METHOD OF SEARCHING AN EXPECTED IMAGE IN AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A method of searching an expected image in an electronic apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- inputting a hand drawing of the expected image into the electronic apparatus;
determining whether or not a text description for partially characterizing the expected image is inputted;
identifying and searching the expected image in the electronic apparatus according to the hand drawing if the text description is not inputted, or selecting a text label from the text description and interpreting the selected text label by the electronic apparatus if the text description is inputted; and
searching a database in the electronic apparatus according to the text label, and fetching the expected image from the database if a value of an image item matches the text label.
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Abstract
A method of searching an expected image in an electronic apparatus comprises the steps of inputting a hand drawing of the expected image into the electronic apparatus; determining whether or not a text description for partially characterizing the expected image is inputted; identifying and searching the expected image in the electronic apparatus according to the hand drawing if the text description is not inputted, or selecting a text label from the text description and interpreting the selected text label by the electronic apparatus if the text description is inputted; and searching a database in the electronic apparatus according to the text label, and fetching the expected image from the database if the value of the image item matches the text label. The hand drawing and/or text label inputted from a mobile phone screen are provided for arranging and searching pictures or images in the database efficiently.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of searching an expected image in an electronic apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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inputting a hand drawing of the expected image into the electronic apparatus; determining whether or not a text description for partially characterizing the expected image is inputted; identifying and searching the expected image in the electronic apparatus according to the hand drawing if the text description is not inputted, or selecting a text label from the text description and interpreting the selected text label by the electronic apparatus if the text description is inputted; and searching a database in the electronic apparatus according to the text label, and fetching the expected image from the database if a value of an image item matches the text label. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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