Method and apparatus for making personalized dynamic emoticon

• US 10,068,364 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2016
• Issued: 09/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Cui, Yingren
• Primary Examiner(s): Mazumder, Saptarshi
• Application Number:
  US15/212,904
• Publication Number:
  US 20160328877A1
• Time in Patent Office: 778 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/0007 Image acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10016 Video; Image sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for making a personalized dynamic emoticon. The method includes: acquiring a video; receiving a picture selection instruction input from a user interface (UI) for making dynamic emoticons; determining, from the acquired video according to the picture selection instruction, multiple frames of images for making a dynamic emoticon; and synthesizing the multiple frames of images for making the dynamic emoticon, to form a picture having a dynamic effect.

Claims

1. A method for making a personalized dynamic emoticon, comprising:

acquiring, by a processor, a video;

receiving, by the processor, a picture selection instruction input from a user interface (UI) for making dynamic emoticons;

determining, by the processor from the acquired video according to the picture selection instruction, multiple frames of images for making a dynamic emoticon; and

synthesizing, by the processor, the multiple frames of images for making the dynamic emoticon, to form a picture having a dynamic effect,

wherein the determining, by the processor from the acquired video according to the picture selection instruction, multiple frames of images for making a dynamic emoticon comprises;

reducing each frame of image in the video to be a thumbnail, and sequentially arranging the thumbnails in a thumbnail box;

receiving a quantity of the multiple frames of images for making the dynamic emoticon, set by a user;

in response to receiving the set quantity, distributing, on the thumbnail box, multiple image selectors in a same interval, wherein the quantity of the multiple image selectors is equal to the set quantity;

in response to receiving a dragging signal formed by dragging the multiple image selectors to multiple thumbnails in the thumbnail box, re-distributing the multiple image selectors to overlap the multiple thumbnails, respectively; and

determining pictures corresponding to the multiple thumbnails on which the multiple image selectors are distributed, as the multiple frames of images for making the dynamic emoticon.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein re-distributing the multiple image selectors to overlap the multiple thumbnails respectively comprises:

displaying, on a preview box when navigating to any image selector of the multiple image selectors distributed on the thumbnail box, a preview image corresponding to a thumbnail selected by the image selector.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein re-distributing the multiple image selectors to overlap the multiple thumbnails respectively and determining pictures corresponding to the multiple thumbnails on which the multiple image selectors are located, as the multiple frames of images for making the dynamic emoticon comprises:

displaying, on a preview box when any image selector of the multiple image selectors is dragged to any thumbnail in the thumbnail box, a preview image corresponding to the thumbnail selected by the dragged image selector; and

determining, after receiving a confirm command input by a user in response to the preview image, a picture corresponding to the thumbnail, which is selected by the dragged image selector, as one of the multiple frames of images for making the dynamic emoticon.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a manner for acquiring the video comprises one or more of the following:

acquiring the video from a video file already saved in a local folder;

downloading the video from a server or a carrier; and

acquiring the video by shooting a real-time video of a real object with an image shooting device.

5. An apparatus for making a personalized dynamic emoticon, comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of computer readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

acquire a video;

receive a picture selection instruction input from a user interface (UI) for making dynamic emoticons;

determine, from the acquired video according to the picture selection instruction, multiple frames of images for making a dynamic emoticon; and

synthesize the multiple frames of images for making the dynamic emoticon, to form a picture having a dynamic effect,

wherein determining, from the acquired video according to the picture selection instruction, multiple frames of images for making a dynamic emoticon comprises;

reducing each frame of image in the video to be a thumbnail, and sequentially arranging the thumbnails in a thumbnail box;

receiving a quantity of the multiple frames of images for making the dynamic emoticon, set by a user;

in response to receiving the set quantity, distributing, on the thumbnail box, multiple image selectors in a same interval, wherein the quantity of the multiple image selectors is equal to the set quantity;

in response to receiving a dragging signal formed by dragging the multiple image selectors to multiple thumbnails in the thumbnail box, re-distributing the multiple image selectors to overlap the multiple thumbnails, respectively; and

determining pictures corresponding to the multiple thumbnails on which the multiple image selectors are located, as the multiple frames of images for making the dynamic emoticon.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the computer readable instructions further cause the processor to:

display, on a preview box when navigating to any image selector of the multiple image selectors distributed on the thumbnail box, a preview image corresponding to a thumbnail selected by the image selector.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein re-distributing the multiple image selectors to overlap the multiple thumbnails respectively and determining pictures corresponding to the multiple thumbnails on which the multiple image selectors are located, as the multiple frames of images for making the dynamic emoticon comprises:

displaying, on a preview box when any image selector of the multiple image selectors is dragged to any thumbnail in the thumbnail box, a preview image corresponding to the thumbnail selected by the dragged image selector; and

determining, after receiving a confirm command input by a user in response to the preview image, a picture corresponding to the thumbnail, which is selected by the dragged image selector, as one of the multiple frames of images for making the dynamic emoticon.

8. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein acquiring the video comprises one or more of the following steps:

acquiring the video from a video file already saved in a local folder;

or

downloading the video from a server or a carrier;

or

acquiring the video by shooting a real-time video of a real object with an image shooting device.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein one or more instructions, which, when executed by a terminal, causes the terminal to:

acquire a video;

receive a picture selection instruction input from a user interface (UI) for making dynamic emoticons;

determine, from the acquired video according to the picture selection instruction, multiple frames of images for making a dynamic emoticon; and

synthesize the multiple frames of images for making the dynamic emoticon, to form a picture having a dynamic effect,

wherein determining, from the acquired video according to the picture selection instruction, multiple frames of images for making a dynamic emoticon comprises;

reducing each frame of image in the video to be a thumbnail, and sequentially arranging the thumbnails in a thumbnail box;

receiving a quantity of the multiple frames of images for making the dynamic emoticon, set by a user;

in response to receiving the set quantity, distributing, on the thumbnail box, multiple image selectors in a same interval, wherein the quantity of the multiple image selectors is equal to the set quantity;

in response to receiving a dragging signal formed by dragging the multiple image selectors to multiple thumbnails in the thumbnail box, re-distributing the multiple image selectors to overlap the multiple thumbnails, respectively; and

determining pictures corresponding to the multiple thumbnails on which the multiple image selectors are located, as the multiple frames of images for making the dynamic emoticon.

10. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 9, wherein re-distributing the multiple image selectors to overlap the multiple thumbnails respectively comprises:

displaying, on a preview box when navigating to any image selector of the multiple image selectors distributed on the thumbnail box, a preview image corresponding to a thumbnail selected by the image selector.

11. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 9, wherein re-distributing the multiple image selectors to overlap the multiple thumbnails respectively and determining pictures corresponding to the multiple thumbnails on which the multiple image selectors are located, as the multiple frames of images for making the dynamic emoticon comprises:

displaying, on a preview box when any image selector of the multiple image selectors is dragged to any thumbnail in the thumbnail box, a preview image corresponding to the thumbnail selected by the dragged image selector; and

determining, after receiving a confirm command input by a user in response to the preview image, a picture corresponding to the thumbnail, which is selected by the dragged image selector, as one of the multiple frames of images for making the dynamic emoticon.

12. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 9, wherein a manner for acquiring the video comprises one or more of the following:

acquiring the video from a video file already saved in a local folder;

downloading the video from a server or a carrier; and

acquiring the video by shooting a real-time video of a real object with an image shooting device.