# US 10,373,361 B2 · Picture processing method and apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,373,361 B2 - Document ID: US10373361B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/541,315 - Filed: 2015-12-23 - Published: 2017-12-07 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-12-31 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jie Liu; Zhijie Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10373361B2 ## CPC - H04N 23/60: Control of cameras or camera modules - G06T 3/40: Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting - G06T 3/403: Edge-driven scaling; Edge-based scaling - G06T 11/60: Creating or editing images; Combining images with text - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL ## Abstract Embodiments of the present invention provide a picture processing method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining, from a first device, a figure image of a first subject and a first focal length corresponding to the figure image; obtaining a figure image that is of a second subject and determined according to the first focal length; and compositing the figure image of the second subject, the figure image of the first subject, and a selected background image. By using the embodiments of the present invention, users in different places can easily and conveniently take a group photo. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A picture processing method, comprising: obtaining first media information of a first device, wherein the first media information comprises: a figure image of a first subject and a first focal length corresponding to the figure image; obtaining a figure image of a second subject by retrieving and applying the first focal length; and compositing the figure image of the second subject, the figure image of the first subject, and a selected background image. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, comprising: obtaining, by a second device, the first media information of the first device, wherein the first media information comprises: the figure image of the first subject or the figure image of the first subject and a figure image of another subject, and the first focal length corresponding to the figure image of the first subject; obtaining, by the second device, the figure image of the second subject by retrieving and applying the obtained first focal length; compositing, by the second device, the figure image of the second subject, the obtained figure image, and the selected background image; storing composited content and the first focal length to a preset location; and sending, to the first device, a completion message for notifying that a group photo has been completed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, comprising: obtaining, by a second device, the first media information of the first device, wherein the first media information comprises: the figure image of the first subject or the figure image of the first subject and a figure image of another subject, and the first focal length corresponding to the figure image of the first subject; obtaining, by the second device, the figure image of the second subject by retrieving and applying the obtained first focal length; compositing, by the second device, the figure image of the second subject, the obtained figure image, and the selected background image; sending, by the second device, composited content and the first focal length to a third device; and receiving a completion message for notifying that a group photo has been completed. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, comprising: obtaining, by a fourth device, the first media information of the first device, wherein the first media information comprises: the figure image of the first subject or the figure image of the first subject and a figure image of another subject, and the first focal length corresponding to the figure image of the first subject; obtaining, by the fourth device, the figure image of the second subject by retrieving and applying the first focal length; compositing, by the fourth device, the figure image of the second subject, the obtained figure image, and the selected background image; storing composited content and the first focal length to a preset location; and sending, to the first device and the fourth device, a completion message for notifying that a group photo has been completed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein: obtaining, by a second device, the first media information of the first device comprises: obtaining, by the second device, the first media information of the first device, wherein the first media information comprises: the figure image of the first subject or the figure image of the first subject and the figure image of the another subject, the first focal length corresponding to the figure image of the first subject, and the background image of the first subject; and compositing, by the second device, the figure image of the second subject, the obtained figure image, and the selected background image comprises: compositing, by the second device, the figure image of the second subject, the obtained figure image, and the background image of the first subject. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein: obtaining, by the fourth device, the figure image of the second subject by retrieving and applying the first focal length comprises: obtaining, by the second device and from the first device or at the preset location, the first focal length corresponding to the figure image of the first subject, obtaining, by the second device, the figure image of the second subject by retrieving and applying the obtained first focal length, and obtaining, by the fourth device, the obtained figure image of the second subject from the second device; or obtaining, by the second device and from the first device or at the preset location, the first focal length corresponding to the figure image of the first subject, obtaining, by the second device by retrieving and applying the obtained first focal length, the figure image of the second subject, and storing the figure image of the second subject to the preset location, and obtaining, by the fourth device, the figure image of the second subject at the preset location. