Electronic device and image selection method thereof
AssigneeHTC Corporation
InventorsTzu-Hao Kuo, Chun-Hsiang Huang, Liang-Kang Huang
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Abstract
An electronic device and an image selection method thereof are provided. The electronic device is configured to obtain a series of images; determine camera states corresponding to the series of images; select first images from the series of images according to the camera states; determine object states corresponding to the first images; divide the first images into a number of groups according to the object states; and select a candidate image from each of the number of groups. The image selection method is applied to the electronic device to implement the aforesaid operations.
Claims19
An electronic device, comprising:
- at least one image source unit, configured to obtain a series of images;
- and
- an image processing unit, coupled to the at least one image source unit and configured to:
- determine whether the electronic device is in a camera-still state according to the series of images;
- select first images from the series of images upon the electronic device is determined in the camera-still state;
- determine object states corresponding to the first images;
- divide the first images into at least one group according to the object states;
- and
- select a candidate image from each of the at least one group.
An image selection method for use in an electronic device, the electronic device comprising at least one image source unit and an image processing unit coupled to the image source unit, the image selection method comprising the following steps:
- (a) obtaining a series of images by the image source unit;
- (b) determining whether the electronic device is in a camera-still state according to the series of images by the image processing unit camera states corresponding to the series of images by the image processing unit;
- (c) selecting first images from the series of images by the image processing unit upon the electronic device is determined in the camera-still state;
- (d) determining object states corresponding to the first images by the image processing unit;
- (e) dividing the first images into at least one group according to the object states by the image processing unit;
- and
- (f) selecting a candidate image from each of the at least one group by the image processing unit.
An image selection method for use in an electronic device, comprising:
- (a) obtaining a series of images;
- (b) determining motion vectors corresponding to each of the series of images with respect to a neighboring image;
- (c) determining whether the electronic device is in a camera-still state according to the motion vectors;
- (d) determining pixel variance of a first portion of the series of images upon the electronic device is determined in the camera-still state;
- (e) dividing the first portion of the series of images into at least one group according to the pixel variance;
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- (f) selecting a candidate image from each of the at least one group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.