CN106412432A

CN106412432A - Photographing method and mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: CN106412432A
Application number: CN201610875238.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡坤
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-09-30
Filing date: 2016-09-30
Publication date: 2017-02-15

Abstract

The invention discloses a photographing method and a mobile terminal. The method disclosed by the invention comprises the following steps of: establishing wireless connection between a first terminal and at least one second terminal; obtaining a pre-synthesized image of information of images respectively acquired by the first terminal and the at least one second terminal; when the pre-synthesized image satisfies pre-set requirements, respectively sending a photographing instruction to the first terminal and the second terminal; respectively obtaining information of a first image photographed by the first terminal according to the photographing instruction and information of a second image photographed by the various second terminals according to the photographing instruction; and performing image synthesis processing of the information of the first image and the information of the second image, so that a synthesized image is generated. By means of the photographing method and the mobile terminal disclosed by the invention, the first terminal and the at least one second terminal are simultaneously controlled to photograph through the first terminal; and furthermore, information of multiple images photographed by the first terminal and the second terminal is synthesized, so that a panoramic image having a wide photographing angle and rich details can be generated.

Description

Photographing method and mobile terminal

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a photographing method and a mobile terminal.

Background

With the development of communication technology, mobile terminals have more and more entertainment functions, wherein a photographing function is one of the cores of the entertainment functions, and is an important aspect of considering mobile terminals by users. In the prior art, photographic imaging is usually realized by using a single-camera technology, but due to the limitation of the performance of a single-camera photosensitive chip, details of an obtained picture are easily lost. Panoramic photography has come to work in order to optimize picture details and increase the angle of capture.

Panoramic photography is a technique of taking multiple continuous photographs of a single scene and then combining the multiple photographs taken into one wide-angle photograph. The shooting method comprises the following steps: the camera device is rotated around a certain point, and a plurality of pictures are taken at a plurality of shooting positions, and the plurality of taken pictures are combined to generate a panoramic picture. However, during the rotation or movement, the user will inevitably have the conditions of shaking, uneven speed or uneven direction in the same horizontal direction, which affects the uniformity of the final composite image and results in distortion of the composite image.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a photographing method and a mobile terminal, and aims to solve the problem that a clear and fidelity wide-angle photo is difficult to photograph in the prior art.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a photographing method, applied to a first terminal, including:

establishing a wireless connection between a first terminal and at least one second terminal;

acquiring pre-synthesized images of image information acquired by a first terminal and at least one second terminal respectively;

when the pre-synthesized image meets the preset requirements, sending a photographing instruction to the first terminal and the second terminal respectively;

respectively acquiring first image information shot by a first terminal according to a shooting instruction and second image information shot by each second terminal according to the shooting instruction;

and carrying out image synthesis processing on the first image information and the second image information to generate a synthetic image.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a photographing method, applied to a second terminal, including:

establishing a wireless connection with a first terminal;

sending the acquired image information to the first terminal through the wireless connection so that the first terminal generates a pre-synthesized image of the image information acquired by the first terminal and the second terminal respectively;

receiving a photographing instruction sent by a first terminal when the pre-synthesized image meets a preset requirement;

shooting according to the shooting instruction to obtain second image information and sending the second image information to the first terminal; so that the first terminal carries out image synthesis processing on the first image information shot by the first terminal according to the photographing instruction and the received second image information to generate a synthetic image.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a mobile terminal, which is applied to a first terminal, and includes:

the first establishing module is used for establishing wireless connection with at least one second terminal;

the first acquisition module is used for acquiring pre-synthesized images of image information acquired by the first terminal and the at least one second terminal respectively;

the first processing module is used for respectively sending a photographing instruction to the first terminal and the second terminal when the pre-synthesized image meets the preset requirement;

the second acquisition module is used for respectively acquiring first image information shot by the first terminal according to the shooting instruction and second image information shot by each second terminal according to the shooting instruction;

and the synthesis module is used for carrying out image synthesis processing on the first image information and the second image information to generate a synthetic image.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a mobile terminal, which is applied to a second terminal, and includes:

the second establishing module is used for establishing wireless connection with the first terminal;

the second sending module is used for sending the acquired image information to the first terminal through the wireless connection so that the first terminal generates a pre-synthesized image of the image information acquired by the first terminal and the image information acquired by the second terminal respectively;

the first receiving module is used for receiving a photographing instruction sent by the first terminal when the pre-synthesized image meets the preset requirement;

the third sending module is used for shooting according to the shooting instruction received by the first receiving module to obtain second image information and sending the second image information to the first terminal; so that the first terminal carries out image synthesis processing on the first image information shot by the first terminal according to the photographing instruction and the received second image information to generate a synthetic image.

The embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that:

therefore, the first terminal and the at least one second terminal are controlled by the first terminal to shoot, and the information of the plurality of images shot by the first terminal and the second terminal is synthesized to generate a panoramic image with wide shooting angle and rich details.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive labor.

