Image capture component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016353030-A1
Application number	US-201514725398-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 29, 2015
Priority date	May 29, 2015
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

One or more systems and/or methods for capturing an image are provided. In an example, an application interface (e.g., a weather application interface), within which the image is to be populated, may be identified. The application interface may be evaluated to identify display context (e.g., a temperature label, weather visual effect, a weather icon, etc.) of the application interface. A camera user interface, associated with a camera of a device, may be displayed to a user. The display context may be overlaid a real-time image capture preview provided by the camera user interface so that the user may preview how the image may appear when used as a background image for the application interface (e.g., how a scene of a park may appear when the temperature label, weather icon, etc. are displayed over the background image). The image may be captured through the camera user interface utilizing the camera.

First claim

1 . A method for capturing an image, comprising:
identifying an application interface within which an image is to be populated; evaluating the application interface to identify display context of the application interface; evaluating the display context to determine if the display context is fixed or variable; responsive to determining that the display context is variable, defining dynamic display context for the display context; displaying a camera user interface, associated with a camera of a device, to a user; overlaying the dynamic display context over a real-time image capture preview provided by the camera user interface; and capturing the image through the camera user interface utilizing the camera.

2 . The method of claim 1 , the display context comprising one or more user interface elements of the application interface.

3 . The method of claim 2 , the overlaying the dynamic display context comprising:
overlaying one or more user interface elements over the real-time image capture preview.

4 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
populating the image into the application interface.

5 . The method of claim 4 , the populating comprising:
utilizing the image as a background image for the application interface.

6 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
responsive to a focal point within the real-time image capture preview being obstructed by the dynamic display context, adjusting the real-time image capture preview such that the image focal point is not obstructed by the dynamic display context.

7 . The method of claim 1 , the display context comprising at least one of:
a text context, an image context, an advertisement context, an interactive context, or a visual effect context.

8 . The method of claim 7 , the visual effect context comprising:
a fading visual effect context, a magnifying visual effect context, a brightness visual effect context, an opacity visual effect context, a weather condition visual effect context, a road condition visual effect context, or a sporting visual effect context.

9 . The method of claim 4 , the populating comprising:
selecting the image from an image repository; providing the image to the application user interface; and utilizing the image as a background image for the application interface.

10 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
tagging the image with a digital identifier corresponding to at least one of the display context, the image, or the user; and storing the image within an image repository.

11 . The method of claim 9 , the selecting comprising:
identifying the image as having a digital identifier corresponding to the display context of the application interface.

12 . The method of claim 1 , the application interface comprising at least one of:
a weather application interface, a sports application interface, a scrapbooking application interface, or a social media application interface.

13 . The method of claim 1 , the application interface comprising a social media application interface and the method comprising:
providing the image to the social media application interface; and utilizing the image within the social media application interface as a profile image or a cover photograph image.

14 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
applying at least one of a filter, a camera setting adjustment, or an image setting adjustment to the real-time image capture preview; and the capturing comprising generating the image based upon the real-time image capture preview and at least one of the filter, the camera setting adjustment, or the image setting adjustment.

15 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
evaluating a second display context to determine if the second display context is fixed or variable; and responsive to determining that the second display context is fixed, overlaying the second display context over a second real-time image capture preview provided by the camera user interface.

16 . The method of claim 1 , the populating comprising:
identifying a user feature for the user; selecting the image from an image repository based upon the user feature; providing the image to the application user interface; and utilizing the image as a background image for the application interface.

17 . A system for capturing an image, comprising:
a processor; and memory comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause implementation of an image capture component configured to:
identify an application interface within which an image is to be populated;
evaluate the application interface to identify display context of the application interface;
evaluate the display context to determine if the display context is fixed or variable;
responsive to determining that the display context is variable, define dynamic display context for the display context;
display a camera user interface, associated with a camera of a device, to a user;
overlay the dynamic display context over a real-time image capture preview provided by the camera user interface;
capture the image through the camera user interface utilizing the camera; and
populate the image into the application interface.

18 . The system of claim 17 , the image capture component configured to:
responsive to detecting a change from the dynamic display context to a second display context, query an image repository to identify a second image having a second digital identifier corresponding to the second display context; and populate the second image into the application interface.

19 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which when executed perform a method for capturing an image, comprising:
identifying an application interface within which an image is to be populated; evaluating the application interface to identify display context of the application interface; evaluating the display context to determine if the display context is fixed or variable; responsive to determining that the display context is variable, defining dynamic display context for the display context; displaying a camera user interface, associated with a camera of a device, to a user; overlaying the dynamic display context over a real-time image capture preview provided by the camera user interface; applying at least one of a filter, a camera setting adjustment, or an image setting adjustment to the real-time image capture preview; capturing the image through the camera user interface utilizing the camera; and populating the image into the application interface to be utilized as a background image for the application interface.

20 . The computer readable medium of claim 19 , comprising:
tagging the image with a digital identifier corresponding to at least one of the display context, the image, or the user; and storing the image within an image repository.

Assignees

• Yahoo Inc

Inventors

• Gao Shenglong
• Mathes Adam
• Choi Gregory
• Lee Dongeun
• da Silva Pereira Luiz Fernando
• Tang yuhuan

Classifications

• H04N23/632 Primary

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

• H04N21/4788

  communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} · CPC title

• H04N21/2743 Primary

  Video hosting of uploaded data from client · CPC title

• H04N21/488

  Data services, e.g. news ticker {(systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71)} · CPC title

• H04N5/265

  Mixing · CPC title