187 results about "Live preview" patented technology

A “Panoramic Viewfinder” provides an intuitive interactive viewfinder display which operates on a digital camera display screen. This interactive viewfinder provides real-time assistance in capturing images for constructing panoramic image mosaics. The Panoramic Viewfinder “brushes” a panorama from images captured in any order, while providing visual feedback to the user for ensuring that desired scene elements will appear in the final panorama. This visual feedback presents real-time stitched previews of the panorama while capturing images. In one embodiment, the viewfinder display of the Panoramic Viewfinder includes a “mosaic preview” which presents a stitched mosaic preview of the captured images; a live display window representing a “current content” of the camera viewfinder, which is mapped to a matching location within the mosaic preview; and an optional panoramic “cropping frame” overlaid onto the mosaic preview which illustrates a section of the mosaic which will survive a rectangular cropping of the mosaic.

A “Panoramic Viewfinder” provides an intuitive interactive viewfinder display which operates on a digital camera display screen. This interactive viewfinder provides real-time assistance in capturing images for constructing panoramic image mosaics. The Panoramic Viewfinder “brushes” a panorama from images captured in any order, while providing visual feedback to the user for ensuring that desired scene elements will appear in the final panorama. This visual feedback presents real-time stitched previews of the panorama while capturing images. In one embodiment, the viewfinder display of the Panoramic Viewfinder includes a “mosaic preview” which presents a stitched mosaic preview of the captured images; a live display window representing a “current content” of the camera viewfinder, which is mapped to a matching location within the mosaic preview; and an optional panoramic “cropping frame” overlaid onto the mosaic preview which illustrates a section of the mosaic which will survive a rectangular cropping of the mosaic.

The present disclosure generally relates to making payments with a mobile device. In one example process, the device receives first authentication data, such as fingerprint authentication information, and second authentication data, such as a bank authorization code. The device then transmits a transaction request for a payment transaction. In another example process, the device detects activation of a physical input mechanism and detects a fingerprint using a biometric sensor. The device is enabled to participate in NFC payment transactions. In another example process, the device displays a live preview of images obtained via a camera sensor while the device detects partial credit card information of a credit card in a field of view of the camera sensor.

The present disclosure generally relates to making payments with a mobile device. In one example process, the device receives first authentication data, such as fingerprint authentication information, and second authentication data, such as a bank authorization code. The device then transmits a transaction request for a payment transactions. In another example process, the device detects activation of a physical input mechanism and detects a fingerprint using a biometric sensor. The device is enabled to participate in NFC payment transactions. In another example process, the device displays a live preview of images obtained via a camera sensor while the device detects partial credit card information of a credit card in a field of view of the camera sensor.

The invention discloses a method and a device for realizing real-time viewing of panoramic pictures, belonging to the field of electronics. The method comprises the following steps: two-dimensional images of the current scene are obtained; a depth map of the two-dimensional images is obtained; pre-stitching is carried out according to the two-dimensional images of the current scene, the two-dimensional images of the last scene of the current scene, the depth map of two-dimensional images of the current scene and the depth map of two-dimensional images of last scene of the current scene to generate and display pre-stitched panoroma three-dimensional images; when confirmation information from the users is received, the broad-viewing three-dimensional images are stitched and the three-dimensional images of the last scene of the current scene are continuously obtained until the panoramic three-dimensional images are obtained; in the invention images, especially the three-dimensional images are stitched in real time, displayed in real time and previewed in real time, so that panoramic images appear wherever the camera aperture goes and image-stitching mistakes can be corrected anytime, thus improving user experience.

This invention relates to a system and method for operating and managing real world devices through a three-dimensional virtual user interface. In a preferred form, the invention relates to using a three-dimensional virtual user interface to control the playing of content items on a display device or on multiple display devices, all managed and operated by the present invention. The system allows for real-time previewing of the content items rendered on the displays on a single control computer monitor. The invention may be seen as a computer having an application employing a three-dimensional virtual user interface for operating and previewing a display device or devices.