Fig. 1 shows a flowchart of a first embodiment of a photographing method at a first terminal side of the present invention;

fig. 2 shows a flowchart of a second embodiment of the photographing method at the first terminal side of the present invention;

fig. 3 shows one of the schematic structural diagrams of a third embodiment of the mobile terminal of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a second schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 shows a flowchart illustrating a fourth embodiment of the photographing method at the second terminal side of the present invention;

fig. 6 shows one of the schematic structural diagrams of a fifth embodiment of the mobile terminal of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a second schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 shows a block diagram of a sixth embodiment of the mobile terminal of the present invention;

fig. 9 shows a block diagram of a seventh embodiment of the mobile terminal of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the invention can be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.

First embodiment

As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a photographing method, which is applied to a first terminal, and the method specifically includes:

step 101: a wireless connection between the first terminal and at least one second terminal is established.

The wireless connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal may be specifically established in the following manner: receiving a first connection request sent by at least one second terminal, and establishing wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the first connection request; or sending a second connection request to at least one second terminal, so that the second terminal establishes wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the second connection request.

Step 102: and acquiring a pre-synthesized image of the image information acquired by the first terminal and the at least one second terminal respectively.

The first terminal and the second terminal are portable intelligent devices provided with cameras, such as mobile phones, tablets and digital cameras, and are located in the same scene. The pre-synthesized image is image information synthesized from image information acquired by the camera of the first terminal and image information acquired by the camera of the second terminal. The first terminal is used as a main shooting device, and the plurality of second terminals are used as auxiliary shooting devices or called slave shooting devices.

Step 103: and when the pre-synthesized image meets the preset requirement, respectively sending a photographing instruction to the first terminal and the second terminal.

The pre-synthesized image can reflect the effect preview condition of the synthesized image information acquired by the first terminal and the second terminal in real time, and when the image quality of the pre-synthesized image meets the image quality requirement of a user, the user can trigger a photographing instruction to control the first terminal and the second terminal to photograph respectively.

Step 104: and respectively acquiring first image information shot by the first terminal according to the shooting instruction and second image information shot by each second terminal according to the shooting instruction.

When the first terminal obtains the photographing instruction, the camera is controlled to photograph so as to obtain first image information.

And when receiving the photographing instruction, the second terminal controls the camera thereof to photograph so as to obtain second image information and send the second image information to the first terminal. The second image information may be one or multiple pieces of second image information, and a shooting scene corresponding to the second image information is the same as a shooting scene of the first image information, that is, the first image information and the second image information are image information from different angles in the same shooting scene.

Step 105: and carrying out image synthesis processing on the first image information and the second image information to generate a synthetic image.

And synthesizing the first image information and the second image information through a preset algorithm, wherein the specific synthesizing process can refer to the following modes: sequencing the first image information and the second image information according to the focus position to obtain an ordered image group; and carrying out image synthesis processing on the images in the ordered image group to generate a synthesized image. Specifically, a first focus coordinate of first image information and a second focus coordinate of second image information are acquired; and sequencing and correcting the first image information and the second image information according to the first focal coordinate and the second focal coordinate to obtain an ordered image group. Synthesizing the ordered image group, namely overlapping the scene parts in the first image information and the second image information; and synthesizing the corrected first image information and the second image information to generate a synthesized image and storing the synthesized image.

The embodiment of the invention can watch the pre-synthesized image of the images collected by the first terminal and the at least one second terminal in real time through the first terminal, simultaneously control the first terminal and the at least one second terminal to shoot when the pre-synthesized image meets the requirement, and synthesize a plurality of pieces of image information shot by the first terminal and the second terminal to generate the panoramic image with wide shooting angle and rich details.

Second embodiment

The first embodiment briefly describes the photographing method of the present invention, and the following embodiment will further describe the photographing method with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific application scenarios.

As shown in fig. 2, the photographing method according to the embodiment of the present invention specifically includes:

step 201: a wireless connection between the first terminal and at least one second terminal is established.

Specifically, the user may send a request from the shooting device to the master shooting device to establish a connection, the master shooting device establishes a WIFI hotspot, the shooting device inputs a key and connects to the WIFI hotspot, and after the user confirms the request through the master shooting device, the first terminal and the second terminal may establish a wireless connection. Or, the user can also open the WIFI hotspot through one of the slave shooting devices, the master shooting device sends a request and a key to the slave shooting device to connect to the WIFI hotspot, and after the user confirms the request through the slave shooting device, the first terminal and the second terminal establish wireless connection. It should be noted that, the above is only an example of the WIFI connection between multiple devices, and the manner of establishing the wireless connection according to the present invention includes, but is not limited to, such manners, for example, a bluetooth connection, an NFC connection, and the like, also belong to the content covered by the embodiments of the present invention.

