Granted Patent B2

US 12,430,561 · App. 18/459,179 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Inventor: Yusun Lim (Seongnam-si, KR)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

G06N3/084G06F18/22G06F18/256G06N3/044G06N3/08G06N3/04G06N3/088

Abstract

Claims (55)

1. A method performed by an electronic device of providing an image, the method comprising:

receiving, by the electronic device, a first text entered by a user of the electronic device;

in response to receiving the first text, transmitting, by the electronic device to an external device via a communicator of the electronic device, the first text and a request for at least one image related to the first text;

after transmitting the first text and the request to the external device, receiving, by the electronic device from the external device, information of the at least one image related to the first text without the at least one image, wherein the information of the at least one image includes metadata determined by the external device based on the first text, wherein the metadata includes information about the at least one image for the electronic device to identify whether the at least one image is an image previously stored in memory and obtain the at least one image from the memory of the electronic device;

obtaining, by the electronic device, the at least one image based on the information of the at least one image; and

displaying, by the electronic device, the at least one image based on the information of the at least one image.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one image related to the first text is at least one image corresponding to a context of the first text.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one image corresponding to the context of the first text is obtained based on an artificial intelligence (AI) data recognition model stored in the external device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information of the at least one image comprises information for the electronic device to obtain the at least one image.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information of the at least one image comprises at least one of an identification (ID) of the at least one image, a thumbnail image of the at least one image, or a stored location of the at least one image.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the electronic device, a user input of selecting an image from the at least one image being displayed; and

displaying, by the electronic device, the selected image together with the first text.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving, by the electronic device, a second text entered by the user after displaying the selected image together with the first text;

transmitting, by the electronic device to the external device, the second text and a request for at least one image related to the second text;

receiving, by the electronic device from the external device, information of at least one image related to the second text, the at least one image related to the second text being at least one image corresponding to a context of a third text obtained by analyzing the first text, the selected image, and the second text; and

displaying, by the electronic device, the at least one image related to the second text based on the information of the at least one image related to the second text.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one image corresponding to the context of the third text is obtained based on an artificial intelligence (AI) data recognition model stored in the external device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the at least one image comprises displaying the at least one image corresponding to a context of the first text in an order of a degree of relatedness with the first text.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein only the information of the at least one image is received by the electronic device as a response to the transmitting of the first text and the request for the at least one image related to the first text to reduce a data transmission burden.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information of the at least one image further includes at least one of a unique identifier (ID), a theme, a size, a creation date, a resolution, focusing, or global positioning system (GPS) information for obtaining the at least one image from the memory of the electronic device or a location of the at least one image stored in the external device to download the at least one image from the external device.

12. An electronic device comprising:

a user input interface for inputting text;

memory storing one or more computer programs;

a display;

a communicator configured to connect to an external device via a network; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the user input interface, the memory, the display, and the communicator,

wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

receive, via the user input interface, a first text entered by a user of the electronic device,

in response to receiving the first text, transmit, to the external device connected to the electronic device via a communicator of the electronic device, the first text and a request for at least one image related to the first text,

after transmitting the first text and the request to the external device, receive, from the external device, information of the at least one image related to the first text without the at least one image, wherein the information of the at least one image includes metadata determined by the external device based on the first text, wherein the metadata includes information about the at least one image for the electronic device to identify whether the at least one image is an image previously stored in the memory and obtain the at least one image from the memory of the electronic device,

obtain the at least one image based on the information of the at least one image, and

control the display to display the at least one image based on the information of the at least one image.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the at least one image related to the first text is at least one image corresponding to a context of the first text.

14. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the information of the at least one image comprises information for the electronic device to obtain the at least one image.

15. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the information of the at least one image comprises at least one of an identification (ID) of the at least one image, a thumbnail image of the at least one image, or a stored location of the at least one image.

16. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

receive a user input of selecting an image from the at least one image being displayed, and

control the display to display the selected image together with the first text.

17. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

receive a second text entered by the user after displaying the selected image together with the first text,

transmit, to the external device via the communicator, the second text and a request for at least one image related to the second text,

receive, from the external device, information of at least one image related to the second text, the at least one image related to the second text being at least one image corresponding to a context of a third text obtained by analyzing the first text, the selected image, and the second text, and

control the display to display the at least one image related to the second text based on the information of the at least one image related to the second text.

18. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the at least one image corresponding to the context of the third text is obtained based on an artificial intelligence (AI) data recognition model stored in the external device.

19. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the at least one image corresponding to the context of the first text is obtained based on an artificial intelligence (AI) data recognition model stored in the external device.

20. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

control the display to display the at least one image corresponding to the context of the first text in an order of a degree of relatedness with the first text.

21. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more computer programs including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving, by the electronic device, a first text entered by a user of the electronic device;

in response to receiving the first text, transmitting, by the electronic device to an external device via a communicator of the electronic device, the first text and a request for at least one image related to the first text;

after transmitting the first text and the request to the external device, receiving, by the electronic device from the external device, information of the at least one image related to the first text without the at least one image, wherein the information of the at least one image includes metadata determined by the external device based on the first text, wherein the metadata includes information about the at least one image for the electronic device to identify whether the at least one image is an image previously stored in memory and obtain the at least one image from the memory of the electronic device;

obtaining, by the electronic device, the at least one image based on the information of the at least one image; and

displaying, by the electronic device, the at least one image based on the information of the at least one image.

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