Image processing method and mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11758265-B2
Application number	US-202117907806-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2021
Priority date	Mar 3, 2020
Publication date	Sep 12, 2023
Grant date	Sep 12, 2023

Abstract

An image processing method, includes: detecting a first operation used to select a photographing mode; determining a current photographing mode based on the detected first operation; displaying a display interface used to select a field of view; detecting a second operation used to select options of at least two fields of view; determining at least two fields of view corresponding to the current photographing mode based on the detected second operation; detecting a third operation used for photographing; obtaining a plurality of images corresponding to the at least two fields of view based on the detected third operation; and synthesizing the plurality of images to form a first image, and displaying the first image. According to the image processing method provided in this application, requirements of a large field of view and fine details can be considered.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image processing method, comprising:
detecting, by a mobile terminal, a first operation used to select a photographing mode, wherein at least one camera is disposed on the mobile terminal;
determining, by the mobile terminal, a current photographing mode based on the first operation;
displaying, by the mobile terminal, a display interface used to select a field of view, wherein the display interface comprises an option of a field of view corresponding to the at least one camera;
detecting, by the mobile terminal, a second operation used to select options of at least two fields of view;
determining, by the mobile terminal, at least two fields of view corresponding to the current photographing mode based on the second operation, wherein the at least two fields of view are corresponding to one or more cameras;
detecting, by the mobile terminal, a third operation used for photographing;
obtaining, by the mobile terminal, a plurality of images corresponding to the at least two fields of view based on the third operation, wherein each of the at least two fields of view is corresponding to at least one image, and wherein each image in the plurality of images has same exposure parameters;
synthesizing, by the mobile terminal, the plurality of images to form a first image; and
displaying, by the mobile terminal, the first image.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the detecting the first operation used to select the photographing mode, the method further comprises:
starting a first camera; and
displaying a first photographing preview interface captured by the first camera;
wherein:
the display interface used to select the field of view comprises only a field of view corresponding to the first camera; or
the display interface used to select the field of view comprises only a field of view corresponding to the first camera, and a field of view corresponding to another camera on a same side of the mobile terminal as the first camera; or
on the display interface used to select the field of view, an option of the field of view corresponding to the first camera is displayed in a prominent manner; or
on the displayed display interface used to select a field of view, fields of view corresponding to a same camera are displayed in a same manner; or
on the display interface used to select the field of view, fields of view corresponding to cameras on a same side of the mobile terminal are displayed in a same manner; or
on the display interface used to select the field of view, a recommended combination of fields of view is displayed in a prominent manner.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein after the starting the first camera, and the displaying the first photographing preview interface captured by the first camera, the method further comprises:
detecting a fourth operation used to switch a camera;
starting a second camera to based on the fourth operation; and
displaying a second photographing preview interface captured by the second camera;
wherein:
the display interface used to select the field of view comprises only a field of view corresponding to the second camera; or
the display interface used to select the field of view comprises only a field of view corresponding to the second camera, and a field of view corresponding to another camera on a same side of the mobile terminal as the second camera; or
on the display interface used to select the field of view, an option of the field of view corresponding to the second camera is displayed in a prominent manner.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the synthesizing the plurality of images comprises:
sorting the plurality of images by field of view, and sequentially superposing each image.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the sequentially superposing each image comprises:
sequentially obtaining, in descending order of fields of view, a field of view ratio S of each image to an image Fmin corresponding to a smallest field of view;
keeping the image Fmin corresponding to the smallest field of view unchanged, and sequentially zooming in the remaining images based on the corresponding field of view ratio S to obtain a zoomed-in image; and
sequentially superposing the image Fmin and all zoomed-in images in ascending order of fields of view.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the sequentially superposing each image comprises:
sequentially obtaining, in descending order of fields of view, a field of view ratio S of an image Fmax corresponding to a largest field of view to each image;
keeping the image Fmax corresponding to the largest field of view unchanged, and sequentially zooming in the remaining images based on the corresponding field of view ratio S to obtain a zoomed-out image; and
sequentially superposing the image Fax and all zoomed-out images in ascending order of fields of view.

7. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the obtaining the plurality of images corresponding to the at least two fields of view comprises:
based on the at least two fields of view corresponding to a plurality of cameras, storing an original captured image corresponding to each camera of the plurality of cameras; and

wherein the synthesizing the plurality of images comprises:
synthesizing the original captured image corresponding to each camera of the plurality of cameras to generate a synthesized image, and associating the synthesized image with the original captured image corresponding to each camera of the plurality of cameras.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein after the displaying the synthesized image, the method further comprises:
detecting a fifth operation used for zooming; and
determining a current zoom mode and a current zoom ratio based on the fifth operation, wherein the current zoom mode comprises a first zoom mode or a second zoom mode;
wherein:
based on the current zoom mode being the first zoom mode, obtaining all original captured images corresponding to the synthesized image, zooming the original images based on the current zoom ratio, to form a second image, and displaying the second image; and
based on the current zoom mode being the second zoom mode, obtaining a maximum of two original captured images corresponding to the synthesized image, zooming the original images based on the current zoom ratio, to form a second image, and displaying the second image.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the at least one camera is M cameras, a number of the plurality of images is N images, M is equal to N, and the N images are captured simultaneously by the M cameras.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the at least one camera is one camera, a number of the plurality of images is N images, N is greater than one, the plurality of images are captured by the one camera at different times, and a shooting interval between two images in the plurality of images is less than a preset time threshold.

11. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to store computer program codes, the computer program codes comprise computer instructions, and wherein when the computer instructions are executed by the processor, the mobile terminal is caused to perform operations comprising:
determining a current photographing mode based on the first operation;
displaying a display interface used to select a field of view, wherein the display interface comprises an option of a field of view corresponding to the at least one camera;
detecting a second operation used to select options of at least two fields of view;
determining at lea

Assignees

• Honor Device Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jiang Dongsheng
• Du Mingliang
• Shi Haojun

Classifications

• H04N23/951 Primary

  by using two or more images to influence resolution, frame rate or aspect ratio · CPC title

• H04N23/62 Primary

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• H04N23/632 Primary

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

• H04N23/633

  for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera · CPC title