Step 202: and acquiring a pre-synthesized image of the image information acquired by the first terminal and the at least one second terminal respectively.

The image information collected by the second terminal can be transmitted through the wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal. The pre-synthesized image is generated by synthesizing and displaying image information acquired by a first terminal and image information acquired by a second terminal, and specifically, the step of acquiring the pre-synthesized image can be realized by referring to the following steps: acquiring first preview image information of a scene to be shot, which is acquired by a first terminal; receiving second preview image information of the scene to be shot, which is acquired by at least one second terminal; synthesizing the first preview image information and the second preview image information to generate a pre-synthesized image of a scene to be shot; the pre-composed image is displayed through a preview window of the camera application.

The first preview image information may or may not be displayed on the first terminal, and the second preview image information may or may not be displayed on the second terminal. And the image to be synthesized, which is synthesized by the first preview image information and the second preview image information, is displayed at the first terminal so that the user can intuitively preview the image synthesized by the currently acquired plurality of pieces of image information.

Step 203: and when the definition of the pre-synthesized image is higher than the preset definition, sending a first photographing instruction to the first terminal.

The pre-synthesized image can reflect the effect preview condition of the synthesized image information acquired by the first terminal and the second terminal in real time, and the system can automatically trigger the first photographing instruction of the first terminal, for example, when the system detects that the definition of the pre-synthesized image is higher than the preset definition, the system automatically triggers to generate the first photographing instruction. It is worth pointing out that the automatic triggering of the first photographing instruction may detect other quality parameters of the pre-composed image besides the sharpness of the pre-composed image, such as: focus parameters, white balance parameters, exposure parameters, contrast, pixel values, and the like. Besides the above automatic triggering manner, the first photographing instruction may be manually triggered, for example: when the image quality of the pre-synthesized image meets the image quality requirement of the user, the user can trigger a first photographing instruction to control the first terminal to photograph.

Step 204: and when the first photographing instruction is detected, triggering to generate a second photographing instruction and sending the second photographing instruction to the second terminal so as to control the second terminal to photograph.

Specifically, when a user views that the current pre-synthesized image meets the shooting requirement, the first shooting instruction can be manually triggered, and when the first terminal detects the first shooting instruction, the second shooting instruction is actively triggered and sent to the second terminal, so that the shooting delay of the first terminal and the second terminal is reduced, and the real-time performance of the shooting action is ensured.

Step 205: and respectively acquiring first image information shot by the first terminal according to the shooting instruction and second image information shot by each second terminal according to the shooting instruction.

Step 206: and carrying out image synthesis processing on the first image information and the second image information to generate a synthetic image.

And synthesizing the first image information and the second image information through a preset algorithm, wherein the specific synthesizing process can refer to the following modes: acquiring a first focus coordinate of the first image information and a second focus coordinate of the second image information; correcting the first image information and the second image information according to the first focal coordinate and the second focal coordinate so as to enable the overlapped part of the scenes in the first image information and the second image information to be overlapped; and synthesizing and storing the corrected first image information and the second image information.

Further, after the first image information and the second image information are synthesized and stored, the method may further include sending the synthesized image to the second terminal, that is, sending the image information after the synthesis processing according to the first image information and the second image information to the second terminal.

Third embodiment

The above description has been made on the first embodiment and the second embodiment respectively about the photographing method at the first terminal side of the present invention, and the following embodiment will briefly describe the corresponding mobile terminal with reference to the drawings.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the mobile terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention includes:

a first establishing module 30, configured to establish a wireless connection between a first terminal and at least one second terminal;

a first obtaining module 31, configured to obtain a pre-synthesized image of image information acquired by a first terminal and at least one second terminal respectively;

the first processing module 32 is configured to send a photographing instruction to the first terminal and the second terminal respectively when the pre-synthesized image meets a preset requirement;

the second obtaining module 33 is configured to obtain first image information captured by the first terminal according to the photographing instruction and second image information captured by the second terminal according to the photographing instruction, respectively;

and a synthesizing module 34, configured to perform image synthesizing processing on the first image information and the second image information to generate a synthesized image.

Wherein the synthesis module 34 comprises:

the sorting unit 341 is configured to sort the first image information and the second image information according to the focus position to obtain an ordered image group;

the first synthesizing unit 342 is configured to perform image synthesizing processing on the images in the ordered image group to generate a synthesized image.

The first establishing module 30 includes:

a first receiving unit 301, configured to receive a first connection request sent by at least one second terminal, and establish a wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the first connection request; or,

a first sending unit 302, configured to send a second connection request to at least one second terminal, so that the second terminal establishes a wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the second connection request.

