Granted Patent B2

US 12,518,664 · App. 18/659,953 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Inventors: Jingun Jung (Suwon-si, KR); Jiyeon Ma (Suwon-si, KR); Sungjun Hwang (Suwon-si, KR); Youngah Lee (Suwon-si, KR)

Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

G09G3/003G09G2340/10G09G2340/12

Abstract

Claims (78)

1 . An electronic apparatus comprising:

a display;

at least one memory storing at least one instruction; and

at least one processor operatively connected with the display and the at least one memory,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

based on a size of an audio signal corresponding to at least one image frame of content being identified as greater than or equal to a threshold value, identify whether special effects are provided based on pixel information of the at least one image frame,

based on identifying that the special effects are provided in the at least one image frame, identify image information corresponding to the special effects in the at least one image frame, and

output a special effects image obtained based on the image information together with the at least one image frame through the display.

2 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

based on the at least one image frame being displayed in a region smaller than a total area of the display, control the display to output the special effects image in a remaining region of the display excluding the region in which the at least one image frame is displayed.

3 . The electronic apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

control the display to:

provide a first display layer comprising the at least one image frame, and

provide a second display layer comprising the special effects image at a rear end of the first display layer.

4 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to control the display to:

provide a first display layer comprising the at least one image frame,

provide a third display layer comprising a frame graphic at a front end of the first display layer, remove a background image outside the frame graphic from the at least one image frame, and provide a second display layer comprising the special effects image at a front end of the third display layer.

5 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a user interface,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

based on a user input being received through the user interface, identify whether the user input is associated with providing the special effects, and

based on the user input being identified as associated with providing the special effects, identify whether the special effects are provided in the at least one image frame based on the user input.

6 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

obtain color histogram information based on the pixel information,

obtain histogram difference information by comparing the color histogram information with reference color histogram information, and

identify at least one of whether the special effects are provided, or the image information, based on the histogram difference information.

7 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a speaker,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

based on identifying that the special effects are provided in the at least one image frame, identify audio information corresponding to the special effects in the at least one image frame, and

output special effects audio through the speaker based on the audio information.

8 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

obtain at least one of whether the special effects are provided, the image information, or audio information corresponding to the special effects, by inputting the at least one image frame and the audio signal corresponding to the at least one image frame to a trained neural network model, and

wherein the trained neural network model is trained for at least one of whether the special effects are provided, the image information, or the audio information, to be obtained by learning the size of the audio signal and a change in color.

9 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

identify whether the special effects are maintained or ended in at least one following frame based on a difference between the pixel information and pixel information of the at least one following frame; and

identify a frame interval in which the special effects image is provided based on whether the special effects are maintained or ended.

10 . The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a communication interface,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

transmit at least one of the image information or audio information corresponding to the special effects, together with information on the content, to an external apparatus through the communication interface, and

wherein the information on the content comprises identification information on the content and information on a playback time-point at which the special effects are provided.

11 . An image output method of an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:

based on a size of an audio signal corresponding to at least one image frame of content being identified as greater than or equal to a threshold value, identifying whether special effects are provided based on pixel information of the at least one image frame;

based on identifying that the special effects are provided in the at least one image frame, identifying image information corresponding to the special effects in the at least one image frame; and

outputting a special effects image obtained based on the image information together with the at least one image frame.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the outputting together with the at least one image frame comprises:

based on the at least one image frame being displayed in a region smaller than a total area of the display, outputting the special effects image in a remaining region of the display excluding the region in which the at least one image frame is displayed.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the outputting together with the at least one image frame comprises:

providing a first display layer comprising the at least one image frame; and

providing a second display layer comprising the special effects image displayed at a rear end of the first display layer.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the outputting together with the at least one image frame comprises:

providing a first display layer comprising the at least one image frame;

providing a third display layer comprising a frame graphic at a front end of the first display layer;

removing a background image outside the frame graphic from the at least one image frame; and

providing a second display layer comprising the special effects image at a front end of the third display layer.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store computer instructions for an electronic apparatus to perform an operation when executed by a processor of the electronic apparatus, the operation comprising:

based on a size of an audio signal corresponding to at least one image frame of content being identified as greater than or equal to a threshold value, identifying whether special effects are provided based on pixel information of the at least one image frame;

based on identifying that the special effects are provided in the at least one image frame, identifying image information corresponding to the special effects in the at least one image frame; and

outputting a special effects image obtained based on the image information together with the at least one image frame.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the outputting together with the at least one image frame comprises:

based on the at least one image frame being displayed in a region smaller than a total area of a display, outputting the special effects image in a remaining region of the display excluding the region in which the at least one image frame is displayed.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the outputting together with the at least one image frame comprises:

providing a first display layer comprising the at least one image frame; and

providing a second display layer comprising the special effects image at a rear end of the first display layer.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the outputting together with the at least one image frame comprises:

providing a first display layer comprising the at least one image frame;

providing a third display layer comprising a frame graphic at a front end of the first display layer;

removing a background image outside the frame graphic from the at least one image frame; and

providing a second display layer comprising the special effects image at a front end of the third display layer.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operation further comprises:

obtaining color histogram information based on the pixel information;

obtaining histogram difference information by comparing the color histogram information with reference color histogram information; and

identifying at least one of whether the special effects are provided, or the image information, based on the histogram difference information.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 ,

wherein the operation further comprises:

obtaining at least one of whether the special effects are provided, the image information, or audio information corresponding to the special effects, by inputting the at least one image frame and the audio signal corresponding to the at least one image frame to a trained neural network model, and

wherein the trained neural network model is trained for at least one of whether the special effects are provided, the image information, or the audio information, to be obtained by learning the size of the audio signal and a change in color.

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