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US 9,807,298 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for providing user's emotional information in electronic device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDae-Sung Kim, So-Ra Kim, Hyun-Kyoung Kim, Hang-Kyu Park, Seung-Kyung Lim
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for providing emotional information in an electronic device are provided. At least one content is displayed. Emotional information is extracted from an image obtained via a camera. The emotional information is added to the content.
Claims24
A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- displaying, on a touch screen, a preview image based on a first image data obtained from a first camera;
- and
- in response to detecting a touch input for selecting a capture icon displayed on the touch screen, generating a captured image based on the first image data;
- wherein the generating of the captured image comprises:
- extracting emotional information corresponding to a first emotional type among a plurality of emotional types from a second image data, the second image data obtained from a second camera,
- determining whether the emotional information is greater than a threshold,
- adding information corresponding to the emotional information to the captured image based on the determination, and
- displaying, on the touch screen, a first icon indicating the emotional information with the preview image,
- wherein the extracted emotional information comprises a time at which the emotional information is extracted.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
- a touch screen;
- a first camera and a second camera;
- and
- a processor operatively coupled to the first camera and the second camera, and configured to:
- display, on the touch screen, a preview image based on a first image data obtained from the first camera, and
- in response to detecting a touch input for selecting a capture icon displayed on the touch screen, generate a captured image based on the first image data,
- wherein, when the processor generates the captured image, the processor is further configured to:
- extract emotional information corresponding to a first emotional type among a plurality of emotional types from a second image data,
- determine whether the emotional information is greater than a threshold,
- add information corresponding to the emotional information to the captured image based on the determination, and
- display, on the touch screen, a first icon indicating the emotional information with the preview image,
- wherein the extracted emotional information comprises a time at which the emotional information is extracted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.