Electronic apparatus, and method for controlling same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11462010-B2
Application number	US-201716479993-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2017
Priority date	Jan 23, 2017
Publication date	Oct 4, 2022
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022

Abstract

The various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic apparatus, and a method for controlling same. The electronic apparatus according to the present invention comprises a display, a communication module, and a processor electrically connected to the display and communication module, wherein the processor controls so that an object detected in an image displayed on the display is recognized, and one or more elements contained in the object are classified and displayed on the display, and can control so that an image similar to the detected object is searched for, by means of the communication module, and displayed on the display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
communication circuitry; and
a processor electrically connected with the display and the communication circuitry,
wherein the processor is configured to control to:
recognize a product from an image displayed on the display, distinguish each of a plurality of parts constituting the product, and set a search category to the recognized product;
display a list including a plurality of items representing attributes related to the product in the image;
receive a first user input to select an item among the plurality of items in the list;
receive a second user input to select a first part among the plurality of parts constituting the product;
receive a third user input to change an attribute of the first part selected by the second user input, the attribute corresponding to the item selected by the first user input;
change the attribute of the first part based on the third user input, and select a search condition for the changed attribute of the first part; and
perform search based on the search category and the search condition, obtain at least one image corresponding to the search condition among a plurality of images related to the search category, and display the at least one image on the display,

wherein the search condition includes at least one of a condition in which an image containing the changed attribute of the first part is searched, and a condition in which an image excluding the changed attribute of the first part is searched.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a camera, and
wherein the processor is further configured to control the camera to generate the image based on an image obtained by the camera, and to display the image on the display.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the attribute comprises at least one of a shape, a color, a pattern, or a size of the first part.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control to display the image by superimposing the first part that the attribute is changed from among the plurality of parts contained in the product on the image.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control to display a changed icon on the display.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of parts comprises the first part and a second part, and
wherein the processor is further configured to control to transmit a search condition for searching the first part and the second part to another electronic device based on a user input, and to receive the at least one image searched as an image similar to the recognized product according to the search condition from the another electronic device and to display the at least one image on the display.

7. A control method of an electronic device which comprises a display and communication circuitry, the method comprising:
displaying an image on the display;
recognizing a product detected from the image, distinguishing each of a plurality of parts constituting the product, and setting a search category to the recognized product;
displaying a list including a plurality of items representing attributes related to the product in the image;
receiving a first user input to select an item among the plurality of items in the list;
receiving a second user input to select a first part among the plurality of parts constituting the product;
receiving a third user input to change an attribute of the first part selected by the second user input, the attribute corresponding to the item selected by the first user input;
changing the attribute of the first part based on the third user input, and selecting a search condition for the changed attribute of the first part; and
searching based on the search category and the search condition, obtaining at least one image corresponding to the search condition among a plurality of images related to the search category, and displaying the at least one image on the display,
wherein the search condition includes at least one of a condition in which an image containing the changed attribute of the first part is searched, and a condition in which an image excluding the changed attribute of the first part is searched.

8. The control method of claim 7 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a camera, and
wherein the control method comprises generating the image based on an image obtained by the camera, and displaying the image on the display.

9. The control method of claim 7 , further comprising:
displaying the image by superimposing the first part, that the attribute is changed, from among the plurality of parts contained in the product on the image.

10. The control method of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of parts comprises the first part and a second part, and
wherein the control method comprises transmitting a search condition for searching the first part and the second part to another electronic device based on a user input, and receiving the at least one image searched as an image similar to the recognized product according to the search condition from the another electronic device, and displaying the at least one image on the display.

11. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions for executing operations in an electronic device comprising a processor, the operations comprising:
displaying an image on a display of the electronic device;
recognizing a product detected from the image, distinguishing each of a plurality of parts constituting the product, and setting a search category to the recognized product;
displaying a list including a plurality of items representing attributes related to the product in the image;
receiving a first user input to select an item among the plurality of items in the list;
receiving a second user input to select a first part among the plurality of parts constituting the product;
receiving a third user input to change an attribute of the first part selected by the second user input, the attribute corresponding to the item selected by the first user input;
changing the attribute of the first part based on the third user input, and selecting a search condition for the changed attribute of the first part; and
searching based on the search category and the search condition, obtaining at least one image corresponding to the search condition among a plurality of images related to the search category, and displaying the at least one image on the display,
wherein the search condition includes at least one of a condition in which an image containing the changed attribute of the first part is searched, and a condition in which an image excluding the changed attribute of the first part is searched.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a camera, and
wherein the operations comprising generating the image based on an image obtained by the camera, and displaying the image on the display.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the attribute comprises at least one of a shape, a color, a pattern, or a size of the first part.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the operations comprising displaying the image by superimposing the first part that the attribute is changed from among the plurality of parts contained in the product on the image.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Boram
• Lee Jung-Kun
• Hong Yeseul
• Lee Jieun

Classifications

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