Method and device for image processing

• US 9,558,542 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2014
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Xu, Fei, Li, Weixing, Wang, Yahui
• Primary Examiner(s): Bayat, Ali
• Application Number:
  US14/585,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20150110419A1
• Time in Patent Office: 763 Days
• Field of Search: 382/284
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/20221 Image fusion; Image merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/50 using two or more images, e.g. averaging or subtraction

Abstract

A method for image processing includes determining an application picture of a target application and an actual environment for the target application as triggered by a preview event, obtaining a background picture according to the actual environment, performing an image processing on at least one of the application picture or the background picture so that a significance of the application picture is higher than a significance of the background picture, and outputting a combination of the application picture and the background picture in a preview environment.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for processing images displayed on a screen of a terminal, comprising:

detecting, by a processor of the terminal, a preview event;

determining, by the processor in response to detecting the preview event, an application picture of a target application running in the terminal and an actual environment for the target application;

obtaining, by the processor, a background picture according to the actual environment;

performing, by the processor, an image processing on at least one of the application picture or the background picture, so that a significance of the application picture is higher than a significance of the background picture; and

displaying, by the processor, a combination of the application picture and the background picture in a preview environment on the screen.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein performing the image processing includes:

modifying at least one of a grayscale, a luminance, a chrominance, or a transparency of the at least one of the application picture or the background picture.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the modifying the at least one of the grayscale, the luminance, the chrominance, or the transparency of the at least one of the application picture or the background picture includes:

increasing the transparency of the background picture to be larger than the transparency of the application picture.

4. The method according to claim 2, further comprising, before modifying the at least one of the grayscale, the luminance, the chrominance, or the transparency of the at least one of the application picture or the background picture:

judging whether at least one of the grayscale or the transparency of the background picture is smaller than a sum of the at least one of the grayscale or the transparency of the application picture and a preset amplitude for the at least one of the grayscale or the transparency; and

if so, increasing the at least one of the grayscale or the transparency of the background picture to be equal to or larger than the sum;

or

judging whether at least one of the luminance or the chrominance of the background picture is larger than a difference between the at least one of the luminance or the chrominance of the application picture and a preset amplitude for the at least one of the luminance or the chrominance; and

if so, reducing the at least one of the luminance or the chrominance of the background picture to be equal to or smaller than the difference.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the background picture is a picture of the actual environment in which the target application is not running; and

displaying the combination of the application picture and the background picture in the preview environment on the screen includes;

overlaying the application picture on the background picture to obtain an overlaid picture; and

displaying the overlaid picture in the preview environment on the screen.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the background picture is a picture of the actual environment in which the target application has been applied but with the application picture being clipped from a clipped region; and

displaying the combination of the application picture and the background picture in the preview environment on the screen includes;

filling the application picture into the clipped region of the background picture to obtain a filled picture; and

displaying the filled picture in the preview environment on the screen.

7. A terminal, comprising:

a screen;

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

detect a preview event;

determine, in response to detecting the preview event, an application picture of a target application running in the terminal and an actual environment for the target application;

obtain a background picture according to the actual environment;

perform an image processing on at least one of the application picture and the background picture, so that a significance of the application picture is higher than a significance of the background picture; and

display a combination of the application picture and the background picture in a preview environment on the screen.

8. The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

modify at least one of a grayscale, a luminance, a chrominance, or a transparency of the at least one of the application picture or the background picture.

9. The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

increase the transparency of the background picture to be larger than the transparency of the application picture.

10. The terminal according to claim 8, wherein, before causing the processor to modify the at least one of the grayscale, the luminance, the chrominance, or the transparency of the at least one of the application picture or the background picture, the instructions further cause the processor to:

judge whether at least one of the grayscale or the transparency of the background picture is smaller than a sum of the at least one of the grayscale or the transparency of the application picture and a preset amplitude for the at least one of the grayscale or the transparency; and

if so, increase the at least one of the grayscale or the transparency of the background picture to be equal to or larger than the sum;

or

judge whether at least one of the luminance or the chrominance of the background picture is larger than a difference between the at least one of the luminance or the chrominance of the application picture and a preset amplitude for the at least one of the luminance or the chrominance; and

if so, reduce the at least one of the luminance or the chrominance of the background picture to be equal to or smaller than the difference.

11. The terminal according to claim 7, wherein:

the background picture is a picture of the actual environment in which the target application is not running; and

the instructions causing the processor to display the combination of the application picture and the background picture in the preview environment on the screen include instructions causing the processor to;

overlay the application on the background picture to obtain an overlaid picture; and

display the overlaid picture in the preview environment on the screen.

12. The terminal according to claim 7, wherein:

the background picture is a picture of the actual environment in which the target application has been applied but with the application picture being clipped from a clipped region; and

the instructions causing the processor to display the combination of the application picture and the background picture in the preview environment on the screen include instructions causing the processor to;

fill the application picture into the clipped region of the background picture; and

display the filled picture in the preview environment on the screen.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile terminal, cause the mobile terminal to:

detect a preview event;

determine, in response to detecting the preview event, an application picture of a target application running in the mobile terminal and an actual environment for the target application as triggered by a preview event;

obtain a background picture according to the actual environment;

perform an image processing on at least one of the application picture and the background picture, so that a significance of the application picture is higher than a significance of the background picture; and

display a combination of the application picture and the background picture in a preview environment on a screen of the mobile terminal.

14. The medium according to claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the mobile terminal to:

modify at least one of a grayscale, a luminance, a chrominance, or a transparency of the at least one of the application picture or the background picture.

15. The medium according to claim 14, wherein the instructions further cause the mobile terminal to:

increase the transparency of the background picture to be larger than the transparency of the application picture.

16. The medium according to claim 14, wherein, before causing the mobile terminal to modify the at least one of the grayscale, the luminance, the chrominance, or the transparency of the at least one of the application picture or the background picture, the instructions further cause the mobile terminal to:

judge whether at least one of the grayscale or the transparency of the background picture is smaller than a sum of the at least one of the grayscale or the transparency of the application picture and a preset amplitude for the at least one of the grayscale or the transparency; and

if so, increase the at least one of the grayscale or the transparency of the background picture to be equal to or larger than the sum;

or

judge whether at least one of the luminance or the chrominance of the background picture is larger than a difference between the at least one of the luminance or the chrominance of the application picture and a preset amplitude for the at least one of the luminance or the chrominance; and

if so, reduce the at least one of the luminance or the chrominance of the background picture to be equal to or smaller than the difference.

17. The medium according to claim 13, wherein:

the background picture is a picture of the actual environment in which the target application is not running; and

the instructions causing the mobile terminal to display the combination of the application picture and the background picture in the preview environment on the screen include instructions causing the mobile terminal to;

overlay the application on the background picture to obtain an overlaid picture; and

display the overlaid picture in the preview environment on the screen.

18. The medium according to claim 13, wherein:

the background picture is a picture of the actual environment in which the target application has been applied but with the application picture being clipped from a clipped region; and

the instructions causing the mobile terminal to display the combination of the application picture and the background picture in the preview environment on the screen include instructions causing the mobile terminal to;

fill the application picture into the clipped region of the background picture; and

display the filled picture in the preview environment on the screen.