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Granted Patent B2
US 9,641,761 · App. 14/330,864 · Granted May 2, 2017

Electronic device for playing-playing contents and method thereof

Inventors: Hyun-Kyoung Kim (Seoul, KR); Dae-Sung Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); So-Ra Kim (Seoul, KR); Hang-Kyu Park (Seoul, KR); Seung-Kyung Lim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04N5/23293G11B27/00H04N1/00161H04N5/772
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Patent No.
US 9,641,761
App. No.
14/330,864
Granted
May 2, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and device for playing contents in an electronic device are provided. The method includes selecting a setting condition value for playing at least one contents, where the at least one contents includes at least one tag information corresponding to the setting condition value, determining the at least one contents satisfying the setting condition value, and playing the at least one contents in a predefined order.

Claims (53)

1. A method of playing content in an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of contents, wherein the plurality of contents are stored in the electronic device;

selecting at least one content of the displayed plurality of contents;

selecting a setting condition value using tag information corresponding to the selected at least one content;

determining at least one content satisfying the setting condition value in the selected at least one content;

playing the determined at least one content;

storing at least one additional content in the electronic device; and

playing, when the at least one additional content satisfies the setting condition value, the at least one additional content together with the determined at least one content.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the setting condition value comprises:

extracting the tag information included in the selected at least one content; and

determining the extracted tag information as the setting condition value.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising displaying the tag information extracted from the selected at least one content.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the setting condition value is some or all of the tag information extracted from each of the selected at least one content.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein playing the determined at least one content in the predefined order is performed in a slide show form.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

searching for other content, when one of the at least one content is deleted, wherein the other content includes at least one tag information corresponding to tag information of the deleted content; and

reducing a reproduction weight of each of the found other content.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

deleting content from a play list, when the reproduction weight of the content is equal to or less than a threshold.

8. An electronic device, comprising:

a memory configured to store a plurality of contents; and

at least one processor configured to:

display the stored plurality of contents;

select at least one content of the displayed plurality of contents;

select a setting condition value using a tag information corresponding to the selected at least one content;

determine at least one content satisfying the setting condition value in the selected at least one content;

play the determined at least one content;

store at least one additional content in the memory; and

play, when the at least one additional content satisfies the setting condition value, the at least one additional content together with the determined at least one content.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

extract the tag information included in the selected at least one content; and

determine the extracted tag information as the setting condition value.

10. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

search for other content, when one of the determined at least one content is deleted, wherein the other content includes at least one tag information corresponding to tag information of the deleted content; and

reduce a reproduction weight of each of the found other content.

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

delete content from a play list, when the reproduction weight of the content is equal to or less than a threshold.

12. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the tag information comprises at least one of a face tag, a location tag, a weather tag, an event tag, and a time tag.

13. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen configured to receive a user input for determining tag information;

a camera configured to generate an image signal through an image sensor and capture an image;

a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver configured to provide location information and visual information;

a sensor module configured to detect the image signal for generating at least one tag information in image data of the image captured by the camera;

a memory configured to store an image received from an external device or the image captured by the camera; and

a processor configured to:

generate first tag information using a signal from the GPS receiver or the sensor module, second tag information by analyzing at least one image data acquired through the camera, third tag information according to user input received through the touch screen, and fourth tag information using information received from an application,

tag at least one image related to the first, second, third, and fourth tag information,

select a setting condition value for displaying the at least one image, wherein the at least one image includes at least one tag information corresponding to the setting value,

determine the at least one image satisfying the setting condition value, and

display the at least one image in a predefined order.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to display the stored image, select at least one of the stored image, extract tag information included in the selected at least one of the stored image, and use the extracted tag information as the setting condition value.

15. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the processor extracts each tag information from the stored image data, displays tag content of tag information extracted from the image data on a tag item basis, selects at least one tag information corresponding to a setting condition value for the image data display on the tag item basis, and determines the at least one of tag information selected on the tag item basis to a setting condition value for the image data display.

16. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine, when at least one additional image is stored, whether the at least one additional image satisfies the setting condition value and display the at least one additional image satisfying the setting condition value together with the at least one image in the predefined order.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2014
From: KIM, HYUN-KYOUNG; KIM, DAE-SUNG; KIM, SO-RA; PARK, HANG-KYU; LIM, SEUNG-KYUNG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033755/0816 →
Continuity (1)
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