MOBILE DEVICE, COMPUTER DEVICE AND IMAGE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150350466A1
• Filed: 05/27/2015
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Lai, Yi-Chi, Huang, Kuan-Ying, Chen, Bo-Cheng, Chen, Wan-Ya, Chiu, Cheng-An
• Granted Patent: US 9,967,410 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00172 directly from a still digital camera or from a storage medium mounted in a still digital camera H04N1/0018 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324

Abstract

An image control method, applied to a mobile device including a camera service platform, wherein the mobile device complies an image transmission protocol and establishes an event queue and an extension unit according to the image transmission protocol, wherein the image control method comprises: receiving at least one control parameter of an image processing function of a camera service platform; generating a control item of the image processing function according to the controlling parameter; mapping the control item to a data base and transmitting a notification including the control item to a computer device to transmit an image between the computer device and the mobile device.

Claims

1. An image control method, applied to a mobile device with a camera service platform, the mobile device complies with an image transmission protocol and establishes an event queue and an extension unit according to the image transmission protocol, wherein the image control method comprises:

receiving at least one control parameter of an image processing function of the camera service platform;

generating a control item of the image processing function according to the control parameter;

mapping the control item to a data base; and

transmitting a notification including the control item to a computer device to transmit an image between the computer device and the mobile device.

2. The image control method according to claim 1, wherein the notification includes a control item event corresponding to the control item to notify the computer device whether the camera service platform is a new registered camera service platform.

3. The image control method according to claim 1, wherein the extension unit converts the notification to an instruction format complying with the image transmission protocol specification, and the extension unit transmits the converted notification to the computer device via the event queue.

4. The image control method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one control parameter includes a priority of the image processing function on the camera service platform, a control path of the image processing function is configured according to the priority, and the control path is corresponding to an execution sequence of the image processing function and at least another image processing function of the mobile device.

5. The image control method according to claim 1, wherein after the step of transmitting a notification including the control item to a computer device to transmit an image between the computer device and the mobile device, the image control method further includes the steps of:

searching the control item corresponds to the control signal in the data base when the mobile device receives a control signal, wherein the control signal is corresponding to a control operation of the image processing function;

receiving at least one control parameter related to the control operation from the control signal;

editing an image to be a processed image according to the at least one the control parameter and the control path;

converting the processed image to an transmitted image which conforms to a format of the image transmission protocol.

6. The image control method according to claim 3, wherein the step of virtualizing the mobile device to the device utilizing the image transmission protocol further includes a step of:

storing the image to be transmitted to a video queue, and the image to be transmitted is transmitted to the computer device via the video queue.

7. The image control method according to claim 5, wherein the control signal is received via the event queue and the extension unit.

8. A mobile device including a camera service platform, comprising:

a storage unit storing a plurality of modules; and

a processing unit coupled to the storage unit for accessing and executing the plurality of modules, wherein the plurality of modules includes;

an algorithm determining module receiving at least one control parameter of an image processing function of the camera service platform; and

a generating module generating a control item of the image processing function according to the at least one control parameter, mapping the control item to a data base, and transmitting a notification to a computer device.

9. The mobile device according to claim 8, wherein the notification includes a control item event corresponding to the control item to notify the computer device whether the camera service platform is a new registered camera service platform.

10. The mobile device according to claim 8, further comprising:

a virtualization module for establishing an event queue and an extension unit to virtualize the mobile device to conform the image transmission protocol,

wherein the extension unit converts the notification to an instruction format conforming to the image transmission protocol specification, and the converted notification is transmitted to the computer device via the event queue.

11. The mobile device according to claim 8, wherein the at least one control parameter includes a priority of the image processing function on the camera service platform, and the algorithm determining module configures a control path of the image processing function according to the priority, and the control path is corresponding to an execution sequence of the image processing function and at least another image processing function of the mobile device.

12. The mobile device according to claim 8, further comprising a feature detecting module and a video processing unit, wherein,

when the generating module receives a control signal, the generating module searches the control item that corresponds to the control signal in the data base, and the control signal is corresponded to a control operation of the image processing function;

the generating module receives at least one control parameter related to the control operation from the control signal, and the feature detecting module accesses the image and the image processing function; and

the video processing unit edits an image as a processed image according to the at least one the control parameter and the control path, and the processed image is converted to an transmitted image conforming to a format of the image transmission protocol.

13. The mobile device according to claim 12, wherein the virtualization module stores the transmitted image to a video queue, and the transmitted image is transmitted to the computer device via the video queue.

14. The mobile device according to claim 12, wherein the generating module receives the control signal via the event queue and the extension unit.

15. A computer device, comprising:

a storage unit storing a plurality of modules; and

a processing unit coupled to the storage unit for accessing and executing the plurality of modules, and the plurality of modules includes;

an extension processing module receiving a notification including a control item event, wherein the notification is corresponding to an image processing function of a camera service platform, and the control item event corresponds to a control item that generated according to the image processing function;

an application interface module with a control interface for controlling the image processing function to edit an image in respond to the notification; and

when the control interface receives an control operation corresponding to the image processing function, the extension processing module generates a control signal according to the control operation, wherein the control signal includes at least one control parameter related to the control operation.