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Electronic device for generating a background image for a display apparatus and operation method thereof

US11310441B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 29, 2019
Grant dateApr 19, 2022
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4131
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic device and an operating method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes: a camera; a display; a communication interface; a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to: generate an event to instruct a plurality of markers to be displayed on a screen of a display apparatus and transmit the generated event to the display apparatus; determine, from among images obtained from the camera, an image from which at least a region of a wall surface in the vicinity of the display apparatus is to be extracted, via recognition of the plurality of markers displayed on the screen of the display apparatus in response to the generated event; extract, from the determined image, a region corresponding to a shape obtained based on the recognized plurality of markers; generate a background image to be displayed on the screen of the display apparatus, by correcting an image of the extracted region; and transmit the generated background image to the display apparatus so that the generated background image is displayed on the screen of the display apparatus.

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