Display apparatus and method for video calling thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9319632-B2
Application number	US-201414146069-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 2, 2014
Priority date	Jan 2, 2013
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

A display apparatus and a method for video calling thereof are provided. The method includes: capturing an image; detecting a face of at least one user from the captured image; setting an interest area to include a preset body part of the at least one user whose face has been detected; editing the interest area set in the captured image to generate a video calling image; and transmitting the video calling image to an external apparatus.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A video calling method of a display apparatus, the method comprising:
capturing an image;
detecting a face of at least one user from the captured image;
setting an interest area to include the detected face of the at least one user and an upper body of the at least one user;
editing the set interest area in the captured image to generate a video calling image based on a display resolution of the display apparatus; and
transmitting the video calling image to an external apparatus.

2. The video calling method of claim 1 , wherein if the face of the at least one user is detected from the captured image, the interest area is set so that the preset body part of the at least one user is positioned in a center of the interest area.

3. The video calling method of claim 2 , wherein if a face of another user is additionally detected when the face of the at least one user is detected from the captured image, the interest area is reset so that all of preset body parts of the another user and the at least one user are positioned in the interest area.

4. The video calling method of claim 1 , wherein if faces of a plurality of users are detected from the captured image, the interest area is set so that preset body parts of the plurality of users are positioned in the interest area.

5. The video calling method of claim 4 , wherein if a face of one of the plurality of users is moved outside the captured image and thus is not detected when the faces of the plurality of users are detected from the captured image, the interest area is reset so that a preset body part of at least a remaining one of the plurality of users is positioned in the interest area.

6. The video calling method of claim 1 , wherein the generation of the video calling image comprises:
cropping the interest area from the captured image; and
scaling the cropped interest area according to a display resolution to generate the video calling image.

7. The video calling method of claim 1 , further comprising:
if the preset body part of the at least one user whose face has been detected does not exist in the captured image, performing an electronic zoom operation so that the preset body part of the at least one user is positioned in the captured image.

8. The video calling method of claim 1 , wherein the face and the upper body of the at least one user are included in a preset body part of the at least one user.

9. A display apparatus comprising:
a photographing device configured to capture an image;
a controller configured to detect a face of at least one user from the captured image, set an interest area to include the detected face of the at least one user and an upper body of the at least one user, and edit the interest area set in the captured image to generate a video calling image based on a display resolution of the display apparatus; and
a communicator configured to transmit the video calling image to an external apparatus.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein if the face of the at least one user is detected from the captured image, the controller sets the interest area so that the preset body part of the at least one user is positioned in a center of the interest area.

11. The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein if a face of another user is additionally detected when the face of the at least one user is detected from the captured image, the controller resets the interest area so that all of preset body parts of the another user and the at least one user are positioned in the interest area.

12. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein if faces of a plurality of users are detected from the captured image, the controller sets the interest area so that preset body parts of the plurality of users are positioned in the interest area.

13. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein if a face of one of the plurality of users is moved outside the captured image and thus is not detected when the faces of the plurality of users are detected from the captured image, the controller resets the interest area so that a preset body part of at least a remaining one of the plurality of users is positioned in the interest area.

14. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the controller crops the interest area from the captured image and scales the cropped interest area according to a display resolution to generate the video calling image.

15. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein if the preset body part of the at least one user whose face has been detected does not exist in the captured image, the controller performs an electronic zoom operation so that the preset body part of the at least one user is positioned in the interest area.

16. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the face and the upper body are included in a preset body part of the at least one user.

17. A video calling method of a display apparatus, the video calling method comprising:
capturing an image of at least one user;
detecting a face of the user from the captured image;
setting an interest area including the detected face of the user and an upper body of the user;
editing the interest area based on a display resolution of the display apparatus, and
generating a video call image based on the face and the upper body in the edited interest area.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein if an image of an additional user is detected in the captured image, the interest area is reset to include the face and the upper body of the at least one user and a face and an upper body of the additional user.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the editing of the interest area comprises cropping the interest area from the captured image, and scaling the cropped interest area based on the display resolution of the display apparatus.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Sang-Yoon
• Lee Bong-Seok
• Ryu Hee-Seob
• Park Seung-Kwon
• Lee Dong-Ho

Classifications

• E04D11/02 Primary

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  Insulating devices or arrangements in so far as the roof covering is concerned, {e.g. characterised by the material or composition of the roof insulating material or its integration in the roof structure} · CPC title

• E04D1/34

  Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements · CPC title

• H04N23/61

  based on recognised objects · 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