Wherein, the first obtaining module 31 includes:

a first obtaining unit 311, configured to obtain first preview image information of a scene to be photographed, which is collected by a first terminal;

a second receiving unit 312, configured to receive second preview image information of the scene to be photographed, which is acquired by at least one second terminal;

a second combining unit 313 configured to perform image combining processing on the first preview image information and the second preview image information to generate a pre-combined image of the scene to be photographed;

a display unit 314 for displaying the pre-composed image through a preview window of the camera application.

Wherein, the first processing module 32 includes:

a second sending unit 321, configured to send a first photographing instruction to the first terminal when the definition of the pre-synthesized image is higher than the preset definition;

the third sending unit 322 is configured to trigger generation of a second photographing instruction and send the second photographing instruction to the second terminal when it is detected that the second sending unit 321 sends the first photographing instruction, so as to control the second terminal to perform photographing.

Wherein, this mobile terminal still includes: and a first sending module 35, configured to send the image information obtained by synthesizing the first image information and the second image information to the second terminal.

It is worth pointing out that the mobile terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention is a mobile terminal corresponding to the above photographing method, and both the implementation manner and the realized technical effect of the above method are applicable to the embodiment of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal watches the pre-synthesized image of the images collected by the first terminal and the at least one second terminal in real time through the first terminal, and controls the first terminal and the at least one second terminal to shoot simultaneously when the pre-synthesized image meets the requirement, and synthesizes a plurality of pieces of image information shot by the first terminal and the second terminal to generate a panoramic image with a wide shooting angle and rich details.

Fourth embodiment

The photographing method of the first terminal side is described in detail in the first to third embodiments above, and the photographing method of the second terminal side corresponding thereto will be further described with reference to fig. 5.

As shown in fig. 5, the photographing method according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied to a second terminal, and specifically includes:

step 501: a wireless connection is established with the first terminal.

And establishing a wireless connection between the second terminal and the first terminal so as to transmit data through the wireless connection between the second terminal and the first terminal. Specifically, the following method can be referred to for the establishment process: sending a first connection request to a first terminal so that the first terminal establishes wireless connection between the first terminal and a second terminal according to the first connection request; or receiving a second connection request sent by the first terminal, and establishing wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the second connection request.

Specifically, the user may send a request from the shooting device to the master shooting device to establish a connection, the master shooting device establishes a WIFI hotspot, the shooting device inputs a key and connects to the WIFI hotspot, and after the user confirms the request through the master shooting device, the first terminal and the second terminal may establish a wireless connection. Or, the user can also open the WIFI hotspot through one of the slave shooting devices, the master shooting device sends a request and a key to the slave shooting device to connect to the WIFI hotspot, and after the user confirms the request through the slave shooting device, the first terminal and the second terminal establish wireless connection.

In this embodiment, information exchange between the master photographing device and the slave photographing device is realized through WIFI communication, and the mobile terminal is required to be able to establish a WIFI hotspot. The master photographing device establishes a WIFI hotspot and informs a user to join the WIFI name, and the slave photographing device finds the corresponding WIFI name through searching and prepares to join the WIFI name. The main photographing device and the auxiliary photographing device use a 2.4G UHF or 5G SHF ISM frequency band to communicate through an IEEE802.11 standard wireless network. After the WIFI hotspot is established, the key is told to the user of the photographing device, and after the target WIFI hotspot is searched by the photographing device, the pairing key is input for adding. It should be noted that, the above is only an example of the WIFI connection between multiple devices, and the manner of establishing the wireless connection according to the present invention includes, but is not limited to, such manners, for example, a bluetooth connection, an NFC connection, and the like, also belong to the content covered by the embodiments of the present invention.

Step 502: and sending the acquired image information to the first terminal through the wireless connection so that the first terminal generates a pre-synthesized image of the image information acquired by the first terminal and the second terminal respectively.

The first terminal and the second terminal are portable intelligent devices provided with cameras, such as mobile phones, tablets and digital cameras, and are located in the same scene. The pre-synthesized image is image information synthesized from image information acquired by the camera of the first terminal and image information acquired by the camera of the second terminal. The first terminal is used as a main shooting device, and the plurality of second terminals are used as auxiliary shooting devices or called slave shooting devices. It is worth pointing out that a mobile terminal can be used as both a master shooting device and a slave shooting device, different working modes can be preset to determine the current device identity, a master mode and a slave mode are set in the shooting mode, and when the master mode is selected, the mobile terminal is used as the master shooting device; when the slave mode is selected, the mobile terminal serves as a slave photographing apparatus. Specifically, a plurality of photographing modes, such as a beauty mode, a gender detection mode, and the like, may be set in the mobile terminal. The array-type photographing mode of the present embodiment is also one of the similar photographing modes, and is mainly applied to the case where different users photograph the same scene from different angles. After the user selects such a mode, it is further selected whether the mobile terminal is in a master mode or a slave mode.

Before array type photographing is carried out, the main photographing device can determine the adding number of the auxiliary photographing device by detecting the number of devices which are added to the WIFI hotspot. Sending the acquired image information to the first terminal specifically includes: acquiring second preview image information of a scene to be shot, which is currently acquired by a second terminal; and sending the second preview image information to the first terminal.

Step 503: and receiving a photographing instruction sent by the first terminal when the pre-synthesized image meets the preset requirement.

The embodiment needs to relate to a master photographing device and at least one slave photographing device, wherein the second terminal serves as the slave photographing device, and waits for the host to send a photographing instruction after the slave photographing device joins in the WIFI hotspot. And receiving a second photographing instruction which is generated and sent when the first terminal detects the first photographing instruction, wherein the first photographing instruction is generated and triggered by the first terminal according to the pre-synthesized image. When a plurality of mobile terminals work cooperatively, a central control system is needed to send instructions to different mobile terminals to ensure the orderly work of the mobile terminals. The main photographing device is a temporary central control system of the plurality of mobile terminals and is used for indicating the first terminal and the second terminal to photograph. It is worth pointing out that the master photographing apparatus and the slave photographing apparatus can exchange the identities by re-entering the array type photographing mode.

Step 504: and shooting according to the shooting instruction to obtain second image information and sending the second image information to the first terminal.

And the first terminal carries out image synthesis processing on the first image information shot by the first terminal according to the shooting instruction and the received second image information to generate a synthetic image.

Further, after the first image information and the second image information are combined and stored, the combined image transmitted by the first terminal, that is, the image information generated and transmitted by the first terminal by performing the combining process on the first image information and the second image information is received.

Therefore, the embodiment of the invention transmits the real-time image acquired by the second terminal to the first terminal, so that the first terminal displays the pre-synthesized image of the images acquired by the first terminal and the second terminal in real time, and controls the first terminal and at least one second terminal to take pictures when the pre-synthesized image meets the requirement, so as to synthesize and process the information of a plurality of shot images to generate a panoramic image with rich shooting angle light and details.

Fifth embodiment

The fourth embodiment has been described above with respect to the photographing method at the second terminal side of the present invention, and the following embodiment will briefly describe a corresponding mobile terminal with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the mobile terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention, applied to the second terminal, includes:

a second establishing module 60, configured to establish a wireless connection between the second terminal and the first terminal;

the second sending module 61 is configured to send the image information acquired by the second terminal to the first terminal through the wireless connection, so that the first terminal generates a pre-synthesized image of the image information acquired by the first terminal and the image information acquired by the second terminal;

the first receiving module 62 is configured to receive a photographing instruction sent by the first terminal when the pre-synthesized image meets a preset requirement;

the third sending module 63 is configured to shoot according to the shooting instruction received by the first receiving module 62, obtain second image information, and send the second image information to the first terminal; so that the first terminal carries out image synthesis processing on the first image information shot by the first terminal according to the photographing instruction and the received second image information to generate a synthetic image.

Wherein the second establishing module 60 comprises:

a fourth sending unit 601, configured to send the first connection request to the first terminal, so that the first terminal establishes a wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the first connection request; or,

a third receiving unit 602, configured to receive the second connection request sent by the first terminal, and establish a wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the second connection request.

Wherein, the second sending module 61 includes:

a second obtaining unit 611, configured to obtain second preview image information of the acquired scene to be photographed;

a fifth sending unit 612, configured to send the second preview image information to the first terminal.

Wherein, the first receiving module 62 includes:

the fourth receiving unit 621 is configured to receive a second photographing instruction generated and sent when the first terminal detects the first photographing instruction, where the first photographing instruction is generated and triggered when the pre-synthesized image meets the preset requirement.

Wherein, this mobile terminal still includes: and a second receiving module 64, configured to receive the composite image sent by the first terminal.

It is worth pointing out that the mobile terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention is a mobile terminal corresponding to the above photographing method, and both the implementation manner and the realized technical effect of the above method are applicable to the embodiment of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal transmits the real-time image collected by the second terminal to the first terminal, so that the first terminal displays the pre-synthesized image of the image collected by the first terminal and the second terminal in real time, and controls the first terminal and at least one second terminal to shoot when the pre-synthesized image meets the requirement, so that multiple pieces of shot image information are synthesized to generate a panoramic image with a shooting angle and rich details.

Sixth embodiment

Fig. 8 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal 800 according to another embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal shown in fig. 8 including: at least one processor 801, a memory 802, a photographing component 803, and a user interface 804. The various components in the mobile terminal 800 are coupled together by a bus system 805. It is understood that the bus system 805 is used to enable communications among the components connected. The bus system 805 includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus in addition to a data bus. For clarity of illustration, however, the various buses are labeled as bus system 805 in fig. 8.

The user interface 804 may include, among other things, a display or a pointing device (e.g., a touch-sensitive pad or touch screen, etc.).

