Patent Publication Number: US-11393078-B2

Title: Electronic device and method for correcting image on basis of image transmission state

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to a method for correcting an image based on a transmission state when the image is transmitted to another device, and an electronic device including the method. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     Various electronic devices such as a smartphone, a tablet PC, a portable multimedia player (PMP), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a laptop PC, and a wearable device (for example, a wrist watch or a head-mounted display (HMD)) may include cameras, which are used to capture images. 
     Users may upload images captured by using the cameras of the electronic devices to external electronic devices. 
     DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION 
     Technical Problem 
     Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to a method for correcting an image based on an image transmission state, and an electronic device including the method, wherein a cloud service may be used to process the image. 
     Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to a method for correcting an image based on an image transmission state, and an electronic device including the method, wherein the image may be processed by using information provided by a cloud service according to a network or communication state. 
     Solution to Problem 
     An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure may include: a camera; one or more communication modules; one or more memories; and one or more processors. The processor may be configured to: acquire a raw image of an external object by using the camera; generate a small raw image corresponding to the raw image; determine whether transmission of the small raw image from the electronic device to an external device is currently possible, by using at least a part of the one or more communication modules; when the transmission of the small raw image is determined to be currently possible, transmit the small raw image to an external electronic device so that the external electronic device generates first correction information by using the small raw image and based on a correction processing scheme of the external device, and receive the first correction information from the external device; when the transmission of the small raw image is determined to be currently impossible, determine context information of the image and identify second correction information which is generated based on the context information; and by using one corresponding correction information, among the first correction information and the second correction information, generate a corrected image which is obtained by correcting the raw image. 
     A method according to various embodiments of the disclosure may be a method for correcting an image based on an image transmission state by an electronic device, the method including the operations of: acquiring a raw image of an external object by using a camera; generating a small raw image corresponding to the raw image; determining whether transmission of the small raw image from the electronic device to an external device is currently possible, by using at least a part of the one or more communication modules; when the transmission of the small raw image is determined to be currently possible, transmitting the small raw image to an external electronic device so that the external electronic device generates first correction information by using the small raw image and based on a correction processing scheme of the external device, and receiving the first correction information from the external device; when the transmission of the small raw image is determined to be currently impossible, determining context information of the image and identifying second correction information which is generated based on the context information; and by using one corresponding correction information, among the first correction information and the second correction information, generating a corrected image which is obtained by correcting the raw image. 
     Advantageous Effects of Invention 
     A method for correcting an image based on an image transmission state, and an electronic device including the method, according to various embodiments of the disclosure, may process the image by using a cloud service, thereby providing various images to the user. 
     A method for correcting an image based on an image transmission state, and an electronic device including the method, according to various embodiments of the disclosure, may process the image by changing the timepoint at which information provided by a cloud service is received, based on a network or communication state, or by using information already received from the cloud service and stored in the electronic device, thereby maintaining constant image quality. 
     A method for correcting an image based on an image transmission state, and an electronic device including the method, according to various embodiments of the disclosure, may provide image capture information based on a network or communication state, thereby providing the user with information regarding cloud service use. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram of an electronic device in a network environment according to various embodiments; 
         FIG. 2  is a block diagram of an electronic device and a cloud platform according to various embodiments; 
         FIG. 3  is a conceptual diagram illustrating the operation of an electronic device and an external electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 4  is a flowchart illustrating an image processing method according to a network state according to various embodiments of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 5  is a flowchart illustrating an image processing method according to a network state according to various embodiments of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 6  is a flowchart illustrating an image processing method according to a network state according to various embodiments of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 7  is a flowchart illustrating an image processing method according to a network state according to various embodiments of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 8  is a flowchart illustrating an image processing method according to a network state according to various embodiments of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 9  is a flowchart illustrating an operation of displaying a camera APP icon according to various embodiments of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 10  is a flowchart illustrating a camera live view display operation according to various embodiments of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 11  is a block diagram illustrating a recipe information selection operation according to various embodiments of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 12  illustrates a camera live view display operation when it is determined that photographing based on the cloud platform of  FIG. 10  is deactivated according to various embodiments of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 13  illustrates a camera live view display operation when it is determined that photographing based on the cloud platform of  FIG. 10  is activated according to various embodiments of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 14  illustrates an operation of displaying a camera app icon when it is determined that photographing based on the cloud platform of  FIG. 9  is deactivated according to various embodiments of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 15  illustrates an operation of displaying a camera app icon when it is determined that photographing based on the cloud platform of  FIG. 9  is activated according to various embodiments of the disclosure; and 
         FIG. 16  is a flowchart illustrating an image processing method according to a network state according to various embodiments of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     MODE FOR THE INVENTION 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating an electronic device  101  in a network environment  100  according to various embodiments. Referring to  FIG. 1 , the electronic device  101  in the network environment  100  may communicate with an electronic device  102  via a first network  198  (e.g., a short-range wireless communication network), or an electronic device  104  or a server  108  via a second network  199  (e.g., a long-range wireless communication network). According to an embodiment, the electronic device  101  may communicate with the electronic device  104  via the server  108 . According to an embodiment, the electronic device  101  may include a processor  120 , memory  130 , an input device  150 , a sound output device  155 , a display device  160 , an audio module  170 , a sensor module  176 , an interface  177 , a haptic module  179 , a camera module  180 , a power management module  188 , a battery  189 , a communication module  190 , a subscriber identification module (SIM)  196 , or an antenna module  197 . In some embodiments, at least one (e.g., the display device  160  or the camera module  180 ) of the components may be omitted from the electronic device  101 , or one or more other components may be added in the electronic device  101 . In some embodiments, some of the components may be implemented as single integrated circuitry. For example, the sensor module  176  (e.g., a fingerprint sensor, an iris sensor, or an illuminance sensor) may be implemented as embedded in the display device  160  (e.g., a display). 
     The processor  120  may execute, for example, software (e.g., a program  140 ) to control at least one other component (e.g., a hardware or software component) of the electronic device  101  coupled with the processor  120 , and may perform various data processing or computation. According to one embodiment, as at least part of the data processing or computation, the processor  120  may load a command or data received from another component (e.g., the sensor module  176  or the communication module  190 ) in volatile memory  132 , process the command or the data stored in the volatile memory  132 , and store resulting data in non-volatile memory  134 . According to an embodiment, the processor  120  may include a main processor  121  (e.g., a central processing unit (CPU) or an application processor (AP)), and an auxiliary processor  123  (e.g., a graphics processing unit (GPU), an image signal processor (ISP), a sensor hub processor, or a communication processor (CP)) that is operable independently from, or in conjunction with, the main processor  121 . Additionally or alternatively, the auxiliary processor  123  may be adapted to consume less power than the main processor  121 , or to be specific to a specified function. The auxiliary processor  123  may be implemented as separate from, or as part of the main processor  121 . 
     The auxiliary processor  123  may control at least some of functions or states related to at least one component (e.g., the display device  160 , the sensor module  176 , or the communication module  190 ) among the components of the electronic device  101 , instead of the main processor  121  while the main processor  121  is in an inactive (e.g., sleep) state, or together with the main processor  121  while the main processor  121  is in an active state (e.g., executing an application). According to an embodiment, the auxiliary processor  123  (e.g., an image signal processor or a communication processor) may be implemented as part of another component (e.g., the camera module  180  or the communication module  190 ) functionally related to the auxiliary processor  123 . 
     The memory  130  may store various data used by at least one component (e.g., the processor  120  or the sensor module  176 ) of the electronic device  101 . The various data may include, for example, software (e.g., the program  140 ) and input data or output data for a command related thereto. The memory  130  may include the volatile memory  132  or the non-volatile memory  134 . 
     The program  140  may be stored in the memory  130  as software, and may include, for example, an operating system (OS)  142 , middleware  144 , or an application  146 . 
     The input device  150  may receive a command or data to be used by other component (e.g., the processor  120 ) of the electronic device  101 , from the outside (e.g., a user) of the electronic device  101 . The input device  150  may include, for example, a microphone, a mouse, or a keyboard. 
     The sound output device  155  may output sound signals to the outside of the electronic device  101 . The sound output device  155  may include, for example, a speaker or a receiver. The speaker may be used for general purposes, such as playing multimedia or playing record, and the receiver may be used for an incoming calls. According to an embodiment, the receiver may be implemented as separate from, or as part of the speaker. 
     The display device  160  may visually provide information to the outside (e.g., a user) of the electronic device  101 . The display device  160  may include, for example, a display, a hologram device, or a projector and control circuitry to control a corresponding one of the display, hologram device, and projector. According to an embodiment, the display device  160  may include touch circuitry adapted to detect a touch, or sensor circuitry (e.g., a pressure sensor) adapted to measure the intensity of force incurred by the touch. 
     The audio module  170  may convert a sound into an electrical signal and vice versa. According to an embodiment, the audio module  170  may obtain the sound via the input device  150 , or output the sound via the sound output device  155  or a headphone of an external electronic device (e.g., an electronic device  102 ) directly (e.g., wiredly) or wirelessly coupled with the electronic device  101 . 
     The sensor module  176  may detect an operational state (e.g., power or temperature) of the electronic device  101  or an environmental state (e.g., a state of a user) external to the electronic device  101 , and then generate an electrical signal or data value corresponding to the detected state. According to an embodiment, the sensor module  176  may include, for example, a gesture sensor, a gyro sensor, an atmospheric pressure sensor, a magnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor, a grip sensor, a proximity sensor, a color sensor, an infrared (IR) sensor, a biometric sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, or an illuminance sensor. 
     The interface  177  may support one or more specified protocols to be used for the electronic device  101  to be coupled with the external electronic device (e.g., the electronic device  102 ) directly (e.g., wiredly) or wirelessly. According to an embodiment, the interface  177  may include, for example, a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a universal serial bus (USB) interface, a secure digital (SD) card interface, or an audio interface. 
     A connecting terminal  178  may include a connector via which the electronic device  101  may be physically connected with the external electronic device (e.g., the electronic device  102 ). According to an embodiment, the connecting terminal  178  may include, for example, a HDMI connector, a USB connector, a SD card connector, or an audio connector (e.g., a headphone connector). 
     The haptic module  179  may convert an electrical signal into a mechanical stimulus (e.g., a vibration or a movement) or electrical stimulus which may be recognized by a user via his tactile sensation or kinesthetic sensation. According to an embodiment, the haptic module  179  may include, for example, a motor, a piezoelectric element, or an electric stimulator. 
     The power management module  188  may manage power supplied to the electronic device  101 . According to one embodiment, the power management module  188  may be implemented as at least part of, for example, a power management integrated circuit (PMIC). 
     The electronic device  101  may include at least one camera module  180 , and may be configured with a front camera and a rear camera located on the opposite side. 
     The power management module  188  may manage power supplied to the electronic device  101 . According to one embodiment, the power management module  188  may be implemented as at least part of, for example, a power management integrated circuit (PMIC). 
