Method and electronic device for generating content based on capacity of external device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12417243-B2
Application number	US-202217864820-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2022
Priority date	Jul 14, 2021
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module, a camera module, a memory configured to store capability-related information about an external electronic device and information related to content, and a processor configured to be operatively connected to the communication module, the camera module, and the memory. The processor may generate at least one first content corresponding to a user using the camera module, may convert the at least one first content into at least one second content, based on the capability-related information about the external electronic device and the information related to the content, and may transmit the converted at least one second content to the external electronic device through the communication module.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a communication circuitry;
a camera;
memory configured to store capability-related information of an external electronic device; and
a processor operatively connected to the communication circuitry, the camera, and the memory,
wherein the memory is further configured to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:
generate a first avatar corresponding to a user using the camera,
identify first configuration information corresponding to each of a plurality of body parts based on the first avatar,
change the first configuration information into at least one piece of second configuration information determined based on the capability-related information of the external electronic device, wherein the at least one piece of second configuration information comprises texture information about each of the plurality of body parts, texture size information determined based on the texture information, or texture format information determined based on the texture information, and is determined separately for each of the plurality of body parts,
generate a second avatar different from the first avatar based on the at least one piece of second configuration information corresponding to each of the plurality of body parts, and
transmit the second avatar to the external electronic device through the communication circuitry.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first avatar and the second avatar comprise at least one of an avatar replacing the user, virtual content, a virtual character, or a virtual icon, which are generated based on an image captured using the camera.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the capability-related information of the external electronic device comprises specification information and capability information about at least one component forming the external electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the texture information about the first avatar comprises at least one of albedo, normal, metallic, or roughness, which represents a visual texture.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the texture format information about the first avatar comprises a compression method for minimizing quality deterioration and a lossy compression method in which quality deterioration occurs, in an operation of compressing an avatar to be converted into a file format.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the first configuration information related to the first avatar further comprises information about a part forming the first avatar, and
wherein the information about the part forming the first avatar comprises at least one of a head part, a body part, or a bottom part.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
generate third avatar corresponding to the external electronic device, based on the capability-related information of the external electronic device, in response to a request signal of the external electronic device; and
transmit the third avatar to the external electronic device through the communication circuitry.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify whether the third avatar is stored in the memory in response to the request signal of the external electronic device; and
transmit the third avatar stored in the memory to the external electronic device in response to the third avatar being stored in the memory.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the external electronic device comprises at least one of a wearable watch, augmented reality (AR) glasses, a smartphone, a virtual reality (VR) device, or a personal computer (PC).

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one piece of second configuration information comprises information about each of the plurality of body parts indicating which of the plurality of body parts to include or exclude based on the capability-related information of the external electronic device.

11. A method comprising:
generating a first avatar corresponding to a user using a camera;
identifying first configuration information corresponding to each of a plurality of body parts based on the first avatar;
changing the first configuration information into at least one piece of second configuration information determined based on capability-related information of an external electronic device, wherein the at least one piece of second configuration information comprises texture information about each of the plurality of body parts, texture size information determined based on the texture information, or texture format information determined based on the texture information, and is determined separately for each of the plurality of body parts;
generating a second avatar different from the first avatar based on the at least one piece of second configuration information corresponding to each of the plurality of body parts; and
transmitting the second avatar to the external electronic device.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first avatar and the second avatar comprise at least one of an avatar replacing the user, virtual content, a virtual character, or a virtual icon, which are generated based on an image captured using the camera.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the capability-related information of the external electronic device comprises specification information and capability information about at least one component forming the external electronic device.

14. The method of claim 11 ,
wherein the texture information about the first avatar comprises at least one of albedo, normal, metallic, or roughness, which represent a visual texture.

15. The method of claim 11 ,
wherein the texture format information about the first avatar comprises a compression method for minimizing quality deterioration and a lossy compression method in which quality deterioration occurs, in an operation of compressing an avatar to be converted into a file format,
wherein the first configuration information related to the first avatar further comprises information about a part forming the first avatar, and
wherein the information about the part forming the first avatar comprises at least one of a head part, a body part, or a bottom part.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
generating third avatar corresponding to the external electronic device, based on the capability-related information of the external electronic device, in response to a request signal of the external electronic device; and
transmitting the third avatar to the external electronic device through a communication circuitry.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
identifying whether the third avatar is stored in a memory in response to the request signal of the external electronic device; and
transmitting the third avatar stored in the memory to the external electronic device in response to the third avatar being stored in the memory.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one piece of second configuration information comprises information about each of the plurality of body parts indicating which of the plurality of body parts to include or exclude based on the capability-related information of the external electronic device.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lim Jinho
• Moon Jongbo
• Lee Joohong
• Chae Sangwon
• Park Chanmin

Classifications

• G06T9/00

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• G06T11/60

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• G06F16/116

  Details of conversion of file system types or formats · CPC title

• G06T2207/30196

  Human being; Person · CPC title

• G06F1/163

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title