The invention discloses a mobile terminal and a shooting method thereof. The shooting method includes the steps that after shooting is started, a camera continuously collects image data; additive operation is carried out on the current image data and previous image data to generate a composite image; the composite image is displayed in real time. Thus, time exposure can be simulated through the image addition technology, a light painting shoot function is added to the mobile terminal, a user can carry out artistic creation by utilizing the light painting shoot function of the mobile terminal, the creation effect can be previewed in real time, and user experience is improved; meanwhile, the collected image data are subjected to mirror image processing and then generate the composite image, the displayed composite image can be completely consistent with works actually created by a creator, the creator does not need to carry out mirror image processing on the created works in advance, the difficulty of carrying out the light painting creation by the user is reduced, and the user experience is improved.

An aspect of the present invention provides a method for displaying a face detection frame in an image-taking device, which obtains an image signal representing a subject continuously at a predetermined cycle, displays a live video preview on a display device (15) based on the obtained image signal and detects a face of the subject included in the live preview based on the obtained image signal, and superimposes a face detection frame surrounding the detected face of the subject on the live preview for display on the display device, wherein the movement of the image-taking device from the time of obtaining the image used for the face detection is detected, and wherein the display position of the face detection frame is corrected according to the detected movement of the image-taking device on the basis of the display position of the face detection frame relative to the image used for the face detection.

The invention discloses a video processing device applied to a mobile phone platform, which comprises a video acquisition module, a video compressed encoding module, a special effect overlaying device, a display module, a recording module and a storage module, wherein the video acquisition module is used for acquiring video data; the special effect overlaying device is used for overlaying a set special effect into the video data; the display module is used for displaying the video data with the overlaid special effect; the video compressed encoding module is used for performing compressed encoding on the video data required to be recorded; the storage module is used for storing the video data after the compressed encoding; and the recording module is used for recording operation on the video data and generating a configuration file. Compared with a video shot by the traditional mobile phone, real-time preview of the special effect before formal recording is available, so that an operator can select a video source material requiring post production, and can collect the source material according to an external environment and own inspiration in real time conveniently, and the video processing speed of a mobile phone is increased by parallel distribution processing.

The invention discloses a flash camera shooting method and a camera shooting device. The flash camera shooting method comprises the following steps of entering into a picture taking mode, judging whether a flashlight turning-on condition is met or not, if yes, turning on a flashlight and keeping the flashlight to be normally on, adjusting the brightness of the flashlight to the appropriate brightness, and accordingly conducting flash camera shooting. Consequently, when a picture is taken in a dark environment (like at night), the flashlight is kept to be normally on in the shooting process, a user can preview the flash shooting effect in real time, what the user sees is obtained, the brightness of the flashlight can be adjusted automatically or manually in the previewing process, the condition that a local area is overexposed or too dark is avoided, and the shooting effect is made best. The user can take pictures again after being satisfied with the shooting effect, the satisfying pictures can be one-time taken, the trouble of repeated shooting is avoided, the shooting efficiency is improved, and user experience is improved.

The invention provides a high dynamic range image photographing method, a mobile terminal, and a computer readable storage medium. The high dynamic range image photographing method comprises the following steps: respectively controlling a first camera and a second camera to collect preview images, and displaying the preview images collected by the first camera on a photographing preview interface; acquiring M frames of preview images collected by the first camera; aligning and synthesizing the M frames of preview images, and generating a first image; acquiring N frames of preview images collected by the second camera; performing high dynamic range image synthesis processing on the N frames of preview images, and generating a second image; aligning and synthesizing the first image and the second image, and generating a high dynamic range image. The scheme meets the requirements of wide dynamic range and high definition image quality synchronously, and realizes real-time preview of the processing procedure.

