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US 12,591,356 · App. 18/359,274 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Electronic device for performing screen capture and method for capturing screen by electronic device

Inventors: Eunjung Huh (Suwon-si, KR); Younghak Oh (Suwon-si, KR); Seungyong Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0484G06F3/0482
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,591,356
App. No.
18/359,274
Filed
Jul 26, 2023
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2174
USPC
715/767
Abstract

According to an embodiment, an electronic device may comprise: a display, a memory, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: store, as a crop use pattern in the memory, a history of information relating to at least one first object included in a cropped area of a first screen captured by a first screen capture trigger and a history of a first task executed with respect to the cropped area; identify a second screen capture trigger while the display is displaying a second screen; in response to the second screen capture trigger, analyze at least one second object included in the second screen; based on the at least one second object and the crop use pattern, display a recommended crop area, including at least one third object that is at least a part of the at least one second object, visually differently from the remaining area of the second screen; and based on the crop use pattern, display at least one recommended task executable for the at least one third object.

Claims (49)

1 . An electronic device comprising:

a display,

a memory, and

at least one processor comprising processing circuitry, wherein the at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to:

store, in the memory, a crop use pattern including information about at least one first object included in a cropped area of a first screen captured by a first screen capture trigger and a history of a first task performed on the cropped area of the first screen, and information about the captured first screen;

identify a second screen capture trigger while displaying a second screen of a first application on the display;

based on the second screen capture trigger, capture the second screen and identify context of the second screen by using at least one second object included in the second screen; and

based on the crop use pattern and the context of the second screen, control the display to display a recommendation crop area including a cropped area of the second screen that is visually different from a remaining area of the second screen and a notification prompting whether to share the captured first screen through the first application.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the information about the at least one first object further includes information about the first application corresponding to the first screen.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the information about the at least one first object includes an attribute of the at least one first object.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the crop use pattern includes context information about the electronic device based on the first task being performed.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to control the display to display at least one recommendation task performable on at least one third object, based on the crop use pattern, wherein the at least one first object includes a first video, wherein the first task includes storing content of a first setting related to the first video, wherein the at least one third object includes a second video, wherein the at least one recommendation task includes storing the content of the first setting related to the second video, and wherein the recommendation task includes storing the content of the first setting.

6 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the content of the first setting includes at least one of visual content related to the first video, voice content related to the first video, text related to the voice content, or text related to the first video.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to control the display to display at least one recommendation task performable on at least one third object, based on the crop use pattern, wherein the at least one first object includes at least one first image, wherein information about the at least one first object includes information about a first subject included in the at least one first image, wherein the at least one third object includes at least one second image, and wherein the at least one recommendation task includes sharing an image from among the at least one second image that includes the first subject.

8 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the at least one recommendation task includes editing the at least one second image so that an image not including the first subject among the at least one second image is hidden.

9 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to control the display to display at least one recommendation task performable on at least one third object, based on the crop use pattern, wherein the first application corresponding to the first screen is one among applications of a specified first group, wherein the at least one first object includes a plurality of first graphs, wherein the crop use pattern further includes information about the first application corresponding to the first screen, wherein the second screen includes at least one execution screen among the applications of the first group, wherein the at least one second object includes a plurality of second graphs, wherein the at least one third object includes the plurality of second graphs, wherein the first task includes displaying the at least one first object on an execution screen of a second application, and wherein the at least one recommendation task includes displaying the plurality of second graphs on the execution screen of the second application.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

identify a third screen capture trigger while displaying a third screen on the display,

analyze at least one fourth object included in the third screen in response to the third screen capture trigger,

identify a notification condition in response to the at least one fourth object meeting a specified format,

store at least a portion of the third screen as a third image,

store the notification condition corresponding with the third image, and

prompt use of the third image in response to identifying that the notification condition is met.

11 . The electronic device of claim 10 ,

wherein the at least one fourth object includes a date object indicating a first date, and

wherein the notification condition includes a remaining time to the first date being a specified period or less.

12 . The electronic device of claim 10 ,

wherein the at least one fourth object includes an object indicating a third party entity, and wherein the notification condition includes the electronic device being located in a place related to the third party entity.

13 . The electronic device of claim 10 ,

wherein the specified format includes a ticket format,

wherein the at least one fourth object meets the ticket format, and

wherein the notification condition includes a context related to the third image being detected in a conversation through a messaging application.

14 . A method performed by an electronic device including at least one processor, the method comprising:

storing, in a memory of the electronic device, a crop use pattern including information about at least one first object included in a cropped area of a first screen captured by a first screen capture trigger and a history of a first task performed on the cropped area of the first screen, and information about the captured first screen;

identifying a second screen capture trigger while displaying a second screen of a first application on a display of the electronic device;

based on the second screen capture trigger, capture the second screen and identify context of the second screen by using at least one second object included in the second screen; and

based on the crop use pattern and the context of the second screen, displaying a recommendation crop area including a cropped area of the second screen that is visually different from a remaining area of the second screen and a notification prompting whether to share the captured first screen through the first application.

15 . The method of claim 14 , comprising displaying at least one recommendation task performable on at least one third object, based on the crop use pattern, wherein the crop use pattern further includes information about the first application corresponding to the first screen, and wherein displaying the recommendation crop area visually differently from the remaining area of the second screen and displaying the at least one recommendation task are performed at least partially based on the second screen being an execution screen of the first application.

16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the information about the at least one first object includes an attribute of the at least one first object.

17 . The method of claim 14 , comprising displaying at least one recommendation task performable on at least one third object, based on the crop use pattern, wherein the at least one first object includes a first video, wherein the first task includes storing content of a first setting related to the first video, wherein the at least one third object includes a second video, and wherein the at least one recommendation task includes storing the content of the first setting related to the second video.

18 . The method of claim 14 , comprising displaying at least one recommendation task performable on at least one third object, based on the crop use pattern, wherein the at least one first object includes at least one first image, wherein information about the at least one first object includes information about a first subject included in the at least one first image, wherein the at least one third object includes at least one second image, and wherein the at least one recommendation task includes sharing an image including the first subject among the at least one second image.

19 . The method of claim 14 , comprising displaying at least one recommendation task performable on at least one third object, based on the crop use pattern, wherein the first application corresponding to the first screen is one among applications of a specified first group, wherein the at least one first object includes a plurality of first graphs, wherein the crop use pattern further includes information about the first application corresponding to the first screen, wherein the second screen includes at least one execution screen among the applications of the first group, wherein the at least one second object includes a plurality of second graphs, and wherein the at least one third object includes the plurality of second graphs.

20 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

identifying a third screen capture trigger while displaying a third screen on the display;

analyzing at least one fourth object included in the third screen in response to the third screen capture trigger;

identifying a notification condition in response to the at least one fourth object meeting a specified format;

storing at least a portion of the third screen as a third image;

storing the notification condition corresponding with the third image; and

prompting use of the third image in response to identifying that the notification condition is met.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2023
From: HUH, EUNJUNG; OH, YOUNGHAK; LEE, SEUNGYONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064389/0062 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0011058 · Jan 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022001408 · Jan 26, 2022
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