ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PHOTOS MERGING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100097397A1
• Filed: 08/14/2009
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: HUANG, TZU-HAO
• Application Number:
  US12/541,366
• Publication Number:
  US 20100097397A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

An electronic device and a method for merging photos to obtain a merged photo using an electronic device captures at least one portrait photo using a camera module of the electronic device and edits the at least one portrait photo to obtain at least one cropped photo. The electronic device and the method for merges the selected cropped photo with the captured scenic photo to obtain a merged photo.

Claims

1. A method for merging photos to obtain a merged photo using an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a camera module, the method comprising:

capturing at least one portrait photo using the camera module of the electronic device;

editing the at least one portrait photo to obtain at least one cropped photo;

selecting a cropped photo from the at least one cropped photo;

capturing a scenic photo using the camera module of the electronic device;

merging the selected cropped photo with the captured scenic photo to obtain a merged photo; and

storing the merged photo into a storage system of the electronic device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one portrait photo is edited using a cursor to select the desired portions of the photos and cropping the undesired portion to obtain the cropped photo.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage system is selected from the group consisting of a smart media card, a secure digital card, and a compact flash card.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant.

5. An electronic device, the electronic device comprising:

a camera module operable to capture a plurality of portrait photos;

a storage system;

at least one processor; and

one or more programs stored in the storage system and being executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

an editing module operable to edit the at least one portrait photo captured by the camera module of the electronic device to obtain at least one cropped photo;

a selecting module operable to select a cropped photo;

a merging module operable to merge the select cropped photo with a scenic photo captured by the camera module of the electronic device; and

a storing module operable to store the merged photo into the storage system of the electronic device.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the at least one portrait photo is edited using a cursor to select the desired portions of the photos and cropping the undesired portion to obtain the cropped photo.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the storage system is selected from the group consisting of a smart media card, a secure digital card, and a compact flash card.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the electronic device is a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant.

9. A storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor to perform a method for merging photos to obtain a merged photo using an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a camera module, the method comprising:

capturing at least one portrait photo using the camera module of the electronic device;

editing the at least one portrait photo to obtain at least one cropped photo;

selecting a cropped photo from the at least one cropped photo;

capturing a scenic photo using the camera module of the electronic device;

merging the selected cropped photo with the captured scenic photo to obtain a merged photo; and

storing the merged photo into a storage system of the electronic device.

10. The storage medium as claimed in claim 9, wherein the at least one portrait photo is edited using a cursor to select the desired portions of the photos and cropping the undesired portion to obtain the cropped photo.

11. The storage medium as claimed in claim 9, wherein the electronic device is a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant.