Electronic device and method for image data processing

• US 9,560,272 B2
• Filed: 07/03/2014
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Seung Eun, Park, Jeong Min, Jeon, Seung Young, Hyun, Eun Jung
• Primary Examiner(s): OSINSKI, MICHAEL S
• Application Number:
  US14/323,930
• Publication Number:
  US 20150271396A1
• Time in Patent Office: 943 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/12 with one sensor only
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/80 Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof

Abstract

An electronic device for processing image data including a camera module configured to obtain the image data. The electronic device also including a control module configured to set at least one pointing object in the image data and configured to control the image data on an object corresponding to a position of the set pointing object according to at least one of a position and movement of the at least one pointing object.

Claims

1. An electronic device for processing image data, the device comprising:

an image sensor configured to obtain the image data; and

one or more processors configured to;

select at least one pointing object according to whether the at least one pointing object is stored, wherein when the at least one pointing object is not stored, the one or more processors are configured to select an actual object as the at least one pointing object by;

analyzing the image data obtained while a movement does not occur substantially in the image date;

comparing the image data with a previous image; and

extracting the at least one pointing object from the image data based on an identification that the actual object does not exist in the previous image but exists in the image data; and

control the image data according to a position and movement of the at least one pointing object.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to set the at least one pointing object in the image data.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to set the at least one pointing object in at least one pre-stored pointing object.

4. The electronic device according to claim 2, further comprising an input device configured to select at least one object from the image data, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to set the selected at least one object as the at least one pointing object when a movement does not occur in the image data.

5. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein, after at least one change in the position and movement of the at least one pointing object is detected in a space for obtaining the image data, the one or more processors are further configured to control the image data through a function including at least one of cropping, zoom-in, zoom-out, partial zoom-in, partial zoom-out, partial removal, out-focusing, composite, distortion, and augmented reality in accordance to the at least one change.

6. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to set a coordinate value of the at least one pointing object in a space for obtaining the image data.

7. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein, in response to identifying food in the image data, the one or more processors are further configured to:

check a type and amount of food to which the at least one pointing object points; and

calculate a total calorie count.

15. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one pointing object comprises a finger or a stylus.

16. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to apply an auto-focusing effect when the at least one pointing object taps an arbitrary position in a specific space.

8. An image data processing method, comprising:

obtaining image data;

selecting at least one pointing object according to whether the at least one pointing object is stored, wherein when the at least one pointing object is not stored, selecting an actual object as the at least one pointing object by;

analyzing the image data obtained while a movement does not occur substantially in the image data;

comparing the image data with a previous image; and

extracting the at least one pointing object from the image data based on an identification that the actual object does not exist in the previous image but exists in the image data;

extracting an object corresponding to a position of at least one pointing object from the image data;

checking at least one of a position or a movement of the at least one pointing object; and

controlling and outputting image data corresponding to the extracted object according to the check result.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

after the obtaining of the image data, setting the at least one pointing object in the obtained image data.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the setting of the at least one pointing object comprises setting the at least one pointing object in at least one pre-stored pointing object.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the setting of the at least one pointing object further comprises receiving a select signal on at least one object among at least one object included in the image data and setting an object corresponding to the select signal as the at least one pointing object.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the controlling and outputting of the image data comprises, after at least one change in a position and movement of the at least one pointing object in a space for obtaining the image data, controlling the image data through a function including at least one of cropping, zoom-in, zoom-out, partial zoom-in, partial zoom-out, partial removal, out-focusing, composite, distortion, and augmented reality in correspondence to the at least one change.

13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the setting of the at least one pointing object comprises setting a coordinate value of the at least one pointing object in a space for obtaining the image data.

14. The method according to claim 8, wherein the controlling and outputting of image data comprises, in response to food being identified in the image data, checking a type and amount of food that the at least one pointing object points to and calculating and outputting a total calorie count by controlling and outputting the image data.

17. The method according to claim 8, wherein the at least one pointing object comprises a finger or a stylus.

18. The method according to claim 8, further comprising applying an auto-focusing effect when the at least one pointing object taps an arbitrary position in a specific space.

19. An electronic device for processing image data comprising:

an image sensor configured to obtain image data; and

one or more processors configured to control the image data according to a position and movement of at least one pointing object; and

wherein when the at least one pointing object moves closer to or farther away from the image sensor, the one or more processors are further configured to perform a control to zoom-in or zoom-out image data corresponding to an area that the at least one pointing object points to according to a change in a coordinate value resulting from the movement of the at least one pointing object.

20. An image data processing method comprising:

obtaining, by an image sensor, image data;

extracting an object corresponding to a position of at least one pointing object from the image data;

checking at least one of a position and movement of the at least one pointing object; and

controlling and outputting image data corresponding to the extracted object according to the check result,

wherein the controlling of the image data comprises, when the at least one pointing object moves closer to or farther away from the image sensor, performing a control to zoom-in or zoom-out image data corresponding to an area that the at least one pointing object points to according to a change in a coordinate value resulting from the movement of the at least one pointing object and output the image data.