Photographing method and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11272116-B2
Application number	US-201817260997-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2018
Priority date	Jul 16, 2018
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

A photographing method of an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display screen. In some embodiments, display screen displays an icon of a first application. In those embodiments, display screen displays a user interface of the first application in response to an operation on the icon, where the user interface includes a photographing button. The display screen also displays a photographing preview interface of a second application in response to an operation on the photographing button, where the second application is a camera application, and the photographing preview interface is used to display an image collected by the camera. When ambient light meets a photographing condition, the electronic device automatically photographs the image collected by the camera.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A photographing method of an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a display screen and a camera, and the method comprises:
displaying, by the display screen, an icon of a first application;
displaying, by the display screen, a user interface of the first application in response to an operation on the icon, wherein the user interface includes a photographing button;
displaying, by the display screen, a photographing preview interface of a second application in response to an operation on the photographing button, wherein the second application is a camera application, and the photographing preview interface is configured to display an image collected by the camera;
obtaining an ambient light intensity from an ambient light sensor in the electronic device; and
determining that an average grayscale value of a region of interest (ROI) in the image is greater than a second threshold, when determining that the ambient light intensity is less than a first threshold, wherein the ROI is obtained in the photographing preview interface; and
automatically photographing, by the electronic device, the image collected by the camera.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
obtaining a first light sensitivity (ISO) and a first exposure time, wherein the first ISO is an ISO determined by the electronic device when the photographing preview interface is displayed, and the first exposure time is an exposure time determined by the electronic device when the photographing preview interface is displayed;
determining a first luminous flux based on the first ISO and the first exposure time; and
determining the second threshold based on the first luminous flux.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the method further comprises:
querying, by the electronic device based on the first luminous flux, a preset correspondence table between a luminous flux and a threshold, to obtain the second threshold, wherein the second threshold is a threshold corresponding to a luminous flux range in which the first luminous flux is; and
the correspondence table comprises a first luminous flux range and a second luminous flux range, wherein a minimum luminous flux value in the first luminous flux range is greater than a maximum luminous flux value in the second luminous flux range, the first luminous flux range corresponds to one threshold, the second luminous flux range corresponds to another threshold, and the threshold corresponding to the first luminous flux range is greater than the threshold corresponding to the second luminous flux range.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the ambient light intensity is greater than a fifth threshold.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
notifying a user that current ambient light is insufficient, when determining that the ambient light intensity is less than the first threshold and that the average grayscale value of a region of interest (ROI) in the image is greater than the second threshold.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
notifying a user, by using a voice, that current ambient light is insufficient, when determining that the ambient light intensity is less than the first threshold and that the average grayscale value of a region of interest (ROI) in the image is greater than the second threshold.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
displaying, by the display screen, prompt information, wherein the prompt information is used to notify a user that a current ambient light is insufficient.

8. An electronic device, comprising:
a display screen;
a camera;
a non-transitory memory comprising instructions; and
a processor coupled to the non-transitory memory, the instructions being executed by the processor to cause the electronic device to:
display an icon of a first application;
display a user interface of the first application in response to an operation on the icon, wherein the user interface includes a photographing button;
display a photographing preview interface of a second application in response to an operation on the photographing button, wherein the second application is a camera application, and the photographing preview interface is configured to display an image collected by the camera;
obtain an ambient light intensity from an ambient light sensor in the electronic device;
determine that an average grayscale value of a region of interest (ROI) in the image is greater than a second threshold, when determining that the ambient light intensity is less than a first threshold, wherein the ROI is obtained in the photographing preview interface; and
automatically photograph the image collected by the camera.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , the instructions further cause the electronic device to:
obtain a first light sensitivity (ISO) and a first exposure time, wherein the first ISO is an ISO determined by the electronic device when the photographing preview interface is displayed, and the first exposure time is an exposure time determined by the electronic device when the photographing preview interface is displayed;
determine a first luminous flux based on the first ISO and the first exposure time; and
determine the second threshold based on the first luminous flux.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , the instructions further cause the electronic device to:
query a preset correspondence table between a luminous flux and a threshold, based on the first luminous flux, to obtain the second threshold, wherein the second threshold is a threshold corresponding to a luminous flux range in which the first luminous flux is; and, wherein
the correspondence table comprises a first luminous flux range and a second luminous flux range, wherein a minimum luminous flux value in the first luminous flux range is greater than a maximum luminous flux value in the second luminous flux range, the first luminous flux range corresponds to one threshold, the second luminous flux range corresponds to another threshold, and the threshold corresponding to the first luminous flux range is greater than the threshold corresponding to the second luminous flux range.

11. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to:
determine that the ambient light intensity is greater than a fifth threshold.

12. The electronic device of claim 8 , the instructions further cause the electronic device to:
notify a user that current ambient light is insufficient, when determining that the ambient light intensity is less than the first threshold and that the average grayscale value of a region of interest (ROI) in the image is greater than the second threshold.

13. The electronic device of claim 8 , the instructions further cause the electronic device to:
notify a user, by using a voice, that current ambient light is insufficient, when determining that the ambient light intensity is less than the first threshold and that the average grayscale value of a region of interest (ROI) in the image is greater than the second threshold.

14. The electronic device of claim 8 , the instructions further cause the electronic device to:
display prompt information, wherein the prompt information is used to notify a user that a current ambient light is insufficient.

15. A computer program product for photographing, the computer program product comprising computer instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the computer instructions, when executed, implement a me

Assignees

• Honor Device Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ding Xin
• Dong Chen
• Hu Hongwei
• Jiang Yongtao
• Gao Wenmei

Classifications

• H04N23/632

  for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters · CPC title

• H04N23/60 Primary

  Control of cameras or camera modules · CPC title

• H04N23/73 Primary

  by influencing the exposure time · CPC title

• 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

• H04N23/635

  Region indicators; Field of view indicators · CPC title