Method of providing an adjusted digital image representation of a view, and an apparatus

• US 9,432,583 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2012
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mobile Imaging in Sweden AB
• Inventors: Niemi, Sami
• Primary Examiner(s): Berhan, Ahmed A
• Application Number:
  US14/233,053
• Publication Number:
  US 20140293113A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,532 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/6013 by simulating several colour corrected versions of the same image simultaneously on the same picture reproducer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/743 Bracketing, i.e. taking a series of images with varying exposure conditions

Abstract

According to one aspect of the inventive concept there is provided a method of providing an adjusted digital image representation of a view, the method comprising providing a set of images, wherein the images of said set depict a same view and are captured with a digital camera using different configurations of the digital camera; determining an initial representation of the view by providing a primary image based on image data of at least a first image of said set; sending the primary image for presentation of the initial representation on a display; providing a secondary image based on image data of at least a second image of said set, wherein the first image and the second image are different images; and sending, in response to receiving a user command, the secondary image for presentation of an adjusted representation of the view on the display.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a set of images, wherein the images of said set depict a same view and are captured with a digital camera using different configurations of the digital camera, wherein each configuration comprises specific settings for a set of parameters of the digital camera;

determining an initial representation of the view by providing a primary image based on image data of at least a first image of said set;

sending the primary image for presentation of the initial representation on a display;

identifying a first subset of images of said set, each image of said first subset being captured using a same setting as the first image for at least one parameter of said set of parameters of the digital camera and a different setting than the first image for at least one capture-related parameter of said set of parameters, and the remaining images of said set, not being images of the first subset, are images of a second subset;

associating each image of said first subset and no images of said second subset with a different user command;

determining the image of said first subset which is associated with a received user command, wherein the determined image is selected as a second image;

providing a secondary image based on image data of at least the selected second image, wherein the first image and the second image are different images; and

sending the secondary image for presentation of an adjusted representation of the view on the display.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising determining the first subset of images for providing the secondary image, the determining being based on a predetermined indication indicating at least two images of the set as candidate images for the first subset.

3. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining a first characteristic of the first image;

analyzing said set to identify an image of said set presenting a second characteristic, different from said first characteristic; and

selecting the identified image as the second image.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the first and the second characteristic are determined by analyzing a data portion of the first image and a data portion of the second image, respectively.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein said data portions include metadata.

6. A method according to claim 3, wherein said data portions include image data.

7. A method according to claim 3, wherein determining the first characteristic includes:

determining, for the first image, a first setting of a first parameter of the digital camera and a first setting of a second parameter of the digital camera, said first settings being used when capturing the first image;

and wherein identifying an image of said set presenting a second characteristic includes;

identifying an image of said set which has been captured using the first setting of the first parameter and a second setting of the second parameter.

8. A method according to claim 7, further comprising:

determining, for the second image, a first setting of a third parameter of the digital camera being used when capturing the second image;

identifying a third image of said set which has been captured using the first setting of the first parameter, the second setting of the second parameter and a second setting of the third parameter;

providing a tertiary image based on image data of at least the third image of said set; and

sending, in response to receiving a further user command, the tertiary image for presentation of a further adjusted representation of the view on the display.

9. A method according to claim 1, further comprising providing said specific user command to a user.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein the primary image includes image data of only the first image.

11. A method according to claim 1, wherein the secondary image includes image data of only the second image.

12. A method according to claim 1, wherein the secondary image is based on image data of the first and the second image.

13. A method according to claim 1,

wherein each image of said first subset is captured using a different setting than the first image for exactly one capture-related parameter of said set of parameters.

14. A method according to claim 1, wherein providing the secondary image includes forming the secondary image by combining the first image and the second image based on an alpha value.

15. An apparatus comprising:

processor circuitry configured to enable;

determining an initial representation of a view by providing a primary image based on image data of at least a first image of a set of digital images, wherein the images of said set depict a same view and are captured with a digital camera using different configurations of a digital camera, wherein each configuration comprises specific settings for a set of parameters of the digital camera;

identifying a first subset of images of said set, each image of said first subset being captured using a same setting as the first image for at least one parameter of said set of parameters of the digital camera and a different setting than the first image for at least one capture-related parameter of said set of parameters, and the remaining images of said set, not being images of the first subset, are images of a second subset;

associating each image of said first subset and no images of said second subset with a different user command;

determining the image of said subset which is associated with a received first user command, wherein the determined image is selected as a second image; and

providing a secondary image based on image data of at least the selected second image, wherein the first image and the second image are different images.

16. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program instructions,

the at least one memory and the computer program instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform;

determining an initial representation of a view by providing a primary image based on image data of at least a first image of a set of images, wherein the images of said set depict a same view and are captured with a digital camera using different configurations of the digital camera, wherein each configuration comprises specific settings for a set of parameters of the digital camera;

sending the primary image for presentation of the initial representation on a display;

identifying a first subset of images of said set, each image of said first subset being captured using a same setting as the first image for at least one parameter of said set of parameters of the digital camera and a different setting than the first image for at least one capture-related parameter of said set of parameters, and the remaining images of said set, not being images of the first subset, are images of a second subset;

associating each image of said first subset and no images of said second subset with a different user command;

determining the image of said first subset which is associated with a received user command, wherein the determined image is selected as a second image;

providing a secondary image based on image data of at least the selected second image, wherein the first image and the second image are different images; and

sending the secondary image for presentation of an adjusted representation of the view on the display.

17. An apparatus as claimed in claim 16, configured as a portable user camera device comprising a man machine interface configured to detect user gestures or a touch sensititive display.

18. An apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:

determining a first characteristic of the first image;

analyzing said set to identify an image of said set presenting a second characteristic, different from said first characteristic; and

selecting the identified image as the second image.

19. An apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the first and the second characteristics are determined by analyzing a data portion of the first image and a data portion of the second image, respectively.

20. An apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:

determining, for the first image, a first setting of a first parameter of the digital camera and a first setting of a second parameter of the digital camera, said first settings being used when capturing the first image;

and wherein identifying an image of said set presenting a second characteristic includes;

identifying an image of said set which has been captured using the first setting of the first parameter and a second setting of the second parameter.

21. An apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:

determining, for the second image, a first setting of a third parameter of the digital camera being used when capturing the second image;

identifying a third image of said set which has been captured using the first setting of the first parameter, the second setting of the second parameter and a second setting of the third parameter;

providing a tertiary image based on image data of at least the third image of said set; and

sending, in response to receiving a further user command, the tertiary image for presentation of a further adjusted representation of the view on the display.

22. A non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium comprising instructions configured to control a processor to perform:

determining an initial representation of a view by providing a primary image based on image data of at least a first image of a set of images, wherein the images of said set depict a same view and are captured with a digital camera using different configurations of the digital camera, wherein each configuration comprises specific settings for a set of parameters of the digital camera;

sending the primary image for presentation of the initial representation on a display;

identifying a first subset of images of said set, each image of said first subset being captured using a same setting as the first image for at least one parameter of said set of parameters of the digital camera and a different setting than the first image for at least one capture-related parameter of said set of parameters, and the remaining images of said set, not being images of the first subset, are images of a second subset;

associating each image of said first subset and no images of said second subset with a different user command;

determining the image of said first subset which is associated with a received user command, wherein the determined image is selected as a second image;

providing a secondary image based on image data of at least the selected second image, wherein the first image and the second image are different images; and

sending the secondary image for presentation of an adjusted representation of the view on the display.