Method for providing indication in multi-dimensional media in electronic device

• US 10,339,629 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2016
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Mathsyendranath, Raghavendra Kalose, Shukla, Alok Shankarlal, Choudhary, Pradeep, Narayanan, Karthik
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brinich, Stephen M
• Application Number:
  US15/288,370
• Publication Number:
  US 20170103535A1
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• Field of Search: 382199, 382195, 382103, 382118, 382149
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/26 having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/537 using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/262 Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects ; Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2624 for obtaining an image which is composed of whole input images, e.g. splitscreen

Abstract

An electronic device and a method for automatically displaying an indication in a multi-dimensional media in the electronic device are provided. The method includes receiving the multi-dimensional media at the electronic device, displaying a first view port of the multi-dimensional media on a screen of the electronic device, detecting at least one region of interest (ROI) in the multi-dimensional media based on plurality of parameters, and displaying an indication indicating at least one second view port of the multi-dimensional media on the screen. The second view port includes at least one ROI.

Claims

1. A method for use in an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving an image data of a multi-dimensional media comprising at least one of 360 degrees video, three-dimensional (3D) video, 360 degrees image or 3D image;

controlling a display to display a first field of view of the image data on the display;

determining at least one region of interest (ROI) in at least one second field of view of the image data; and

controlling the display to provide an indication aiding a user to navigate towards a direction of the at least one second field of view comprising the at least one ROI from the first field of view of the image data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

controlling the display to automatically display the at least one second field of view of the image data by replacing the first field of view of the image data.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

controlling the display to display the at least one second field of view of the image data with the first field of view of the image data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one second field of view is displayed in an ordering based on a ranking of the at least one second field of view.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one second field of view is displayed by replacing the first field of view based on a change of the ranking.

6. The method of claim 1,

wherein the indication comprises at least one of a visual indication, an audio indication, a thumbnail, and

wherein the thumbnail comprises the at least one region of interest (ROI).

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

extracting a plurality of features from the image data; and

determining the at least one ROI based on the plurality of features,

wherein the plurality of features comprises at least one of face attributes, motion attributes, aesthetic attributes, saliency attributes, and audio attributes.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

grouping the at least one RIO based on at least one of distance and similarity with the at least one ROI,

wherein the at least one second field of view is determined to comprise the grouped at least one ROI.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

if the at least one ROI moves along the image data, updating the at least one second field of view to comprise the moving ROI by tracking the at least one ROI.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an input to navigate from the first field of view to the at least one second field of view;

if a distance between the first field of view and the at least one second field of view is within a threshold, performing a seamless transition from the first field of view to the at least one second field of view; and

if the distance exceeds the threshold, rendering the at least one second field of view without the seamless transition.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

at least one transceiver configured to receive an image data of a multi-dimensional media comprising at least one of 360 degrees video, three-dimensional (3D) video, 360 degrees image or 3D image; and

at least one computer processor, operatively coupled to the at least one transceiver,

wherein the at least one computer processor is configured to;

control the display to display a first field of view of the image data on the display;

determine at least one region of interest (ROI) in at least one second field of view of the image data, and

control the display to provide an indication aiding a user to navigate towards a direction of the at least one second field of view comprising the at least one ROI from the first field of view of the image data.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the at least one computer processor is further configured to control the display to automatically display the at least one second field of view of the image data by replacing the first field of view of the image data.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the at least one computer processor is further configured to control the display to display the at least one second field of view of the image data with the first field of view of the image data.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the at least one second field of view is displayed in an ordering based on a ranking of the at least one second field of view.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the at least one second field of view is displayed by replacing the first field of view based on a change of the ranking.

16. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the indication comprises at least one of a visual indication, an audio indication, a thumbnail comprising the at least one ROI.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the at least one computer processor is further configured to:

extract a plurality of features from the image data; and

determine the at least one RIO based on the plurality of features,

wherein the plurality of features comprise at least one of face attributes, motion attributes, aesthetic attributes, saliency attributes, and audio attributes.

18. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the at least one computer processor is further configured to:

group the at least one ROI based on at least one of distance and similarity with the at least one ROI,

wherein the at least one second field of view is determined to comprise the grouped at least one ROI.

19. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein, if the at least one ROI moves along the image data, the at least one computer processor is further configured to update the at least one second field of view to comprise the moving ROI by tracking the at least one ROI.

20. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the at least one computer processor is further configured to:

receive an input to navigate from the first field of view to the at least one second field of view;

if a distance between the first field of view and the at least one second field of view is within a threshold, perform a seamless transition from the first field of view to the at least one second field of view; and

if the distance exceeds the threshold, render the at least one second field of view without the seamless transition.