IMAGE SWITCHING METHOD AND DEVICE

• US 20150363953A1
• Filed: 12/30/2014
• Published: 12/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: LIU, Shengli
• Application Number:
  US14/586,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20150363953A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10004 Still image; Photographic image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/20212 Image combination
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/90 Determination of colour characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42653 for processing graphics
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image

Abstract

An image switching method and the device thereof may include: overlapping a first resolution version of an ith image on a second resolution version of the ith image currently displayed, the resolution of the first resolution version being below that of the second resolution version, i≧1; and replacing the second resolution version of the ith image with the second resolution version of the (i+1)th image; hiding the first resolution version of the ith image according to predetermined animation effects and displaying the second resolution version of the (i+1)th image. Smooth switching of the second resolution versions of two adjacent images is realized by way of the animation effect generated by the first resolution version of the previous image, thus improving the switching and displaying effect.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions for displaying a group of images; and

a processor in communication with the storage medium, wherein when executing the set of instructions, the processor is directed to;

overlap a first image with a first resolution over the first image with a second resolution that is currently displayed by the electronic device, wherein the first resolution is different from the second resolution;

replace the first image with the second resolution with a second image with the second resolution;

hide the first image with the first resolution according to a predetermined animation effect; and

display the second image with the second resolution.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first image with the first resolution is transparent when being overlapped over the first image with the second resolution;

and

to overlap the first image with the first resolution over the first image with the second resolution, the processor is further directed to;

gradually adjust a transparency of the first image with the first resolution version from transparence to opacity.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein to hide the first image with the first resolution, the processor is further directed to:

gradually adjust the transparency of the first image with the first resolution from opaque to transparence.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further directed to:

display an opaque background image by overlapping the background image over the first image with the second resolution; and

gradually adjust a transparency of the background image from opaque to transparence; and

display the first image with the second resolution.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further directed to:

determine that when the second image is a last image of the group of images;

overlap a transparent second image with the first resolution version over the second image with the second resolution; and

gradually adjust a transparency of the second image with first resolution from transparence to opaque.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first resolution is lower than the second resolution.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the predetermined animation effect is one of fade-out, jalousie, checkerboard, fly-out, and splitting,

the first resolution is 4K resolution, and

the second resolution is 2K resolution.

8. A method for displaying a group of images, comprising:

overlapping, by an electronic device, a first image with a first resolution over the first image with a second resolution that is currently displayed by an electronic device, wherein the first resolution is different from the second resolution;

replacing, by the electronic device, the first image with the second resolution with a second image with the second resolution;

hiding, by the electronic device, the first image with the first resolution according to a predetermined animation effect; and

displaying, by the electronic device, the second image with the second resolution.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first image with the first resolution is transparent when being overlapped over the first image with the second resolution;

and

the overlapping of the first image with the first resolution over the first image with the second resolution comprises gradually adjusting a transparency of the first image with the first resolution version from transparence to opacity.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the hiding of the first image with the first resolution comprises gradually adjusting the transparency of the first image with the first resolution from opaque to transparence.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying, by an electronic device, an opaque background image by overlapping the background image over the first image with the second resolution; and

gradually adjusting, by an electronic device, a transparency of the background image from opaque to transparence; and

displaying, by an electronic device, the first image with the second resolution.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining, by an electronic device, that when the second image is a last image in the group of images;

overlapping, by an electronic device, a transparent second image with the first resolution version over the second image with the second resolution; and

gradually adjusting, by an electronic device, a transparency of the second image with first resolution from transparence to opaque.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the first resolution is lower than the second resolution.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the predetermined animation effect is one of fade-out, jalousie, checkerboard, fly-out, and splitting,

the first resolution is 4K resolution, and

the second resolution is 2K resolution.

15. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium, comprising a set of instructions for displaying a group of images, wherein when being executed by a processor, the set of instructions directs the processor to conduct operations of:

overlapping a first image with a first resolution over the first image with a second resolution that is currently displayed by an electronic device, wherein the first resolution is different from the second resolution;

replacing the first image with the second resolution with a second image with the second resolution;

hiding the first image with the first resolution according to a predetermined animation effect; and

displaying the second image with the second resolution.

16. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first image with the first resolution is transparent when being overlapped over the first image with the second resolution;

and

the overlapping of the first image with the first resolution over the first image with the second resolution comprises gradually adjusting a transparency of the first image with the first resolution version from transparence to opacity.

17. The storage medium of claim 16, wherein the hiding of the first image with the first resolution comprises gradually adjusting the transparency of the first image with the first resolution from opaque to transparence.

18. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the set of instructions further directs the processor to conduct operations as:

displaying an opaque background image by overlapping the background image over the first image with the second resolution; and

gradually adjusting a transparency of the background image from opaque to transparence; and

displaying the first image with the second resolution.

19. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the set of instructions further directs the processor to conduct operations of:

determining that when the second image is a last image in the group of images;

overlapping a transparent second image with the first resolution version over the second image with the second resolution; and

gradually adjusting a transparency of the second image with first resolution from transparence to opaque.

20. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the predetermined animation effect is one of fade-out, jalousie, checkerboard, fly-out, and splitting, the first resolution is 4K resolution, and the second resolution is 2K resolution.