Patent ID: 8643760
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing method for handheld devices, for use in an electronic device, comprising: determining an image effect; continuously capturing a plurality of preview images by an image capture unit; after the plurality of preview images are captured, respectively, applying the image effect to each of the plurality of preview images; displaying each of the plurality of preview images applied with the image effect in a display unit, wherein the display unit is a touch-sensitive display unit; displaying a control interface in the touch-sensitive display unit; receiving an operation corresponding to the control interface via the touch-sensitive display unit, in which the operation is used to determine at least one effect parameter corresponding to the image effect; and applying the image effect to each of the plurality of preview images based on the at least one effect parameter, wherein the control interface comprises a specific region having a range covered on the plurality of preview images, and wherein the range is corresponded to the at least one effect parameter corresponding to the image effect for determining an area of the covered one of the plurality of preview images.