METHOD FOR COMPOSING IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20170287060A1
• Filed: 03/31/2017
• Published: 10/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHOI, Sun, KIM, Sun-hwa, LEE, Jae-young, CHOI, Gi-ppeum
• Granted Patent: US 10,586,276 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/002 Specific input/output arrangements not covered by G06F3/01 - G06F3/16 other optical apparatus G02B27/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/40 of characters, e.g. humans, animals or virtual beings
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/04 Texture mapping
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/16 Cloth

Abstract

A method and an electronic device for composing an image are provided. An electronic device includes a display configured to display an image of a user photographed by a camera; an input component configured to receive a user input; a communicator configured to facilitate a communication with an external server; and a processor configured to display the image of the user on the display, set an avatar region within the image of the user based on the received user input, generate an avatar to be displayed on the avatar region, and control the display to combine the avatar with the image of the user and to display the resulting composite image.

Claims

1. A method for composing an image by using an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying an image of a user photographed by a camera;

setting an avatar region with respect to the image of the user based on a user input;

generating an avatar to be displayed on the avatar region; and

combining the avatar with the image of the user and displaying a resulting composite image.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining information that relates to a first at least one item of clothing worn by the user in the avatar region; and

obtaining a second at least one item of clothing to be worn by the avatar from a server based on the obtained information that relates to the first at least one item of clothing.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the information that relates to the first at least one item of clothing includes category information and color information that relates to the first at least one item of clothing.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating the avatar comprises extracting body information that relates to the user from the image of the user and generating an avatar that corresponds to the user based on the extracted body information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the avatar has a shape that varies based on a motion of the user.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the body information that relates to the user includes a skin color of the user adjacent to the avatar region, and

wherein the generating the avatar comprises generating the avatar based on the skin color of the user.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising changing an image of a first at least one item of clothing to be worn by the avatar based on the user input.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising determining the image of the first at least one item of clothing to be worn by the avatar based on the user input,

wherein the displaying of the composite image comprises combining the determined image of the avatar wearing the first at least one item of clothing with the image of the user and displaying the resulting composite image on the display.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

obtaining coordination information that relates to the first at least one item of clothing based on the determined first at least one item of clothing; and

determining a second at least one item of clothing that corresponds to the determined first at least one item of clothing based on the obtained coordination information,

wherein the displaying of the composite image comprises combining an avatar wearing the second at least one item of clothing with the image of the user and displaying the resulting composite image on the display.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the second at least one item of clothing includes at least one from among clothes, shoes, and accessories.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a display configured to display an image of a user photographed by a camera;

an input component configured to receive a user input;

a communicator configured to facilitate a communication with an external server; and

a processor configured to display the image of the user on the display, set an avatar region with respect to the image of the user based on the received user input, generate an avatar to be displayed on the avatar region, and control the display to combine the avatar with the image of the user and to display a resulting composite image.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to obtain information that relates to a first at least one item of clothing worn by the user in the avatar region, and obtain a second at least one item of clothing to be worn by the avatar from the server based on the obtained information that relates to the first at least one item of clothing.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the information that relates to the first at least one item of clothing includes category information and color information that relates to the first at least one item of clothing.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to extract body information that relates to the user from the image of the user, and generate an avatar that corresponds to the user based on the extracted body information.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the avatar has a shape that varies based on a motion of the user.

16. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the body information that relates to the user includes a skin color of the user adjacent to the avatar region, and

wherein the processor is further configured to generate the avatar based on the skin color.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to change a first at least one item of clothing to be worn by the avatar based on the user input.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the a first at least one item of clothing to be worn by the avatar based on the user input, and control the display to combine the avatar wearing the first at least one item of clothing with the image of the user and to display the resulting composite image.

19. A method for generating an image, comprising:

obtaining a photographed image of a user;

receiving a user input that relates to a first clothing item being worn by the user;

obtaining information that relates to the first clothing item;

determining a second clothing item based on the obtained information;

generating a composite image by combining an image of the second clothing item with the photographed image of the user; and

displaying the composite image.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising extracting body information that relates to the user from the photographed image of the user,

wherein the determining the second clothing item is based on the obtained information that relates to the first clothing item and the extracted body information to determine the second clothing item.