Method and system for image processing

• US 9,047,682 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2013
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Gao, Feng, Huang, Yuan, Wang, Jia
• Primary Examiner(s): BEKELE, MEKONEN T
• Application Number:
  US14/078,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20140072243A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: 382/300, 382/237, 382/293, 382/299, 382/291, 382/235, 382/236, 382/163, 382/232
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/4007 based on interpolation, e.g. bilinear interpolation image demosaicing G06T3/4015; edge-driven or edge-based scaling G06T3/403

Abstract

The disclosure provides a method for image processing, including: loading and decrypting an image file to obtain an original image, and saving the original image; shrinking the original image to obtain a pending image with a preset resolution, and saving the pending image; editing the pending image and previewing the pending image in real time; and editing the original image after the real-time previewing. The disclosure also provides a system for image processing. the disclosure can increase efficiency of real-time preview at the time of image editing.

Claims

1. A method for image processing, comprising:

loading and decrypting an image file to obtain an original image, and saving the original image;

shrinking the original image to obtain a pending image with a preset resolution, and saving the pending image;

editing the pending image and previewing the pending image in real time; and

editing the original image after the real-time preview of the pending image,

wherein editing the pending image and previewing the pending image in real-time comprises;

adjusting, by a foreground thread, an image editing parameter and triggering a first background thread to perform a corresponding editing operation on the pending image according to the adjusted image editing a parameter; and

obtaining an effect image after the editing operation is completed, and notifying, by the first background thread, the foreground thread to show the effect image on a user interface for real-time preview.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein shrinking the original image to obtain a pending image with a preset resolution comprises:

shrinking the original image to the preset resolution by an interpolation algorithm to obtain a corresponding pending image.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein loading and decrypting an image file comprises:

decrypting an entire image file to obtain an entire original image;

or decrypting part of the image file to obtain part of the original image.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein editing the original image comprises:

when effect of the real-time preview is determined to be satisfying according to the effect image, executing, by the foreground thread, a saving operation and triggering a second background thread to perform a corresponding editing operation on the original image according to the editing operation performed on the pending image by the first background thread.

5. A system for image processing, comprising:

a loading decrypting unit configured to load and decrypt an image file to obtain an original image;

a resizing unit configured to shrink the original image to obtain a pending image with a preset resolution;

a saving unit configured to save the original image and the pending image; and

an editing previewing unit configured to edit the pending image, preview the pending image in real time, and edit the original image after the real-time preview of the pending image,

wherein the editing previewing unit comprises a foreground thread subunit and a first background thread subunit, wherein;

the foreground thread subunit is configured to adjust an image editing parameter and trigger the first background thread subunit to execute an editing operation; and

the first background thread subunit is configured to perform a corresponding editing operation on the pending image according to the adjusted image editing parameter to obtain an effect image, and notify the foreground thread subunit to show the effect image on a user interface for real-time preview.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the resizing unit is further configured to shrink the original image through an interpolation algorithm to obtain a pending image with a preset resolution.

7. The system according to claim 5, wherein the loading decrypting unit is further configured to decrypt an entire image file or to decrypt part of the image file when loading and decrypting the image file.

8. The system according to claim 5, wherein the foreground thread subunit is further configured to execute a saving operation after the real-time preview, and trigger a second background thread subunit to execute an editing operation;

the editing previewing unit further comprises the second background thread subunit configured to perform a corresponding editing operation on the original image according to the editing operation performed on the pending image by the first background thread subunit; and

the saving unit is further configured to save the edited original image.