Method to provide user interface to display menu related to image to be photographed, and photographing apparatus applying the same

• US 10,606,456 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2015
• Issued: 03/31/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Shin, Chang-beom
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhargava, Anil K
• Application Number:
  US14/707,254
• Publication Number:
  US 20150242105A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,789 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/61 based on recognised objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators

Abstract

A method to provide a user interface (UI) includes the UI, the present general inventive concept provides the UI to specify a certain region of an image to be photographed and to display a menu for an image displayed on a specified region.

Claims

1. A method for providing a graphical user interface in an electronic device, performed by the electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying an image to be photographed on a touch display screen of the electronic device;

receiving a touch input on the touch display screen; and

superimposedly displaying a plurality of graphical guides of a graphical user interface at a point receiving the touch input on the touch display screen over the image to be photographed before being photographed,

wherein the displayed plurality of displayed graphical guides visually illustrate a graphical representation of the increase and decrease of the at least one visual effect to be applied to an object corresponding to the point receiving the touch input among at least one object included in the image to be photographed before being photographed.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting the at least one visual effect to be applied to the object in the image to be photographed before being photographed corresponding to an increase or decrease of a selected one of the displayed plurality of graphical guides.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the visual effect is an image color effect, and

wherein the adjusting comprises increasing or decreasing a warm color effect or a cool color effect to be applied to the object in the image to be photographed before being photographed.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein at least one of the displayed plurality of graphical guides visually illustrates an increase or decrease of the image color effect to be applied to the object in the image to be photographed before being photographed.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein at least two of the displayed plurality of graphical guides are associated with tasks, respectively, and the adjusting comprises adjusting the at least one visual effect in accordance with one of the tasks associated with the selected one of the plurality of graphical guides.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the graphical user interface includes text information associated with the at least one visual effect.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising varying a number of the displayed plurality of graphical guides based on an image characteristic of the image to be photographed before being photographed at the point receiving the touch input on the touch display screen.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising varying a number of the text information based on an image characteristic of the image to be photographed before being photographed at the point receiving the touch input on the touch display screen.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the image characteristic is a color of the image to be photographed before being photographed at the point receiving the touch input.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the image characteristic is a contrast between the image to be photographed before being photographed at the point receiving the touch input and the image to be photographed before being photographed around the point receiving the touch input.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of guides identify a type of the object in the image to be photographed before being photographed at the point receiving the touch input.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the image characteristic indicates one of presence and absence of a background region of the image to be photographed, and

wherein the displayed plurality of graphical guides vary such that the plurality of graphical guides are the first plurality of guides if the point receiving the touch input corresponds to the presence of the background region at the first region of the image to be photographed before being photographed and the plurality of graphical guides are the second plurality of guides different from the first plurality of guides if the point receiving the touch input corresponds to the absence of the background region at the second region of the image to be photographed before being photographed.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed plurality of graphics guides visually illustrating the increase and decrease of the at least one visual effect to be applied to the object in the displayed image comprise:

a first graphical guide that visually illustrates a first graphical representation of the image to be photographed before being photographed having an increase or decrease of a first visual effect among the at least one visual effect; and

a second graphical guide that visually illustrates a second graphical representation of the image to be photographed before being photographed having an increase or decrease of a second visual effect among the at least one visual effect.

14. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program which when executed by at least one processor provides instructions for displaying a graphical user interface in an electronic device, the instructions comprising:

displaying an image to be photographed on a touch display screen of the electronic device;

receiving a touch input on the touch display screen; and

superimposedly displaying a plurality of graphical guides of a graphical user interface at a point receiving the touch input on the touch display screen over the image to be photographed before being photographed,

wherein the displayed plurality of displayed graphical guides visually illustrate a graphical representation of the increase and decrease of the at least one visual effect to be applied to an object corresponding to the point receiving the touch input among at least one object included in the image to be photographed before being photographed.

15. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 14, further comprising adjusting the at least one visual effect of the at least one portion of the image to be photographed before being photographed corresponding to an increase or decrease of a selected one of the displayed plurality of graphical guides.

16. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the visual effect is an image color effect, and

wherein the adjusting comprises increasing or decreasing a warm color effect or a cool color effect to be applied to the object in the image to be photographed before being photographed.

17. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 16, wherein at least one of the displayed plurality of graphical guides visually illustrates an increase or decrease of the image color effect to be applied to the object in the image to be photographed before being photographed.

18. The non-transitory machine readable medium according to claim 15, wherein at least two of the displayed plurality of graphical guides are associated with tasks, respectively, and the adjusting comprises adjusting the at least one visual effect in accordance with one of the tasks associated with the selected one of the plurality of graphical guides.

19. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 18, wherein the graphical user interface includes text information associated with the at least one visual effect.

20. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises varying a number of the displayed plurality of graphical guides based on an image characteristic of the image to be photographed before being photographed on the point receiving the touch input on the touch display screen.

21. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises varying a number of the text information based on an image characteristic of the image to be photographed before being photographed at the point receiving the touch input on the touch display screen.

22. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 20, wherein the image characteristic is a color of the image to be photographed before being photographed at the point receiving the touch input.

23. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 20, wherein the image characteristic is a contrast between the image to be photographed before being photographed at the point receiving the touch input and the image to be photographed before being photographed around the point receiving the touch input.

24. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 14, wherein the plurality of guides identify a type of the object in the image to be photographed before being photographed at the point receiving the touch input.

25. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 14, wherein the image characteristic indicates one of presence and absence of a background region of the image to be photographed, and

wherein the displayed plurality of graphical guides vary such that the plurality of graphical guides are the first plurality of guides if the point receiving the touch input corresponds to the presence of the background region at the first region of the image to be photographed before being photographed and the plurality of graphical guides are the second plurality of guides different from the first plurality of guides if the point receiving the touch input corresponds to the absence of the background region at the second region of the image to be photographed before being photographed.

26. An image apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display an image to be photographed, the display comprising a touch display screen configured to receive a touch input on the touch display screen; and

a controller configured to control the display to superimposedly display a plurality of graphical guides of a graphical user interface at a point receiving the touch input on the touch display screen over the image to be photographed before being photographed,

wherein the displayed plurality of displayed graphical guides visually illustrate a graphical representation of the increase and decrease of the at least one visual effect to be applied to an object corresponding to the point receiving the touch input among at least one object included in the image to be photographed before being photographed.

27. The image apparatus of claim 26, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to adjust the at least one visual effect to be applied to the object in the image to be photographed before being photographed corresponding to an increase or decrease of a selected one of the displayed plurality of graphical guides.

28. The image apparatus of claim 27, wherein at least two of the displayed plurality of graphical guides are associated with tasks, respectively, and controller is further configured to control the display to adjust the at least one visual effect in accordance with one of the tasks associated with the selected one of the plurality of graphical guides.

29. The image apparatus of claim 26, wherein the plurality of guides identify a type of the object in the image to be photographed before being photographed at the point receiving the touch input.