Linking thumbnail of image to web page
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSeungwoo Yoo, Duck Hoon Kim, Young-Ki Baik, Kang Kim, Seok-Soo Hong
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Abstract
A method, performed by an electronic device, for linking a thumbnail of an image and at least one web page is disclosed. In this method, the image including at least one text region may be accessed in a storage unit. At least one text region may be detected in the image and at least one character string in the at least one text region may be recognized. Further, the method may include selecting the at least one web page from the plurality of web pages and linking the thumbnail of the image and the at least one web page.
Claims30
A method, performed by an electronic device, for linking a thumbnail of an image and at least one web page, comprising:
- accessing the image in a storage unit, wherein the image includes at least one text region;
- detecting the at least one text region in the image;
- recognizing at least one character string in the at least one text region;
- searching a plurality of web pages based on the at least one character string;
- selecting the at least one web page from the plurality of web pages;
- and
- linking the thumbnail of the image and the at least one web page.
An electronic device for linking a thumbnail of an image and at least one web page, comprising:
- a text region detection unit configured to access the image in a storage unit, wherein the image includes at least one text region, and detect the at least one text region in the image;
- a text recognition unit configured to recognize at least one character string in the at least one text region;
- a web page search unit configured to search a plurality of web pages based on the at least one character string;
- a web page selection unit configured to select the at least one web page from the plurality of web pages;
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- an image linking unit configured to link the thumbnail of the image and the at least one web page.
An electronic device for linking a thumbnail of an image and at least one web page, comprising:
- means for accessing the image in a storage unit, wherein the image includes at least one text region;
- means for detecting the at least one text region in the image;
- means for recognizing at least one character string in the at least one text region;
- means for searching a plurality of web pages based on the at least one character string;
- means for selecting the at least one web page from the plurality of web pages;
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- means for linking the thumbnail of the image and the at least one web page.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions causing at least a processor of an electronic device to perform operations of:
- accessing an image in a storage unit, wherein the image includes at least one text region;
- detecting the at least one text region in the image;
- recognizing at least one character string in the at least one text region;
- searching a plurality of web pages based on the at least one character string;
- selecting at least one web page from the plurality of web pages;
- and
- linking a thumbnail of the image and the at least one web page.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.