It will be appreciated that the memory 802 in embodiments of the invention may be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The non-volatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. Volatile Memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as external cache Memory. By way of example, but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static random access memory (Static RAM, SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (Synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), Double Data rate Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (ddr SDRAM ), Enhanced Synchronous SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct memory bus RAM (DRRAM). The memory 802 of the systems and methods described herein is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

In some embodiments, memory 802 stores the following elements, executable modules or data structures, or a subset thereof, or an expanded set thereof: an operating system 8021 and application programs 8022.

The operating system 8021 includes various system programs, such as a framework layer, a core library layer, a driver layer, and the like, and is used for implementing various basic services and processing hardware-based tasks. The application program 8022 includes various application programs, such as a Media Player (Media Player), a Browser (Browser), and the like, for implementing various application services. A program implementing a method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be included in application program 8022.

In embodiments of the present invention, by calling a program or instructions stored in memory 802, in particular, a program or instructions stored in application program 8022. Wherein, the processor 801 is configured to establish a wireless connection between the first terminal and at least one second terminal; acquiring pre-synthesized images of image information acquired by a first terminal and at least one second terminal respectively; when the pre-synthesized image meets the preset requirements, sending a photographing instruction to the first terminal and the second terminal respectively; respectively acquiring first image information shot by a first terminal according to a shooting instruction and second image information shot by each second terminal according to the shooting instruction; and carrying out image synthesis processing on the first image information and the second image information to generate a synthetic image.

The methods disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention described above may be implemented in the processor 801 or implemented by the processor 801. The processor 801 may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. In implementation, the steps of the above method may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware or instructions in the form of software in the processor 801. The Processor 801 may be a general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete Gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware component. The various methods, steps and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented or performed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present invention may be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module may be located in ram, flash memory, rom, prom, or eprom, registers, etc. storage media as is well known in the art. The storage medium is located in the memory 802, and the processor 801 reads the information in the memory 802, and combines the hardware to complete the steps of the method.

It is to be understood that the embodiments described herein may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, middleware, microcode, or any combination thereof. For a hardware implementation, the Processing units may be implemented within one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), general purpose processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, other electronic units configured to perform the functions described herein, or a combination thereof.

For a software implementation, the techniques described herein may be implemented with modules (e.g., procedures, functions, and so on) that perform the functions described herein. The software codes may be stored in a memory and executed by a processor. The memory may be implemented within the processor or external to the processor.

Specifically, the processor 801 is further configured to: sequencing the first image information and the second image information according to the focus position to obtain an ordered image group; and carrying out image synthesis processing on the images in the ordered image group to generate a synthesized image.

Specifically, the processor 801 is further configured to: receiving a first connection request sent by at least one second terminal, and establishing wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the first connection request; or sending a second connection request to at least one second terminal, so that the second terminal establishes wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the second connection request.

Specifically, the processor 801 is further configured to: acquiring first preview image information of a scene to be shot, which is acquired by a first terminal; receiving second preview image information of the scene to be shot, which is acquired by at least one second terminal; synthesizing the first preview image information and the second preview image information to generate a pre-synthesized image of a scene to be shot; the pre-composed image is displayed through a preview window of the camera application.

Further, the processor 801 is further configured to: when the definition of the pre-synthesized image is higher than the preset definition, sending a first photographing instruction to a first terminal; and when the first photographing instruction is detected, triggering to generate a second photographing instruction and sending the second photographing instruction to the second terminal so as to control the second terminal to photograph.

Wherein, the processor 801 is further configured to: and sending the composite image to the second terminal.

The mobile terminal 800 of the embodiment of the present invention controls the first terminal and the at least one second terminal to take pictures at the same time, and synthesizes information of a plurality of images taken by the first terminal and the second terminal to generate a panoramic image with a wide shooting angle and rich details.

Seventh embodiment

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, the mobile terminal 900 in fig. 9 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), or a vehicle-mounted computer.

Mobile terminal 900 in fig. 9 includes a power supply 910, memory 920, input unit 930, display unit 940, photographing component 950, processor 960, wifi (wireless fidelity) module 970, audio circuit 980, and RF circuit 990.

The input unit 930 may be used, among other things, to receive user-input information and to generate signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the mobile terminal 900. Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the input unit 930 may include a touch panel 931. The touch panel 931, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect a touch operation performed by a user on or near the touch panel 931 (for example, a user may operate the touch panel 931 by using a finger, a stylus pen, or any other suitable object or accessory), and drive the corresponding connection device according to a preset program. Alternatively, the touch panel 931 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts it to touch point coordinates, and sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 960, where the touch controller can receive and execute commands sent by the processor 960. In addition, the touch panel 931 may be implemented by various types, such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 931, the input unit 930 may also include other input devices 932, and the other input devices 932 may include, but are not limited to, one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and the like.

Among them, the display unit 940 may be used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user and various menu interfaces of the mobile terminal. The display unit 940 may include a display panel 941, and the display panel 941 may be optionally configured in the form of an LCD or an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED).

