TW201911237A - Electronic device and its filter shooting method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an electronic device and a method for taking photos using a filter. The method includes activating a camera of the electronic device and displaying a preview screen which includes many viewfinders on a display device of the electronic device, each viewfinder corresponding to a filter of a set of predetermined filters. The method further includes acquiring a number of result images which are processed by the set of predetermined filters when the camera is taking photos of an object, and displaying each of the result images on the viewfinder corresponding to the filter of the set of predetermined filters. The method further includes choosing at least two result images and generating a final image according to the at least two result images and a sequence of the filters of the set of predetermined filters.

Description

Electronic device and its filter shooting method

The present invention relates to the field of photography, and in particular, to an electronic device and a filter photography method thereof.

Users can use cameras with electronic devices such as mobile phones to add instant processing filters to the preview of the photo. In the prior art, an electronic device can provide a large number of filters for a user to select, but the user can only select one filter at a time, and can only generate a photo processed by the selected filter.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide an electronic device and a filter shooting method thereof, which can combine a plurality of filters for one-time imaging and generate a filter image including a plurality of filter effects.

An electronic device includes: a camera; a display screen; a storage unit; at least one processor; and at least one module, the at least one module is stored in the storage unit and configured to be controlled by the Executed by at least one processor, the at least one module includes a startup module for activating a photographing function of the electronic device and controlling the display screen to display a preview screen, the preview screen including a plurality of framing frames, each The viewfinder frame corresponds to a filter in a preset filter combination; a display module is configured to use each filter in the filter combination to process a target image captured by the camera to obtain each filter Effect image, and display the effect image of the filter corresponding to the view frame in each view frame in the preview screen; a selection module for selecting multiple effect images; and a generation module for The selected plurality of effect images and the arrangement order in the filter combination generate at least one final image.

A filter shooting method runs in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a camera and a display screen. The method includes a startup step of starting a photographing function of the electronic device and controlling the display screen to display a preview screen. The preview The picture includes a plurality of finder frames, each of which corresponds to a filter in a preset filter combination; and a display step of using each filter in the filter combination to process a target image captured by the camera To obtain the effect image of each filter, and display the effect image of the filter corresponding to the view frame in each view frame in the preview screen; a selection step, selecting a plurality of effect images; and a generating step, according to The selected plurality of effect images and the arrangement order in the filter combination generate at least one final image.

Compared with the prior art, the electronic device and the filter shooting method provided by the present invention can obtain all the filter images of the selected filters in one shot according to the filter combination set by the user, which improves the shooting of the filter image Efficiency and improve user experience.

FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a preferred embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the filter shooting system 10 runs in an electronic device 1. The electronic device 1 further includes, but is not limited to, a battery 11, a display screen 12, a camera 13, a storage unit 14, and a processor 15. The battery 11, the display screen 12, the camera 13 and the storage unit 14 are electrically connected to the processor 15, respectively. In this embodiment, the electronic device 1 may be a portable electronic device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, and wearable glasses.

In this embodiment, the battery 11 is used to provide power to the electronic device 1. The battery 11 may be a lithium battery or a nickel-metal hydride battery.

In this embodiment, the display screen 12 may have a touch function, such as a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) display screen 12 or an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) display screen 12. The display screen 12 is used for displaying information such as pictures.

In this embodiment, the storage unit 14 may be the memory of the electronic device 1 or an external memory, such as a Smart Media Card, a Secure Digital Card, and a flash memory. Sports Card (Flash Card), etc.

The storage unit 14 also stores a filter shooting system 10, which is used to obtain all the filter images of the selected filters in one shot according to the filter combination set by the user.

In this embodiment, the filter shooting system 10 may be divided into one or more modules, and the one or more modules are stored in the storage unit 14 and configured as one or more processes. (A processor 15 in this embodiment) is executed to complete the present invention. For example, the filter shooting system 10 is divided into a setting module 101, a startup module 102, a display module 103, a selection module 104, and a generation module 105. The module referred to in the present invention is a program segment capable of completing a specific function, which is more suitable for describing the execution process of software in the electronic device 1 than the program. The detailed functions of each module will be described in the flowchart of FIG. 2 later. Specific description.

The processor 15 may be a central processing unit, a microprocessor, or another data processing chip capable of executing the filter shooting system 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, a flowchart of a filter shooting method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown. According to different requirements, the order of the steps in the flowchart can be changed, and some steps can be omitted or combined.