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein: obtaining, by the fourth device, the first media information of the first device comprises: obtaining, by the fourth device, the first media information of the first device from the first device or at the preset location, wherein the first media information comprises: the figure image of the first subject or the figure image of the first subject and the figure image of the another subject, the first focal length corresponding to the figure image of the first subject, and the background image of the first subject; and compositing, by the fourth device, the figure image of the second subject, the obtained figure image, and the selected background image comprises: compositing, by the fourth device, the figure image of the second subject, the obtained figure image, and the background image of the first subject. ### Claim 8 A picture processing apparatus, comprising a computer processor configured to: obtain first media information of a first device, wherein the first media information comprises: a figure image of a first subject and a first focal length corresponding to the figure image; obtain a figure image of a second subject by retrieving and applying the first focal length; and composite the figure image of the second subject, the figure image of the first subject, and a selected background image. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the computer processor is configured to: obtain the first media information of the first device, wherein the first media information comprises: the figure image of the first subject or the figure image of the first subject and a figure image of another subject, and the first focal length corresponding to the figure image of the first subject; obtain the figure image of the second subject by retrieving and applying the obtained first focal length; composite the figure image of the second subject, the obtained figure image, and the selected background image; store composited content and the first focal length to a preset location; and instruct a transmitter to send, to the first device, a completion message for notifying that a group photo has been completed, wherein the transmitter is configured to send, to the first device according to an instruction of the computer processor, the completion message for notifying that a group photo has been completed. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein: the computer processor is configured to: obtain the first media information of the first device, wherein the first media information comprises: the figure image of the first subject or the figure image of the first subject and a figure image of another subject, and the first focal length corresponding to the figure image of the first subject; obtain the figure image of the second subject by retrieving and applying the obtained first focal length; composite the figure image of the second subject, the obtained figure image, and the selected background image; and instruct a transmitter to send composited content and the first focal length to a third device, wherein the transmitter is configured to send the composited content and the first focal length to the third device according to an instruction of the computer processor; and the apparatus further comprises a receiver configured to receive a completion message for notifying that a group photo has been completed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the computer processor is configured to: obtain the first media information of the first device, wherein the first media information comprises: the figure image of the first subject or the figure image of the first subject and a figure image of another subject, and the first focal length corresponding to the figure image of the first subject; obtain the figure image of the second subject by retrieving and applying the first focal length; composite the figure image of the second subject, the obtained figure image, and the selected background image; store composited content and the first focal length to a preset location; and instruct a transmitter to send, to the first device and a second device, a completion message for notifying that a group photo has been completed, wherein the transmitter is configured to send, to the first device and the second device according to an instruction of the computer processor, the completion message for notifying that a group photo has been completed. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the computer processor is configured to: obtain the first media information of the first device, wherein the first media information comprises: the figure image of the first subject or the figure image of the first subject and the figure image of the another subject, the first focal length corresponding to the figure image of the first subject, and the background image of the first subject; and composite the figure image of the second subject, the obtained figure image, and the background image of the first subject. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the computer processor is configured to: obtain the determined figure image of the second subject from the second device, wherein the figure image of the second subject is determined by the second device by retrieving and applying the first focal length that is corresponding to the figure image of the first subject and obtained by the second device; or obtain the figure image of the second subject at the preset location and store the figure image of the second subject to the preset location, wherein the figure image of the second subject is obtained by the second device by retrieving and applying the first focal length that is corresponding to the figure image of the first subject and that is obtained by the second device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the computer processor is configured to: obtain the first media information of the first device from the first device or at the preset location, wherein the first media information comprises: one of the figure image of the first subject or the figure image of the first subject and the figure image of the another subject, the first focal length corresponding to the figure image of the first subject, and the background image of the first subject; and composite the figure image of the second subject, the obtained figure image, and the background image of the first subject. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to: obtain first media information of a first device, wherein the first media information comprises: a figure image of a first subject and a first focal length corresponding to the figure image; obtain a figure image of a second subject by retrieving and applying the first focal length; and composite the figure image of the second subject, the figure image of the first subject, and a selected background image.