WO2010050843A1

WO2010050843A1 - Method for forming static, dynamic and animated images on communication devices

Info

Publication number: WO2010050843A1
Application number: PCT/RU2009/000088
Authority: WO
Inventors: Петр Михайлович КУЗНЕЦОВ
Original assignee: Kuznetsov Petr Mikhailovich
Priority date: 2008-10-29
Filing date: 2009-02-25
Publication date: 2010-05-06

Abstract

The invention relates to a method which enables unskilled users to easily and accurately form combined high-quality creative images with sound accompaniment so that the expected result of combination can be visualized with the aid of personal communication devices, in particular, mobile telephones, communicators etc. The final image is produced by pointing and fixing a subject to be filmed in assigned areas according to the pattern of a pre-produced image in a static or dynamic mode.

Description

METHOD FOR FORMING STATIC, DYNAMIC OR ANIMATION IMAGES ON COMMUNICATION

DEVICES

FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY

The invention relates to the field of simple and accurate creation of combined creative images for users who do not have special skills using individual communication devices, in particular, mobile phones, communicators, photo and video cameras, laptops, computers, etc.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Well-known methods and devices for forming, in particular, static images, in which a photo mask is formed with a common creative plot and cutouts into which a person inserts parts of his body, after which photographing is performed. The method was common in the last century by photographers in places of entertainment and in resort towns.

Known projection photo montage, which gives a ready-made image (V.P. Mikulin. 25 lessons of photography, M., Art, 1955, S. 288 - 290). This photomontage consists of the process of imprinting with a photographic enlarger on one sheet of photo paper images from several photo-negatives. Since the images in this case are hidden and require development, they first sketch a pencil sketch indicating the location of the components and their scale on it. The order in which images from different photo-negatives are printed on a sheet of photo paper does not matter. They begin, however, with the main part. Printing this part, cover with the hand (or with a specially cut out mask) the rest of the photo paper from the rays of the enlarger, slightly moving the hand or mask on some

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) distance from the lens and thus reducing the edges of the main image to nothing. Then, closing the lens of the magnifier with a red filter, the outline of the printed image is slightly drawn with a pencil and proceed to printing from the next photo negative, this time covering the finished part of the image from light rays. Reducing the edges of each image makes the junction of individual images invisible.

To carry out such an installation, you must have a film camera and the image is only static.

There is a method of photomontage of a photo album page, used to obtain collective graduation photographs, which consists in photographing each individual person included in the general circuit diagram, making photographic negatives of these individuals and imprinting several photographs on one sheet of photo paper using a specially cut mask that is installed between the lens of the enlarger , in which the photo-negative is inserted, and its table. On the table of the enlarger along the light beam at a certain distance from the mask, lay the template of the wiring diagram in black with white ovals in the places where the photographs should be. The enlarger is turned on, the template is moved around the table until the photo-negative projection of the face included in the composition of the photo album page coincides with one of the white ovals. Change the distance from the photo-negative to the template and from the mask to the photo-negative and achieve blurring of the edges and matching the size of the photo-negative projection with the size of the white oval on the template. In that

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) The template is fixed in position, the enlarger is turned off, a sheet of photo paper with the dimensions of the template is placed on the template and fixed. The enlarger is turned on for a predetermined time, depending on the sensitivity of the photo paper and the density of the photo negative. Next, photographs of all persons of the composition of the photo album page are sequentially imprinted on a sheet of photo paper according to a previously compiled composition, the carrier of which is a template. After this, a sheet of photo paper with imprinted photographs is developed and dried, then the photographs are outlined and labeled. As a result, an original page layout of the photo album is obtained, a photo negative of the original page layout of the photo album is reproduced and made, after which a photo album page is made from the resulting photo negative of the original page layout of the photo album (RU 2149356).

This method also has the above disadvantages.

Another way that allows you to take a photo or video editing of an image is to use computer graphics programs, such as Sorel, Photoshore and others.

However, this is a rather time-consuming process, requiring high qualifications and the availability of a computer with these programs.

