US 12,131,490 B2
Image processing method and image processing apparatus, and electronic device using same
Qiaoling Bian, Zhejiang (CN); Yanqing Lu, Zhejiang (CN); and Jin Wang, Zhejiang (CN)
Assigned to ArcSoft Corporation Limited, Zhejiang (CN)
Appl. No. 17/763,678
Filed by ArcSoft Corporation Limited, Zhejiang (CN)
PCT Filed Sep. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/117520
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/063245, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201910943314.8 (CN), filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0343520 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/37 (2017.01); G06T 3/40 (2024.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/37 (2017.01) [G06T 3/40 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing method, applied in an electronic device having at least two photographing units, comprising:
acquiring a first image by a first photographing unit;
acquiring a second image by a second photographing unit;
registering a first region in the first image and the second image to obtain a registration result, wherein the first region and the second image correspond to the same field of view; and
fusing the first region and the second image according to the registration result to obtain a fusion image;
wherein the at least two photographing units are either lens or camera;
wherein registering the first region in the first image and the second image to obtain the registration result comprises:
shrinking the first region and the second image according to a predetermined ratio to obtain a first shrunken image and a second shrunken image;
processing the first shrunken image and the second shrunken image by using a preset method to obtain a first result image and a second result image;
magnifying the first result image and the second result image according to the predetermined ratio to obtain a first magnified image and a second magnified image; and
processing the first magnified image and the second magnified image by using a first registration method to obtain the registration result.