TERMINAL AND BLOGGING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100149347A1
• Filed: 06/11/2009
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Roh, Dong-hyun, Kim, Yeong-geol, KIM, Suk-un
• Granted Patent: US 8,363,113 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/434 using image data, e.g. images, photos, pictures taken by a user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

Disclosed are a terminal and a blogging method thereof. In the blogging method, a preview image displayed through a camera is recognized to acquire information of the preview image. It is determined whether there is a stored blog that has background information that is identical to the information of the preview image, and if a stored blog has background information that is identical to the information of the preview image, contents of the stored blog that uses the preview image as its background are imported and the imported contents are displayed on the preview image.

Claims

1. A method of blogging using a terminal, the method comprising:

capturing a preview image through a camera at the terminal;

recognizing the preview image including acquiring information of the preview image;

determining whether a stored blog includes background information that is identical to the acquired information of the preview image; and

if it is determined that stored blog background information is identical to the information of the preview image, importing contents including one or more content items of the stored blog to that uses the preview image as a background and displaying the imported contents on the preview image on a display of the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring the information of the preview image comprises recognizing the preview image through augmented reality (AR) processing.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein acquiring the information of the preview image comprises identifying a marker of the preview image.

4. The method of claim 1, after acquiring the information of the preview image, further comprising:

determining whether a blog creation mode is selected;

if a blog creation mode is selected, receiving selected contents and creating a blog by displaying the selected contents and allowing adjustment of the displayed contents; and

storing the created blog.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein creating the blog further comprises:

determining whether contents are selected;

if the contents are selected, arranging the selected contents randomly on the preview image; and

adjusting at least one of a position, size, and angle of each content item of the contents on the preview image.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein storing the blog comprises storing the information of the preview image and information of the adjusted contents.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein displaying the selected contents on the preview image comprises:

displaying the contents in their stored forms on the preview image,

determining whether the blog creation mode is selected after displaying the contents, and

returning to the creating of the blog if the blog creation mode is selected.

8. A terminal comprising:

a camera configured to display a preview image;

a storage medium configured to store contents that includes one or more content items, contents information including at least one of a position, size, and angle of the contents in a predetermined blog, and background information of the predetermined blog; and

a controller configured to;

recognize the preview image,

acquire information of the preview image,

search the storage medium for background information, and

if a blog having background information that is identical to the information of the preview image is found in the storage medium, import the blog'"'"'s contents that uses the preview image as a background, and display the contents of the blog in their stored forms on the preview image.

9. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller further comprises an augmented reality processor, the augmented reality processor comprising:

a real scene recognizer configured to perform a function of the camera to display the preview image and identify a marker of the preview image;

to a virtual object creator configured to receive position tracking information of the real scene recognizer and create the selected contents as a virtual object; and

a mixer configured to mix the preview image with the virtual object.

10. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to acquire the is information of the preview image by identifying the marker of the preview image.

11. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller, if a blog creation mode is selected, is configured to create the blog by receiving selected contents, displaying the selected contents and allowing adjustment of the displayed contents.

12. The terminal of claim 11, wherein if the contents are selected, the controller is configured to arrange the selected contents randomly on the preview image.

13. The terminal of claim 11, further comprising an input unit configured to adjust at least one of a position, size, and angle of each content item of the contents on the preview image.