Image Processing Shape Detection Selective Effect Application
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices with camera capabilities apply image effects uniformly across entire images, leading to unnecessary processing and resource wastage, as they lack the ability to detect specific shapes within images and apply effects only to those areas.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device method that detects specified shapes in images and applies effects only to those areas, using comparisons with thresholds, ambient illuminance values, and selective shape processing to optimize effect application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If effects are applied uniformly to the entire image area, then the processing is simple and consistent, but resources are wasted due to unnecessary processing of areas without specified shapes
Solution Approach 1:
The image processing is segmented into two distinct phases: first detecting specified shapes (faces, eyes, mouths) and their areas, then applying effects only to those detected regions. This segmentation eliminates unnecessary processing of background areas while maintaining effect application consistency within relevant regions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements local quality by applying different processing treatments to different image regions based on detected specified shapes. Areas containing faces, eyes, or mouths receive beauty effects, while other areas remain unprocessed. This selective approach optimizes resource usage by focusing computational power only where needed.
2Manufacturing precision
If effects are applied to the entire image, then the processing is straightforward, but accuracy is reduced by including areas without specified shapes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary shape detection and area calculation before applying effects. By pre-identifying specified shapes (faces, eyes, mouths) and their boundary areas, the system ensures that effects are applied with high precision only to relevant regions, avoiding both over-processing and under-processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces uniform mechanical effect application across the entire image with an intelligent system that uses shape detection algorithms and area comparison logic. This substitution enables precise targeting of effect application to specified shapes based on detected geometric features and calculated areas.
3Productivity
If shape detection and selective effect application is implemented, then resource efficiency improves, but processing time increases due to additional detection steps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial action by detecting only the essential specified shapes (faces, eyes, mouths) and their areas that are necessary for effect application. Rather than performing exhaustive analysis of all image features, the system focuses on key shapes that trigger effect application, thereby reducing processing time while maintaining resource efficiency.
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AI summary
Methods and apparatuses for processing an image in an electronic device is provided. An image is obtained, and it is determined whether a specified shape exists in the image. When the specified shape exists in the image, a size of an area occupied by the specified shape in the image is calculated. It is determined whether the size of the area is greater than or equal to a first size. A specified effect is applied to the area, when the size of the area is greater than or equal to the first size.