Also known is a method of image formation, where the first and second digital images are provided. The user is given a choice - to use the first image as a texture or as a frame for the second. Part of the first image can be selected for use as a texture or border. If necessary, the first or second image can be scaled. Two images will be combined with the necessary proportion of translucency to generate textures. The first image can be uploaded

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) tiles to cover the second image (for texture) or to surround it to form a border (US 7454085).

However, in this technology, photographing is performed without a template, which can lead to technical inconsistencies in the combined images. The formed images can only be static. This method serves to create the simplest types of frames on the image, without the possibility of creating highly artistic dynamic works with sound design. At the same time, the user is required to have special skills and perform various manipulations on a device specially designed only for taking pictures. Moreover, the final image can be seen only after manufacturing.

The closest in technical essence to the claimed object is a method and hardware based on data transmission via the Internet, which are automatic processing of a digital image captured by a smart device (smart device) in a real place or virtual environment, and synchronization of this captured primary images with a secondary image, be it a frame or a template, to create a combined media image. Optionally, the combined image may contain an audio file. When combined, the image can be saved for later viewing and / or automatically returned to the device or computer of the user from which the original image was taken, the image can also be redirected to an online print service, uploaded to a photo-sharing website and / or to the mailing lists. Automatic processing of specified primary

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) The image processing is performed by a processing apparatus (rrosess epgipe) posted on the website of the Application Provider, the processing apparatus contains instructions for combining media and metadata tags (image capture date, author name) of said images (WO 2007/146324).

However, in this technology, photographing is also performed without a template, which can lead to technical inconsistencies of the combined images. The image is also sent via the Internet to the processing center, where a combined image is formed, which requires mandatory access to the Internet, and the user practically does not see in advance what the result of combining his photo image will be.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The technical result of the proposed method is the ability to easily and accurately create combined high-quality creative images with sound from pre-prepared templates for users who do not have special skills, with the ability to visually see the intended result of combining using individual communication devices, in particular mobile phones, communicators and etc., which represents additional opportunities for the user of the communication device, Extending the functionality of these devices.

To achieve the specified technical result, a method for generating static, dynamic creative images on communication devices is proposed, which consists in the fact that for the manufacture of a creative image in a communication

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) the device is loaded with plot templates, or plot templates are selected from plot templates preloaded into the memory of the communication device in which there are specially allocated places or a dedicated place intended (intended) for the captured image. Combine on the screen of the communication device the captured or previously prepared static and / or dynamic image with the boundaries of the allocated places in the downloaded plot templates and capture the image, after which the program for combining the plot template and captured images into the final image is used as a single creative plot. The final image obtained by combining the plot - template and captured images with sound is stored as a digital file.

The final image can be created by combining various types of captured image and plot templates, such as: static captured image and static plot template, or static captured image and dynamic plot template, or dynamic captured image and static plot template, or dynamic Captured image and dynamic plot template.

The final image can be created by combining a static or dynamic plot template and a group of static or dynamic captured images.

Also, the final image may consist of a combination of sequences of static and dynamic plot templates and captured images appearing alternately and separately on the screen of the communicator, as well as any of the options described previously.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) The final image is accompanied by sound from the plot template, or by combining with sound from the captured image.

The final image can be formed by combining a different level of transparency of the plot template and the captured image at the request of the subscriber, or by a given plot template algorithm.

The plot templates and captured images can be subjected to changes, including changing the scale, changing the configuration, color, selecting and setting movements for individual fragments, etc. using the simplest graphical editor, if the technical capabilities of the user's communicator allow this.

The captured image, real or virtual, is taken from any database.

As a communication device for image formation, a mobile phone or a mobile communicator, or photo and video cameras, or laptops, or stationary computers, or other devices capable of capturing and / or processing images can be used.

It seems preferable to pre-enter plot templates into the memory of communication devices during their production.