Computer software applications presently allow the User to preview the impact of some commands on active documents via a small preview window. However, such preview windows are not representative of how the command will impact the entire document. The invention provides a method and system of efficiently and effectively previewing the impact of User commands on the entire document by executing User commands as they are identified. Leaving the menu open, the User is able to identify successive commands until the desired result is reached. Embodiments are described for execution of general commands, text editing commands, relocations of margins or guidelines, and relocations of graphic objects.

The invention is applicable to a communication field, and provides a method of preview shooting. The method is applied in a first camera terminal and a second camera terminal, and comprises the following steps of: opening short-distance communication functions of the first camera terminal and the second camera terminal, and establishing communication connection between the first camera terminal and the second camera terminal through a short-distance communication protocol; opening a shooting function of the first camera terminal, and entering a shooting interface; transmitting a shot image to the second camera terminal in real time through the first camera terminal; analyzing real-time image data received from the first camera terminal through the second camera terminal, restoring the real-time image data to be an image shot by the current first camera terminal, and displaying; and real-time previewing the image shot by the current first camera terminal through a display screen of the second camera terminal. The invention also provides a system of preview shooting. According to the method and the system of preview shooting, provided by the invention, the image can be previewed before shooting, so that the user experience is improved.

The invention provides a method for generating a panorama in real time. The method comprises the following steps of calibrating internal parameters of a camera, establishing a coordinate system and creating a cylindrical projective plane; acquiring video images; projecting the video images onto the cylindrical projective plane according to a projection computation sequence to create the panorama. The invention also provides a device for generating the panorama in real time. According to the scheme provided by the embodiment of invention, the panorama can be generated and previewed in real time by utilizing video streaming, and the method and the device have the characteristics of simple operation and low requirement on hardware. According to the scheme provided by the invention, a panoramic picture can be generated and previewed in real time on mobile equipment such as the current mainstream mobile phones.

The invention provides a panoramic image generation method and a mobile terminal, and relates to the technical field of communication. The problem that when an existing mobile phone photographs a panoramic image, the panoramic image cannot be previewed in real time is solved. The method is applied to the mobile terminal provided with a flexible screen and N cameras, and the method comprises the following steps: determining the N cameras as a target camera group; when the target camera group collects a preview image, controlling the flexible screen to bend to a first screen state; obtaining N frames of images collected by the target camera group in real time; performing image synthesis processing on the N frames of images to generate a panoramic preview image; and displaying the panoramic preview image on a photographing preview interface, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and the N cameras are located on the same side of the flexible screen. According to the scheme provided by the invention, the panoramic preview image can be obtained in real time according to the N frames of images collected by the N cameras by controlling the bending deformation of the flexible screen, so that a user can preview a panoramic imaging effect in real time, and thus the operation and the use of the user are facilitated.

Methods and apparatus for providing simultaneous, non-destructive blur patterns in an interactive environment. A blur module may render physically-realistic, spatially-varying blurs in digital images while at the same time giving users the flexibility to produce creative blur effects. The blur module may provide different types of blur patterns, including field blur, iris blur, and tilt-shift blur, all of which are available in a given session. Each different blur pattern can be combined with one or more of the other blur patterns non-destructively. Each blur pattern has a corresponding on-canvas user interface element or elements that can be manipulated for a live preview. A bokeh technique may be provided to create bokeh effects in digital images by simulating bokeh in the resultant blurred image. A selection bleed technique may be provided that allows the user to control bleeding at the edges of selections for any of the blur patterns.

An image preview method, apparatus, and terminal are disclosed to provide a technical solution in which a background blurring effect with respect to a current scene can be previewed in real time. A terminal device synchronously obtains preview images of a current scene from different angles in a dual-camera photographing preview mode by using a dual-camera module, calculates, in the preview images based on a phase difference generated by a distance and an angle of the dual-camera module, a depth of field of each pixel unit included in a preview image, obtains a foreground depth of field of a preset target area in the preview image, and determines, in the same preview image, an area including all pixel units having a depth of field beyond a range as a background area. The terminal device also performs blurring processing on the background area by using a preset blur coefficient, and outputs an image including the target area and a blurring-processed background area as a real-time preview image of the current scene.