     The battery  189  may supply power to at least one component of the electronic device  101 . According to an embodiment, the battery  189  may include, for example, a primary cell which is not rechargeable, a secondary cell which is rechargeable, or a fuel cell. 
     The communication module  190  may support establishing a direct (e.g., wired) communication channel or a wireless communication channel between the electronic device  101  and the external electronic device (e.g., the electronic device  102 , the electronic device  104 , or the server  108 ) and performing communication via the established communication channel. The communication module  190  may include one or more communication processors that are operable independently from the processor  120  (e.g., the application processor (AP)) and supports a direct (e.g., wired) communication or a wireless communication. According to an embodiment, the communication module  190  may include a wireless communication module  192  (e.g., a cellular communication module, a short-range wireless communication module, or a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) communication module) or a wired communication module  194  (e.g., a local area network (LAN) communication module or a power line communication (PLC) module). A corresponding one of these communication modules may communicate with the external electronic device via the first network  198  (e.g., a short-range communication network, such as Bluetooth™ wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) direct, or infrared data association (IrDA)) or the second network  199  (e.g., a long-range communication network, such as a cellular network, the Internet, or a computer network (e.g., LAN or wide area network (WAN)). These various types of communication modules may be implemented as a single component (e.g., a single chip), or may be implemented as multi components (e.g., multi chips) separate from each other. The wireless communication module  192  may identify and authenticate the electronic device  101  in a communication network, such as the first network  198  or the second network  199 , using subscriber information (e.g., international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI)) stored in the subscriber identification module  196 . 
     The antenna module  197  may transmit or receive a signal or power to or from the outside (e.g., the external electronic device) of the electronic device  101 . According to an embodiment, the antenna module  197  may include an antenna including a radiating element composed of a conductive material or a conductive pattern formed in or on a substrate (e.g., PCB). According to an embodiment, the antenna module  197  may include a plurality of antennas. In such a case, at least one antenna appropriate for a communication scheme used in the communication network, such as the first network  198  or the second network  199 , may be selected, for example, by the communication module  190  (e.g., the wireless communication module  192 ) from the plurality of antennas. The signal or the power may then be transmitted or received between the communication module  190  and the external electronic device via the selected at least one antenna. According to an embodiment, another component (e.g., a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC)) other than the radiating element may be additionally formed as part of the antenna module  197 . 
     At least some of the above-described components may be coupled mutually and communicate signals (e.g., commands or data) therebetween via an inter-peripheral communication scheme (e.g., a bus, general purpose input and output (GPIO), serial peripheral interface (SPI), or mobile industry processor interface (MIPI)). 
     According to an embodiment, commands or data may be transmitted or received between the electronic device  101  and the external electronic device  104  via the server  108  coupled with the second network  199 . Each of the electronic devices  102  and  104  may be a device of a same type as, or a different type, from the electronic device  101 . According to an embodiment, all or some of operations to be executed at the electronic device  101  may be executed at one or more of the external electronic devices  102 ,  104 , or  108 . For example, if the electronic device  101  should perform a function or a service automatically, or in response to a request from a user or another device, the electronic device  101 , instead of, or in addition to, executing the function or the service, may request the one or more external electronic devices to perform at least part of the function or the service. The one or more external electronic devices receiving the request may perform the at least part of the function or the service requested, or an additional function or an additional service related to the request, and transfer an outcome of the performing to the electronic device  101 . The electronic device  101  may provide the outcome, with or without further processing of the outcome, as at least part of a reply to the request. To that end, a cloud computing, distributed computing, or client-server computing technology may be used, for example. 
       FIG. 2  is a block diagram  200  of an electronic device  210  and a cloud platform  250  according to various embodiments. Referring to  FIG. 2 , the electronic device  210  may include a camera module  211 , a display  220 , a processor  221 , and memories  219  and  222 . The electronic device  210  of  FIG. 2  is the same as the electronic device  101  of  FIG. 1 . The camera module  211  of  FIG. 2  is the same as the camera module  180  of  FIG. 1 . The display  220  of  FIG. 2  is the same as the display device  160  of  FIG. 1 . The processors  213  and  221  of  FIG. 2  are the same as the processor  120  of  FIG. 1 . The memories  219  and  222  of  FIG. 2  are the same as the memory  130  of  FIG. 1 . 
     The camera module  211  may include an image sensor  212 , a processor  213 , and a memory  219 . The processor  213  may include a raw image processor  214 , an image signal processor (ISP)  215 , and an encoder  216 . 
     The image sensor  212  may acquire various raw images of a subject. The image sensor  212  may acquire various types of raw images according to a color filter array (CFA) pattern. When a dual pixel (DP or 2PD) structure of the image sensor  212  is used, an image sensor  212  including different phase difference (or parallax) information in one pixel can be obtained. Multiple image sensors having the same or different characteristics (e.g., dual sensors (e.g., RGB+RGB, RGB+Mono, or Wide+Tele, etc.), array sensors (e.g., two or more sensors are attached)) can be used to obtain one or more image sensors  212  for one scene. The obtained image sensor  212  may be stored in the memory  222  as it is or through additional processing. 
     The image sensor  212  may obtain an image corresponding to the subject by converting the light transmitted from the subject through a lens assembly (not shown) into an electrical signal. According to an embodiment, the image sensor  212  may include one image sensor, a plurality of image sensors having the same property, or a plurality of image sensors having different properties selected from among image sensors having different properties such as an RGB sensor, a black and white (BW) sensor, an IR sensor, and a UV sensor. Each image sensor included in the image sensor  212  may be implemented by, for example, a charge coupled device (CCD) sensor or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensor. 
     The camera module  211  may further include a lens assembly (not shown), a flash (not shown), and an image stabilizer (not shown). 
     The lens assembly (not shown) may collect light emitted from the subject to be photographed. The lens assembly (not shown) may include one or more lenses. 
     According to an embodiment, the camera module  211  may include a plurality of lens assemblies (not shown). In this case, the camera module  211  may be, for example, a dual camera, a 360-degree camera, or a spherical camera. The plurality of lens assemblies (not shown) may have the same lens properties (e.g., angle of view, focal length, autofocus, f number, or optical zoom), or at least one lens assembly may have at least one different lens property from the other lens assemblies. The lens assembly (not shown) may include, for example, a wide-angle lens or a telephoto lens. The flash (not shown) may emit a light source used to enhance the light emitted from the subject. The flash (not shown) may include one or more light emitting diodes (e.g., red-green-blue (RGB) LED, white LED, infrared LED, or ultraviolet LED), or a xenon lamp. 
     In response to movement of the camera module  212  or the electronic device  210  including the same, the image stabilizer (not shown) can move at least one lens or the image sensor  212  included in the lens assembly (not shown) in a specific direction or control the same (e.g., adjusting read-out timing) in order to at least partially compensate for the negative impact (e.g., image blurring) of the movement on the image being captured. According to an embodiment, the image stabilizer (not shown) may be implemented by, for example, an optical image stabilizer, and may sense the movement by using a gyro sensor (not shown) or an acceleration sensor (not shown) disposed inside or outside the camera module  212 . 
     The raw image may be configured by various formats (e.g. Bayer format). The raw image may be represented by one color among red (R), green (G), and blue (B) colors of the pixel of the image sensor  212 , and may be represented by a bit depth of 8 to 16 bits. Various color filter array (CFA) patterns may be applied to a raw image. A raw image may be a raw image having a layer structure including information on a plurality of colors (e.g., multiple colors among R, G, and B) for one pixel. A raw image may include not only color information (e.g., RGB) but also phase difference information according to various configurations of the image sensor  212 . Information related to the image capturing (e.g., time, location, illumination) may be generated as metadata and stored in association with the raw image. 
     The processors  213  and  221  of the electronic device may perform various operations associated with image processing. Various image processing modules (e.g., raw image processor  214 , ISP  215 , and encoder  216 ) may be included in one processor or may be distributed in the plurality of processors  213  and  221 . The processor  213  may be disposed inside the camera module  211 , outside the camera module  211  (e.g., electronic device  210 , or one or more servers configuring a part of the cloud platform  250 ), or both inside and outside the camera module  211 . Various tasks may be processed by one processor or may be processed by a plurality of processors in a distributed manner. 
     The raw image processor  214  may perform various processing operations for the raw image obtained by the image sensor  212 . The raw image processor  214  may perform lens distortion compensation for the raw image or may remove some noise from the raw image. Since raw images can be quite large in data size, the raw image processor  214  may reduce the data size of a raw image through various processing operations (e.g., down scaling, down sampling, or compression) before storing, processing, or transmitting the raw image. 
     A small raw image generator  217  may generate a small raw image by downscaling (e.g., reducing the size or lowering the resolution) or down-sampling (e.g., taking only one or some sample among a series of samples) a raw image. 
     The raw image compressor  218  may compress a raw image or a small raw image by using various image compression algorithms. 
     The ISP  215  performs various image processing operations for a raw image by using recipe information including various information about the raw image analyzed by the engine  257 . The electronic device  210  may receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250  and perform raw image processing based on the recipe information through the ISP  215 . For example, the electronic device  210  can perform composite image processing by using image processing provided by an embedded ISP and image processing based on the recipe information. When image processing is performed in the cloud platform  250 , raw image processing based on the recipe information may be performed through the ISP  258  included in the cloud platform  250 . The ISP  258  of the cloud platform  250  may receive additional information (e.g., feature vector) corresponding to the recipe information from the database  252  and use the additional information for image processing. The processed image may be transmitted to the electronic device  210  or stored in the image storage  254  of the cloud platform  250 . Image processing may include functions such as white balancing, color adjustment, noise reduction, sharpening, and detail enhancement. These functions can be performed for each region of the image based on the recipe information. 
     The ISP  215  may apply image processing operations (e.g., depth map generation, three-dimensional modeling, panorama generation, feature point extraction, image synthesis, and image compensation (e.g., noise reduction, resolution adjustment, brightness adjustment, blurring, sharpening, or softening) to an image obtained through the image sensor  212  or an image stored in the memories  219  and  222 . Additionally or alternatively, the ISP  215  may control at least one (e.g., image sensor  212 ) of the elements included in the camera module  211  (e.g., exposure time control, or read-out timing control). For further processing, the image processed by the ISP  215  may be stored again in the memory  250  or may be transmitted to an external element (e.g., memory  130 , display device  160 , electronic device  102 , electronic device  104 , or server  108 ) of the camera module  180 . According to an embodiment, the ISP  215  may be implemented as a part of the processors  213  and  221  or may be implemented as a separate processor operating independently of the processors  213  and  221 . If implemented as a separate processor, the images processed by the ISP  215  may be displayed on the display  220  as they are or after performing additional image processing by the processors  213  and  221 . 
     The encoder  216  may encode a raw image to produce an image file (e.g., JPEG, MPEG, or 360-degree video). 
