Image editing techniques for a device

• US 10,026,206 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2014
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Zhang, Lei, Bi, Ning, Ling, Fan
• Primary Examiner(s): Carter, Aaron W
• Application Number:
  US15/111,175
• Publication Number:
  US 20160335789A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,604 Days
• Field of Search: 382180, 382181, 382309, 382118, 382263, 700 28, 700286, 700191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• 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 7/11 Region-based segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/194 involving foreground-background segmentation

Abstract

A method of manipulating an image by a mobile-device includes segmenting image data corresponding to the image into a first image layer and a second image layer. The method also includes receiving a first user input at the mobile device, the first user input indicating a direction relative to the mobile device, and performing a first image editing operation on the first image layer based on the first user input. The method further includes receiving a second user input at the mobile device, the second user input indicating the direction relative to the mobile device, and performing a second image editing operation on the first image layer based on the second user input. The second image editing operation is distinct from the first image editing operation.

Claims

1. A method of manipulating an image by a mobile device, the method comprising:

segmenting image data corresponding to the image into a first image layer and a second image layer;

receiving first user input at the mobile device, the first user input indicating a direction relative to the mobile device;

performing a first image editing operation on the first image layer based on the first user input;

receiving second user input at the mobile device, the second user input indicating the direction relative to the mobile device; and

performing a second image editing operation on the first image layer based on the second user input, the second image editing operation distinct from the first image editing operation.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

before segmenting the image data, receiving third user input at the mobile device, the third user input selecting the image for a display operation; and

based on the third user input;

performing the display operation; and

automatically initiating a clustering operation using the image data, wherein the segmenting of the image is performed based on the clustering operation.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the third user input corresponds to a touchscreen operation that selects the image from an image gallery that is presented at a user interface of the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the clustering operation is initiated to identify clusters within the image data while the display operation is performed to enlarge the image from a thumbnail view to a full view.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the clustering operation uses a simple linear iterative clustering (SLIC) technique to identify the clusters.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a second image based on the first image editing operation;

displaying the second image;

generating a third image based on the second image editing operation; and

displaying the third image.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving third user input at the mobile device, the third user input indicating a second direction relative to the mobile device, wherein the second direction is distinct from the direction;

performing a third image editing operation based on the third user input;

receiving fourth user input at the mobile device, the fourth user input indicating the second direction; and

performing a fourth image editing operation based on the fourth user input, the fourth image editing operation distinct from the third image editing operation.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the third image editing operation and the fourth image editing operation are performed on the second image layer independently of the first image layer.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the first image editing operation and the second image editing operation are included in a first sequence of image editing operations, wherein the third image editing operation and the fourth image editing operation are included in a second sequence of image editing operations different than the first sequence, and further comprising:

performing a next image editing operation in the first sequence in response to fifth user input indicating the direction; and

performing a next image editing operation in the second sequence in response to sixth user input indicating the second direction.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first image editing operation and the second image editing operation are performed on the first image layer independently of the second image layer.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first user input and the second user input are received via a user interface (UI) of the mobile device.

12. An apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to;

segment image data corresponding to an image into a first image layer and a second image layer,

receive first user input indicating a direction relative to a mobile device;

perform a first image editing operation on the first image layer based on the first user input;

receive second user input indicating the direction relative to the mobile device; and

perform a second image editing operation on the first image layer based on the second user input, the second image editing operation distinct from the first image editing operation.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein one of the first image layer and the second image layer corresponds to a first portion of a foreground of the image, and wherein the other of the first image layer and the second image layer corresponds to a second portion of the foreground of the image.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein one of the first image layer and the second image layer corresponds to a first portion of a background of the image, and wherein the other of the first image layer and the second image layer corresponds to a second portion of the background of the image.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to identify a cluster associated with the image data and to segment the image data based on the cluster.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to perform one or more component labeling operations using the first image layer.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a display device, wherein the processor is further configured to cause a user interface (UI) to be displayed at the display device, and wherein the first user input and the second user input are received via the display device.

28. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising an imaging device coupled to the processor and configured to generate the image data, wherein the processor is further configured to receive the image data generated by the imaging device.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that are executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

segment image data associated with an image into a first image layer and a second image layer,

receive first user input at a mobile device, the first user input indicating a direction relative to the mobile device;

perform a first image editing operation on the first image layer based on the first user input;

receive second user input at the mobile device, the second user input indicating the direction relative to the mobile device; and

perform a second image editing operation on the first image layer based on the second user input, the second image editing operation distinct from the first image editing operation.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein one of the first image layer and the second image layer corresponds to a foreground of the image, and wherein the other of the first image layer and the second image layer corresponds to a background of the image.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the first user input corresponds to a first swipe operation at a display device of the mobile device and the second user input corresponds to a second swipe operation at the display device.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the first image editing operation includes an image blurring operation, and wherein the second image editing operation includes a color change operation.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to identify a cluster associated with the image data and to segment the image data based on the cluster.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein an order of the first image editing operation and the second image editing operation is based on user configuration parameters stored at the mobile device.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to receive the first user input and the second user input via a user interface (UI).

25. An apparatus comprising:

means for segmenting image data associated with an image into a first image layer and a second image layer,

means for receiving first user input, the first user input indicating a direction relative to a mobile device;

means for performing a first image editing operation on the first image layer based on the first user input;

means for receiving second user input, the second user input indicating the direction relative to the mobile device; and

means for performing a second image editing operation on the first image layer based on the second user input, the second image editing operation distinct from the first image editing operation.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein one of the first image layer and the second image layer corresponds to a foreground of the image, and wherein the other of the first image layer and the second image layer corresponds to a background of the image.

27. The apparatus of claim 25, further comprising means for generating the image data.

29. The apparatus of claim 25, further comprising means for identifying a cluster associated with the image data, wherein the image data is segmented based on the cluster.

30. The apparatus of claim 25, further comprising means for performing one or more component labeling operations using the first image layer.