TWI238655B - System for digital image orientation and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for digital image orientation and method is disclosed. When capturing digital images through an image retrieving device the captured image is embedded with an orientation information and then stored. Afterwards, when the image processing program reads the captured images, the orientation display problem of the captured images is handled by means of analyzing the embedded orientation information, so that the captured images can be easily browsed.

Description

V. Description of the invention (1) The technical field to which the invention belongs 4 5 The invention relates to a digital image processing system and its U application: digital scene: on top of the image positioning display, the use of logarithmic images' # sI Parsing can be used to make the digital image easy to browse M and its methods. See the previous technology. "The advent of the era of digitalization, many digital images have been processed digitally.-Some digitalized images can be used to deal with problems. Early machines, digital cameras, network cameras, digital cameras such as:; Many convenient image manipulation methods to obtain all the daggers ..., number: "Secondly, after acquiring these digital images, the digital digits are often rolled out to other computer executable platforms for storage and retrieval. The regular city will be output to capture and view on other computer-executable platforms, and the second output will be saved and stored on the computer-executable platform. The image will be displayed in Tongzhong *. Users need to open another browser when they need to browse. The two programs can be saved by Photographer: these pictures can be taken in the following way: = play in ^ = = play, so that the user can = do not return, but because the user personally places the image capture device: The environmental factors at the time of capturing the images limited the use of customary programs on the platform to use the video program. It was very unreasonable, and it took a lot of extra time to perform digital filming. It also often but caused many browsing problems and was quite inhuman. Place 5 pages 1238655 V. Description of the invention (2) Therefore, it is necessary to use good and match, and in all cases, to use it to solve the problem, it should be the direction of the examination [Content of the invention] In view of this method, it is mainly like processing The purpose of the program is not to achieve the image of the present invention on the digital video platform, but also to produce the real-time analysis of the image and use the effect to achieve the above-mentioned designated positions including the following two decoders for image production. The module is used to perform information extraction on the information. The purpose of the present invention is to make it easier to process the digital image in combination with the position of the captured image output. The technical means of mapping is to generate the positioning information and process the program to rotate the digital image. Operation = Proper use of the stone body device to make image capture Lo & & ^ Qiaoqiao between changes can be used: "= =: No matter what the past image of the past, it is convenient for users to read before engaging Digital Jingxin: long-time digital image positioning V like car hardware related developers need to think of a digital image positioning system and it can solve the previous image manipulation and installation The problem of the positioning and image positioning; the design of the other processing and image processing program of the present invention is designed to handle the digital image on the computer. The digital video is captured in the image capture device and is assigned to the designated position of the digital image When the tuple is stored, the positioning information can be processed to facilitate browsing. In the digital image orientation system mentioned in :::, the positioning information / image manipulation device has a conduction switch and μ⑴ image processing. Take the fixed payment type in the image ^: Positioning processing with analysis module and fixed image ... and responsible for positioning

Page 6 1238655 V. Description of the invention (3) In addition, the digital image orientation process described in the present invention has two parts: Nailing 3 has the following (1) performs image capture and embeds positioning information, including receiving users Triggered by the image capture device ^ You enter the specified bit in the captured image; finally save the captured image. Τ, take Jun I and capture the image and perform positioning processing, including the following steps: Read the captured image bit by bit, extract the specified input information of the manipulated image, and execute the corresponding orientation procedure for the captured image to carry out the positioning Process; finally display the captured image. The following is a specific and feasible implementation manner of the present invention, which will be described in conjunction with the drawings. [Embodiment] The present invention proposes a digital image orientation system and method. The main purpose is through the image capture device 10 and the image processing program 2. The above improvements set leaves to achieve the purpose of positioning digital images. (1) The part of the image capturing device proposed by the present invention, as shown in the "°", is roughly the same as the operation principle of the image capturing device 10. When the user triggers the start switch, the image capture device 10 will start the 2 image capture process, and the central processing unit 3 will process the digital signal of the image captured by the charge coupled device 12 Then the corresponding captured images are generated and stored in the memory 14 (such as: flash memory, memory card). Its main features are:

