Apparatus, method and recording medium for controlling user interface using input image

• US 9,898,090 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2014
• Issued: 02/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Jin-Yong, Kang, Ji-Young, Kim, Dae-Sung, Kim, Seok-Tae, Lee, Bo-Young, Lim, Seung-Kyung, Jeon, Jin-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): EURICE, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US14/478,399
• Publication Number:
  US 20150070272A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,264 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• 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: G06V 40/174 Facial expression recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/20 Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/60 Control of cameras or camera modules
• 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 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/675 comprising setting of focusing regions

Abstract

A method of controlling a user interface using an input image is provided. The method includes storing operation executing information of each of one or more gesture forms according to each of a plurality of functions, detecting a gesture form from the input image, and identifying the operation executing information mapped on the detected gesture form to execute an operation according to a function which is currently operated.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a user interface using an input image, the method comprising:

detecting a gesture from the input image;

identifying a function which currently operates on an electronic device;

identifying an operation executing information mapped to the detected gesture according to the function which is currently operating; and

executing an operation of the operation executing information,

wherein, when the operation executing information mapped on the detected gesture is identified and the operation of the operation executing information is executed, information for classification or search corresponding to the detected gesture is tagged to the input image.

2. The method of controlling the user interface as claimed in claim 1, wherein the detecting of the gesture from the input image comprises:

extracting a contour from the input image;

determining whether the extracted contour is matched with one of one or more gestures; and

recognizing a matched gesture as the gesture if it is determined that the extracted contour is matched with one of the one or more gestures.

3. The method of controlling the user interface as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operating function corresponds to a camera function, and if the detected gesture is a predetermined pointing gesture, the identifying of the operation executing information mapped on the detected gesture so as to execute the operation of the operation executing information comprises:

detecting a point on the input image based on the predetermined pointing gesture from the input image; and

executing an auto focusing operation of the camera function by a reference of the detected point.

4. The method of controlling the user interface as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the operation executing information mapped on the detected gesture is identified and the operation of the operation executing information is executed, a predetermined texture corresponding to the detected gesture is applied to the input image and displayed on a preview screen.

5. The method of controlling the user interface as claimed in claim 1, wherein, if the detected gesture is a predetermined pointing gesture, the identifying of the operation execution information mapped on the detected gesture and executing the operation of the operation execution information comprises:

detecting at least one object located in a pointing direction of the pointing gesture from the input image; and

applying a predetermined texture corresponding to the detected gesture to the detected object and displaying it on a preview screen.

6. The method of controlling the user interface as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the operating function corresponds to an augmented reality function, and

wherein, when operation executing information mapped on the detected gesture is identified and the operation of the operation executing information is executed, a predetermined function mapped on the detected gesture is executed in the augmented reality image displayed on a preview screen according to an execution of the augmented reality function.

7. The method of controlling the user interface as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the operation executing information mapped on the detected gesture is identified and the operation of the operation executing information is executed, a predetermined visual effect corresponding to the detected gesture is displayed on the input image.

8. The method of controlling the user interface as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

detecting at least one portion on a face in the input image by applying a face recognizing function to the input image,

wherein in the displaying of the predetermined visual effect corresponding to the detected gesture on the input image, the predetermined visual effect is displayed on the detected face portion corresponding to the predetermined face portion in correspondence to the detected gesture.

9. The method of controlling the user interface as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

changing at least one of a type, a color or a shape of the visual effect according to a recognition of a predetermined voice instruction.

10. An apparatus for controlling a user interface using an input image, the apparatus comprising:

an image receiving sensor configured to receive an input of an image; and

at least one processor configured to;

detect a gesture from an image input through the image receiving sensor,

identify a function which currently operates on the apparatus,

identify operation executing information mapped to the detected gesture according the function which is currently operating, and

execute an operation of the operation executing information,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to tag information for classification or search corresponding to the detected gesture to the input image when the operation executing information mapped on the detected gesture is identified and the operation of the operation executing information is executed.