In step S1, the setting module 101 sets a filter combination in advance.

In this embodiment, the user may select a plurality of filters in advance to set a filter combination according to his preference, and the plurality of filters are displayed on the display screen 12 corresponding to a plurality of view frames. The filter refers to rendering images into different styles through filter software, instead of physical filters such as polarizers and filters, which are mainly used to achieve various special effects of images, and generally include "black and white", " "Monochrome", "Tint", "Fade", "Print", "Time" and "Nostalgic" style filters. In this embodiment, the image includes a picture or a video.

The filter combination includes the number, type, shape, size, and arrangement order of the filters. Each filter in the filter combination corresponds to a framing frame in the display screen 12. The shape and size of each finder frame is the shape and size of the filter corresponding to the finder frame. The shape of the filter is not limited to the quadrangle in the prior art, and may include other geometric shapes such as a circle, a rhombus, and an ellipse, and may be set according to user preference. When the filter is a quadrangle, the ratio of the length to the width of the filter can be set according to the ratio of the length to the width of the photograph after the shooting is set by the user. For example, if the user sets the ratio of the length to the width of the photographed picture to be 1: 1, the ratio of the length to the width of the filter is 1: 1; if the user sets the ratio of the length to the width of the photographed picture as When 4: 3, the ratio of the length to the width of the filter is 4: 3. The ratio of length to width may also be 16: 9 or 17: 9.

In the prior art, when a user activates the photographing function of the electronic device 1, nine display frames are displayed on the display screen 12, and the nine view frames display preview images processed by corresponding filters. The framing frames are generally displayed on the display screen 12 in the form of a 9 * 3 grid.

In this embodiment, when the user activates the photographing function of the electronic device 1, the display screen 12 displays a preview screen of the photographing function, and each filter in the filter combination corresponds to the preview screen There is a framing frame. The number of the finder frames is the number of filters in the filter combination. The arrangement order of the finder frames is the arrangement order of the filters in the filter combination. The shape and size of each finder frame is the shape and size of the filter corresponding to the finder frame. The number of framing frames in the display screen 12 is not fixed. The user can set the number and arrangement of the framing frames through the filter combination. For example, the filters may be 4 and arranged in a form of 2 * 2, the filters may be 9 and arranged in a form of 3 * 3, or the filters may be 16 and arranged in a form of 4 * 4 Arranged in the form.

In this embodiment, the user can freely choose to close at least one filter in the filter combination in the preview screen, or change the type of the filter in the filter combination.

When the user selects to close at least one filter in the filter combination in the preview screen, as shown in FIG. 3A, the preview screen includes a first button 120. When the first button 120 is touched, a close button 130 (such as the cross-shaped icon in FIG. 3B) can be displayed in each viewfinder frame in the preview screen. When the user clicks the close button At 130, you can turn off the filter corresponding to the viewfinder.

When the user selects to change the filter type in the filter combination in the preview screen, the user can click a viewfinder frame in the preview screen to trigger the display screen 12 to provide more other types Filters are available for user selection. For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, when the user clicks the viewfinder frame corresponding to the middle filter in the filter combination, the display screen 12 may provide five additional filters below the viewfinder frame of the filter combination. The mirror is for the user to choose (as shown in Figure 4B). The display screen 12 further provides a button for randomly selecting a filter type, as shown in FIG. 4B with a button of “more”.

In other embodiments, the filter combination preset by the setting module 101 in step S1 may be a filter combination set during a previous photographing function, or a filter combination preset by the electronic device 1.

In step S2, the activation module 102 activates a photographing function of the electronic device 1 and controls the display screen 12 to display the preview screen.

In step S3, the display module 103 uses each filter in the filter combination to process the target image captured by the camera 13 to obtain an effect image of each filter, and frames each of the preview images. The frame displays the effect image of the filter corresponding to the viewfinder.

In this embodiment, the display module 103 can also record the frequency of use of the filter, and preferentially display the filter with high frequency of use in the preview screen for the user to select.

In step S4, the selection module 104 selects a plurality of effect images.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the user can select multiple effect images through the first button 120. Specifically, when the first button 120 is touched, a close button 130 is displayed in the viewfinder frame corresponding to each effect image. When the user clicks the close button 130, the filter corresponding to the viewfinder frame can be closed. Mirror, thereby closing the effect image corresponding to the viewfinder, so that the effect image is not selected. The effect image selected by the selection module 104 is an effect image that is not closed.