     The electronic device  210  may include a memory  219  inside the camera module  211  and/or a memory  222  outside the camera module  211 . The memories  219  and  222  may store a raw image, a small raw image, an image file, and an image-processed raw image. The memories  219  and  222  may at least temporarily store at least a part of the image obtained through the image sensor  212  for subsequent image processing. For example, if image acquisition is delayed according to the shutter or a plurality of images are obtained at high speed, the obtained original image (e.g., high resolution image) may be stored in the memories  219  and  222 , and a corresponding copied image (e.g., low resolution image) may be previewed on the display  220 . Thereafter, if a specified condition is satisfied (e.g., user input or system command), at least a part of the original image that has been stored in the memories  219  and  222  may be acquired and processed by, for example, the ISP  215 . According to an embodiment, the memory  219  may be at least a part of the memory  222 , or may be a separate memory operating independently of the memory  222 . 
     The electronic device  210  may include a display  222  (i.e., the display  160  of  FIG. 1 ). 
     The cloud platform  250  as an external device may include a processor  251 , a database  252 , a raw image storage  253 , and an image storage  254 . The processor  251  may include an engine  255  (e.g., recognition engine), an encoder  256 , a preprocessor  257 , and an ISP  258 . 
     The processor  251  of the cloud platform  250  may perform various operations related to image processing. Various image processing modules (e.g., engine  255 , encoder  256 , preprocessor  257 , and ISP  258 ) may be included in one processor or may be distributed among multiple processors. 
     The engine  255  analyzes an image (e.g., raw image, small raw image, and image file) to generate various meaningful information (e.g., object recognition, velocity vector, face recognition, segmentation, and scene parsing). To this end, the engine  255  may include various algorithms. As a result of analysis, the engine  255  may generate, store, or transmit information (recipe information (for example, information including segments, layers, vectors, or scene categories)), which can be used by the ISP for various image processing operations, in association with an image. 
     The encoder  256  may encode a raw image to produce an image file (e.g., JPEG, MPEG, or 360-degree video). 
     The preprocessor  257  may perform necessary operations on a raw image received from the electronic device  210  before transmitting the raw image to the engine  255  or the ISP  258 . The preprocessor  257  can perform operations such as decompression of a compressed raw image, simple image quality enhancement, demosaic processing, and image format conversion. 
     The ISP  258  performs various image processing operations for a raw image by using the recipe information including various information about the raw image analyzed by the engine  257 . The electronic device  210  may receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250  and perform raw image processing based on the recipe information through the ISP  215 . For example, the electronic device  210  can perform image processing provided by the embedded ISP and image processing based on the recipe information in a composite manner. When image processing is performed in the cloud platform  250 , raw image processing may be performed based on the recipe information through the ISP  258  included in the cloud platform  250 . The ISP  258  included in the cloud platform  250  may receive additional information (e.g., feature vector) corresponding to the recipe information from the database  252  and use the same for image processing. The processed image may be transmitted to the electronic device  210  or may be stored in the image storage  254  of the cloud platform  250 . Image processing may include functions such as white balancing, color adjustment, noise reduction, sharpening, and detail enhancement. These functions can be performed for each region of the image based on the recipe information. 
     The database  252  may store features corresponding to the image categories. The raw image storage  253  may store raw images. The image storage  254  may store image files. 
       FIG. 3  is a conceptual diagram illustrating the operation of an electronic device  101  and an external electronic device  300  (e.g., the server  108 ) according to various embodiments of the disclosure. 
     The electronic device  101  may include an image sensor  321 , an ISP  323 , and a memory  325 . The external electronic device  300  may include a recognition module  331 , an ISP  333 , and a storage  335 . The recognition module  331  may be a logic module or may be implemented as a processor of the external electronic device  300 . The ISP  333  may also be implemented as a processor of the external electronic device  300 , and for example, the processor of the external electronic device  300  may perform both recognition and image processing. Although not shown, the electronic device  101  may include a communication module (e.g., a communication interface  170  or a communication module  220 ) capable of transmitting or receiving data to or from the external electronic device  300 . The external electronic device  300  may include a communication module capable of transmitting or receiving data to or from the electronic device  101 . 
     The image sensor  321  (e.g., the camera module  291 ) may acquire an image of an external object, and may generate a raw image  322  (raw image) corresponding thereto. The image sensor  321  may transmit the raw image  322  to the ISP  323 . In various embodiments of the disclosure, the image sensor  321  may generate a small raw image  321  and transmit the generated small raw image to the external electronic device  300  through a communication module. In another embodiment, the processor of the electronic device  101  instead of the image sensor  321  may generate the small raw image  321 , and may transmit the generated small raw image  321  to an external electronic device  300  through a communication module. The image sensor  321  may transmit the raw image  322  in a compressed state to the ISP or the external electronic device  300 . The image sensor  321  may compress the raw image  322  for partial processing and store the compressed raw image in a memory inside the image sensor  321 . The recognition module  331  of the external electronic device  300  may acquire the small raw image  321  through the communication module, and may segment at least one image region in the small raw image  321 . The recognition module  321  may recognize each of at least one image region segmented according to a result of the segmentation. Information associated with a plurality of image regions generated by the recognition module  321 , for example, correction region information  332  including at least one of coordinate information and recognition results of the image region may be generated. The correction region information  332  may be transmitted to the electronic device  101 . The ISP  323  may correct the raw image  322  by using the correction region information  332 , and accordingly, the corrected image  324  may be generated. The corrected image  324  may have a YUV format, for example. The corrected image  324  may be stored in the memory  325 . Alternatively, the corrected image  324  may be compressed according to, for example, a JPEG method, and the compressed image may be stored in the memory  325 . In various embodiments of the disclosure, the raw image  322  provided from the image sensor  321  may be transmitted to the external electronic device  300  separately from the small raw image  321 . Since the raw image  322  has a larger capacity than the small raw image  321 , the small raw image  321  is first transmitted to the external electronic device  300 , and then the raw image  322  can be transmitted to the external electronic device  300 . For example, while the ISP  323  corrects the raw image  322 , the raw image  322  may be transmitted to the external electronic device  300 . The raw image  322  may be uploaded to the external electronic device  300  as it is generated by the image sensor  321 , or a preprocessed image in which lens distortion compensation or noise removal has been performed may be uploaded. The pre-processing described above may be performed in the external electronic device  300 . The external electronic device  300  may perform demosaic processing, image format transformation, or pre-processing for increasing an image recognition rate. The ISP  333  of the external electronic device  300  may correct the received raw image  322 . The external electronic device  300  may correct the raw image  322  by using the previously generated correction region information  332 , or may correct the raw image  322  by using the extended correction region information. The raw image  322  may have a higher resolution than that of the small raw image  321 , and accordingly, the ISP  333  of the external electronic device  300  may obtain more detailed extended correction region information from the high-resolution image. The ISP  333  may generate extended correction region information by using the previously generated correction region information and the raw image  322  together. The ISP  333  may obtain a high quality image  334  by correcting the raw image  322  by using the extended correction region information. The high-resolution image  334  may be stored in the storage  335  of the external electronic device  300  or may be downloaded to the electronic device  101 . 
     The external electronic device  300  may be implemented as, for example, a cloud server, and accordingly, the ISP  333  of the external electronic device may be referred to as a cloud ISP. The ISP  333  of the external electronic device may perform at least one correction among original color mapping, detail re-generation, text reconstruction, image inpainting, scene based white balance (WB)/color adjustment, segmentation based noise reduction (NR)/sharpen or segmentation based detail enhancement. 
       FIG. 4  is a flowchart illustrating an image processing method according to a network state according to various embodiments of the disclosure. 
     In operation  401 , the electronic device  210  may acquire an image of an external object by using the camera module  211  according to a user input under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     When the camera function is executed, the electronic device  210  may acquire an image by using the camera module  211  according to a user input. At least one object may be included in the image acquired through the camera module  211 . 
     In operation  403 , the electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image (e.g., a small raw image  321  in  FIG. 3 ) by using the acquired image under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     The electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image by down-scaling (for example, an operation of reducing the size or lowering the resolution) or down-sampling (for example, an operation of taking one or a part of a sampled series of samples) the acquired image (for example, the raw image). In addition, the electronic device  210  may compress the acquired image or the small raw image by using various image compression algorithms. 
     In various embodiments, the electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image by down-scaling (for example, an operation of reducing the size or lowering the resolution) or down-sampling (for example, an operation of taking one or a part of a sampled series of samples) the acquired image (for example, the raw image) by using the small raw image generator  217 . In addition, the raw image compressor  218  of the electronic device  210  may compress the acquired image or the small raw image by using various image compression algorithms. 
     In operation  405 , the electronic device  210  may determine whether a state of communication connection with the cloud platform  250  is favorable under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . In operation  405 , the operation of determining, by electronic device  210 , whether a state of communication connection with the cloud platform  250  is favorable may be an operation of determining whether a communication connection with the cloud server is currently possible. 
     In operation  405 , the operation of determining, by the electronic device  210 , whether or not the communication connection with the cloud platform  250  is favorable under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  may be an operation of determining whether or not a desired raw image can be transmitted in the current environment, and the operation of determining whether or not the desired raw image can be transmitted in the current environment may be an operation of determining whether a communication throughput is at a specified level (e.g., a connection state of more than 50 Mbps upload). 
     For example, if the communication network is in a state of being connected to a 3G environment or is in a state of being connected at a limited speed in a 4G or 5G environment, transmission of a small raw image to the cloud platform  250  is quite limited, and thus raw image transmission is determined to be currently impossible although the communication is connected. 
     For example, the electronic device  210  may determine, as a favorable state of communication connection with the cloud platform  250 , a state in which transmission of the generated small raw image to the cloud platform  250  is possible or a state in which the electronic device  210  can receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250 . 
     On the contrary, the electronic device  210  may determine, as an unfavorable (poor) state of communication connection with the cloud platform  250 , a state in which transmission of the generated small raw image to the cloud platform  250  is impossible or a state in which the electronic device  210  cannot receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250 . 
     In various embodiments, the operation of determining whether a state of communication connection with the cloud platform  250  is favorable by the electronic device  210  in operation  405  is as follows. 
     For example, when information on the connection state of a communication channel currently being connected or to be connected is transmitted to one or more processors  213  and  221  by a connection manager that manages wireless connection, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine whether or not the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable by using the information on the connection state of the communication channel. 
     The information on the connection state of the communication channel may include at least one of information on a communication transmission/reception throughput, communication signal strength, and a communication volume of another communication device in the base station. 
