one recommendation to switch to the ultra-wide image capture mode from the non-ultra-wide image capture mode for capturing the image;
provide a feedback to capture the image of the at least one ROI in the ultra-wide image capture mode; and
generate the image of the at least one ROI in the ultra-wide image capture mode based on the feedback,
wherein the ultra-wide image capture mode is to capture the image using an ultra-wide lens.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one recommendation is provided in the camera preview of the electronic device.

7. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein to determine, based on the characteristic of the at least one ROI, that the at least one ROI is suitable to capture in the ultra-wide image capture mode the processor is configured to:
determine at least one object in the at least one ROI;
determine whether the at least one object in the at least one ROI matches with at least one predefined object; and
determine that the at least one ROI is suitable to capture in the ultra-wide image capture mode in response to determining that the at least one object in the at least one ROI matches with the at least one predefined object.

8. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
activate the ultra-wide image capture mode.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein to generate the image of the at least one ROI in the ultra-wide image capture mode based on the feedback, the processor is configured to:
capture scene data of the at least one ROI in the ultra-wide image capture mode;
modify or correct at least one portion of the scene data corresponding to the at least one ROI based on the feedback; and
generate the image based on the at least one portion of the scene data corresponding to the at least one ROI that is modified or the at least one portion of the scene data corresponding to the at least one ROI that is corrected.

10. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein to identify the at least one ROI the processor is configured to:
detect at least one of a presence of a user in the camera preview or a direction of a gaze of the user towards at least one portion in the camera preview.

11. A method for recommending an image capture mode by an electronic device, comprising:
identifying, by the electronic device, at least one region of interest (ROI) displayed in a camera preview of the electronic device;
determining, by the electronic device, at least one image capture mode from a plurality of image capture modes based on a characteristic of the at least one ROI and based on whether a motion in a background of the at least one ROI is sensed;
providing, by the electronic device, at least one recommendation to activate the at least one image capture mode from the plurality of image capture modes to capture an image;
providing, by the electronic device, a feedback to capture the image of the at least one ROI in the at least one image capture mode; and
generating, by the electronic device, the image of the at least one ROI in the at least one image capture mode based on the feedback,
wherein the at least one image capture mode is an ultra-wide image capture mode using an ultra-wide lens.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one recommendation is provided in the camera preview of the electronic device.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein determining, by the electronic device, the at least one image capture mode from the plurality of image capture modes based on a characteristic of the at least one ROI comprises:
determining, by the electronic device, at least one object in the at least one ROI;
determining, by the electronic device, that the at least one object in the at least one ROI matches with at least one predefined object; and
determining, by the electronic device, the at least one image capture mode from the plurality of image capture modes based on determining that the at least one object matches the at least one predefined object.

14. An electronic device for recommending an image capture mode, comprising:
a memory; and
a processor, coupled with the memory, configured to:
identify at least one region of interest (ROI) displayed in a camera preview of the electronic device;
determine at least one image capture mode from a plurality of image capture modes based on a characteristic of the at least one ROI and based on whether a motion in a background of the at least one ROI is sensed;
provide at least one recommendation to activate the at least one image capture mode from the plurality of image capture modes to capture an image;
provide a feedback to capture the image of the at least one ROI in the at least one image capture mode; and
generate the image of the at least one ROI in the at least one image capture mode based on the feedback,

wherein the at least one image capture mode is an ultra-wide image capture mode using an ultra-wide lens.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the at

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jaiswal Swadha
• Mukherjee Debayan
• Amrit Mannu
• Pal Shivi
• Kulkarni Vibha Venkatesh
• Sudheendra Pavan
• Bajpai Pankaj Kumar
• Singh Balvinder
• Pai Narasimha Gopalakrishna
• Murthy Sanjay Narasimha
• Munirathnam Vineeth Thanikonda

Classifications

• H04N23/667

  Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes · CPC title

• H04N23/698

  for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture · CPC title

• H04N23/60 Primary

  Control of cameras or camera modules · 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

• H04N23/611

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