IP Library Granted Patent US 11,074,217
Granted Patent B2
US 11,074,217 · App. 16/190,738 · Granted Jul 27, 2021

Electronic apparatus and control method thereof

Inventors: Sun-beom Kwon (Suwon-si, KR); Ki-chul Kim (Seoul, KR); Han-nam Kim (Gunpo-si, KR); Su-jin Cho (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G06F16/164G06K9/00671G06K9/00684H04N1/2112H04N5/232933H04N2201/0084
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Patent No.
US 11,074,217
App. No.
16/190,738
Granted
Jul 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a camera, a storage, and a processor configured to store an image photographed by the camera and metadata of the image in the storage, the processor is further configured to identify whether first information related to the image is obtainable, based on the first information not being obtainable, generate metadata related to the first information based on second information, and store the generated metadata as metadata of the image.

Claims (52)

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a camera;

a storage; and

a processor configured to:

store a first image photographed by the camera and metadata of the first image in the storage,

identify whether the metadata includes first information related to the first image,

based on the metadata not including the first information, identify a shooting time of the first image, search a second image photographed within a predetermined threshold time based on the shooting time of the first image, identify second information of the second image, and determine information corresponding to the first information based on second information, and

store the determined information corresponding to the first information as the metadata of the first image, wherein the predetermined threshold time is different based on a type of the second information.

2. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the second information is related to at least one other image photographed by the camera, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain the metadata related to the first information from metadata of the at least one other image, and

generate the metadata related to the first information based on the obtained metadata.

3. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2 ,

wherein the first information comprises information related to a shooting location of the first image, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify a shooting time of a n-th image and a m-th image among the at least one other image, and

based on the identified shooting time of the first image being between shooting times of the n-th and the m-th images having matching shooting locations, determine information of the shooting location corresponding to the first information based on respective shooting locations of the n-th and m-th images.

4. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second information comprises at least one of connection information between the electronic apparatus and an access point (AP) or payment information at a store received from an external server.

5. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 4 ,

wherein the first information comprises information related to a shooting location of the first image, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:

retrieve at least one of a location of the AP or a location of the store, and

determine information of the shooting location corresponding to the first information based on the retrieved at least one location.

6. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metadata comprises at least one of a shooting location, the shooting time of the first image, or recognition data for a photographed object.

7. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

based on the metadata related to the first information not being obtained from the second information, perform an additional search for second information obtained within a second threshold time exceeding a first threshold time.

8. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:

storing a first image photographed by a camera and metadata of the first image;

identifying whether the metadata includes first information related to the first image;

based on the metadata not including the first information, identifying a shooting time of the first image, searching a second image photographed within a predetermined threshold time based on the shooting time of the first image, identifying second information of the second image, and determining information corresponding to the first information based on the second information; and

storing the determined information corresponding to the first information as the metadata of the first image additionally,

wherein the predetermined threshold time is different based on a type of the second information.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 ,

wherein the second information is related to at least one other image photographed by the camera, and

wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining the metadata related to the first information from metadata of the at least one other image; and

based on the obtained metadata, generating the metadata related to the first information.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising:

identifying a shooting time of a n-th image and a m-th image among the at least one other image,

wherein the determining of the information corresponding to the first information comprises:

based on the identified shooting time of the first image being between shooting times of n-th and m-th images having matching shooting locations, determining information of the shooting location corresponding to the first information based on respective shooting locations of the n-th and m-th images.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second information comprises at least one of connection information between the electronic apparatus and an access point (AP) or payment information at a store received from an external server.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 ,

wherein the first information comprises information related to a shooting location of the first image, and

wherein the determining of the information corresponding to the first information comprises:

retrieving at least one of a location of the AP and a location of the store; and

determining information of the shooting location corresponding to the first information based on the retrieved at least one location.

13. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the metadata comprises at least one of a shooting location, the shooting time of the first image, or recognition data for a photographed object.

14. The method as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising:

retrieving second information obtained within a first threshold time based on the shooting time of the first image, and

based on the metadata related to the first information not being obtained from the retrieved second information, performing additional search for second information obtained within a second threshold time exceeding the first threshold time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2018
From: KWON, SUN-BEOM; KIM, KI-CHUL; KIM, HAN-NAM; CHO, SU-JIN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047501/0959 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0008141 · Jan 23, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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