AUTOMATIC EFFECT METHOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20150116529A1
• Filed: 05/08/2014
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: CHUEH, Hsin-Ti, WU, Jing-Lung, TSENG, Fu-Chang, TAI, Pol-Lin, HSU, Yu-Cheng
• Application Number:
  US14/272,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20150116529A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/222.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/239 using two 2D image sensors having a relative position equal to or related to the interocular distance H04N13/243 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/45 for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/64 Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/80 Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes an camera set, an input source module, an auto-engine module and a post usage module. The camera set is configured for capturing image data relative to a scene. The input source module is configured for gathering information related to the image data. The auto-engine module is configured for determining at least one suitable photography effect from a plurality of candidate photography effects according to the information related to the image data. The post usage module is configured for processing the image data and applying the suitable photography effect to the image data after the image data are captured.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a camera set, configured for capturing image data; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions to be executed by the one or more processors for performing a method, comprising;

gathering information related to the image data, wherein the information related to the image data comprises a distance between a target object of a scene and the camera set; and

determining at least one suitable photography effect from a plurality of candidate photography effects according to the distance between the target object of the scene and the camera set.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information related to the image data comprises image characteristic information of the image data, wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether the captured image data is valid to apply any of the candidate photography effects or not according to the image characteristic information.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the image characteristic information of the image data comprises exchangeable image file format (EXIF) data extracted from the image data, the exchangeable image file format (EXIF) data comprises dual image information corresponding to a pair of photos of the image data, time stamps corresponding to the pair of photos and focusing distances of the pair of photos, and the step of determining whether the captured image data is valid comprises:

checking the dual image information, the time stamps or the focusing distances so as to determine whether the captured image data is valid.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the camera set comprises at least one voice coil motor, and the distance between the target object of the scene and the camera set is acquired by the voice coil motor.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the camera set comprises dual camera units or a plurality of camera units.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the candidate photography effects comprises at least one effect selected from the group including bokeh effect, refocus effect, macro effect, pseudo-3D effect, 3D-alike effect, 3D effect and a flyview animation effect.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 6, wherein, if the distance between the target object of the scene and the camera set is shorter than a predefined reference, the suitable photography effect is substantially selected from the group consisting of macro effect, pseudo-3D effect, 3D-alike effect, 3D effect and a flyview animation effect.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 6, wherein, if the distance between the largest object of the scene and the camera set is longer than a predefined reference, the suitable photography effect is substantially selected from the group consisting of bokeh effect and refocus effect.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the method further comprising:

analyzing a depth distribution of the image data relative to the scene;

wherein the information related to the image data further comprises the depth distribution and the step of determining the at least one suitable photography effect comprises;

determining the suitable photography effect or a parameter of the suitable photography effect further according to the depth distribution.

10. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a display panel, configured for displaying the image data and a selectable user interface, the selectable user interface is configured for recommending a user to select from the at least one suitable photography effect related to the image data;

wherein, after one of the suitable photography effects is selected on the user interface, the selected one of the suitable photography effects is applied to the image data.

11. A method, suitable for an electronic apparatus with a camera set, the method comprising;

capturing image data by the camera set;

gathering information related to the image data, the information comprising a distance between a target object of a scene and the camera set; and

determining at least one suitable photography effect from a plurality of candidate photography effects according to the distance between the target object of the scene and the camera set.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

providing a selectable user interface, the selectable user interface being configured for recommending a user to select from the at least one suitable photography effect related to the image data.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

before one from the at least one suitable photography effect is selected by the user, automatically applying one of suitable photography effects as a default photography effect to the image data shown in a digital album of the electronic apparatus.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising;

after one from the at least one suitable photography effect is selected by the user, automatically applying the selected photography effect to the image data shown in a digital album of the electronic apparatus.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the candidate photography effects comprises at least one effect selected from the group Including bokeh effect, refocus effect, macro effect, pseudo-3D effect, 3D-alike effect, 3D effect and a flyview animation effect.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein, if the the distance between the target object of the scene and the camera set is shorter than a predefined reference, the suitable photography effect is substantially selected from the group consisting of macro effect, pseudo-3D effect, 3D-alike effect, 3D effect and a flyview animation effect.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein, if the distance between the target object of the scene and the camera set is longer than a predefined reference, the suitable photography effect is substantially selected from the group consisting of bokeh effect and refocus effect.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

analyzing a depth distribution of the image data, wherein the information related to the image data further comprises the depth distribution, and the suitable photography effect is determined further according to the depth distribution.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the camera set comprises dual camera units or a plurality of camera units

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the information related to the image data comprises image characteristic information of the image data, the method further comprises:

determine whether the captured image data is valid to apply any of the candidate photography effects or not according to the image characteristic information.

21. The method of claim 11, wherein the image characteristic information of the image data comprises exchangeable image tile format (EXIF) data extracted from the image data, the exchangeable image file format (EXIF) data comprises dual image information corresponding to a pair of photos of the image data, time stamps corresponding to the pair of photos and focusing distances of the pair of photos, and the method further comprises:

checking the dual image information, the time stamps or the focusing distances so as to determine whether the captured image data is valid.

22. The method of claim 11, wherein the camera set comprises at least one voice coil motor, and the distance between the target object of the scene and the camera set is acquired by the voice coil motor.

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31. A method, suitable for an electronic apparatus with a camera set, the method comprising:

capturing image data by the camera set;

gathering information related to the image data, the information comprising a distance between a target object of a scene and the camera set;

analyzing a depth distribution of the image data, wherein the information related to the image data further comprises the depth distribution; and

determining at least one suitable photography effect from a plurality of candidate photography effects according to the distance between the target object of the scene and the camera set and the depth distribution, wherein the at least one suitable photography effect is determined by comparing the distance between the target object of the scene and the camera set with a predefined reference and by comparing the depth distribution with a plurality of predetermined depth distributions.

32. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

providing a selectable user interface, the selectable user interface being configured for recommending a user to select from the at least one suitable photography effect related to the image data.

33. The method of claim 32, further comprising;

before one from the at least one suitable photography effect is selected by the user, automatically applying one of suitable photography effects as a default photography effect to the image data shown in a digital album of the electronic apparatus.

34. The method of claim 32, further comprising:

after one from the at least one suitable photography effect is selected by the user, automatically applying the selected photography effect to the image data shown in a digital album of the electronic apparatus.

35. The method of claim 31, wherein the candidate photography effects comprises at least one effect selected from the group including bokeh effect, refocus effect, macro effect, pseudo-3D effect, 3D-alike effect, 3D effect and a flyview animation effect.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein, if the distance between the target object of the scene and the camera set is shorter than the predefined reference, the suitable photography effect is substantially selected from the group consisting of macro effect, pseudo-3D effect, 3D-alike effect, 3D effect and a flyview animation effect,

37. The method of claim 35, wherein, if the distance between the target object of the scene and the camera set is longer than the predefined reference, the suitable photography effect is substantially selected from the group consisting of bokeh effect and refocus effect.

38. The method of claim 31, wherein the camera set comprises dual camera units or a plurality of camera units.