METHOD OF CHANGING ALGORITHM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR

• US 20150067321A1
• Filed: 08/22/2014
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: BAEK, Woo-Hyun
• Granted Patent: US 9,805,446 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/575 Secure boot
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2119/16 Equivalence checking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/30 Circuit design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/33 Design verification, e.g. functional simulation or model checking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/455 Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/00 Image enhancement or restoration
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/61 based on the service used
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/683 performed by a processor, e.g. controlling the readout of an image memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/741 by increasing the dynamic range of the image compared to the dynamic range of the electronic image sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/80 Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof

Abstract

A method of changing an algorithm used in an electronic device and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes determining an algorithm based on at least one of information about environments and information about a useful amount of resources, determining a variable of the determined algorithm based on the at least one of information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources, and executing the determined algorithm based on the determined variable of the algorithm.

Claims

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

determining an algorithm based on at least one of information about environments and information about a useful amount of resources;

determining a variable of the determined algorithm based on the at least one of information about the environments and information about the useful amount of resources; and

executing the determined algorithm based on the determined variable of the algorithm.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination of the algorithm based on the at least the one of information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources comprises searching for an algorithm corresponding to the at least one of information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources from a table indicating mapping relation between the at least one of information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources and at least one algorithm.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination of the variable of the determined algorithm based on the at least the one of the information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources comprises:

selecting at least one variable to change a value of the selected at least one variable in the determined algorithm based on the at least one of information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources;

determining whether the at least one of information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources satisfies at least one condition; and

determining a value of at least the one selected variable according to a condition satisfied by at least the one of the information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination of the variable of the determined algorithm based on at least the one of the information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources comprises:

determining a complexity of the determined algorithm based on the at least one of information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources; and

determining the variable of the algorithm according to the determined complexity of the algorithm.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising determining a step to omit the determined step'"'"'s execution among a plurality of steps comprising the algorithm according to the determined complexity of the algorithm.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising determining different complexity by applying a weight to each of a plurality of algorithms when the determined algorithm is the plurality of algorithms.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the variable of the algorithm include at least one of the number of frames to be synthesized, the number of threads, an exposure correction degree, noise reduction strength, a motion compensation degree, the number of HDR synthesis, object motion, and illumination.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information about the environments is information acquired through at least one sensor included in the electronic device and wherein at least the one sensor includes at least one of a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an illumination sensor, a latitude sensor, and a longitude sensor.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the information about the useful amount of resources is information acquired through a calculation or module and includes at least one of a useful amount of a Central Processing Unit (CPU) of the electronic device and a useful amount of a battery of the electronic device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the algorithm is an image processing algorithm related to at least one of Video Digital Image Stabilization (VDIS), Low Light Video (LLV), and High Dynamic Range (HDR).

11. An electronic device comprising:

at least one processor;

a touch-sensitive display;

at least one sensor;

a memory; and

at least one program, each of the at least one program which is stored in the memory and is configured to be executable by each of the at least one processor,

wherein each of the at least one program includes an instruction for determining an algorithm based on at least one of information about environments and information about a useful amount of resources, determining a variable of the determined algorithm based on the at least one of information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources, and executing the determined algorithm based on the determined variable of the algorithm.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein each of the at least one program includes an instruction for searching an algorithm corresponding to the at least one of information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources from a table indicating mapping relation between the at least one of information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources and at least one algorithm.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein each of the at least one program includes an instruction for selecting at least one variable to change a value of the selected at least one variable in the determined algorithm based on the at least one of information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources, determining whether the at least one of information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources satisfies at least one condition, and determining a value of at least the one selected variable according to a condition satisfied by at least the one of the information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein each of the at least one program includes an instruction for determining a complexity of the determined algorithm based on the at least one of information about the environments and the information about the useful amount of resources and determining the variable of the algorithm according to the determined complexity of the algorithm.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein each of the at least one program further includes an instruction for determining a step to omit the determined step'"'"'s execution among a plurality of steps comprising the algorithm according to the determined complexity of the algorithm.

16. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein each of the at least one program further includes an instruction for determining different complexity by applying a weight to each of a plurality of algorithms when the determined algorithm is the plurality of algorithms.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the variable of the algorithm include at least one of a number of frames to be synthesized, a number of threads, an exposure correction degree, noise reduction strength, a motion compensation degree, the a of HDR synthesis, object motion, and illumination.

18. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the information about the environments is information acquired through at least one sensor included in the electronic device and wherein at least the one sensor includes at least one of a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an illumination sensor, a latitude sensor, and a longitude sensor.

19. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the information about the useful amount of resources is information acquired through a calculation or module and includes at least one of a useful amount of a CPU of the electronic device and a useful amount of a battery of the electronic device.

20. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the algorithm is an image processing algorithm related to at least one of VDIS, LLV, and HDR.

21. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein each of the at least one program includes an instruction for determining a complexity of the determined algorithm based a number of steps comprising an algorithm and values of variables.