The plot template can be a creative work, where the allocated places are roles for several users, then the final image will be the result of the joint art work of two or more users according to the proposed plot template created using interconnected communicators.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) When forming the final image, a group of mobile devices can be used, where one or more devices have the ability to capture and process images on an internal processor by combining mobile devices into a network.

The function of generating the final image is carried out on a remote server to which the captured image is transmitted, and the generated final image is saved for further viewing, or sent via mobile or Internet connection, downloaded to the image exchange website and / or to the mailing lists, sent for printing .

As a plot template, computer games for computers and consoles or specially made art, animated, animated works, or electronic comics, or live television broadcasts, or other methods of reproducing a digital image that allow you to include captured images can be used.

Image capturing can be carried out either by pointing the image capturing device to the captured object using the recommendations or personal skills of the subscriber, without clear boundaries of the template, or by pre-processing the image using graphic editors on the image capturing device or on the computer, or by shooting the necessary object on a special monochromatic background, where the real boundaries of the object are accepted as the allocated places for the plot template, or by combining the object being shot with a static bo dynamic translucent

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) model indicated on the plot - template, or by scanning on a special device to create a three-dimensional model.

All images can be made in various versions, including animation, two and three-dimensional graphics, etc.

The proposed method for generating static and / or dynamic images on communication devices does not require graphic explanation, and for simplicity, a mobile phone will be considered as a communication device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

On manufactured mobile phones, photo and video cameras, as well as devices with the capabilities of fixing and processing images, static, dynamic, real or virtual pre-made creative images are loaded, in which there are allocated places or a dedicated place for installing captured new images there. Static, dynamic, real or virtual pre-made creative images in which there are allocated places will be referred to as the plot template in the future. Moreover, the plot templates can be entered into the memory of the communication device both during its production and after.

The plot templates are pre-made photo or video plots with creative and semantic content, where the user is invited to place one or more images from himself on specially allocated for this place (image in

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) which is missing), becoming the protagonist of the proposed plot. The plot template frame displayed on the device’s screen with empty allocated places for a new image serves as a kind of sight for performing accurate capture of the captured image and for demonstrating the final result.

To obtain the final formed image, the selected photo or one frame from the video plot template is displayed on the screen of the communication device, on which the places for the new image from the user are already marked, after which they try to combine the shooting object with the allocated place in the plot template as accurately as possible photo or video shooting. After activating the editing program, they receive a combined image with personal participation in the proposed template creative plot, which can then be saved in the device’s memory, or forwarded by sending it as an MMS message, as an attached file in an e-mail message, or to a server on the network Internet for publishing or other operations. Either perform these actions using a computer, receiving plot templates from a remote server or downloading them from a licensed disk, and the captured image from your own database.

In phones of the old release and newly released, the subscriber can order a template in the same way as ordering a screensaver or ringtone.

Various combinations of combining the plot template and captured images are possible - static with dynamic, dynamic with dynamic, etc. varying degrees

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) transparency and various sound effects accompanied by a plot template and user filming.

If necessary, you can use the simplest graphic editors that allow you to adjust images - change the scale, configuration, color, select and set movements for individual fragments, etc., according to the proposed rules of the plot template.

It should also be noted that in this technology it is possible to insert not one, but several input images, for example, faces of friends or relatives, into a plot template to form a group plot with several characters. The image introduced into the plot-template can be real, virtual, drawn three-dimensional, etc., taken from any open database.

Using Internet connection, several users can unite and perform role-based actions in the selected plot template and get a work of art. The proposed plot templates can be filled in stationary places for training and performing creative works.

There is a way where, in order to obtain a high-quality formed final image, recommendations on shooting an object or shooting on a monochrome background are sufficient. Or the user, having extensive experience, removes the object without a template previously displayed on the screen.

The final image can also be obtained by sequentially alternating the entire screen of frames from captured images and frames from the plot template, as well as their combinations according to the algorithm specified by the director, for example, in the case of a dialogue of two or more persons.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) The method of forming images can be used to enter the user's personal image into the plot of computer games and games on consoles as virtual heroes of the game.