     In various embodiments, if the communication transmission/reception throughput is higher than the preset transmission/reception throughput based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, and if the communication transmission/reception throughput is lower than or equal to the preset transmission/reception throughput, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     In various embodiments, based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, if the communication signal strength is greater, and thus better, than the preset signal strength, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, and if the communication signal strength is smaller than or equal to the preset signal strength, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     In various embodiments, based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, if the communication volume of the other communication device is smaller than or equal to the preset communication volume, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, and if the communication volume of the other communication device is equal to or greater than the preset communication volume, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 , when describing the connection manager in detail, the program  140  includes an operating system that controls resources related to the electronic device  101  and/or various applications (e.g., application programs  146 ) running on the operating system). The operating system may include, for example, Android™, iOS™, Windows™, Symbian™, Tizen™, or Bada™. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 , the program  140  may include an operating system  142 , a kernel, middleware  144 , an application programming interface (API), and/or an application program  146 . The middleware  144  may provide, for example, a function commonly required by the application  146 , or may provide various functions to the application  370  through an API so that the application  146  can use limited system resources inside the electronic device. The middleware  144  may include at least one of a runtime library, an application manager, a window manager, a multimedia manager, a resource manager, a power manager, a database manager, a package manager, a connection manager, a notification manager, a location manager, a graphic manager, or a security manager. The connection manager may manage communication connections, for example. 
     If it is determined that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, the process of the electronic device  210  may branch from operation  405  to operation  407 . 
     If it is determined that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, the electronic device  210  may transmit the small raw image to the cloud platform  250  through a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  407 . 
     In operation  409 , the electronic device  210  may receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250  through the communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     The recipe information may be the same as the recipe information of  FIG. 2  or the correction region information  332  mentioned in  FIG. 3 . The cloud platform  250  may segment at least one image region in a small raw image (e.g., the small raw image  321  of  FIG. 3 ). The cloud platform  250  may recognize each of at least one image region segmented according to a result of the segmentation. The cloud platform  250  may generate recipe information including at least one of pieces of information associated with a plurality of generated image regions, for example, coordinate information (vector information), segment information, layer information, a result of recognition, and scene category information of the image region, and may transmit the generated recipe information to the electronic device  210 . 
     In operation  411 , the electronic device  210  may process the acquired image by using the received recipe information or pre-prepared recipe information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, if it is determined that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, the electronic device  210  may process the acquired image by using the received recipe information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  411 . 
     The ISP  215  of the electronic device  210  performs various image processing of the acquired image (e.g., raw image) by using the received recipe information. The electronic device  210  may receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250  and perform raw image processing based on the recipe information through the ISP  215 . 
     Image processing may include image processing operations such as white balance, color adjustment, noise reduction, sharpening, and detail enhancement. These image processing operations may be performed for each image region based on the recipe information. 
     In operation  413 , the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in the one or more memories  219 ,  222 , and  254  under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . In operation  413 , the processed image is subjected to an encoding operation such as JPEG, and then the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in one or more memories  219  and  222  of the electronic device  210 . Alternatively, if the electronic device  210  transmits the processed image to the cloud platform  250 , the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in at least one memory (e.g., image storage  254 ) of the cloud platform  250  in operation  413 . 
     If it is determined that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable or the communication state is determined to be poor, the process may branch from operation  405  to operation  415 . 
     If it is determined that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable or that the communication state is poor, the electronic device  210  may select recipe information prepared in advance according to the context information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In operation  411 , the electronic device  210  may process the acquired image by using the received recipe information or pre-prepared recipe information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, if it is determined that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable or that the communication state is poor, the electronic device  210  may process the acquired image based on the prepared recipe information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  411 . 
     In various embodiments, the ISP  215  of the electronic device  210  may perform various image processing of the acquired image (e.g., a raw image) by using pre-prepared recipe information. 
     In various embodiments, the pre-prepared recipe information may be one of a plurality of pieces of recipe information preset inconsideration of various situations in the electronic device  210 . The electronic device  210  may determine that, among a plurality of pieces of preset recipe information, at least one piece of recipe information corresponding similarly or identically to the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211  in terms of the object, brightness, color, and the like is pre-prepared recipe information of choice. 
     In various embodiments, the pre-prepared recipe information may be recipe information, which is received at a time close to a time when the current screen or scene is acquired through the camera module  211 , from among pieces of recipe information received from the cloud platform  250 . 
     In various embodiments, if it is determined that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable or the communication state is determined to be poor, the operation of selecting, by the electronic device  210 , recipe information prepared in advance according to the context information about the image under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  415  may be as follows. Operation  415  of the electronic device  210  may include operation  451 , operation  453 , and operation  455 . 
     In various embodiments, if it is determined that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable or that the communication state is poor, the electronic device  210  may determine context information about the image in operation  451 . The context information about the image may be a change in the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211 . 
     In various embodiments, if it is determined that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable or the communication state is determined to be poor, the electronic device  210  may determine whether there is a change in the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211  in operation  451 . The operation of determining whether there is a screen or scene change by the electronic device  210  may include: comparing the currently acquired frame with the previous frame; when the degree of change in the color or brightness of the screen is equal to or larger than a preset condition, determining that there is a change in the screen or scene; and when the degree of change in the color or brightness of the screen is equal to or less than a preset condition, determining that there is no change in the screen or scene. 
     If it is determined that there is a change in the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211 , the process of the electronic device  210  may branch from operation  451  to operation  453 . 
     If it is determined that there is a change in the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211 , the electronic device  210  may select one or more pieces of recipe information from among a plurality of pieces of preset recipe information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  453 . 
     In various embodiments, the electronic device  210  may determine that, among a plurality of pieces of preset recipe information, at least one piece of recipe information corresponding similarly or identically to the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211  in terms of the object, brightness, color, and the like is pre-prepared recipe information of choice, under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  453 . 
     In various embodiments, the operation of selecting, by the electronic device  210 , one or more recipe information from among a plurality of pieces of recipe information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  453  may be as follows. 
     The one or more processors  213  and  221  may perform a scene analysis of an image based on the current frame acquired through the camera module  211 , and may select, as recipe information, one or more of a plurality of pieces of recipe information based on the analyzed scene. 
     In an operation of analyzing the scene of the image based on the frames acquired by the one or more processors  213  and  221 , the one or more processors  213  and  221  may analyze the depth of the image, etc., segment at least one image region by using the analyzed depth, and calculate segmentation information for each region. The one or more processors  213  and  221  may calculate entire scene characteristics and brightness information for each region (e.g., ISO information and illumination information) by using the calculated segmentation information. 
     The one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine a parameter value for each region of the segmented image by using the calculated brightness information and scene characteristics. 
     The one or more processors  213  and  221  may select recipe information corresponding to the calculated brightness information, scene characteristics, and a parameter value for each region from among a plurality of pieces of recipe information stored in the memory  219 . 
     The one or more processors  213  and  221  or the ISP  215  may process the image by using recipe information selected in response to the calculated brightness information, scene characteristics, and a parameter value for each region. 
     If it is determined that there is no change in the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  221 , the process of the electronic device  210  may branch from operation  451  to operation  455 . 
     If it is determined that there is no change in the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211 , the electronic device  210  may select the recipe information of the previous frame under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  455 . The recipe information of the previous frame may be recipe information, which is received at a time close to a time when the current screen or scene is acquired through the camera module  211 , from among pieces of recipe information received from the cloud platform  250 . 
     The recipe information selected in operation  453  is recipe information calculated and generated by the electronic device  210 , and the recipe information received in operation  409  and the recipe information selected in operation  455  are recipe information calculated and generated by the cloud platform  250 . The recipe information received in operation  409  may be recipe information received by the electronic device  210  from the cloud platform  250  in real time or according to a frame generation period, and the recipe information selected in operation  455  may be recipe information received by the electronic device  210  from the cloud platform  250  at the previous time or the previous frame. 
     Table 1 shows a comparison of recipe information calculated and generated by the cloud platform  250  with recipe information calculated and generated by the electronic device  210 . 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
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     The recipe information calculated and generated by the cloud platform  250  and the recipe information calculated and generated by the electronic device  210  may differ in terms of accuracy.  FIG. 5  is a flow chart illustrating an image processing method according to a network state according to various embodiments of the disclosure. 
     The electronic device  210  may acquire an image by using the camera module  211  according to a user input under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  501 . 
     When the camera function is executed, the electronic device  210  may acquire an image by using the camera module  211  according to a user input. At least one object may be included in the image acquired through the camera module  211 . 
     In operation  503 , the electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image (e.g., the small raw image  321  of  FIG. 3 ) by using the acquired image under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     The electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image by down-scaling (for example, an operation of reducing the size or lowering the resolution) or down-sampling (for example, an operation of taking one or a part of a sampled series of samples) the acquired image (for example, raw image). In addition, the electronic device  210  may compress the acquired image or the small raw image by using various image compression algorithms. 
     In various embodiments, the electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image by down-scaling (for example, an operation of reducing the size or lowering the resolution) or down-sampling (for example, an operation of taking one or a part of a sampled series of samples) the acquired image (for example, the raw image) by using the small raw image generator  217 . In addition, the raw image compressor  218  of the electronic device  210  may compress the acquired image or the small raw image by using various image compression algorithms. 
     In operation  505 , the electronic device  210  may transmit the small raw image to the cloud platform  250  through a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , and thus may determine whether the transmission is successful. 
     If transmission of the small raw image to the cloud platform  250  is successful, the process of the electronic device  210  may branch from operation  505  to operation  507 . 
     If transmission of the small raw image to the cloud platform  250  is not successful, the process of the electronic device  210  may branch from operation  505  to operation  513 . 
     In operation  507 , the electronic device  210  attempts reception of recipe information from the cloud platform  250  through a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  and attempts reception of recipe information for a predetermined time, and thus may determine whether the reception is successful. 
     If the electronic device  210  succeeds in receiving the recipe information from the cloud platform  250 , the process of the electronic device  210  may branch from operation  507  to operation  509 . 
     If the electronic device  210  does not succeed in receiving the recipe information from the cloud platform  250 , the process of the electronic device  210  may branch from operation  507  to operation  513 . 
     The recipe information may be the same as the recipe information of  FIG. 2  or the correction region information  332  mentioned in  FIG. 3 . The cloud platform  250  may segment at least one image region in a small raw image (e.g., the small raw image  321  of  FIG. 3 ). The cloud platform  250  may recognize each of at least one image region segmented according to a result of the segmentation. The cloud platform  250  may generate recipe information including at least one of information associated with a plurality of generated image regions, for example, coordinate information (vector information), segment information, layer information, a result of recognition, and scene category information of the image region, and may transmit the generated recipe information to the electronic device  210 . 
     In operation  509 , the electronic device  210  may process the acquired image by using the received recipe information or pre-prepared recipe information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, if reception of recipe information from the cloud platform  250  is successful, the electronic device  210  may process the acquired image by using the received recipe information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  509 . 
     The ISP  215  of the electronic device  210  performs various image processing of the acquired image (e.g., raw image) by using the received recipe information. The electronic device  210  may receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250  and perform raw image processing based on the recipe information through the ISP  215 . 
     Image processing may include image processing operations such as white balance, color adjustment, noise reduction, sharpening, and detail enhancement. These image processing operations may be performed for each image region based on the recipe information. 
