Method and device for combining an avatar image with a portion of a user's image
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSun Choi, Sun-hwa Kim, Jae-young Lee, Gi-ppeum Choi
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Abstract
A method and an electronic device for composing an image are provided. An electronic device includes a display configured to display an image of a user photographed by a camera; an input component configured to receive a user input; a communicator configured to facilitate a communication with an external server; and a processor configured to display the image of the user on the display, set an avatar region within the image of the user based on the received user input, generate an avatar to be displayed on the avatar region, and control the display to combine the avatar with the image of the user and to display the resulting composite image.
Claims20
A method for composing an image by using an electronic device, the method comprising:
- displaying an image of a user photographed by a camera;
- setting a mirror region and an avatar region with respect to the image of the user based on a user input for controlling a boundary between the mirror region and the avatar region;
- generating an avatar to be displayed on the avatar region;
- receiving a selection of virtual clothes to be displayed on the avatar region;
- obtaining coordination information on the selected virtual clothes, the coordination information including category information and color information;
- identifying at least one of items of virtual clothing matching the selected virtual clothes based on the category information and the color information included in the obtained coordination information on the selected virtual clothes;
- combining the avatar with the selected virtual clothes and the identified at least one of the items of virtual clothing;
- obtaining a resulting composite image by combining the combined avatar at a first portion of the body of the user with a portion of the image of the user at a second portion of the body of the user;
- and
- displaying the resulting composite image,
- wherein the combined avatar is displayed in the avatar region and the portion of the image of the user is displayed in the mirror region.
An electronic device comprising:
- a display configured to display an image of a user photographed by a camera;
- an input component configured to receive a user input;
- a communicator configured to facilitate a communication with an external server;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- display the image of the user on the display,
- set a mirror region and an avatar region with respect to the image of the user based on the received user input for controlling a boundary between the mirror region and the avatar region,
- generate an avatar to be displayed on the avatar region,
- receive a selection of virtual clothes to be displayed on the avatar region,
- obtain coordination information on the selected virtual clothes, the coordination information including category information and color information,
- identify at least one of items of virtual clothing matching the selected virtual clothes based on the category information and the color information included in the obtained coordination information on the selected virtual clothes,
- combine the avatar with the selected virtual clothes and the identified at least one of the items of the virtual clothing,
- obtain a resulting composite image by combining the combined avatar at a first portion of the body of the user with a portion of the image of the user at a second portion of the body of the user, and
- control the display to display the resulting composite image,
- wherein the combined avatar is displayed in the avatar region and the portion of the image of the user is displayed in the mirror region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.