The method can also be used to generate final images representing an independent work of art, where the user is invited to play (play, sing) a role according to the template with a recording on the device, after formation on which to receive an amateur artwork with the participation of the user. A plot template of such a volume can contain a fragment or a full-fledged work and can be stored and distributed on CDs and other storage devices.

If technical capacities do not allow you to independently perform image formation on your mobile device, then this function can be performed by a remote server.

To form an image using a template, it is possible to combine two or more mobile devices connected directly or wirelessly.

The user’s image (possibly three-dimensional) introduced in advance, into a digital television receiver. Into a computer, etc., will automatically take part in television programs specially made using the plot-template method as a separate character.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) Explanation of the terms used.

Captured images - a real object, or virtual images that will be placed in the plot template. Most often, this is the subject for shooting.

A captured image is an image already taken or downloaded from a user into a communication device.

Image capture - the process of taking a photo or video, or pointing the plot template to an existing image.

Image capture device - photo, video camera, mobile phone or communicator with lenses, webcams and other devices capable of capturing images.

The plot template is pre-made photo or video plots with creative and semantic content, where the user is invited to place one or several images from himself specially allocated for this place, becoming the protagonist of the proposed plot.

The final, formed, combined image is the result of technical unification, installation of the plot template with captured images inserted into it at selected places.

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Claims

CLAIM

1. The method of forming static, dynamic images on communication devices, which consists in the fact that for the production of the final image in the communication device is loaded, or selected from pre-loaded into the memory of the communication device, plot templates in which there are allocated places or a dedicated place intended for the captured image, and combine on the screen of the communication device the captured or previously prepared static or dynamic image with the borders Highlighted in places cyuzhet-shablone (ax) and produce image capture, then the program involve combining the template and plot zaxvachennogo (nyx) Picture format (s) in the final image as a single creative plot.

2. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the final image is created by combining various types of closed captures, either groups of images and plot templates, such as a static captured image and a static plot template, or a static captured image and a dynamic plot template or a dynamic capture image and a static plot template, or a dynamic capture image and a dynamic plot template.

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3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that the final image consists of a combination of sequences of static and dynamic plot templates and captured images, as well as any options from them.

4. The method according to p. 3, characterized in that the final image is accompanied by sound from the plot template, or by combining with sound from the captured image.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that the final image is formed from a different level of transparency of the plot template and captured images.

6. The method according to p. 5, characterized in that the plot templates and captured images are subjected to changes, such as changing the scale, configuration, color, selection and movement task of individual fragments using the simplest graphic editor.

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the captured image, real or virtual, is taken from any database.

8. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that as a communication device for forming images using a mobile phone or mobile communicator, or photo and video cameras, or laptops, or stationary computers, or other devices with the ability to capture and / or processing images.

9. The method according to p. 8, characterized in that the plot templates are loaded into these devices during their manufacture.

10. The method according to p. 8, characterized in that the final image is the result of a joint artistic

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) creativity of two or more subscribers according to the proposed plot template on interconnected communication devices.

11. The method according to p. I ₅ characterized in that the final image is formed using a group of mobile devices, where one or more devices have the ability to capture and process images on an internal processor by combining mobile devices into a network.

12. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the function of generating the final image is carried out on a remote server to which the captured image is transmitted, and the generated final image is saved for further viewing, or sent via mobile or Internet connection, downloaded to the exchange website images and / or to mailing lists, sent to print.

13. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that as the plot template is used; computer games for computers and consoles, or specially made art, animated, animated works, or electronic comics, or live television broadcasts, or other methods of reproducing a digital image that allow you to include captured images.

14. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the captured image is obtained either by pointing the image capturing device to the captured object using the issued recommendations, or by the user's personal skills, without clearly defined borders, or by shooting the necessary object on a special monochromatic background, where the real object boundaries are accepted as allocated places for

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) the plot template, either by combining the captured object with a static or dynamic translucent model indicated on the plot template, or by scanning on the device to create a three-dimensional model.

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