Method for processing image data by using information generated from external electronic device, and electronic device

1. An electronic device comprising

a camera,

a communication module,

a display, and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

acquire a raw image corresponding to an external object by using the camera;

generate a first-level image having a first attribute and a second-level image having a second attribute, by using the raw image;

transmit a first image obtained by encoding at least a part of the first-level image to an external electronic device by using the communication module so that the external electronic device generates analysis information of the first image;

generate a second image by encoding at least a part of the second-level image at least based on the analysis information; and

transmit the second image to the external electronic device by using the communication module.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

generate first-processed data from the raw image by using a first image processing scheme;

receive, from the external electronic device, second-processed data generated at least from the second image by using a second image processing scheme; and

synthesize the first-processed data and the second-processed data.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

sequentially receive multiple second-processed data, generated at least from the second image by using a second image processing scheme, from the external electronic device according to priorities; and

synthesize the second-processed data and the first-processed data according to a reception order of the multiple second-processed data.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

further generate a third image by encoding at least another part of the second-level image at least based on the analysis information;

determine a priority between the second image and the third image at least based on the analysis information; and

transmit the second image and the third image to the external electronic device according to an order determined at least based on the priority.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first-level image comprises at least one piece of information among information on a low-resolution image having a reduced size or resolution compared to a raw image acquired by the camera, information on a low-frequency domain image of the raw image, and information on a higher bit-plane image of the raw image; and

the second-level image comprises at least one of a high-resolution image having an extended size or resolution compared to the first-level image, an image including higher frequency information than the first-level image, or an image including lower bit-plane information than the first-level image.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the analysis information comprises:

attribute information of each of multiple regions included in the first image; or

a compression ratio which is based on an importance level of each of the multiple regions according to an analysis result of the multiple regions.

7. An electronic device comprising

a communication module and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive a first image, obtained by encoding a first-level image having a first attribute and generated from a raw image acquired by a camera, from an external electronic device by using the communication module;

decode the received first image;

generate analysis information by analyzing the decoded first image;

transmit the generated analysis information to the external electronic device;

receive a second image, obtained by encoding a second-level image having a second attribute and generated from the raw image based on the analysis information, from the external electronic device; and

generate a synthesized image by merging the decoded first image and the received second image.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the analysis information comprises a compression ratio which is based on an importance level of each of the multiple regions according to an analysis result of the multiple regions.

9. A method for processing image data, the method comprising:

acquiring a raw image corresponding to an external object by using a camera;

generating a first-level image having a first attribute and a second-level image having a second attribute, by using the raw image;

transmitting a first image obtained by encoding at least a part of the first-level image to an external electronic device so that the external electronic device generates analysis information of the first image;

generating a second image by encoding at least a part of the second-level image at least based on the analysis information; and

transmitting the second image to the external electronic device.

10. The method of claim 9 , comprising:

generating first-processed data from the raw image by using a first image processing scheme;

receiving, from the external electronic device, second-processed data generated at least from the second image by using a second image processing scheme; and

synthesizing the first-processed data and the second-processed data.

11. The method of claim 10 , comprising:

sequentially receiving multiple second-processed data, generated at least from the second image by using a second image processing scheme, according to priorities; and

synthesizing the second-processed data and the first-processed data according to a reception order of the multiple second-processed data.

12. The method of claim 9 , comprising:

generating a third image by encoding at least another part of the second-level image at least based on the analysis information;

determining a priority between the second image and the third image at least based on the analysis information; and

transmitting the second image and the third image to the external electronic device according to an order determined at least based on the priority.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the first-level image comprises at least one piece of information among information on a low-resolution image having a reduced size or resolution compared to a raw image acquired by the camera, information on a low-frequency domain image of the raw image, and information on a higher bit-plane image of the raw image; and

the second-level image comprises at least one of a high-resolution image having an extended size or resolution compared to the first-level image, an image including higher frequency information than the first-level image, or an image including lower bit-plane information than the first-level image.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the analysis information comprises:

attribute information of each of multiple regions included in the first image; or

a compression ratio which is based on an importance level of each of the multiple regions according to an analysis result of the multiple regions.

15. A method for processing image data, the method comprising:

receiving a first image, obtained by encoding a first-level image having a first attribute and generated from a raw image acquired by a camera, from an external electronic device;

decoding the received first image;

generating analysis information by analyzing the decoded first image;

transmitting the generated analysis information to the external electronic device;

receiving a second image, obtained by encoding a second-level image having a second attribute and generated from the raw image based on the analysis information, from the external electronic device; and

generating a synthesized image by merging the decoded first image and the received second image.