It should be noted that the touch panel 931 may overlay the display panel 941 to form a touch display screen, and when the touch display screen detects a touch operation on or near the touch display screen, the touch display screen transmits the touch operation to the processor 960 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 960 provides a corresponding visual output on the touch display screen according to the type of the touch event.

The touch display screen comprises an application program interface display area and a common control display area. The arrangement modes of the application program interface display area and the common control display area are not limited, and can be an arrangement mode which can distinguish two display areas, such as vertical arrangement, left-right arrangement and the like. The application interface display area may be used to display an interface of an application. Each interface may contain at least one interface element such as an icon and/or widget desktop control for an application. The application interface display area may also be an empty interface that does not contain any content. The common control display area is used for displaying controls with high utilization rate, such as application icons like setting buttons, interface numbers, scroll bars, phone book icons and the like.

The processor 960 is a control center of the mobile terminal, connects various parts of the entire mobile phone using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the mobile terminal and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the first memory 921 and calling data stored in the second memory 922, thereby performing overall monitoring of the mobile terminal. Optionally, processor 960 may include one or more processing units.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a wireless connection between the first terminal and at least one second terminal is established by calling the software program and/or module stored in the first memory 921 and/or giving the data in the second memory 922; acquiring pre-synthesized images of image information acquired by a first terminal and at least one second terminal respectively; when the pre-synthesized image meets the preset requirements, sending a photographing instruction to the first terminal and the second terminal respectively; respectively acquiring first image information shot by a first terminal according to a shooting instruction and second image information shot by each second terminal according to the shooting instruction; and carrying out image synthesis processing on the first image information and the second image information to generate a synthetic image.

Specifically, the processor 960 is further configured to: sequencing the first image information and the second image information according to the focus position to obtain an ordered image group; and carrying out image synthesis processing on the images in the ordered image group to generate a synthesized image.

Specifically, the processor 960 is further configured to: receiving a first connection request sent by at least one second terminal, and establishing wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the first connection request; or sending a second connection request to at least one second terminal, so that the second terminal establishes wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the second connection request.

Specifically, the processor 960 is further configured to: acquiring first preview image information of a scene to be shot, which is acquired by a first terminal; receiving second preview image information of the scene to be shot, which is acquired by at least one second terminal; synthesizing the first preview image information and the second preview image information to generate a pre-synthesized image of a scene to be shot; the pre-composed image is displayed through a preview window of the camera application.

Further, the processor 960 is further configured to: when the definition of the pre-synthesized image is higher than the preset definition, sending a first photographing instruction to a first terminal; and when the first photographing instruction is detected, triggering to generate a second photographing instruction and sending the second photographing instruction to the second terminal so as to control the second terminal to photograph.

Wherein, the processor 960 is further configured to: and sending the composite image to the second terminal.

The mobile terminal 900 of the embodiment of the present invention controls the first terminal and the at least one second terminal to take pictures at the same time, and synthesizes information of a plurality of images taken by the first terminal and the second terminal to generate a panoramic image with a wide shooting angle and rich details.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a U disk, a removable hard disk, a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.

Claims

1. A photographing method is applied to a first terminal, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

acquiring a pre-synthesized image of image information acquired by the first terminal and at least one second terminal respectively;

when the pre-synthesized image meets a preset requirement, respectively sending a photographing instruction to the first terminal and the second terminal;

respectively acquiring first image information shot by the first terminal according to the shooting instruction and second image information shot by each second terminal according to the shooting instruction;

2. The photographing method according to claim 1, wherein the step of performing image synthesis processing on the first image information and the second image information to generate a synthesized image comprises:

sequencing the first image information and the second image information according to the focal position to obtain an ordered image group;

and carrying out image synthesis processing on the images in the ordered image group to generate a synthesized image.

3. The photographing method of claim 1, wherein the step of establishing a wireless connection between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal comprises:

receiving a first connection request sent by at least one second terminal, and establishing wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the first connection request; or,

and sending a second connection request to at least one second terminal so that the second terminal establishes wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the second connection request.

4. The photographing method according to claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining a pre-synthesized image of the image information acquired by each of the first terminal and the at least one second terminal comprises:

acquiring first preview image information of a scene to be shot, which is acquired by the first terminal;

receiving second preview image information of the scene to be shot, which is acquired by at least one second terminal;

synthesizing the first preview image information and the second preview image information to generate a pre-synthesized image of the scene to be shot;

displaying the pre-synthesized image through a preview window of a camera application.

5. The photographing method of claim 1, wherein when the pre-composed image meets a preset requirement, the step of sending a photographing instruction to the first terminal and the second terminal respectively comprises:

when the definition of the pre-synthesized image is higher than the preset definition, sending a first photographing instruction to the first terminal;

and when the first photographing instruction is detected, triggering to generate a second photographing instruction and sending the second photographing instruction to the second terminal so as to control the second terminal to photograph.