11. The apparatus for controlling the user interface as claimed in claim 10, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

extract a contour from the input image when the gesture is detected from the input image,

determine whether the extracted contour has a form matched with the gesture, and

determine the matched gesture as the gesture and detects the gesture if it is determined that the extracted contour has the form matched with one or more gestures.

12. The apparatus for controlling the user interface as claimed in claim 10, wherein the operating function corresponds to a camera function, and the at least one processor is further configured to:

detect a point on the input image based on a predetermined pointing gesture from the input image if the detected gesture is the predetermined pointing gesture, and

execute an auto focusing operation of the camera function by a reference of the detected point.

13. The apparatus for controlling the user interface as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

a display,

wherein a predetermined texture corresponding to the detected gesture is applied to the input image displayed on a preview screen of the display, when the operation executing information mapped on the detected gesture is identified and the operation of the operation executing information is executed.

14. The apparatus for controlling the user interface as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

a display,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to;

detect at least one object located in a pointing direction of the pointing gesture from the input image displayed on a preview screen of the display if the detected gesture is a predetermined pointing gesture, and

apply a predetermined texture corresponding to the detected gesture to the detected object.

15. The apparatus for controlling the user interface as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

a display,

wherein the operating function is an augmented reality function, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute a predetermined function mapped on the detected gesture in the augmented reality image displayed on a preview screen of the display according to an execution of the augmented reality function.

16. The apparatus for controlling the user interface as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:

a display,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display the input image and a predetermined visual effect corresponding to the detected gesture of the input image on the display, when the operation executing information mapped on the detected gesture is identified and the operation of the operation executing information is executed.

17. The apparatus for controlling the user interface as claimed in claim 16, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

apply a face recognition function to the input image so as to detect at least one portion of a face from the input image, and

display the predetermined visual effect on the detected face portion corresponding to the predetermined face portion in correspondence to the detected gesture.

18. The apparatus for controlling the user interface as claimed in claim 16, further comprising:

a microphone,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to change at least one of a type, a color or a shape of the displayed visual effect according to recognition of a predetermined voice instruction input through the microphone.

19. A recording medium for controlling a user interface using an input image, the recording medium comprising:

an image receiving sensor configured to receive an input of an image;

a memory; and

programs which operate at least one processor configured to;

detect a gesture from an image input through the image receiving sensor,

identifying a function which currently operates on an electronic device,

identify an operation executing information mapped on the detected gesture according to the function which is currently operating, and

execute an operation of the operation executing information,

wherein, when the operation executing information mapped on the detected gesture is identified and the operation of the operation executing information is executed, information for classification or search corresponding to the detected gesture is tagged to the input image.

20. A method of modifying an input image, the method comprising:

receiving a gesture via an image receiving sensor;

matching the gesture to at least one of a plurality of stored gestures; and

applying an object associated with the matched gesture to the input image and displaying the input image with the applied object, the applied object being a pre-stored image.

21. The method of modifying the input image as in claim 20, wherein the applied object is metadata associated with the matched gesture.

22. The method of modifying the input image as in claim 21, wherein the metadata defines a focus point for an image capture of a camera function.

23. The method of modifying the input image as in claim 20, wherein the applied object is a visible object associated with the matched gesture.

24. The method of modifying the input image as in claim 23, wherein the visible object associated with the matched gesture is an effect rendered from a shape of the matched gesture.

25. The method of modifying the input image as in claim 23, wherein when the input image is a sequence of input images of a video call, the visible object is a message text applied to each input image in the sequence of input images.

26. The method of modifying the input image as in claim 23, wherein the visible object associated with the matched gesture is further associated with a feature of the input image, and the application of the visible object to the input image is performed in a manner that integrates the visible object to the feature of the input image.

27. The method of modifying the input image as in claim 26, wherein the visible object is a pair of glasses and the feature of the input image is a user'"'"'s face.

28. The method of modifying the input image as in claim 26, wherein the visible object is a texture and the feature of the input image is an object selectively chosen from a plurality of objects in the input image.