IP Library Granted Patent US 11,587,205
Granted Patent B2
US 11,587,205 · App. 17/309,105 · Granted Feb 21, 2023

Method and device for generating avatar on basis of corrected image

Inventors: Wooyong Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Jungeun Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G06T5/001G06T11/001G06T15/04G06T2207/20092G06T2207/30201
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Patent No.
US 11,587,205
App. No.
17/309,105
Granted
Feb 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed in various embodiments of the present invention are a method and a device, the device comprising a camera, a display, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to display, on the display in a preview state, a user's face acquired from the camera, correct the user's face on the basis of a configuration related to face correction, acquire an image including the corrected user's face when an avatar generation request is received, and generate an avatar by using the acquired image. Various embodiments are possible.

Claims (48)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a camera;

a memory;

a display; and

a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

display a user's face acquired from the camera set in an avatar photographing mode on the display in a preview state,

store an original image including the user's face in the memory,

correct the user's face displayed in the preview state based on a configuration related to face correction, wherein the configuration related to the face correction includes at least one of a configuration of the electronic device or a user input, and the configuration of the electronic device includes correction information for correcting the user's face according to at least one of gender, age, race, or country of the user of the electronic device,

display the corrected user's face,

acquire a corrected image including the corrected user's face when an avatar generation request is received,

store the corrected image in the memory,

acquire correction information from the corrected image, and

generate an avatar based on the original image, and apply the acquired correction information to the generated avatar.

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

adjust the configuration related to the face correction based on a user input received during at least a portion of the displaying; and

display the corrected user's face on the display based on the adjusted configuration related to the face correction.

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

add, when an item addition request is received, an item to the user's face; and

generate the avatar to which the item is applied according to the item generation request.

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

apply, when a size or position of the item is changed by a user input corresponding to the item, the item to the avatar based on item information on the changed size or position of the item.

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

provide an item list including at least one item based on a user input for calling up an item;

receive a selection of any one item from the item list; and

display the item on the user's face or a background based on a type of the selected item.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to:

apply the item to the avatar based on information on the item displayed on the user's face or the background.

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

apply a filter to the generated avatar or add an item thereto based on an additional user input.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the acquired correction information includes at least one of a correction area, a degree of correction, or a correction item.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

select an avatar model based on the correction information; and

generate the avatar by configuring a texture of the selected avatar model based on an image including the corrected user's face.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to:

select the avatar model based on the correction information; or

select the avatar model by integrating information included in the correction information.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured generate different avatars according to the correction information.

12. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a user's face acquired from a camera of the electronic device set in an avatar photographing mode in a preview state;

storing an original image including the user's face in a memory;

correcting the user's face displayed in the preview state based on a configuration related to face correction wherein the configuration related to the face correction includes at least one of a configuration of the electronic device or a user input, and the configuration of the electronic device includes correction information for correcting the user's face according to at least one of gender, age, race, or country of the user of the electronic device;

displaying the corrected user's face;

acquiring, when an avatar generation request is received, correction information corresponding to the corrected user's face;

storing a corrected image including the corrected user's face in the memory; and

generating an avatar based on the original image, and applying the acquired correction information to the generated avatar.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the generating comprises:

selecting an avatar model based on the correction information; and

generating the avatar by configuring a texture of the selected avatar model based on an image including the corrected user's face.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2021
From: LEE, WOOYONG; LEE, JUNGEUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 056026/0379 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0127554 · Oct 24, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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