Picture processing method and apparatus, and storage medium

• US 10,593,018 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2018
• Issued: 03/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Zhong, Yu
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoang, Peter
• Application Number:
  US15/971,800
• Publication Number:
  US 20180253824A1
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/4038 Image mosaicing, e.g. composing plane images from plane sub-images

Abstract

A picture processing method and apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. First picture information is obtained from a first container, the first picture information being presented as a first picture on a first picture layer. A screenshot picture information is obtained by taking a screenshot of a second container containing a plurality of pictures. The screenshot picture information includes second picture information in the second container, and the second picture information is presented as a second picture on a second picture layer, where the plurality of pictures form sub-pictures of the second picture. The first picture information and the screenshot picture information are combined, to obtain a combined picture of the first picture and the plurality of pictures in a single combining operation.

Claims

1. A picture processing method, comprising:

obtaining first picture information from a first container, the first picture information being presented as a first picture on a first picture layer, the first picture information including at least one of size information of the first picture and position information of the first picture on the first picture layer;

creating a second container according to the first picture information;

inputting into the second container first and second sub-pictures respectively presented on first and second sub-layers;

combining within the second container the first and second sub-pictures by overlaying the first and second sub-layers;

obtaining second picture information by taking a screenshot of the second container, and the second picture information being presented as a second picture on a second picture layer, wherein the second picture includes the first and second sub-pictures; and

combining the first picture information and the second picture information to obtain a combined picture of the first picture and the second picture.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the second picture information comprises:

determining whether the first sub-picture overlaps the second sub-picture;

generating, if the first sub-picture overlaps the second sub-picture, screenshot picture information including first sub-picture information and partial second sub-picture information, the partial second sub-picture information being information about a part of the second sub-picture not overlapped by the first sub-picture; and

obtaining the second picture information from the screenshot picture information.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the second picture information comprises:

creating the second container;

performing a rendering operation on the second container to obtain the second picture layer;

positioning the second picture layer on top of at least a portion of the first picture layer;

performing a second rendering operation on the second container to obtain the second picture; and

presenting the second picture on the second picture layer.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining second picture information comprises:

sending indication information to the second container to adjust at least one of a position of the second picture on the second picture layer and a size of the second picture; and

controlling the second container to;

adjust, according to the indication information, the position of the second picture to an indicated position according to the indication information; and

adjust the size of the second picture to an indicated size according to the indication information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second picture information further includes position information of at least one of the first sub-picture and the second sub-picture.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

presenting the second picture layer in a size according to the size information of the first picture; and

presenting the second picture layer at a position according to the position information of the first picture.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in presenting the combined picture, the second picture layer is positioned on top of the first picture layer with an overlapping area corresponding to a first area of the first picture layer and a second area of the second picture layer, the first area being more opaque than the second area.

8. A picture processing system, comprising:

a memory storing computer instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory and, when executing the computer instructions, configured to perform;

obtaining first picture information from a first container, the first picture information being presented as a first picture on a first picture layer, the first picture information including at least one of size information of the first picture and position information of the first picture on the first picture layer;

creating a second container according to the first picture information;

inputting into the second container first and second sub-pictures respectively presented on first and second sub-layers;

combining within the second container the first and second sub-pictures by overlaying the first and second sub-layers;

obtaining second picture information by taking a screenshot of the second container, and the second picture information being presented as a second picture on a second picture layer, wherein the second picture includes the first and second sub-pictures; and

combining the first picture information and the second picture information to obtain a combined picture of the first picture and the second picture.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein obtaining the second picture information comprises:

determining whether the first sub-picture overlaps the second sub-picture;

generating, if the first sub-picture overlaps the second sub-picture, screenshot picture information including first sub-picture information and partial second sub-picture information, the partial second sub-picture information being information about a part of the second sub-picture not overlapped by the first sub-picture; and

obtaining the second picture information from the screenshot picture information.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein obtaining the second picture information comprises:

creating the second container;

performing a rendering operation on the second container to obtain the second picture layer;

positioning the second picture layer on top of at least a portion of the first picture layer;

performing a second rendering operation on the second container to obtain the second picture; and

presenting the second picture on the second picture layer.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein obtaining the second picture information comprises:

sending indication information to the second container to adjust at least one of a position of the second picture on the second picture layer and a size of the second picture; and

controlling the second container to;

adjust, according to the indication information, the position of the second picture to an indicated position according to the indication information; and

adjust the size of the second picture to an indicated size according to the indication information.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer program instructions executable by at least one processor to perform:

obtaining first picture information from a first container, the first picture information being presented as a first picture on a first picture layer, the first picture information including at least one of size information of the first picture and position information of the first picture on the first picture layer;

creating a second container according to the first picture information;

inputting into the second container first and second sub-pictures respectively presented on first and second sub-layers;

combining within the second container the first and second sub-pictures by overlaying the first and second sub-layers;

obtaining second picture information by taking a screenshot of the second container, and the second picture information being presented as a second picture on a second picture layer, wherein the second picture includes the first and second sub-pictures; and

combining the first picture information and the second picture information, to obtain a combined picture of the first picture and the second picture.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 12, wherein obtaining the second picture information comprises:

determining whether the first sub-picture overlaps the second sub-picture;

generating, if the first sub-picture overlaps the second sub-picture, screenshot picture information including first sub-picture information and partial second sub-picture information, the partial second sub-picture information being information about a part of the second sub-picture not overlapped by the first sub-picture; and

obtaining the second picture information from the screenshot picture information.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 12, wherein obtaining the second picture information comprises:

determining whether the first sub-picture overlaps the second sub-picture;

generating, if the first sub-picture overlaps the second sub-picture, screenshot picture information including first sub-picture information and partial second sub-picture information, the partial second sub-picture information being information about a part of the second sub-picture not overlapped by the first sub-picture; and

obtaining the second picture information from the screenshot picture information.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 12, wherein obtaining second picture information comprises:

sending indication information to the second container to adjust at least one of a position of the second picture on the second picture layer and a size of the second picture; and

controlling the second container to;

adjust, according to the indication information, the position of the second picture to an indicated position according to the indication information; and

adjust the size of the second picture to an indicated size according to the indication information.