Digital photographing apparatus and method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus

• US 9,160,924 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2012
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Song, Won-seok, Kang, Tae-hoon, Kim, Jong-sun, Choi, Myung-kyu, Hwang, Kwang-il
• Primary Examiner(s): DIEP, TRUNG T
• Application Number:
  US13/595,117
• Publication Number:
  US 20130162876A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,142 Days
• Field of Search: 348/222.1, 348/333.1, 348/324, 348/333.01
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10024 Color image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/73 using feature-based methods
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/61 based on recognised objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/80 Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2621 Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects during image pickup, e.g. digital cameras, camcorders, video cameras having integrated special effects capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/272 Means for inserting a foreground image in a background image, i.e. inlay, outlay
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

A digital photographing apparatus, computer readable medium, and a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus, the method including selecting a template image; receiving an image including a subject and detecting the subject from the received image; and displaying the template image with an image of the subject included in a view area. The displaying may include displaying the template image with an image of the subject included in a view area corresponding to a location of the detected subject. The method may include designating a location of the view area on the template image.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus including a display, the method comprising:

selecting a template image and displaying the template image on the display in a stationary manner;

receiving an image, which is separate from the template image, including a subject and detecting the subject from the received image; and

superimposedly displaying an image of the subject within a view area designated on the template image,

wherein the designated view area is movable according to a movement of the detected subject.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying comprises:

displaying the template image with an image of the subject included in a view area corresponding to a location of the detected subject.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising designating a location of the view area on the template image.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a location of the view area is set on the location of the detected subject.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

setting the view area corresponding to the location of the detected subject;

generating a mask template image by removing the view image from the input image; and

storing the mask template image.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the generating of the mask template image further comprises blurring a boundary of the view area.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the storing of the mask template image comprises storing information about a starting coordinate of a minimum rectangle surrounding the view area and information about a size of the minimum rectangle.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the displaying comprises displaying a synthesized image obtained by synthesizing the stored mask template image and the template image.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital photographing apparatus comprises a front display screen or a flipped display screen.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receiving a shutter release signal, capturing the input image and synthesizing the captured input image with the template image.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the subject comprises a face area of a person.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the template image is a background image.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the input image is a live view image.

14. A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus including a display, the method comprising:

selecting a template image and displaying the template image on the display in a stationary manner;

receiving an image, which is separate from the template image, including a subject and detecting the subject from the received image;

capturing the input image comprising a view area corresponding to a location of the detected subject; and

synthesizing the template image with the captured input image such that an image of the subject is superimposedly displayed within the view area designated on the template image,

wherein the designated view area is movable according to a movement of the detected subject.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the view area is movable on the template image according to a movement of the subject.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising setting the view area onto the location of the detected subject,

wherein the set view area is movable according to a movement of the subject.

17. A digital photographing apparatus, the digital photographing apparatus comprising:

a display;

a subject detection unit configured to receive an image comprising a subject and configured to detect the subject from the received image; and

a controller configured to receive a template image, which is separate from the image comprising the subject, and configured to display the template image on the display in a stationary manner with an image of the subject superimposedly within a view area corresponding to a location of the detected subject,

wherein the view area including the subject is designated on the template image and the designated view area is movable according to a movement of the detected subject.

18. The digital photographing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the controller comprises a view area moving unit configured to move the view area designated on the template image according to a movement of the detected subject.

19. The digital photographing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the controller further comprises a view area matching unit configured to set the view area onto the location of the detected subject.

20. The digital photographing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the controller further comprises an image synthesis unit configured to synthesize the image of the subject included in the view area corresponding to the location of the detected subject with the template image.

21. The digital photographing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the controller further comprises an area effect-giving unit configured to blur a boundary of the view area.

22. The digital photographing apparatus of claim 17, further comprising a front display screen or a flipped display screen configured to display the image of the subject and the template image so that the image of the subject and the template image face the subject.