METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR REPRODUCING IMAGES

• US 20120188273A1
• Filed: 08/01/2011
• Published: 07/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Bang, Hyo-sang, Seung, Jung-ah
• Application Number:
  US13/195,185
• Publication Number:
  US 20120188273A1
• 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

Example methods, apparatuses and computer-readable media for reproducing images are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes reproducing a first image, recognizing a first location of a main object in the first image, recognizing a second location of a main object in a second image, and reproducing the second image so that the main object in the second image is displayed at substantially the first location of the main object in the first image.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

reproducing a first image;

recognizing a first location of a main object in the first image;

recognizing a second location of the main object in a second image; and

reproducing the second image so that the main object in the second image is displayed at substantially the first location of the main object in the first image.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

recognizing a first size of the main object of the first image;

recognizing a second size of the main object of the second image; and

scaling the second image according to the first size of the main object of the first image and the second size of the main object of the second image.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

recognizing a third location of the main object in a third image; and

reproducing the third image so that the main object in the third image is displayed at substantially the first location of the main object of the first image.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

shifting and reproducing the third image so that the main object in the third image is displayed at substantially the second location of the main object in the second image; and

reproducing the third image according to a reproducing region.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

reproducing the first image so that the main object in the first image is displayed in a user-defined area; and

reproducing the second image so that the main object of the second image is displayed in the user-defined area.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

reproducing the first image according to a reproducing region;

shifting and reproducing the second image so that the main object in the second image is displayed at substantially the first location of the main object in the first image; and

reproducing the second image according to the reproducing region.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the main object;

grouping images including the main object; and

determining the first image and the second image in the group of images comprising the main object.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the main object is a face, and further comprising:

grouping images comprising the face; and

determining the first image and the second image in the group of images.

9. An apparatus comprising:

an object location recognizer to recognize a main object of a first image and a second image;

a reproducing location adjuster to determine a reproducing location of the second image so that the main object of the second image is displayed at substantially a location of the main object of the first image; and

an image reproducing unit to reproduce the second image according to the reproducing location of the second image after reproducing the first image.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

an object size recognizer to recognize a first size of the main object of the first image and a second size of the main object of the second image; and

a scaling unit for scaling the second image according to the first size of the main object of the first image and the second size of the main object of the second image.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the object location recognizer is to recognize a second location of the main object of a third image, the reproducing location adjuster is to determine a second reproducing location of the third image so that the main object of the third image is displayed at substantially the location of the main object of the first image, and the image reproducing unit reproduces the third image according to the second reproducing location of the third image after reproducing the second image.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the reproducing location adjuster is to determine a second reproducing location of the first image and the reproducing location of the second image so that the main object of the first image and the main object of the second image are displayed substantially in a user-set area, and the image reproducing unit is to display the first image substantially at the second reproducing location of the first image and display the second image substantially at the reproducing location of the second image.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the image reproducing unit is to shift and reproduce the first image according to a reproducing region, to reproduce the second image according to the reproducing location of the second image, and further comprising a readjusting unit to control the second image to be reproduced according to the reproducing region.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the object location recognizer is to recognize the main object in a third image, the reproducing location adjuster to determine a third reproducing location of the third image so that the main object in the third image is displayed at substantially the location of the main object of the second image, the image reproducing unit is to shift and reproduce the third image according to the third reproducing location of the third image, and the readjusting unit is to control the third image to be reproduced according to the reproducing region.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

an object detector to detect the main object;

a grouping unit to group images including the main object; and

a reproducing image determining unit to determine the first image and the second image in the group of images comprising the main object.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the main object is a face, and further comprising:

an object recognizer to recognize a face detected in an image;

a grouping unit to group images comprising the face; and

a reproducing image determining unit to determine the first image and the second image in the group of images comprising the face.

17. A tangible computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon computer program codes that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

reproduce a first image;

recognize a first location of a main object in the first image;

recognize a second location of a main object in a second image; and

reproduce the second image so that the main object in the second image is displayed at substantially the first location of the main object in the first image.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the program code, when executed, cause the machine to:

recognize a first size of the main object of the first image;

recognize a second size of the main object of the second image; and

scale the second image according to the first size of the main object of the first image and the second size of the main object of the second image.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the program code, when executed, cause the machine to:

recognize a third location of the main object in a third image; and

reproduce the third image so that the main object in the third image is displayed at substantially the first location of the main object of the first image.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the program code, when executed, cause the machine to:

reproduce the first image so that the main object in the first image is displayed in a user-defined area; and

reproduce the second image so that the main object of the second image is displayed in the user-defined area.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the program code, when executed, cause the machine to:

reproduce the first image according to a reproducing region;

shift and reproduce the second image so that the main object in the second image is displayed at substantially the first location of the main object in the first image; and

reproduce the second image according to the reproducing region.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the program code, when executed, cause the machine to:

detect the main object;

group images including the main object; and

determine the first image and the second image in the group of images comprising the main object.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the main object is a face and the program code, when executed, cause the machine to:

group images comprising the face; and

determine the first image and the second image in the groups of images comprising the faces.