     In operation  511 , the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in the one or more memories  219 ,  222 , and  254  under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . In operation  511 , the processed image is subjected to an encoding operation such as JPEG, and then the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in one or more memories  219  and  222  of the electronic device  210 . Alternatively, if the electronic device  210  transmits the processed image to the cloud platform  250 , the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in at least one memory (e.g., image storage  254 ) of the cloud platform  250  in operation  511 . 
     If the electronic device  210  fails to transmit the small raw image to the cloud platform  250  or does not receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250 , the electronic device  210  may select pre-prepared recipe information according to the context information about the image under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  513 . 
     In operation  509 , the electronic device  210  may process the acquired image by using the received recipe information or pre-prepared recipe information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, if the electronic device  210  fails to transmit the small raw image to the cloud platform  250  or does not receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250 , the electronic device  210  may process the image acquired based on the previously prepared recipe information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  509 . 
     In various embodiments, the ISP  215  of the electronic device  210  may perform various image processing of the acquired image (e.g., a raw image) by using pre-prepared recipe information. 
     In various embodiments, the pre-prepared recipe information may be one of a plurality of pieces of recipe information preset in the electronic device  210  in consideration of various situations. The electronic device  210  may determine that, among a plurality of pieces of preset recipe information, at least one piece of recipe information corresponding similarly or identically to the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211  in terms of the object, brightness, color, and the like is pre-prepared recipe information of choice. 
     In various embodiments, the pre-prepared recipe information may be recipe information, which is received at a time close to a time when the current screen or scene is acquired through the camera module  211 , from among pieces of recipe information received from the cloud platform  250 . 
     In various embodiments, when the electronic device  210  fails to transmit the small raw image to the cloud platform  250  or fails to receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250 , the operation of selecting, by the electronic device  210 , recipe information prepared in advance according to the context information about the image under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  513  may be as follows. Operation  513  of the electronic device  210  may include operation  531 , operation  533 , and operation  535 . 
     In various embodiments, if it is determined that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable or that the communication state is poor, the electronic device  210  may determine context information about the image in operation  531 . The context information about the image may be a change in the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211 . 
     In various embodiments, when the electronic device  210  fails to transmit the small raw image to the cloud platform  250  or fails to receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250 , the electronic device  210  may determine whether there is a change in the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211  in operation  531 . The operation of determining whether there is a screen or scene change by the electronic device  210  may include: comparing the currently acquired frame with the previous frame; when the degree of change in the color or brightness of the screen is equal to or larger than a preset condition, determining that there is a change in the screen or scene; and when the degree of change in the color or brightness of the screen is equal to or less than a preset condition, determining that there is no change in the screen or scene. 
     If it is determined that there is a change in the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211 , the process of the electronic device  210  may branch from operation  531  to operation  533 . 
     If it is determined that there is a change in the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211 , the electronic device  210  may select one or more pieces of recipe information from among a plurality of pieces of preset recipe information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  533 . 
     In various embodiments, the electronic device  210  may determine that, among a plurality of pieces of preset recipe information, at least one piece of recipe information corresponding similarly or identically to the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211  in terms of the object, brightness, color, and the like is pre-prepared recipe information of choice, under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  533 . 
     In various embodiments, in operation  533 , the operation of selecting, by the electronic device  210 , one or more recipe information from among a plurality of pieces of recipe information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  may be as follows. 
     The one or more processors  213  and  221  may perform a scene analysis of an image based on the current frame acquired through the camera module  211 , and may select, as recipe information, one or more of a plurality of pieces of recipe information based on the analyzed scene. 
     In an operation of analyzing the scene of the image based on the frames acquired by the one or more processors  213  and  221 , the one or more processors  213  and  221  may analyze the depth of the image, etc., segment at least one image region by using the analyzed depth, and calculate segmentation information for each region. The one or more processors  213  and  221  may calculate entire scene characteristics and brightness information for each region (e.g., ISO information and illumination information) by using the calculated segmentation information. 
     The one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine a parameter value for each region of the segmented image by using the calculated brightness information and scene characteristics. 
     The one or more processors  213  and  221  may select recipe information corresponding to the calculated brightness information, scene characteristics, and a parameter value for each region from among a plurality of pieces of recipe information stored in the memory  219 . 
     The one or more processors  213  and  221  or the ISP  215  may process the image by using recipe information selected in response to the calculated brightness information, scene characteristics, and a parameter value for each region. 
     If it is determined that there is no change in the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  221 , the process of the electronic device  210  may branch from operation  531  to operation  535 . 
     If it is determined that there is no change in the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211 , the electronic device  210  may select the recipe information of the previous frame under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  535 . The recipe information of the previous frame may be recipe information, which is received at a time close to a time when the current screen or scene is acquired through the camera module  211 , from among pieces of recipe information received from the cloud platform  250 . 
     The recipe information selected in operation  535  is the recipe information calculated and generated by the electronic device  210 , and the recipe information received in operation  507  and the recipe information selected in operation  535  are the recipe information calculated and generated by the cloud platform  250 . The recipe information received in operation  507  may be recipe information received by the electronic device  210  from the cloud platform  250  in real time or according to a frame generation period, and the recipe information selected in operation  535  may be recipe information received by the electronic device  210  from the cloud platform  250  at the previous time or the previous frame. 
       FIG. 6  is a flowchart illustrating an image processing method according to a network state according to various embodiments of the disclosure. 
     The electronic device  210  may acquire an image by using the camera module  211  according to a user input under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  601 . 
     When the camera function is executed, the electronic device  210  may acquire an image by using the camera module  211  according to a user input. At least one object may be included in the image acquired through the camera module  211 . 
     In operation  603 , the electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image (e.g., the small raw image  321  in  FIG. 3 ) by using the acquired image under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     The electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image by down-scaling (for example, an operation of reducing the size or lowering the resolution) or down-sampling (for example, an operation of taking one or a part of a sampled series of samples) the acquired image (for example, raw image). In addition, the electronic device  210  may compress the acquired image or the small raw image by using various image compression algorithms. 
     In various embodiments, the electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image by down-scaling (for example, an operation of reducing the size or lowering the resolution) or down-sampling (for example, an operation of taking one or a part of a sampled series of samples) the acquired image (for example, the raw image) by using the small raw image generator  217 . In addition, the raw image compressor  218  of the electronic device  210  may compress the acquired image or the small raw image by using various image compression algorithms. 
     In operation  605 , the electronic device  210  may predict a communication connection state and predict whether the communication connection is favorable under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In operation  605 , the operation of predicting, by the electronic device  210 , whether or not the communication connection with the cloud platform  250  is favorable under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  may be an operation of determining whether or not a desired raw image can be transmitted in the current environment, and the operation of determining whether or not the desired raw image can be transmitted in the current environment may be an operation of determining whether a communication throughput is at a specified level (e.g., a connection state of more than 50 Mbps upload). 
     For example, if the communication network is in a state of being connected to a 3G environment or is in a state of being connected at a limited speed in a 4G or 5G environment, transmission of a small raw image to the cloud platform  250  is quite limited, and thus raw image transmission is determined to be currently impossible although the communication is connected. 
     If the communication connection is predicted to be favorable, the process may branch from operation  605  to operation  607 . If the communication connection is predicted to be poor, the process may branch from operation  605  to operation  615 . 
     In various embodiments, the operation of determining whether a state of communication connection with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, by the electronic device  210 , in operation  605  is as follows. 
     For example, when information on the connection state of a communication channel currently being connected or to be connected is transmitted to one or more processors  213  and  221  by a connection manager that manages wireless connection, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict whether or not the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable by using the information on the connection state of the communication channel. 
     The information on the connection state of the communication channel may include at least one of pieces of information on a communication transmission/reception throughput, a communication signal strength, and a communication volume of another communication device in the base station. 
     In various embodiments, if the communication transmission/reception throughput is higher than the preset transmission/reception throughput based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, and if the communication transmission/reception throughput is lower than or equal to the preset transmission/reception throughput, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     In various embodiments, based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, if the communication signal strength is greater, and thus better, than the preset signal strength, one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, and if the communication signal strength is smaller than or equal to the preset signal strength, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     In various embodiments, based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, if the communication volume of the other communication device is smaller than or equal to the preset communication volume, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, and if the communication volume of the other communication device is equal to or greater than the preset communication volume, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     If the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is predicted to be favorable, the electronic device  210  may transmit a small raw image to a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) at a first cycle under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  607 . 
     In operation  609 , the electronic device  210  may receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250  through a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) at a second cycle under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . The first cycle and the second cycle may be the same. 
     In operation  611 , the electronic device  210  may process an acquired image by using recipe information received at a second cycle or recipe information received at a fourth cycle under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, when it is predicted that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, the electronic device  210  may process the acquired image by using the second received recipe information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  611 . 
     The ISP  215  of the electronic device  210  may perform various image processing of the acquired image (e.g., raw image) by using the recipe information received at the second or fourth cycle. The electronic device  210  may receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250  and perform raw image processing based on the recipe information through the ISP  215 . 
     Image processing may include image processing operations such as white balance, color adjustment, noise reduction, sharpening, and detail enhancement. These image processing operations may be performed for each image region based on recipe information. 
     In operation  613 , the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in one or more memories  219 ,  222 , and  254  under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . In operation  613 , the electronic device  210  may perform an encoding operation, such as JPEG, of the processed image and store the encoded image in one or more memories  219  and  222 . Alternatively, if the processed image is transmitted to the cloud platform  250 , the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in at least one memory (e.g., image storage  254 ) of the cloud platform  250  in operation  613 . 
     If it is predicted that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable, the process may branch from operation  605  to operation  615 . 
     If it is predicted that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable, the electronic device  210  may transmit a small raw image to the cloud platform  250  through a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) at a third cycle, under the control of the one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  615 . The first cycle and the third cycle may be different from each other, and the third cycle may be shorter than the first cycle. 
     In various embodiments, if it is predicted that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable, the electronic device  210  may transmit the small raw image to the cloud platform  250  through a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) through the cloud platform  250  at an earlier cycle than when the state of communication with a communication state is predicted to be favorable, under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  615 . 
     In operation  617 , the electronic device  210  may receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250  through a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) at a fourth cycle under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . The third cycle and the fourth cycle may be the same. 
     In various embodiments, when it is predicted that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable, the electronic device  210  may receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250  at an earlier cycle than when the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is predicted to be favorable, under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  617 . 
     In operation  611 , the electronic device  210  may process an acquired image by using recipe information received at a second cycle or recipe information received at a fourth cycle under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
       FIG. 7  is a flowchart illustrating an image processing method according to a network state according to various embodiments of the disclosure. 
     In operation  701 , the electronic device  210  may acquire an image by using the camera module  211  according to a user input under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     When the camera function is executed, the electronic device  210  may acquire an image by using the camera module  211  according to a user input. At least one object may be included in the image acquired through the camera module  211 . 