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V. Description of the Invention (4) ^ In the image capturing device 10, it further has a conducting switch 15 and a decoder i 6 ::. It can generate the start signal when the user triggers the start switch 11 to perform the same operation as the shadow == ^ 'The 5 start signals of the on switch are used to generate a solution ... 6 logical operation analysis and analysis after production =: save a bit ... and embed it in Brown takes the specified byte in the image. Generally, it is usually a standard format, such as device 1. The generated captured image format is used as the preferred embodiment for the T format (the present invention uses the field format of the JPEG compatible standard, in A). 'This standard format is required to provide features for digital images; : 5 will f in the part with the header area, but this invention facilitates the use of these two:; hardware for identification purposes. Because the domain is used as the post-entry positioning it, the header area is not used. The W reserved area has to express four states. Here: :: = 'Since the positioning information only requires bits, it is almost equal to == byte length. As long as two enough unused bits can be found as the embedding of the positioning information of the present invention. & 3 The implementation mode of the sub-conductor on-off switch 15 of the stubby position group 3, such as "the first-four-way ball on-off switch 15, the center next to the second" A is not surrounded by up, down, left and right The directions have independent: pieces; :) ,:-The switch generates a pilot signal in the "Figure 2A" and triggers any of them who are familiar with the technology to do something about it / make more changes. Samples are not limited to 1238655, which is the preferred embodiment of the present invention. As for the decoder 16, as shown in "Figure 2B", it can receive the pilot signals (a, b, ^, and d are input terminals) generated by the pilot: off y to generate a positioning information (X and y are output end). For example, suppose that as shown in the "picture", the switch b of the on-switch 15 is triggered. At this time, the conduction signal of ^ M π is given to the decoder 丨 6, and after analysis, it is issued by the decoder 16! The positioning information of '0 1' is given to the central processing unit 13 to embed the positioning information into the captured image. In fact, the operation of the decoder 6 is a conventional technique, so it will not be described in detail here. (2) The part of the image processing program 20 proposed by the present invention, as shown in "Figure 3", is the same as the general image processing program 20 and is executed on a computer executable platform, which can be used to read through The fetching module 21 receives the captured image from the image capturing device 10 and outputs it to other storage devices 30 (such as a hard disk and a memory card) in a computer-executable platform. The main features are: The present invention The proposed image processing program 20 further includes the analysis module 2 2 and the orientation module 23. The analysis module 22 is used for capturing positioning information of a specified byte in the captured image for analysis. The analysis module 22 must record the same specified byte information as that in the image capture device 10 to To obtain positioning information; the orientation module 23 determines the corresponding orientation procedure to be performed according to the analysis result provided by the analysis module 22, and performs positioning processing on the extracted image. Among them, the part of the orientation program is mainly used to rotate the captured image, including: 90 ° clockwise rotation, 9 ° counterclockwise rotation.

Page 9 1238655 V. Description of the invention (6) Degrees, rotation 180 degrees ... The part of this orientation procedure can be defined according to the actual + arbitrary definition, and is not limited to the implementation of the present invention. The “4th figure” and the “5th figure” are the detailed operation flow of the image capture 1 and the image processing program 20 of the present invention, respectively. The operation flow of the image capture device 10 is described as follows: "Figure 4 · It is mainly used to embed positioning information into the manipulation image." Includes the following steps: First '#take the activation signal' to capture the image And a lead signal is generated (step 100). The start signal is generated by the user triggering the start switch U of the image capture and insertion device 10. At this time, the image capture device 10 starts to extract the image and the lead signal is generated by the on switch 15. In the present invention, a JPEG-compatible file is used as a preferred embodiment for capturing an image. Then, the decoder 16 parses the pilot signal, and generates positioning information after logical operation conversion (step 11), and then is processed by the central processing unit. 1 3 Embed the generated positioning information into the default designated byte of the captured image (step 12). This designated byte will be placed in the header area of the captured image. Generally only two are required. Bit length bytes are sufficient; finally, the captured image is stored (step i 3 〇), the storage place can be the flash memory in the image capture device 丨 〇 or an external memory card. Regarding the operation flow of the image processing program 20, as described in "Figure 5", "mainly used to read the captured image and perform the positioning display of the captured image", it further includes the following steps: first read the captured image ( Step 2 0) is usually achieved through a transmission interface between a computer-executable platform and the image capturing device 10; then obtaining a specified byte in the captured image (Step 2 1 0); determining the captured image Is there location information in (Step 2 2 0),

Page 10 1238655 V. Description of the invention (7) I If not, go directly to step 2 50 to display the captured image; if there is positioning information, then analyze the positioning information and perform a corresponding operation on the captured image. The orientation program performs positioning processing (step 2 3 0); finally displays the captured image 1 (step 2 40), completes the operation of the entire image processing program 20, and generates a captured image that is convenient for users to browse and use. The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of implementation of the present invention; that is, all equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application for the present invention are covered by the scope of the patent for the present invention .