6. The photographing method according to claim 1, wherein after the step of performing image synthesis processing on the first image information and the second image information to generate a synthesized image, the photographing method further comprises:

and sending the composite image to the second terminal.

7. A photographing method is applied to a second terminal and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

establishing a wireless connection with a first terminal;

sending the acquired image information to a first terminal through the wireless connection so that the first terminal generates a pre-synthesized image of the image information acquired by the first terminal and the image information acquired by a second terminal respectively;

receiving a photographing instruction sent by the first terminal when the pre-synthesized image meets a preset requirement;

shooting according to the shooting instruction to obtain second image information and sending the second image information to the first terminal; and the first terminal carries out image synthesis processing on the first image information shot by the first terminal according to the photographing instruction and the received second image information to generate a synthetic image.

8. The photographing method of claim 7, wherein the step of establishing a wireless connection with the first terminal comprises:

sending a first connection request to the first terminal so that the first terminal establishes wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the first connection request; or,

and receiving a second connection request sent by the first terminal, and establishing wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the second connection request.

9. The photographing method of claim 7, wherein the step of transmitting the collected image information to the first terminal through the wireless connection comprises:

acquiring second preview image information of the acquired scene to be shot;

and sending the second preview image information to the first terminal.

10. The photographing method of claim 7, wherein the step of receiving a photographing instruction sent by the first terminal when the pre-composed image meets a preset requirement comprises:

and receiving a second photographing instruction which is generated and sent when the first terminal detects the first photographing instruction, wherein the first photographing instruction is generated and triggered when the pre-synthesized image meets the preset requirement.

11. The photographing method according to claim 7, wherein after the step of photographing according to the photographing instruction to obtain the second image information and sending the second image information to the first terminal, the photographing method further comprises:

and receiving the composite image sent by the first terminal.

12. A mobile terminal applied to a first terminal, comprising:

the first establishing module is used for establishing wireless connection between the first terminal and at least one second terminal;

the first acquisition module is used for acquiring pre-synthesized images of image information acquired by the first terminal and at least one second terminal respectively;

the first processing module is used for respectively sending a photographing instruction to the first terminal and the second terminal when the pre-synthesized image meets a preset requirement;

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the combining module comprises:

the sorting unit is used for sorting the first image information and the second image information according to the focus position to obtain an ordered image group;

and the first synthesis unit is used for carrying out image synthesis processing on the images in the ordered image group to generate a synthesized image.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the first establishing module comprises:

a first receiving unit, configured to receive a first connection request sent by at least one second terminal, and establish a wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the first connection request; or, the first sending unit is configured to send a second connection request to at least one second terminal, so that the second terminal establishes a wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the second connection request.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the first obtaining module comprises:

the first acquisition unit is used for acquiring first preview image information of a scene to be shot, which is acquired by the first terminal;

the second receiving unit is used for receiving second preview image information of the scene to be shot, which is acquired by at least one second terminal;

the second synthesis unit is used for synthesizing the first preview image information and the second preview image information to generate a pre-synthesized image of the scene to be shot;

a display unit for displaying the pre-synthesized image through a preview window of a camera application.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the first processing module comprises:

the second sending unit is used for sending a first photographing instruction to the first terminal when the definition of the pre-synthesized image is higher than the preset definition;

and the third sending unit is used for triggering and generating a second photographing instruction and sending the second photographing instruction to the second terminal when detecting that the second sending unit sends the first photographing instruction so as to control the second terminal to photograph.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 12, further comprising:

and the first sending module is used for sending the composite image to the second terminal.

18. A mobile terminal applied to a second terminal, comprising:

the first receiving module is used for receiving a photographing instruction sent by the first terminal when the pre-synthesized image meets a preset requirement;

the third sending module is used for shooting according to the shooting instruction received by the first receiving module to obtain second image information and sending the second image information to the first terminal; and the first terminal carries out image synthesis processing on the first image information shot by the first terminal according to the photographing instruction and the received second image information to generate a synthetic image.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the second establishing module comprises:

a fourth sending unit, configured to send a first connection request to the first terminal, so that the first terminal establishes a wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the first connection request; or,

a third receiving unit, configured to receive a second connection request sent by the first terminal, and establish a wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal according to the second connection request.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the second sending module comprises:

the second acquisition unit is used for acquiring second preview image information of the acquired scene to be shot;

and the fifth sending unit is used for sending the second preview image information to the first terminal.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the first receiving module comprises:

and the fourth receiving unit is used for receiving a second photographing instruction which is generated and sent when the first terminal detects the first photographing instruction, wherein the first photographing instruction is generated and triggered when the pre-synthesized image meets the preset requirement by the first terminal.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 18, further comprising:

and the second receiving module is used for receiving the composite image sent by the first terminal.