Method and apparatus for displaying images

• US 10,459,965 B2
• Filed: 12/02/2014
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhao, Haibin, Li, Yuanyou
• Primary Examiner(s): Li, Ruiping
• Application Number:
  US15/036,242
• Publication Number:
  US 20160299893A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,792 Days
• Field of Search: 382218
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/22 Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03 Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user

Abstract

A method of displaying an image performed by a device includes generating a display image with respect to each of a plurality of image groups in the device; selecting one of the plurality of image groups in the device based on a user input; searching for the display image that matches the selected image group; and displaying the found display image, wherein the found display image comprises a preview image that matches each of a plurality of images included in the selected image group.

Claims

1. A method of displaying an image, performed by a device, the method comprising:

generating a plurality of display images for a plurality of image groups in the device;

selecting a first image group among the plurality of image groups based on a first user input;

searching for a first display image matching the first image group; and

displaying the first display image,

wherein the generating step comprises;

generating a preview image corresponding to an image included in one of the plurality of image groups based on an important region of the image, and

disposing the preview image onto one of a plurality of regions on a display of the device based on a preset rule that the one of a plurality of regions in which the preview image is to be placed is determined according to an importance information set to the image included in the one of the plurality of image groups.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the plurality of display images comprises:

generating image matching information by matching a location of the preview image, disposed in the one of the plurality of display images, with an image file path of the image that corresponds to the generated preview image.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the generating of the preview image comprises:

determining an important region of the image included in the one of the plurality of image groups; and

generating the preview image by processing the image in relation to the determined important region.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the preview image included in the displayed display image based on a second user input;

performing a function provided by the device on the image that matches the selected preview image; and

adjusting the display image by including a result of performing the function; and

displaying the adjusted display image.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the performing step comprises:

using image matching information included in the device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the searching step comprises:

when the first display image is not found, generating a second display image with respect to the first image group, and

displaying the second display image.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing the method of claim 1.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the image is determined based on at least one of times when the image is obtained, a user input, sources of the image, or a preset rule.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the display image comprises:

splitting a display into a plurality of regions; and

disposing the preview image in one of the plurality of regions.

7. A device comprising:

at least one processor configured to;

generate a plurality of display images for a plurality of image groups in the device,

select a first image group among the plurality of image groups based on a first user input, and

search for a first display image matching the first image group;

an input interface configured to receive the first user input; and

a display configured to display the first display image,

wherein the at least one processor further configured to;

generate a preview image corresponding to an image included in one of the plurality of image groups based on an important region of the image, and

dispose the preview image onto one of a plurality of regions on the display of the device based on a preset rule that a size of a region in which the preview image is to be placed is determined according to an importance information set to the image included in the one of the plurality of image groups.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

generate image matching information by matching a location of the disposed preview image in the one of the plurality of display images with an image file path of the image that corresponds to the generated preview image.

9. The device of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine an important region of the images included in the one of the plurality of image groups, and

generate the preview image by processing the image in relation to the determined important region.

10. The device of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

select the preview image included in the displayed display image based on a second user input received from the input interface,

perform a function provided by the device on the image that matches the preview image, and

adjust the display image by including a result of performing the function,

wherein the display displays the adjusted display image.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to use image matching information included in the device.

12. The device of claim 7,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate, when the first display image matching the first image group is not found, a second display image with respect to the first image group, and

control the display to display the generated display image.

15. The device of claim 7, wherein the image is determined based on at least one of times when the image is obtained, a user input, sources of the image, or a preset rule.

17. The device of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

split the display into a plurality of regions, and

dispose the preview image in one of the plurality of regions.