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US 2014/0235294 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for providing phonebook using image in a portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJi-Yeon YOO, Jae-Hwan KIM, Young-June WOO, Myung-Ji KANG, Yong KWON, Jin-Pyo EUN, Myung-Kyu YANG, Sin-Jae LEE
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a phonebook using an image in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes recording contact information in metadata of an image, and performing a linkage function using the image having the contact information recorded therein.
Claims26
1-25. (canceled)
A method comprising:
- determining at least one region of an image in relation with at least one face;
- determining contact information corresponding to the at least one face;
- and
- storing coordinates of the at least one region and the contact information as metadata of the image.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- displaying an image, identifying one or more regions of the image in relation with one or more faces, based at least in part on coordinates obtained from metadata of the image;
- selecting, via an input, a region from among the one or more regions, the region corresponding to a face of the one or more faces;
- and
- performing at least one function based on contact information obtained from the metadata of the image corresponding to the face.
1 more element
An apparatus comprising:
- a display configured to present an image;
- and
- a controller operatively coupled with the display, the controller configured to:
- determine at least one region of the image in relation with at least one face;
- determine contact information corresponding to the at least one face;
- and
- store coordinates of the at least one region and the contact information as metadata of the image.
4 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- a display configured to present an image;
- and
- a controller operatively coupled with the display, the controller configured to:
- identify one or more regions of the image in relation with one or more faces, based at least in part on coordinates obtained from metadata of the image;
- select, via an input, a region from among the one or more regions, the region corresponding to a face of the one or more faces;
- and
- perform at least one function based on contact information obtained from the metadata of the image corresponding to the face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.