Electronic apparatus, and method for controlling same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019370547-A1
Application number	US-201716479993-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 7, 2017
Priority date	Jan 23, 2017
Publication date	Dec 5, 2019
Grant date	—

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; a communication module; and a processor electrically connected with the display and the communication module, wherein the processor is configured to control to: recognize an object detected in an image displayed on the display, and distinguish at least one component contained in the object; change an attribute of the component based on a user input; and transmit an image that the attribute is changed to another electronic device by using the communication module, receive an image searched as an image similar to the image containing the object that the attribute is changed, and display the image on the display.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a camera module, and
wherein the processor is further configured to control to generate the image based on an image inputted through the camera module, 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, and a size of the component.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control to display the image by superimposing the component that the attribute is changed from among the components contained in the object on the image.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, when an icon corresponding to the attribute is displayed on the display, the processor is further configured to control to change the icon corresponding to the attribute based on a user input of selecting the icon, and to display the changed icon on the display, and to control to receive an image searched based on the changed attribute from the another electronic device, and to display the image on the display.

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

7 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the search condition comprises a condition in which an image containing at least one of the first component and the second component is searched, and a condition in which an image excluding at least one of the first component and the second component is searched.

8 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein, when an icon corresponding to the search condition is displayed on the display, the processor is configured to control to change the icon corresponding to the search condition based on a user input of selecting the icon, and to display the changed icon on the display, and to control to receive an image searched based on the changed search condition from the another electronic device, and to display the image on the display.

9 . A control method of an electronic device which comprises a display and a communication module, the method comprising:
displaying an image on the display; recognizing an object detected in the image, and distinguishing at least one component contained in the object; changing an attribute of the component based on a user input; and transmitting an image the attribute is changed to another electronic device by using the communication module, receiving an image searched as an image similar to the image containing the object that the attribute is changed, and displaying the image on the display.

10 . The control method of claim 9 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a camera module, and
wherein the control method comprises generating the image based on an image inputted through the camera module, and displaying the image on the display.

11 . The control method of claim 9 , wherein the control method comprises displaying the image by superimposing the component, that the attribute is changed, from among the components contained in the object on the image.

12 . The control method of claim 9 , wherein, when an icon corresponding to the attribute is displayed on the display, the control method comprises changing the icon corresponding to the attribute based on a user input of selecting the icon, and displaying the changed icon on the display, and receiving an image searched based on the changed attribute from the another electronic device, and displaying the image on the display.

13 . The control method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one component comprises a first component and a second component, and
wherein the control method comprises transmitting a search condition for searching the first component and the second component to the another electronic device based on a user input, and receiving an image searched as an image similar to the detected object according to the search condition from the another electronic device, and displaying the image on the display.

14 . The control method of claim 13 , wherein the search condition comprises a condition in which an image containing at least one of the first component and the second component is searched, and a condition in which an image excluding one of the first component and the second component is searched.

15 . The control method of claim 13 , wherein, when an icon corresponding to the search condition is displayed on the display, the control method comprises changing the icon corresponding to the search condition based on a user input of selecting the icon, and displaying the changed icon on the display, and receiving an image searched based on the changed search condition from the another electronic device, and displaying the image on the display.

16 . 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 the display; recognizing an object detected in the image, and distinguishing at least one component contained in the object; changing an attribute of the component based on a user input; and transmitting an image the attribute is changed to another electronic device by using the communication module, receiving an image searched as an image similar to the image containing the object that the attribute is changed, and displaying the image on the display.

17 . The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a camera module, and
wherein the operations comprising generating the image based on an image inputted through the camera module, and displaying the image on the display.

18 . The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the attribute comprises at least one of a shape, a color, a pattern, and a size of the component.

19 . The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the operations comprising displaying the image by superimposing the component that the attribute is changed from among the components contained in the object on the image.

20 . The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein, when an icon corresponding to the attribute is displayed on the display, the operations comprising changing the icon corresponding to the attribute based on a user input of selecting the icon, and displaying the chang

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G06F16/532

  Query formulation, e.g. graphical querying · CPC title

• G06F3/00

  Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title

• H04M1/0202

  Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets (constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03) · CPC title