     In operation  703 , the electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image (e.g., a small raw image  321  in  FIG. 3 ) by using the acquired image under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     The electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image by down-scaling (for example, an operation of reducing the size or lowering the resolution) or down-sampling (for example, an operation of taking one or a part of a sampled series of samples) the acquired image (for example, raw image). In addition, the electronic device  210  may compress the acquired image or the small raw image by using various image compression algorithms. 
     In various embodiments, the electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image by down-scaling (for example, an operation of reducing the size or lowering the resolution) or down-sampling (for example, an operation of taking one or a part of a sampled series of samples) the acquired image (for example, the raw image) by using the small raw image generator  217 . In addition, the raw image compressor  218  of the electronic device  210  may compress the acquired image or the small raw image by using various image compression algorithms. 
     In operation  705 , the electronic device  210  may predict the communication connection state or identify the communication connection state under the control of the one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In operation  705 , the operation of predicting, by the electronic device  210 , whether or not the communication connection with the cloud platform  250  is favorable under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  may be an operation of determining whether or not a desired raw image can be transmitted in the current environment, and the operation of determining whether or not the desired raw image can be transmitted in the current environment may be an operation of determining whether a communication throughput is at a specified level (e.g., a connection state of more than 50 Mbps upload). 
     For example, if the communication network is in a state of being connected to a 3G environment or is in a state of being connected at a limited speed in a 4G or 5G environment, transmission of a small raw image to the cloud platform  250  is quite limited, and thus raw image transmission is determined to be currently impossible although the communication is connected. 
     In various embodiments, the operation of predicting, by the electronic device  210 , whether a state of communication connection with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  705  is as follows. 
     For example, when information on the connection state of a communication channel currently being connected or to be connected is transmitted to one or more processors  213  and  221  by a connection manager that manages wireless connection, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict whether or not the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable by using the information on the connection state of the communication channel. 
     The information on the connection state of the communication channel may include at least one of pieces of information on a communication transmission/reception throughput, a communication signal strength, and a communication volume of another communication device in the base station. 
     In various embodiments, if the communication transmission/reception throughput is higher than the preset transmission/reception throughput based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, and if the communication transmission/reception throughput is lower than or equal to the preset transmission/reception throughput, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     In various embodiments, based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, if the communication signal strength is greater, and thus better, than the preset signal strength, one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, and if the communication signal strength is smaller than or equal to the preset signal strength, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     In various embodiments, based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, if the communication volume of the other communication device is smaller than or equal to the preset communication volume, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, and if the communication volume of the other communication device is equal to or greater than the preset communication volume, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     In various embodiments, the operation of determining, by the electronic device  210 , whether a state of communication connection with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  705  is as follows. 
     For example, when information on the connection state of a communication channel currently being connected or to be connected is transmitted to one or more processors  213  and  221  by a connection manager that manages wireless connection, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may identify whether or not the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable by using the information on the connection state of the communication channel. 
     The information on the connection state of the communication channel may include at least one of pieces of information on a communication transmission/reception throughput, a communication signal strength, and a communication volume of another communication device in the base station. 
     In various embodiments, if the communication transmission/reception throughput is higher than the preset transmission/reception throughput based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may identify that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, and if the communication transmission/reception throughput is lower than or equal to the preset transmission/reception throughput, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may identify that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     In various embodiments, based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, if the communication signal strength is greater, and thus better, than the preset signal strength, one or more processors  213  and  221  may identify that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, and if the communication signal strength is smaller than or equal to the preset signal strength, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may identify that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     In various embodiments, based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, if the communication volume of the other communication device is smaller than or equal to the preset communication volume, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may identify that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, and if the communication volume of the other communication device is equal to or greater than the preset communication volume, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may identify that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     In various embodiments, in operation  707 , the electronic device  210  may predict a communication connection state or determine whether to change a communication channel according to a result of identifying the communication connection state under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, the electronic device  210  may change a communication channel if the communication connection state is predicted to be poor, or the communication connection state is determined to be poor as a result of identifying the communication connection state under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  707 . If the communication channel is changed, the process may branch from operation  707  to operation  709 . 
     In various embodiments, the electronic device  210  may not change a communication channel if the communication connection state is predicted to be favorable, or the communication connection state is determined to be favorable as a result of identifying the communication connection state under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  707 . If the communication channel is not changed, the process may branch from operation  707  to operation  717 . 
     When the communication channel is changed, the electronic device  210  may transmit the small raw image to the cloud platform  250  by using the changed communication channel through a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  709 . The changed communication channel may be a first communication channel, and may be a Wi-Fi or WLAN communication channel. 
     When the communication channel is changed, the electronic device  210  may receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250  by using the changed communication channel through a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  711 . 
     If the communication channel is not changed, the electronic device  210  may transmit the small raw image to the cloud platform  250  by using the original communication channel to through a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  717 . The original communication channel may be a second communication channel, and may be an LTE channel or a WWAN communication channel. 
     If the communication channel is not changed, the electronic device  210  may receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250  by using the original communication channel through a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  719 . 
     In operation  713 , the electronic device  210  may process the acquired image by using the recipe information, which is received through the changed communication channel (e.g., the first communication channel (Wi-Fi communication channel or WLAN communication channel)), or the recipe information received through the original communication channel (e.g., the second communication channel (LTE communication channel or WWAN communication channel)) under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     The ISP  215  of the electronic device  210  performs various image processing of the acquired image (e.g., raw image) by using the received recipe information. The electronic device  210  may receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250  and perform raw image processing based on the recipe information through the ISP  215 . 
     Image processing may include image processing operations such as white balance, color adjustment, noise reduction, sharpening, and detail enhancement. These image processing operations may be performed for each image region based on the recipe information. 
     In operation  715 , the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in the one or more memories  219 ,  222 , and  254  under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . In operation  715 , the processed image is subjected to an encoding operation such as JPEG, and then the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in one or more memories  219  and  222  of the electronic device  210 . Alternatively, if the electronic device  210  transmits the processed image to the cloud platform  250 , the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in at least one memory (e.g., image storage  254 ) of the cloud platform  250  in operation  715 . 
       FIG. 8  is a flowchart illustrating an image processing method according to a network state according to various embodiments of the disclosure. 
     In operation  801 , the electronic device  210  may acquire an image by using the camera module  211  according to a user input under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     When the camera function is executed, the electronic device  210  may acquire an image by using the camera module  211  according to a user input. At least one object may be included in the image acquired through the camera module  211 . 
     In operation  803 , the electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image (e.g., a small raw image  321  in  FIG. 3 ) by using the acquired image under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     The electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image by down-scaling (for example, an operation of reducing the size or lowering the resolution) or down-sampling (for example, an operation of taking one or a part of a sampled series of samples) the acquired image (for example, raw image). In addition, the electronic device  210  may compress the acquired image or the small raw image by using various image compression algorithms. 
     In various embodiments, the electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image by down-scaling (for example, an operation of reducing the size or lowering the resolution) or down-sampling (for example, an operation of taking one or a part of a sampled series of samples) the acquired image (for example, the raw image) by using the small raw image generator  217 . In addition, the raw image compressor  218  of the electronic device  210  may compress the acquired image or the small raw image by using various image compression algorithms. 
     In operation  805 , the electronic device  210  may predict a communication connection state and predict whether the communication connection is favorable under the control of the one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In operation  805 , the operation of predicting, by the electronic device  210 , whether or not the communication connection with the cloud platform  250  is favorable under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  may be an operation of determining whether or not a desired raw image can be transmitted in the current environment, and the operation of determining whether or not the desired raw image can be transmitted in the current environment may be an operation of determining whether a communication throughput is at a specified level (e.g., a connection state of more than 50 Mbps upload). 
     For example, if the communication network is in a state of being connected to a 3G environment or is in a state of being connected at a limited speed in a 4G or 5G environment, transmission of a small raw image to the cloud platform  250  is quite limited, and thus raw image transmission is determined to be currently impossible although the communication is connected. 
     If the communication connection is predicted to be favorable, the process may branch from operation  805  to operation  807 . If the communication connection is predicted to be poor, the process may branch from operation  805  to operation  815 . 
     In various embodiments, the operation of predicting whether a state of communication connection with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, by the electronic device  210 , in operation  805  is as follows. 
     For example, when information on the connection state of a communication channel currently being connected or to be connected is transmitted to one or more processors  213  and  221  by a connection manager that manages wireless connection, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict whether or not the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable by using the information on the connection state of the communication channel. 
     The information on the connection state of the communication channel may include at least one of pieces of information on a communication transmission/reception throughput, a communication signal strength, and a communication volume of another communication device in the base station. 
     In various embodiments, if the communication transmission/reception throughput is higher than the preset transmission/reception throughput based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, and if the communication transmission/reception throughput is lower than or equal to the preset transmission/reception throughput, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     In various embodiments, based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, if the communication signal strength is greater, and thus better, than the preset signal strength, one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, and if the communication signal strength is smaller than or equal to the preset signal strength, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     In various embodiments, based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, if the communication volume of the other communication device is smaller than or equal to the preset communication volume, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, and if the communication volume of the other communication device is equal to or greater than the preset communication volume, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may predict that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     If it is predicted that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, the electronic device  210  may periodically transmit the small raw image to the cloud platform  250  through a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  807 . 
     If it is predicted that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, the electronic device  210  may periodically receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250  through a communication module (for example, the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  809 . 
     If it is predicted that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable, the process may branch from operation  805  to operation  815 . 
     If it is predicted that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable, the electronic device  210  may transmit the small raw image to the cloud platform  250  through a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) until a predetermined time under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  815 . The predetermined time may be a time point at which the communication state is predicted to deteriorate. 
     If it is predicted that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable, the electronic device  210  may receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250  through a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) until a predetermined time under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  817 . The predetermined time may be a time point at which the communication state is predicted to deteriorate. 
     In operation  811 , the electronic device  210  may process the acquired image by using periodically received recipe information or recipe information received until a predetermined time under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, if it is predicted that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, the electronic device  210  may process the acquired image by using the periodically received recipe information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  811 . 
     The ISP  215  of the electronic device  210  performs various image processing of the acquired image (e.g., raw image) by using recipe information received periodically or until a predetermined time. The electronic device  210  may receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250  and perform raw image processing based on the recipe information through the ISP  215 . 
     Image processing may include image processing operations such as white balance, color adjustment, noise reduction, sharpening, and detail enhancement. These image processing operations may be performed for each image region based on the recipe information. 
     In operation  813 , the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in the one or more memories  219 ,  222 , and  254  under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . In operation  813 , the processed image is subjected to an encoding operation such as JPEG, and then the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in one or more memories  219  and  222  of the electronic device  210 . Alternatively, if the electronic device  210  transmits the processed image to the cloud platform  250 , the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in at least one memory (e.g., image storage  254 ) of the cloud platform  250  in operation  813 . 
       FIG. 9  is a flowchart illustrating an operation of displaying a camera APP icon according to various embodiments of the disclosure. 
     In operation  901 , the electronic device  210  may display a camera app icon including a first image on a home screen under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, in operation  901 , the electronic device  210  may control a display  220  to display the camera app icon including the first image on a home screen under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . For example, the first image may include an image related to a camera. 
