Apparatus and method for photographing a business card in portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung-Kyu Yoon, Eung-Seo Shin
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Abstract
Provided are an apparatus and method for photographing a business card in a portable terminal. The method includes recognizing boundary lines of the business card from an image received from a camera when a recognition and photographing key for a business card is selected, and allowing the business card to be automatically photographed by using the recognized boundary lines.
Claims14
A method of photographing a business card in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- recognizing boundary lines of the business card from an image received from a camera when a recognition and photographing key for a business card is selected;
- displaying, on a display unit, predetermined reference boundary lines and the image having the recognized boundary lines of the business card;
- determining whether the recognized boundary lines of the business card coincide with the predetermined reference boundary lines;
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- automatically photographing the business card, when the recognized boundary lines of the business card coincide with the predetermined reference boundary lines.
An apparatus for photographing a business card in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- an image processor for recognizing boundary lines of the business card from an image received from a camera when a menu for recognizing and photographing the business card is selected;
- a display unit for displaying predetermined reference boundary lines and the image having the recognized boundary lines of the business card when the menu for recognizing and photographing the business card is selected;
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- a controller for automatically photographing the business card when the recognized boundary lines of business card coincide with the predetermined reference boundary lines.
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for photographing a business card in a portable terminal, comprising:
- a first code segment, for recognizing boundary lines of the business card from an image received from a camera when a recognition and photographing key for a business card is selected;
- a second code segment for displaying, on a display unit, predetermined reference boundary lines and the image having the recognized boundary lines of the business card;
- a third code segment for determining whether the recognized boundary lines of the business card coincide with the predetermined reference boundary lines;
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- a fourth code segment, for automatically photographing the business card, when the recognized boundary lines of the business card coincide with the predetermined reference boundary lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.