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US 10,560,409 · App. 15/368,843 · Granted Feb 11, 2020

Electronic device and method for image control thereof

Inventors: Young-Hwan Ryu (Yongin-si, KR); Dong-Ho Jang (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04L51/10G06F3/14G06F3/04842G06F3/04855G06F3/04883H04N5/2258
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Patent No.
US 10,560,409
App. No.
15/368,843
Granted
Feb 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device can include a display, a communication interface comprising communication circuitry, and a processor comprising processing circuitry. The processor can be configured to receive a plurality of images comprising a first image and a second image in a first order from an external electronic device using the communication circuitry of the communication interface, arrange the first image and the second image in a second order based on first property information corresponding to the first image and second property information corresponding to the second image, and arrange and display the first image and the second image in the second order through the display.

Claims (49)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

a communication interface; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive, via a messaging service, at least two images in a first order and property information corresponding to the at least two images respectively from an external electronic device via the communication interface,

determine a second order based on at least part of the property information, and

arrange the at least two images via a messenger application in an application layer and display the at least two images in the second order through the display,

wherein the property information includes order information analyzed from the at least two images or metadata of the at least two images.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the second order based on a character or a number contained in an image corresponding to the at least two images, respectively.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the second order based on a change of at least one object contained in an image corresponding to the at least two images respectively.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, the processor is configured to overlap at least part of the at least two images when displaying the at least two images in the second order on the display.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to display at least two thumbnail images within a visual element in a shape of a bubble a via the messenger application of the electronic device,

wherein the at least two thumbnail images comprises a first thumbnail image and a second thumbnail image respectively corresponding to the at least two images,

wherein the first thumbnail image and the second thumbnail image are to be arranged within the visual element according to the second order.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the property information comprises a defined order corresponding to the external electronic device for the at least two images.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least part of the property information comprises at least one of: a scene recognition result, a created time, and a file name of the at least two images.

8. A method of operating an electronic device, comprising:

receiving, via a messaging service, at least two images in a first order and property information corresponding to the at least two images respectively from an external electronic device using a communication interface functionally coupled to the electronic device;

determining a second order, based on at least part of the property information; and

arranging the at least two images in the second order via a messenger application in an application layer and displaying the at least two images in the second order via a display functionally coupled to the electronic device,

wherein the property information includes order information analyzed from the at least two images or metadata of the at least two images.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein determining the second order comprises:

determining the second order based on a character or a number contained in an image corresponding to the at least two images respectively; and

determining the second order based on change of at least one object contained in an image corresponding to the at least two images, respectively.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

determining the second order based on at least one of: a defined order corresponding to the external electronic device for the at least two images, a scene recognition result, a created time, and a file name of the at least two images.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a communication interface;

a memory for storing at least two images; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to arrange the at least two images, via a messenger application in an application layer, in a first order based on property information corresponding to the at least two images respectively, and to send the at least two images in the first order and the property information to an external electronic device using the communication interface,

wherein the property information includes order information analyzed from the at least two images or metadata of the at least two images.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the property information based on a character or a number contained in an image corresponding to the at least two images respectively.

13. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the property information comprises at least one of: a defined order corresponding to the external electronic device for the at least two images, a scene recognition result, a created time, and a file name of the at least two images respectively.

14. A method of operating an electronic device, comprising:

arranging at least two images, via a messenger application in an application layer, in a first order based on property information corresponding to the at least two images respectively; and

sending the at least two images in the first order and the property information to an external electronic device using a communication interface,

wherein the property information includes order information analyzed from the at least two images or metadata of the at least two images.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein arranging the at least two images in the first order comprises:

determining the property information based on a character or a number contained in an image corresponding to the at least two images respectively; and

determining the property information based on change of at least one object contained in an image corresponding to the at least two images respectively.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

determining the order based on at least one of: a defined order for the at least two images, a scene recognition result, a created time, and a file name of the at least two images respectively.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

arranging at least two images in a first order based on property information corresponding to the at least two images respectively,

sending the at least two images in the first order and the property information to an external electronic device,

receiving the at least two images in the first order and the property information, and arranging and displaying the at least two images in a second order, via a messenger application in an application layer, based on the property information,

wherein the property information includes order information analyzed from the at least two images or metadata of the at least two images.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2016
From: RYU, YOUNG-HWAN; JANG, DONG-HO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040815/0201 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0186555 · Dec 24, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170187658A1 · Jun 29, 2017
Cited By (1)
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