APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE IN DEVICE HAVING CAMERA

• US 20140185957A1
• Filed: 01/02/2014
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Kyunghwa
• Granted Patent: US 9,930,269 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/283
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/161 Detection; Localisation; Normalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2628 Alteration of picture size, shape, position or orientation, e.g. zooming, rotation, rolling, perspective, translation

Abstract

A method of cropping an image in an apparatus having a camera includes displaying an image, identifying a face area in the image if a crop mode is selected, setting and displaying a crop mark including the identified face area, and displaying a crop image by cropping an image in the crop mark if a crop execution is requested.

Claims

1. A method for processing an image in an apparatus having a camera, the method comprising:

displaying an image;

identifying a face area in the image when a crop mode is selected;

setting and displaying a crop mark including the identified face area; and

displaying a crop image by cropping an image in the crop mark when a crop execution is requested.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, when a plurality of face areas is identified, the setting the crop mark further comprises:

displaying each of the identified face areas; and

setting and displaying the crop mark by connecting an imaginary line circumscribing the displayed face areas.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the setting the crop mark includes expanding the crop mark by a predetermined ratio to encompass a margin of the crop mark.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein when the image includes only one face, the predetermined ratio corresponds to an extracted face area.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein expanding the crop mark expands the crop mark by 10%.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the screen ratio of the crop image is identical to the screen ratio of an original image.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein setting the crop mark further comprises:

displaying a menu for a screen ratio of a crop image; and

setting the screen ratio of the crop image in a selected screen ratio.

8. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

setting a crop type of the image when the crop mode is selected.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the crop type is one of:

a square type and a lasso type.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising obtaining the image from one of:

a still image and a moving image.

11. An apparatus having a camera, comprising:

a display unit configured to display an image;

an input unit configured to generate signals for a crop mode and crop execution; and

a control unit configured to;

identify a face area in the displayed image when a signal for crop mode is detected,

set and display a crop mark including the identified face area in the displayed image, and

display a crop image by cropping an image in the crop mark if a signal for crop execution is detected.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein, the control unit is further configured to:

in response to identifying a plurality of face areas, display each of the identified face areas, and set and display the crop mark by connecting an imaginary line circumscribing the displayed face areas.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control unit is further configured to expand the crop mark by a predetermined ratio to encompass a margin of the crop mark.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein when the image includes only one face, the predetermined ratio corresponds to an extracted face area.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the control unit is further configured to expand the crop mark area by 10%.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the control unit is further configured to display buttons to select a crop type of the displayed image in response to detecting a signal for crop type, and sets the crop type corresponding to a selected button.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the crop type is one of:

a square type and a lasso type.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the control unit is further configured to display a menu for a screen ratio of the crop image, and set the screen ratio of the crop image in a selected screen ratio.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control unit is further configured to obtain the image from one of:

a still image and a moving image.

20. An apparatus, comprising:

a display unit configured to display an image;

a plurality of cameras configured to capture images to be displayed by the display unit;

an input unit configured to generate signals for a crop mode and crop execution; and

a control unit configured to;

identify a face area in the displayed image when a signal for crop mode is detected,

set and display a crop mark including the identified face area in the displayed image, and

display a crop image by cropping an image in the crop mark if a signal for crop execution is detected.