The invention discloses a panoramic image real-time stitching method and a panoramic image real-time stitching system based on a mobile terminal. The method comprises the following steps: detecting the feature points of a current frame of an acquired video stream; carrying out feature point matching on an obtained feature point attribute sequence of the current frame and a feature point attribute sequence of a previous frame of the video stream; calculating a transformation matrix between the current frame and the previous frame according to the result of matching; and finally, stitching the current frame and the previous frame in real time according to the transformation matrix, repeating the cycle, sequentially getting a preliminary panoramic image, an intermediate panoramic image and a final panoramic image, and previewing and displaying the preliminary panoramic image or the intermediate panoramic image or the final panoramic image in real time. The algorithm is simple, and there is a small amount of calculation. A panoramic image can be stitched and previewed in real time in the process of panoramic shooting. The method and the system have low requirement on hardware configuration, and are particularly applicable to high-resolution real-time panoramic shooting in mobile terminals with medium or low configuration such as mobile phones.

The embodiment of the invention provides an automatic defogging photographing method, device and equipment, and relates to the technical field of image processing.The method comprises the steps that whether the defogging mode is started or not is judged; if the defogging mode is started, a defogging level adjustment control is displayed on a previewing interface, and a defogging level input by a user is received through the defogging level adjustment control; when the defogging level input by the user is received, a current original previewing image of the photographing equipment is subjected to defogging treatment according to the defogging level, and a first previewing image is obtained; the first previewing image obtained after defogging treatment is previewed in the previewing image of the photographing equipment; when a photographing determining operation of the user is received, the first previewing image displayed on the previewing interface currently is stored.The automatic defogging photographing method has the advantages that carrying is convenient, operation is easy, meanwhile, the image defogging effect is improved, and the requirements of the user for adjusting the defogging degree and previewing defogged images in real time are met.

An intelligence reminding apparatus and a method thereof. The intelligence reminding method comprises: using an image capturing unit to preview a preview-image or capture a dynamic image; detecting at least one face image of the preview-image or the dynamic image to obtain a face image; recognizing the face image according to a face photo of a database which comprises at least one face photo and at least one corresponding information; acquiring the corresponding information if the face image matches the face photo. Wherein the face recognition is proceeding during the image preview or dynamic image capturing; reminding the corresponding information to users in a display mode, or reminding in a voice mode via a connected earphone or a connected voice apparatus if the connected earphone or the connected voice apparatus is detected.

The invention discloses a method and device for self-shooting based on a rear camera, and a mobile terminal. The method and device are applied to the mobile terminal with the rear camera, and meanwhile, the mobile terminal is provided with double display screens on the front side and the back side. The self-shooting method includes the following steps that the rear camera is started and enters a self-shooting mode, an auxiliary display screen at the back side of the mobile terminal is lightened, and the real-time preview of the shot scene is realized by the auxiliary display screen, and the shutter button of the rear camera is triggered to perform shooting under the control of a solid side key or voice signals. According to the method, the rear camera of the mobile terminal is started and enters into the self-shooting mode, the auxiliary display screen is started to preview the shot pictures in real time, the problems that when a user uses the rear camera for self-shooting, the user is hard to determine his / her position in a viewfinding frame and is unable to know the self-shooting effects, and the operation experience in using a high-resoultion rear camera for self-shooting of users can be effectively improved.

The invention discloses an image processing method. The image processing method comprises the steps of: uploading a picture document and decoding to obtain an original drawing, and storing the original drawing; zooming out the original drawing until a to-be-processed picture with a preset resolution size is obtained, and storing the to-be-processed picture; editing and previewing the to-be-processed picture in real time; and editing the original picture after the real-time preview. The invention also discloses an image processing system. The image processing method and system can improve the real-time preview efficiency while editing the picture.