     In operation  903 , the electronic device  210  may determine whether photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated, under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, in operation  903 , the operation of activating photographing based on the cloud platform  250  by the electronic device  210  under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  may be an operation of activating the photographing based on the cloud platform  250  according to a user input, for example. 
     In various embodiments, in operation  903 , the operation of activating photographing based on the cloud platform  250  by the electronic device  210  under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  may be an operation of automatically activating the photographing according to the state of communication with the cloud platform  250 . 
     In operation  903 , if it is determined that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is not activated, under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , the process of the electronic device  210  may branch to operation  901 . 
     In various embodiments, in operation  903 , if it is determined that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is deactivated, under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , the process of the electronic device  210  may branch to operation  901 . 
     In operation  903 , if it is determined that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated, under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , the process of the electronic device  210  may branch to operation  905 . 
     If it is determined that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated, the electronic device  210  may display the camera app icon including a second image on a home screen under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  905 . 
     In various embodiments, if it is determined that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated, the electronic device  210  may control the display  220  to display the camera app icon including the second image on the home screen under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  905 . The second image includes the first image, and may further include an image indicating that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated. In order to further include the image indicating that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated, the second image may include an image related to a cloud and an image related to a communication antenna. 
       FIG. 10  is a flowchart illustrating a camera live view display operation according to various embodiments of the disclosure. 
     The electronic device  210  may execute a camera function under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  1001 . 
     In various embodiments, in operation  1001 , the electronic device  210  may execute a camera function according to a user input under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, in operation  1001 , the electronic device  210  may execute a camera function when receiving a user input for a camera app icon displayed on the home screen under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In operation  1003 , when the camera function is executed, the electronic device  210  may display a plurality of camera icons including a live view and a first image set on the display  220  under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, in operation  1003 , the operation of displaying, on the display  220 , the plurality of camera icons including the live view and the first image set, by the electronic device  210 , under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  may be an operation of overlaying and displaying the plurality of camera icons including the first image set on the live view, or translucently or transparently displaying the plurality of camera icons. 
     The first image set may include at least one of a photographing button, a thumbnail image relating to previous photographing results, or quick view images for the thumbnail image relating to previous photographing results. The live view may be a background screen currently being photographed through the camera module  211 . 
     In operation  1005 , the electronic device  210  may determine whether photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated, under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, in operation  1005 , the operation of activating the photographing based on the cloud platform  250 , by the electronic device  210 , under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  may be an operation of activating the photographing based on cloud platform  250  according to a user input, for example. 
     In various embodiments, in operation  1005 , the operation of activating the photographing based on the cloud platform  250 , by the electronic device  210 , under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  may be an operation of automatically activating the photographing according to the state of communication with the communication platform  250 . 
     In operation  1005 , if it is determined that the photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is not activated, under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , the process of the electronic device  210  may branch to operation  1003 . 
     In various embodiments, in operation  1005 , if it is determined that the photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is deactivated, under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , the process of the electronic device  210  may branch to operation  1003 . 
     In operation  1005 , if it is determined that the photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated, under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , the process of the electronic device  210  may branch to operation  1007 . 
     If it is determined that the photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated, the operation of displaying a plurality of camera icons including a live view and a second image set on the display  220 , by the electronic device  210 , under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  may be an operation of overlaying and displaying the plurality of camera icons including the second image set on the live view, or translucently or transparently displaying the plurality camera icons, in operation  1007 . The live view displayed in operation  1007  may reflect recipe information received from the cloud platform  250 . 
     The second image set may include at least one of a photographing button, a thumbnail image relating to previous photographing results, a quick view image for the thumbnail image relating to previous photographing results, and an image relating to a communication state. The live view may be a background screen currently being photographed through the camera module  211 . The second image set, which includes a photographing button, a thumbnail image relating to previous photographing results, a quick view image relating to previous photographing results, or an image relating to a communication state, may further include an image indicating that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated. In order to further include the image indicating that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated, the second image set may include an image related to a cloud and an image related to a communication antenna. 
       FIG. 11  is a block diagram illustrating a recipe information selection operation according to various embodiments of the disclosure. 
     First recipe information may be recipe information received from the cloud platform  250 , and second recipe information may be recipe information selected from the electronic device  210 . 
     A recipe information selector  1110  may be one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     The recipe information selector  1110  may select first recipe information or second recipe information based on a scene change and transmit the selected recipe information to the ISP  215 . The ISP  215  may process an image according to the selected recipe information. 
       FIG. 12  illustrates a camera live view display operation when it is determined that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  of  FIG. 10  is deactivated according to various embodiments of the disclosure. 
     When the camera function is executed, the electronic device  210  may display, on the display  220 , a plurality of camera icons  1220  and  1230  including a live view  1210  and a first image set under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, the operation of displaying, on the display  220 , the plurality of camera icons  1220  and  1230  including the live view  1210  and the first image set, by the electronic device  210 , under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  may be an operation of overlaying and displaying the plurality of camera icons  1220  and  1230  including the first image set on the live view  1210 , or translucently or transparently displaying the plurality of camera icons. 
     The first image set may include at least one of a photographing button  1220 , a thumbnail image  1230  relating to previous photographing results, or a quick view images  1230  relating to previous photographing results. The live view  1210  may be a background screen currently being photographed through the camera module  211 . 
       FIG. 13  illustrates a camera live view display operation when it is determined that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  of  FIG. 10  is activated according to various embodiments of the disclosure. 
     When the camera function is executed, the electronic device  210  may display, on the display  220 , a plurality of camera icons  1320 ,  1330 , and  1340  including a live view  1310  and a second image set under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, the operation of displaying a plurality of camera icons  1320 ,  1330 , and  1340  including a live view  1310  and a second image set on the display  220 , by the electronic device  210 , under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  may be an operation of overlaying and displaying the plurality of camera icons  1320 ,  1330 , and  1340  including the second image set on the live view  1310 , or translucently or transparently displaying the plurality camera icons. 
     The second image set may include at least one of a photographing button  1320 , a thumbnail image  1230  relating to previous photographing results, a quick view image  1230  for the thumbnail image relating to previous photographing results, and an image  1340  relating to a communication state. The live view  1310  may reflect recipe information received from the cloud platform  250 . The live view  1310  may be a background screen currently being photographed through the camera module  211 . The second image set, which includes the photographing button  1320 , the thumbnail image  1330  relating to previous photographing results, the quick view image  1330  relating to previous photographing results, or the image  1340  relating to a communication state, may further include an image indicating that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated. In order to further include the image indicating that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated, the second image set may include an image related to a cloud (for example, indicated by reference numeral  1331 ) and the image  1340  relating to a communication antenna. 
       FIG. 14  illustrates an operation of displaying a camera app icon when it is determined that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  of  FIG. 9  is deactivated according to various embodiments of the disclosure. 
     The electronic device  210  may display a home screen on the display  220  and display one or more app icons  1410 ,  1420 , and  1430  on the home screen under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     The electronic device  210  may display a camera app icon  1430  including a first image  1431  on a home screen under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, the electronic device  210  may control the display  220  to display the camera app icon  1410  including the first image  1431  on a home screen under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . For example, the first image  1431  may include an image related to a camera. 
       FIG. 15  illustrates an operation of displaying a camera app icon when it is determined that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  of  FIG. 9  is activated according to various embodiments of the disclosure. 
     The electronic device  210  may display a home screen on the display  220  and display one or more app icon  1510 ,  1520 , and  1530  on the home screen under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . The one or more app icons  1510 ,  1520 , and  1530  on the home screen of  FIG. 15  may be icons relating to functions such as one or more app icons  1410 ,  1420 , and  1430  on the home screen of  FIG. 14 . 
     If it is determined that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated, under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , the electronic device  210  may display the camera app icon  1530  including a second image  1531  on the home screen. 
     In various embodiments, if it is determined that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated, the electronic device  210  may control the display  220  to display the camera app icon  1530  including the second image  1531  on the home screen under the control of the one or more processors  213  and  221 . The second image  1531  may include the first image  1431  of  FIG. 14 , and may further include an image indicating that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated. In order to further include the image indicating that photographing based on the cloud platform  250  is activated, the second image may include an image related to a cloud and an image related to a communication antenna. 
       FIG. 16  is a flowchart illustrating an image processing method according to a network state according to various embodiments of the disclosure. 
     In operation  1601 , the electronic device  210  may acquire an image of an external object by using the camera module  211  according to a user input under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     When the camera function is executed, the electronic device  210  may acquire an image by using the camera module  211  according to a user input. At least one object may be included in the image acquired through the camera module  211 . 
     In operation  1603 , the electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image (e.g., a small raw image  321  in  FIG. 3 ) by using the acquired image under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     The electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image by down-scaling (for example, an operation of reducing the size or lowering the resolution) or down-sampling (for example, an operation of taking one or a part of a sampled series of samples) the acquired image (for example, a raw image). In addition, the electronic device  210  may compress the acquired image or the small raw image by using various image compression algorithms. 
     In various embodiments, the electronic device  210  may generate a small raw image by down-scaling (for example, an operation of reducing the size or lowering the resolution) or down-sampling (for example, an operation of taking one or a part of a sampled series of samples) the acquired image (for example, the raw image) by using the small raw image generator  217 . In addition, the raw image compressor  218  of the electronic device  210  may compress the acquired image or the small raw image by using various image compression algorithms. 
     In operation  1605 , the electronic device  210  may determine whether transmission of a small raw image to the cloud platform  250  through a communication module is possible under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     Operation  1605  may be an operation of determining, by the electronic device  210 , whether or not the small raw image can be transmitted to the cloud platform  250  in the current environment under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , and the operation of determining whether or not the desired raw image can be transmitted in the current environment may be an operation of determining whether a communication throughput is at a specified level (e.g., a connection state of more than 50 Mbps upload). 
     For example, if the communication network is in a state of being connected to a 3G environment or is in a state of being connected at a limited speed in a 4G or 5G environment, transmission of the small raw image to the cloud platform  250  is quite limited, and thus raw image transmission is determined to be currently impossible although the communication is connected. 
     In various embodiments, the operation of determining, by the electronic device  210 , whether or not transmission of the small raw image is possible in operation  1605  is as follows. 
     For example, when information on the connection state of a communication channel currently being connected or to be connected is transmitted to one or more processors  213  and  221  by a connection manager that manages wireless connection, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine whether or not the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable by using the information on the connection state of the communication channel. 
     The information on the connection state of the communication channel may include at least one of pieces of information on a communication transmission/reception throughput, a communication signal strength, and a communication volume of another communication device in the base station. 