In step S5, the generating module 105 generates at least one final image according to the selected multiple effect images and the arrangement order in the filter combination, and stores the final image in the storage unit 14. For example, a second button 140 may be displayed in the preview screen, and when the second button 140 is touched, step S5 is performed.

In this embodiment, the final image is an image including all selected multiple effect images, and is composed of all selected multiple effect images according to an arrangement order of the filter combination. Alternatively, the final image is a plurality of separate images respectively corresponding to one of the selected multiple effect images, that is, each selected effect image is stored as the final image, respectively. For example, when the filter combination includes four kinds of filters: "black and white", "monochrome", "hue" and "fading", then the final image may be an image including the above four filters, or It can be four separate images corresponding to each of the above four filters.

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention and are not limiting. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solution of the present invention may be modified or equivalently replaced. All should not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

1‧‧‧ electronic device

11‧‧‧ Battery

12‧‧‧display

13‧‧‧ camera

14‧‧‧Storage unit

15‧‧‧ processor

120‧‧‧First button

130‧‧‧Close button

140‧‧‧Second button

10‧‧‧ Filter shooting system

101‧‧‧Set up module

102‧‧‧Activation module

103‧‧‧Display Module

104‧‧‧Select Module

105‧‧‧Generation Module

FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of an electronic device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a filter shooting method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 3A and 3B are schematic diagrams of closing a filter in a filter combination in a preview screen of a photographing function of the present invention. 4A and 4B are schematic diagrams of changing a filter type in a preview screen of a photographing function of the present invention.

no.

Claims (10)

An electronic device, wherein the electronic device includes: a camera; a display screen; a storage unit; at least one processor; and at least one module, the at least one module is stored in the storage unit and configured to be The at least one processor executes, the at least one module includes: a startup module for activating a photographing function of the electronic device and controlling the display screen to display a preview screen, the preview screen including a plurality of framing frames, Each of the viewfinder frames corresponds to a filter in a preset filter combination; a display module is configured to use each filter in the filter combination to process a target image captured by the camera to obtain each An effect image of a filter, and an effect image of a filter corresponding to the finder frame is displayed in each finder frame in the preview screen; a selection module is used to select multiple effect images; and a generation module is used to Generating at least one final image according to the selected plurality of effect images and the arrangement order in the filter combination. The electronic device according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the at least one module further includes a setting module for setting the filter combination in advance, and the filter combination includes the number, type, and shape of the filters , Size, and order. The electronic device according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the final image is an image including all selected multiple effect images, and all the selected multiple effect images are arranged according to the filter combination. Sequential stitching, or the final image is a plurality of separate images respectively corresponding to one of the selected multiple effect images. The electronic device according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the display module further records the use frequency of the filter, and preferentially displays the filter with a high use frequency in the preview screen for the user to select . The electronic device according to item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the setting module is further configured to display a close button in each view frame in the preview screen, and when the close button is clicked , So that the effect image corresponding to the framing frame is not selected when generating the final image; the setting module is further configured to trigger the display screen to provide more updates when a framing frame in the preview screen is clicked. Many other kinds of filters are available for users to choose. A filter shooting method is run in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a camera and a display screen, wherein the method includes: a startup step of starting a photographing function of the electronic device and controlling the display screen to display a preview screen. The preview screen includes a plurality of finder frames, each of which corresponds to one filter in a preset filter combination; and a display step of using each filter in the filter combination to process the image captured by the camera The target image is used to obtain the effect image of each filter, and the effect image of the filter corresponding to the view frame is displayed in each view frame in the preview screen; a selection step, selecting a plurality of effect images; and a generation step And generate at least one final image according to the selected multiple effect images and the arrangement order in the filter combination. The filter shooting method according to item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein the method further includes a setting step of setting the filter combination in advance, and the filter combination includes a quantity, a type, a shape, a size, and an arrangement of the filters order. The filter shooting method according to item 6 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the final image is an image including all selected multiple effect images, and all the selected multiple effect images are selected according to the filter combination. Or the final image is a single image corresponding to one of the selected multiple effect images. The filter shooting method according to item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein the displaying step further records a frequency of use of the filter, and preferentially displays a filter with a high frequency of use in the preview screen for a user select. The filter shooting method according to item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein a close button is displayed in each finder frame in the preview screen, and when the close button is clicked, the finder frame corresponds to The effect image is not selected when the final image is generated; and when a framing frame in the preview screen is clicked, the display screen is triggered to provide more other types of filters for the user to select.