The invention relates to the technical field of photographing and discloses terminal equipment and a photographing method thereof. The photographing method of the terminal equipment comprises the following steps: detecting the current needed photographing mode; acquiring a preset template corresponding to the current needed photographing mode; and adding the preset template to the upper layer of a picture of an preview image, wherein the preview image is a picture which is acquired by a viewing frame of the terminal equipment in real time and is photographed by a camera. The invention aims at providing terminal equipment and a photographing method thereof which can enable a user to preview photographing effect in real time in the current selected photographing mode and improve user experience.

A camera system includes a processor, a camera coupled to the processor, a display coupled to the processor, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to store a first image in the memory, modify the first image to generate a modified first image, the modified first image corresponding to the first image at a reduced opacity, control the camera to capture a real-time preview, overlay the modified first image on the real-time preview to generate a combined preview, output the combined preview to the display, capture a second image using the camera, and store the second image in the memory.

An image capturing apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a subject; a storing unit; a display unit; a processor processing the image captured by the imaging unit, generating a first image with a first image size and a second image with a second image size, controlling the storing unit to record the first image and control the display unit, thus displaying the secondimage as a live preview image for the captured image.

The invention discloses a wallpaper picture processing method and device. The wallpaper picture processing method includes acquiring exterior pictures acquired by terminal cameras in real time; previewing the exterior pictures acquired in real time as wallpaper pictures on a terminal display interface in real time. By the aid of the wallpaper picture processing method and device, diversity of the wallpaper pictures can be improved.

An aspect of the present invention provides a method for displaying a face detection frame in an image-taking device, which obtains an image signal representing a subject continuously at a predetermined cycle, displays a live video preview on a display device based on the obtained image signal and detects a face of the subject included in the live preview based on the obtained image signal, and superimposes a face detection frame surrounding the detected face of the subject on the live preview for display on the display device, wherein the movement of the image-taking device from the time of obtaining the image used for the face detection is detected, and wherein the display position of the face detection frame is corrected according to the detected movement of the image-taking device on the basis of the display position of the face detection frame relative to the image used for the face detection.

The invention discloses a camera system capable of loading map elements in real time. The system comprises a photo preview area which is used for displaying the view content of a camera, a map cover layer which is used for loading map elements, covers the photo preview area and selects or edits an event in response to the click of the map elements, and a photo generating unit which is used for generating a photo with a map element. When a photographing event is triggered, the map cover layer records the size and position data of a current map element and feeds the data back to the photo generating unit. The photo generating unit acquires image data of the current photo preview area through a camera interface, and loads the image data into an internal memory to form a bitmap object. The photo generating unit synthesizes the map element and the bitmap object into an image according to the size and position data of the map element, and saves the image as a picture-format file. According to the invention, picture maps can be previewed in real time, the map element and the map area can be selected during photographing, and the mapping effect can be previewed in real time.

The invention provides an image previewing and processing method, which comprises the following steps: acquiring data of an image and position data of a target area, obtained by carrying out detection on the target area; displaying the image in an operating area, and drawing the periphery and vertex of the target area on the image; cutting a thumbnail of the image according to the target area, thereby displaying a plurality of thumbnails in different scanning modes; through previewing, and according to the plurality of displayed thumbnails in different scanning modes, selecting one of the scanning mode; and preprocessing the image according to the current target area and the selected scanning mode. Compared with the prior art, the method provided by the invention mainly has a characteristic that: after carrying out self-defined cutting on the obtained image in the target area, a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to the image in different scanning modes are displayed and previewed by users in real time so as to help the users to rapidly select the most ideal image processing scheme to finally obtain an image required by the users; therefore, the method is convenient and fast, and has a good user interaction experience.