Electronic device and method for synthesizing continuously taken images

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9870619-B2
Application number	US-201414209037-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2014
Priority date	Mar 14, 2013
Publication date	Jan 16, 2018
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018

Abstract

An operation method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting motion objects in each of two or more continuously captured images, determining whether the detected motion objects are synthesizable for use as wallpaper, and providing feedback according to whether the detected motion objects are synthesizable for use as wallpaper.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
obtaining a plurality of consecutive images including a moving object from a camera operatively coupled with the electronic device;
obtaining motion vectors concerning the moving object from the plurality of consecutive images;
determining, based on the obtained motion vectors, a plurality of first images satisfying effectiveness of image synthesis among the plurality of consecutive images;
displaying the determined plurality of first images on a first region of a screen of the electronic device;
detecting touch selections of two or more images among the plurality of first images displayed on the first region of the screen;
synthesizing the touch selected two or more images to generate a synthesized image; and
displaying the generated synthesized image on a second region, separated from the first region, of the screen,
wherein the determining of the plurality of first images comprises:
determining whether the motion vectors obtained from two sequential images are located within a set range;
if it is determined that the motion vectors obtained from the two sequential images are located out of the set range, determining that the two sequential images do not satisfy the effectiveness of image synthesis; and
if it is determined that the motion vectors obtained from the two sequential images are located within the set range, determining that the two sequential images satisfy the effectiveness of image synthesis.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined plurality of first images are arranged in a row.

3. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the screen is rectangular with four sides,
wherein the first region of the screen is disposed in the vicinity of one side of the four sides.

4. An electronic device comprising:
a screen; and
a processor operatively coupled with the screen, the processor configured to:
obtain a plurality of consecutive images including a moving object from a camera operatively coupled with the electronic device,
obtain motion vectors concerning the moving object from the plurality of consecutive images,
determine, based on the obtained motion vectors, a plurality of first images satisfying effectiveness of image synthesis among the plurality of consecutive images,
display the determined plurality of first images on a first region of the screen,
detect touch selections of two or more images among the plurality of first images displayed on the first region of the screen,
synthesize the touch selected two or more images to generate a synthesized image, and
display the generated synthesized image on a second region, separated from the first region, of the screen,

wherein, when determining the plurality of first images, the processor is further configured to:
determine whether the motion vectors obtained from two sequential images are located within a set range,
if it is determined that the motion vectors are located out of the set range, determine that the two sequential images do not satisfy the effectiveness of image synthesis, and
if it is determined that the motion vectors are located within the set range, determine that the two sequential images satisfy the effectiveness of image synthesis.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the determined plurality of first images are arranged in a row.

6. The device of claim 4 ,
wherein the screen is rectangular with four sides,
wherein the first region of the screen is disposed in the vicinity of one side of the four sides.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sohn Jae-Sik
• Lee Ki-Huk
• Yoon Young-Kwon
• Lee Woo-Yong

Classifications

• G06T11/10

  Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) · CPC title

• G06T7/20 Primary

  Analysis of motion (motion estimation for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/43, H04N19/51) · CPC title

• G06T11/001

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06T11/60 Primary

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

• G06T2207/20221

  Image fusion; Image merging · CPC title