     In various embodiments, if the communication transmission/reception throughput is higher than the preset transmission/reception throughput based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable. If the communication transmission/reception throughput is lower than or equal to the preset transmission/reception throughput, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     In various embodiments, based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, if the communication signal strength is greater, and thus better, than the preset signal strength, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable. If the communication signal strength is smaller than or equal to the preset signal strength, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     In various embodiments, based on the information on the connection state of the communication channel, if the communication volume of the other communication device is smaller than or equal to the preset communication volume, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable. If the communication volume of the other communication device is equal to or greater than the preset communication volume, the one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 , when describing the connection manager in detail, the program  140  may include an operating system that controls resources related to the electronic device  101  and/or various applications (e.g., application programs  146 ) running on the operating system. The operating system may include, for example, Android™, iOS™, Windows™, Symbian™, Tizen™, or Bada™. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 , the program  140  may include an operating system  142 , a kernel, middleware  144 , an application programming interface (API), and/or an application program  146 . The middleware  144  may provide, for example, a function commonly required by the application  146 , or may provide various functions to the application  370  through an API so that the application  146  can use limited system resources inside the electronic device. The middleware  144  includes at least one of a runtime library, an application manager, a window manager, a multimedia manager, a resource manager, a power manager, a database manager, a package manager, a connection manager, a notification manager, a location manager, a graphic manager, or a security manager. The connection manager may manage communication connections, for example. 
     If it is determined that transmission of the small raw image is possible, the process of the electronic device  210  may branch from operation  1605  to operation  1607 . 
     If it is determined that transmission of the small raw image to the cloud platform is possible, the electronic device  210  may transmit the small raw image to the cloud platform  250  through a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  1607 . 
     In operation  1609 , the electronic device  210  may receive first correction information from the cloud platform  250  through a communication module (e.g., the communication module  190  of  FIG. 1 ) under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     The first correction information may be the same as the recipe information of  FIG. 2  or the correction region information  332  mentioned in  FIG. 3 . The cloud platform  250  may segment at least one image region in a small raw image (e.g., the small raw image  321  of  FIG. 3 ). The cloud platform  250  may recognize each of at least one image region segmented according to a result of the segmentation. The cloud platform  250  may generate recipe information including at least one of pieces of information associated with a plurality of generated image regions, for example, coordinate information (vector information), segment information, layer information, a result of recognition, and scene category information of the image region, and may transmit the generated recipe information to the electronic device  210 . 
     In operation  1611 , the electronic device  210  may process the acquired image by using the first correction information or second correction information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, if it is determined that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is favorable, the electronic device  210  may process the acquired image by using the first information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  1611 . 
     The ISP  215  of the electronic device  210  performs various image processing of the acquired image (e.g., raw image) by using the first correction information. The electronic device  210  may receive recipe information from the cloud platform  250  and perform raw image processing based on the recipe information through the ISP  215 . 
     Image processing may include image processing operations such as white balance, color adjustment, noise reduction, sharpening, and detail enhancement. These image processing operations may be performed for each image region based on the recipe information. 
     In operation  1613 , the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in the one or more memories  219 ,  222 , and  254  under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . In operation  1613 , the processed image is subjected to an encoding operation such as JPEG, and the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in one or more memories  219  and  222  of the electronic device  210 . Alternatively, if the electronic device  210  transmits the processed image to the cloud platform  250 , the electronic device  210  may store the processed image in at least one memory (e.g., image storage  254 ) of the cloud platform  250  in operation  1613 . 
     If it is determined that transmission of the small raw image is not possible, the process may branch from operation  1605  to operation  1615 . 
     If it is determined that transmission of the small raw image is not possible, the electronic device  210  may identify the second correction information according to context information about the image under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 , in operation  1615 . 
     In operation  1611 , the electronic device  210  may process the acquired raw image by using the first correction information or the second correction information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, if it is determined that the state of communication with the cloud platform  250  is not favorable or that the communication state is poor, the electronic device  210  may process the acquired image based on the second correction information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  1611 . The second correction information may be information generated according to context information, or may be recipe information prepared in advance. 
     In various embodiments, the ISP  215  of the electronic device  210  may perform various image processing of the acquired image (e.g., a raw image) by using the second correction information. 
     In various embodiments, the second correction information may be one of a plurality of pieces of recipe information preset in the electronic device  210  in consideration of various situations. The electronic device  210  may determine that, among a plurality of pieces of preset recipe information, at least one piece of recipe information corresponding similarly or identically to the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211  in terms of the object, brightness, color, and the like is second correction information. 
     In various embodiments, the second correction information may be first correction information, which is received at a time close to a time when the current screen or scene is acquired through the camera module  211 , from among pieces of first correction information received from the cloud platform  250 . 
     In various embodiments, if it is determined that transmission of the small raw image is not possible, the electronic device  210  may determine context information about the image in operation  1615 . The context information about the image may be a change in the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211 . 
     In various embodiments, if it is determined that transmission of the small raw image is not possible, the electronic device  210  may determine whether there is a change in the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211 , in operation  1615 . The operation of determining whether there is a screen or scene change by the electronic device  210  may include: comparing the currently acquired frame with the previous frame; when the degree of change in the color or brightness of the screen is equal to or larger than a preset condition, determining that there is a change in the screen or scene; and when the degree of change in the color or brightness of the screen is equal to or less than a preset condition, determining that there is no change in the screen or scene. 
     If it is determined that there is a change in the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211 , the electronic device  210  may select at least one second correction information from among a plurality of pieces of preset second correction information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . 
     In various embodiments, the electronic device  210  may determine that, among a plurality of pieces of preset recipe information, at least one piece of recipe information corresponding similarly or identically to the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  211  in terms of the object, brightness, color, and the like, is at least one piece of second information, under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  in operation  1615 . 
     In various embodiments, the operation of selecting, by the electronic device  210 , at least one second correction information from among a plurality of pieces of recipe information under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221  may be as follows. 
     The one or more processors  213  and  221  may perform a scene analysis of an image based on the current frame acquired through the camera module  211 , and may select, as second correction information, one or more of a plurality of pieces of recipe information based on the analyzed scene. 
     In an operation of analyzing the scene of the image based on the frames acquired by the one or more processors  213  and  221 , the one or more processors  213  and  221  may analyze the depth of the image, etc., segment at least one image region by using the analyzed depth, and calculate segmentation information for each region. The one or more processors  213  and  221  may calculate entire scene characteristics and brightness information for each region (e.g., ISO information and illumination information) by using the calculated segmentation information. 
     The one or more processors  213  and  221  may determine a parameter value for each region of the segmented image by using the calculated brightness information and scene characteristics. 
     The one or more processors  213  and  221  may select recipe information corresponding to the calculated brightness information, scene characteristics, and a parameter value for each region from among a plurality of pieces of recipe information stored in the memory  219 . 
     The one or more processors  213  and  221  or the ISP  215  may process the image by using recipe information selected in response to the calculated brightness information, scene characteristics, and a parameter value for each region. 
     If it is determined that there is no change in the current screen or scene acquired through the camera module  221 , the electronic device  210  may select recipe information of the previous frame under the control of one or more processors  213  and  221 . The recipe information of the previous frame may be first correction information, which is received at a time close to a time when the current screen or scene is acquired through the camera module  211 , from among pieces of first correction information received from the cloud platform  250 . 
     The electronic device according to various embodiments may be one of various types of electronic devices. The electronic devices may include, for example, a portable communication device (e.g., a smart phone), a computer device, a portable multimedia device, a portable medical device, a camera, a wearable device, or a home appliance. The electronic device according to embodiments of the disclosure is not limited to those described above. 
     It should be appreciated that various embodiments of the disclosure and the terms used therein are not intended to limit the technological features set forth herein to particular embodiments and include various changes, equivalents, and/or alternatives for a corresponding embodiment. With regard to the description of the drawings, similar reference numerals may be used to designate similar or relevant elements. It is to be understood that a singular form of a noun corresponding to an item may include one or more of the things, unless the relevant context clearly indicates otherwise. As used herein, each of such phrases as “A or B,” “at least one of A and B,” “at least one of A or B,” “A, B, or C,” “at least one of A, B, and C,” and “at least one of A, B, or C,” may include all possible combinations of the items enumerated together in a corresponding one of the phrases. As used herein, such terms as “a first”, “a second”, “the first”, and “the second” may be used to simply distinguish a corresponding element from another, and does not limit the elements in other aspect (e.g., importance or order). It is to be understood that if an element (e.g., a first element) is referred to, with or without the term “operatively” or “communicatively”, as “coupled with,” “coupled to,” “connected with,” or “connected to” another element (e.g., a second element), it means that the element may be coupled with the other element directly (e.g., wiredly), wirelessly, or via a third element. 
     As used herein, the term “module” may include a unit implemented in hardware, software, or firmware, and may be interchangeably used with other terms, for example, “logic,” “logic block,” “component,” or “circuit”. The “module” may be a minimum unit of a single integrated component adapted to perform one or more functions, or a part thereof. For example, according to an embodiment, the “module” may be implemented in the form of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). 
     Various embodiments as set forth herein may be implemented as software (e.g., the program  140 ) including one or more instructions that are stored in a storage medium (e.g., the internal memory  136  or external memory  138 ) that is readable by a machine (e.g., the electronic device  101 ). For example, a processor (e.g., the processor  120 ) of the machine (e.g., the electronic device  101 ) may invoke at least one of the one or more instructions stored in the storage medium, and execute it, with or without using one or more other components under the control of the processor. This allows the machine to be operated to perform at least one function according to the at least one instruction invoked. The one or more instructions may include a code generated by a complier or a code executable by an interpreter. The machine-readable storage medium may be provided in the form of a non-transitory storage medium. Wherein, the term “non-transitory” simply means that the storage medium is a tangible device, and does not include a signal (e.g., an electromagnetic wave), but this term does not differentiate between where data is semi-permanently stored in the storage medium and where the data is temporarily stored in the storage medium. 
     According to an embodiment, a method according to various embodiments of the disclosure may be included and provided in a computer program product. The computer program product may be traded as a product between a seller and a buyer. The computer program product may be distributed in the form of a machine-readable storage medium (e.g., compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM)), or be distributed (e.g., downloaded or uploaded) online via an application store (e.g., Play Store™), or between two user devices (e.g., smart phones) directly. If distributed online, at least part of the computer program product may be temporarily generated or at least temporarily stored in the machine-readable storage medium, such as memory of the manufacturer&#39;s server, a server of the application store, or a relay server. 
     According to various embodiments, each element (e.g., a module or a program) of the above-described elements may include a single entity or multiple entities. According to various embodiments, one or more of the above-described elements may be omitted, or one or more other elements may be added. Alternatively or additionally, a plurality of elements (e.g., modules or programs) may be integrated into a single element. In such a case, according to various embodiments, the integrated element may still perform one or more functions of each of the plurality of elements in the same or similar manner as they are performed by a corresponding one of the plurality of elements before the integration. According to various embodiments, operations performed by the module, the program, or another element may be carried out sequentially, in parallel, repeatedly, or heuristically, or one or more of the operations may be executed in a different order or omitted, or one or more other operations may be added.