1238655 on page 11 is a simple illustration. Figure 1 is a diagram of an image capturing device architecture of the digital image orientation system and method provided by the present invention. Figure 2A is a diagram of the digital image orientation system and method provided by the present invention. Schematic diagram of the operation of the on switch; Figure 2B is a schematic diagram of the decoder operation of the digital image orientation system and method provided by the present invention; Figure 3 is an image processing program module of the digital image orientation system and method provided by the present invention Block diagram; FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of an image capturing device of the digital image orientation system and method provided by the present invention; and FIG. 5 is an image processing program operation of the digital image orientation system and method provided by the present invention flow chart. [Explanation of Symbols] 10 Image capture device 11 Start switch 12 Electric charge coupling device 13 Central processor 14 Memory 15 Turn on switch 16 Decoder 2 0 Image processing program 21 Read module 22 Solution module 23 Orientation module

Page 121238655 Brief description of the diagram 30 Storage device Step 10 0 Receive an activation signal to generate a captured image and a lead signal Step 1 1 0 Parse the lead signal to generate a positioning information Step 12 0 Embed the positioning information in the Step 1 3 0 Save the captured image in the specified byte of one of the captured images Step 2 0 0 Read a captured image

Step 210 Acquire a specified byte of the captured image Step 2 2 0 Have a positioning information Step 2 3 0 Parse the positioning information and perform a corresponding orientation procedure on the captured image Step 2 4 0 Display the captured image

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Claims (1)

1238655 6. Scope of patent application 1. A digital image orientation system, which includes an image capture device capable of capturing digital images, and executes an image processing program on a computer-executable platform for processing the location of captured digital images. It is characterized in that: the image capturing device has a conducting switch and a decoder, which can be used to capture a captured image, at the same time, a conducting signal is generated by the conducting switch, and a positioning information is generated after the decoder analyzes and Embedded in a specified byte of the captured image for storage; and the image processing program has a parsing module and a certain orientation module, which can be used by the parsing module to read the captured image The positioning education in the specified byte is parsed, and then a corresponding orientation program is determined by the orientation module to perform a positioning process on the captured image. 2. The digital image orientation system described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the image capturing device captures the captured image by triggering an activation signal generated by an activation switch. 3. The digital image orientation system described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the image processing program reads the captured image from the image capturing device through a reading module. 4. The digital image orientation system as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the captured image is a file of J PEG compatible format. 5. The digital image orientation system as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the specified byte length is two bits. 6. The digital image orientation system described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, which Page U 1238655 6. The specified byte in the scope of the patent application is located in the header area of the captured image 0 7. The digital image orientation system described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the corresponding orientation program is used Take the image of # 1 for 90 ° clockwise rotation and 90 ° counterclockwise rotation and 180 ° rotation. 8. A digital image orientation method 9 is to embed a positioning information into a captured image through an image capture device that can fetch digital images in # pages and then use an image processing program running on a computer-executable platform in the capture The positioning method is based on the positioning information when the image is output. The method includes the following steps: • Acquire the captured image, execute the positioning information, and then enter it. The method also includes the following steps: receiving an activation signal, capturing the fetching image, and generating a lead signal. The guide signal conversion generates the positioning information 1 into the specified information in a specified byte of the captured image; and stores the captured image j and reads the captured image to perform the captured image positioning display j and more. Includes the following steps • Read the captured image, capture the specified bit of the captured image; parse the positioning information and execute the positioning processing on the captured image to execute the orientation program and display the captured image; 0 Page 15 1238655_ VI. Patent application scope 9. The digital image orientation method described in item 8 of the patent application scope, wherein the activation signal is generated by triggering an activation switch of one of the image capture devices. 1 ϋ The digital image orientation method as described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the manipulation image is a JPEG compatible format. 1 1. The digital image orientation method described in item 8 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the length of the specified byte is two bits. 12. The digital image orientation method as described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the specified byte is located in a header area of the captured image. 1 3. The digital image orientation method described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the corresponding orientation program is used to rotate the captured image by 90 degrees in a clockwise direction, 90 degrees in a counterclockwise direction, and 1 8 0 degree rotation. 1 4. The digital image orientation method described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the method further includes the step of directly displaying the captured image when the captured image does not have the positioning information. Page 16