Information displaying method and electronic device therefor
An electronic device including a display, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the display and the memory. The processor may be configured to: display a partial image, corresponding to a view area to be watched, in an omnidirectional image stored in the memory, on the display; select a display attribute on the basis of the distance between the view area and an area of interest in the omnidirectional image; and display additional information associated with the area of interest, on the display on the basis of the selected display attribute. Various other embodiments found through the specification are also possible.
1. An electronic device comprising:
a display; a memory; and
a processor operatively connected to the display and the memory,
wherein the processor is configured to:
display a partial image corresponding to a viewing region of an omnidirectional image stored in the memory, on the display;
select a display attribute based on a distance between a region of interest (RoI) and the viewing region of the omnidirectional image;
when the distance is equal to or greater than a specified critical distance, display first additional information associated with the RoI on the display based on the selected display attribute; and
when the distance is less than the specified critical distance, display second additional information associated with the RoI on the display based on the selected display attribute,
wherein the first additional information comprises at least one of first information indicating a direction of the RoI, second information indicating a location of the RoI or third information indicating a direction of the viewing region, and
wherein the second additional information comprises detailed information of the RoI.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
select a first display attribute when the distance between the viewing region and the RoI is equal to or greater than the specified critical distance; and
select a second display attribute different from the first display attribute when the distance between the viewing region and the RoI is less than the specified distance.
3. The electronic device of claim 2 , the second display attribute is different from the first display attribute in at least one of brightness, a transparency, contrast, color tone, color space, color, a shape, or size.
4. The electronic device of claim 2 , the second display attribute is different in information amount from the first display attribute.
5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain information about the Rot the first additional information and the second additional information from metadata of the omnidirectional image.
6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
map the omnidirectional image onto a first layer and map the first additional information and the second additional information onto a second layer,
wherein a depth of the first layer is different from a depth of the second layer.
7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the first layer and the second layer are spherical layers.
8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain the distance between the RoI and the viewing region, based at least on an angle between a first normal line of the RoI and a second normal line of the viewing region.
9. The electronic device of claim 1 , the first additional information includes a shrunk image of the RoI.
10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
when the distance between the RoI and the viewing region is equal to or greater than a specified second distance, display the first additional information in the viewing region before a time of occurrence of the RoI.
11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first additional information displayed before the time of the occurrence of the RoI includes information indicating the time of the occurrence of the RoI.
12. An additional information displaying method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying a partial image corresponding to a viewing region in an omnidirectional image stored in a memory of the electronic device, on a display of the electronic device;
selecting a display attribute based on a distance between an RoI and the viewing region of the omnidirectional image; and
when the distance is equal to or greater than a specified critical distance, displaying first additional information associated with the RoI on the display based on the selected display attribute; and
when the distance is less than the specified critical distance, displaying second additional information associated with the RoI on the display based on the selected display attribute,
wherein the first additional information comprises at least one of first information indicating a direction of the RoI, second information indicating a location of the RoI or third information indicating a direction of the viewing region, and
wherein the second additional information comprises detailed information of the RoI.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the selecting of the display attribute includes:
selecting a first display attribute when the distance between the viewing region and the RoI is equal to or greater than the specified distance; and
selecting a second display attribute different from the first display attribute when the distance between the viewing region and the RoI is less than a specified distance.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the second display attribute is different from the first display attribute in at least one of brightness, a transparency, contrast, color tone, color space, color, a shape, or size.
15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the second display attribute is different in information amount from the first display attribute.
16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
obtaining information about the RoI, the first additional information and the second additional information from metadata of the omnidirectional image.
17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
mapping the omnidirectional image onto a first layer and map the first additional information and the second additional information onto a second layer,
wherein a depth of the first layer is different from a depth of the second layer.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first layer and the second layer are spherical layers.
19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:
obtaining the distance between the RoI and the viewing region, based at least on an angle between a first normal line of the RoI and a second normal line of the viewing region.
20. The method of claim 12 , the first additional information includes a shrunk image of the RoI.