Electronic device for displaying a plurality of images and method for processing an image

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016371815-A1
Application number	US-201615172968-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 3, 2016
Priority date	Jun 17, 2015
Publication date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device and a method for processing an image are provided. The electronic device includes a display configured to display a plurality of images on a screen and a processor configured to detect a number of objects included in each of the plurality of images, determine a scaling factor for each of the plurality of images based on the detected number of objects, resize one or more images among the plurality of images based on the determined scaling factor for each of the plurality of images, and control at least one of a layout and a display order of the plurality of images based on the resized images and control the display to display the plurality of images.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device for processing an image, the electronic device comprising:
a display configured to display a plurality of images on a screen; and a processor configured to:
detect a number of objects included in each of the plurality of images,
determine a scaling factor for each of the plurality of images based on the detected number of objects,
resize one or more images among the plurality of images based on the determined scaling factor for each of the plurality of images, and
control at least one of a layout and a display order of the plurality of images based on the resized images and control the display to display the plurality of images.

2 . The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to resize an image with a larger number of objects among the plurality of images to be larger than an image with a smaller number of objects among the plurality of images.

3 . The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to selectively display images where objects of the images occupy a high proportion of the images from among the resized images of the plurality of images.

4 . The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine a region of interest (ROI) for each of the plurality of images, crop a region where the objects are included out of at least one image among the plurality of images based on the determined ROI for each of the plurality of images, and control the display to display an image of the cropped region.

5 . The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in response to an image being selected from among the plurality of images and a user manipulation menu being overlaid and displayed on the selected image, the processor is further configured to control the display to shift and display the user manipulation menu from a region of the selected image to a region where the objects are not detected.

6 . The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
divide a region where the plurality of images are displayed into n number of designated tiled forms, and control the display to re-render and display the images resized according to the number of objects included in each of the plurality of images in the n number of tiled forms.

7 . The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in response to the objects being included in an image and a caption for describing the image being displayed separately from the image, the processor is further configured to:
overlay the caption on the image, and control the display to resize and display the image.

8 . The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the scaling factor by comparing the number of objects included in each of the plurality of images.

9 . The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to detect the objects by using at least one of color contrast, edge density, Bayesian integration, and Superficial Straddling.

10 . The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage unit, wherein, in response to an image being stored in the storage unit, the processor is further configured to:
determine the number of objects included in the image before the image is stored in the storage unit, and
store the determined number objects of the image in the storage unit along with the image, and
wherein, in response to an image being loaded in the electronic device in real time, the processor is further configured to:
determine the number of objects included in the image while the image is loaded, and
store the determined number of objects of the image in the storage unit along with information on the image.

11 . A method for processing an image in an electronic device, the method comprising:
recognizing a plurality of images in the electronic device; detecting a number of objects included in each of the plurality of images; determining a scaling factor for each of the plurality of images based on the detected number of objects; resizing one or more images among the plurality of images based on the determined scaling factor for each of the plurality of images; controlling at least one of a layout and a display order of the plurality of images based on the resized images; and displaying the plurality of images on a screen of the electronic device.

12 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the resizing of the one or more images comprises resizing an image with a larger number of objects among the plurality of images to be larger than an image with a smaller number of objects among the plurality of images.

13 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the displaying of the plurality of images comprises selectively displaying images where objects of the images occupy a high proportion of the images from among the resized images of the plurality of images.

14 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising:
determining a region of interest (ROI) for each of the plurality of images; cropping a region where the objects are included out of at least one image among the plurality of images based on the determined ROI for each of the plurality of images; and displaying an image of the cropped region.

15 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising:
shifting and displaying, in response to an image being selected from among the plurality of images, and a user manipulation menu being overlaid and displayed on the selected image, the user manipulation menu from a region of the selected image to a region where the objects are not detected.

16 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising:
dividing a region where the plurality of images are displayed into n number of designated tiled forms; and re-rendering and displaying the images resized according to the number of objects included in each of the plurality of images in the n number of tiled forms.

17 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising:
overlaying, in response to the objects being included in an image, and a caption for describing the image being displayed separately from the image, the caption on the image and resizing and displaying the image.

18 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the determining of the scaling factor comprises determining the scaling factor by comparing the number of objects included in each of the plurality of images.

19 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the detecting comprises detecting the objects by using at least one of color contrast, edge density, Bayesian integration, and Superficial Straddling.

20 . The method as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising:
determining, in response to an image being stored in the electronic device, the number of objects included in the image before the image is stored in the electronic device and storing the determined number objects of the image in the electronic device along with the image; and determining, in response to an image being loaded in the electronic device in real time, the number of objects included in the image while the image is loaded and storing the determined number of objects of the image in the electronic device along with information on the image.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Patankar Anish Anil
• Bose Joy

Classifications

• G06T3/4007 Primary

  based on interpolation, e.g. bilinear interpolation (image demosaicing G06T3/4015; edge-driven or edge-based scaling G06T3/403) · CPC title

• H04N7/15

  Conference systems · CPC title

• G06K9/6202

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04N7/147

  Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q) · CPC title