METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES

• US 20160299893A1
• Filed: 12/02/2014
• Published: 10/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: ZHAO, Haibin, LI, Yuanyou
• Granted Patent: US 10,459,965 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/22 Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03 Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• 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: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user

Abstract

A method of displaying an image performed by a device includes generating a display image with respect to each of a plurality of image groups in the device; selecting one of the plurality of image groups in the device based on a user input; searching for the display image that matches the selected image group; and displaying the found display image, wherein the found display image comprises a preview image that matches each of a plurality of images included in the selected image group.

Claims

1. A method of displaying an image, performed by a device, the method comprising:

generating a display image with respect to each of a plurality of image groups in the device;

selecting one of the plurality of image groups in the device based on a user input;

searching for the display image that matches the selected image group; and

displaying the found display image,

wherein the found display image comprises a preview image that matches each of a plurality of images included in the selected image group.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the display image comprises:

generating a preview image that matches each of a plurality of images included in the plurality of image groups;

generating the display image by disposing the generated preview image based on a preset rule; and

generating image matching information by matching a location of the disposed preview image in the display image with an image file path of an image that matches the generated preview image.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the generating of the display image by disposing the generated preview image based on the preset rule comprises:

disposing an image having a relatively high importance among the plurality of images in a region having a relatively big size among a plurality of split regions of the display image based on importance information set to the plurality of images.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the generating of the preview image comprises:

determining an important region of each of the plurality of images with respect to each of the plurality of images; and

generating the preview image by processing the plurality of images in relation to the determined important region.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the preview image included in the displayed display image based on a user input;

performing a function provided by the device on an image that matches the selected preview image based on the user input; and

correcting the display image by reflecting a result of performing the function and displaying the corrected display image.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the performing of the function provided by the device comprises:

using image matching information included in the device.

7. The method of claim 1,

wherein the searching for the display image comprises:

when the display image that matches the selected image group is not found, generating a display image with respect to the selected image group, and

wherein the displaying of the display image comprises;

displaying the generated display image.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing the method of claim 1.

8. A device comprising:

a controller for generating a display image with respect to each of a plurality of image groups in the device, selecting one of the plurality of image groups in the device based on a user input, and searching for the display image that matches the selected image group;

an input interface for receiving a user input; and

a display for displaying the found display image,

wherein the found display image comprises a preview image that matches each of a plurality of images included in the selected image group.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the controller generates a preview image that matches each of a plurality of images included in the plurality of image groups, generates the display image by disposing the generated preview image based on a preset rule, and generates image matching information by matching a location of the disposed preview image in the display image with an image file path of an image that matches the generated preview image.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the controller disposes an image having a relatively high importance among the plurality of images in a region having a relatively big size among a plurality of split regions of the display image based on importance information set to the plurality of images.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein the controller determines an important region of each of the plurality of images with respect to each of the plurality of images, and generates the preview image by processing the plurality of images in relation to the determined important region.

12. The device of claim 8,

wherein the controller selects the preview image included in the displayed display image based on the user input received from the input, performs a function provided by the device on an image that matches the selected preview image based on a user input, and corrects the display image by reflecting a result of performing the function, and

wherein the display displays the corrected display image.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the controller uses image matching information included in the device.

14. The device of claim 8,

wherein when the display image that matches the selected image group is not found, the controller generates a display image with respect to the selected image group, and

wherein the display displays the generated display image.