APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A CHARACTER IN TERMINAL EQUIPMENT

• US 20140056475A1
• Filed: 08/27/2013
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Heejin, Jang, Sihak, Kim, Seonhwa, Park, Mijung
• Application Number:
  US14/011,676
• Publication Number:
  US 20140056475A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/103
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/10 Character recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1456 based on user interactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/224 of printed characters having additional code marks or containing code marks

Abstract

A text recognition apparatus and method recognizes text in the image taken by a camera. The text recognition method of a mobile terminal includes displaying a preview image input from a camera; recognizing a text image where a pointer is placed on the preview image; displaying recognized text data and at least one action item corresponding to the recognized text data; and executing, when the action item is selected, an action mapped to the selected action item.

Claims

1. A text recognition method of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a preview image input from a camera;

recognizing a text image where a pointer is placed on the preview image;

displaying recognized text data and at least one action item corresponding to the recognized text data; and

executing, in response to the action item being selected, an action mapped to the selected action item.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, in response to a recognized text data region for presenting the recognized text data being selected, a keyboard; and

correcting the recognized text data with text input through the keyboard.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying the keyboard comprises:

arranging the keyboard at a bottom area of the screen; and

moving the selected text data, recognized text data, and action item upward on the screen.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein correcting comprises editing the text corresponding to the text data selected in the recognized text data region.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

capturing a current screen image in response to a capture request in a preview mode;

recognizing text data on the text images of the captured screen;

displaying, in response to a certain text image being selected, the text data recognized from the text image and action item corresponding to the text data; and

executing, in response to the action item being selected, the action represented by the selected action item.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the image includes plural mode items for select corresponding recognition modes and a capture item for capturing the screen image.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the mode items include:

a link mode item for recognizing text images having link information on the screen image, and

a dictionary mode item for providing lexical definition of text recognized on the screen image.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the link information comprises a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), an email address or a phone number.

9. A text recognition apparatus of a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprises:

a camera configured to take an image including texts;

an input unit configured to receive an input signal;

a control unit configured to;

recognize a text image where a pointer is placed on the preview image,

display recognized text data and at least one action item corresponding to the recognized text data, and

execute, in response to the action item being selected, an action mapped to the selected action item; and

a display unit configured to display a text recognition execution screen under the control of the control unit.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the control unit is configured to control the display unit to display, in response to a recognized text data region for presenting the recognized text data being selected, a keyboard and to correct the recognized text data with text input through the keyboard.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the control unit is configured to arrange the keyboard at a bottom area of the screen and move the selected text data, recognized text data, and action item upward on the screen.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control unit is configured to correct the text corresponding to the text data selected in the recognized text data region.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the control unit is configured to:

capture a current screen image in response to a capture request in a preview mode;

recognize text data on the text images of the captured screen,

display, in response to a certain text image being selected, the text data recognized from the text image and action item corresponding to the text data, and

execute, in response to the action item being selected, the action represented by the selected action item.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the image includes plural mode items for select corresponding recognition modes and a capture item for capturing the screen image.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the mode items include a link mode item for recognizing text images having link information on the screen image and a dictionary mode item for providing lexical definition of text recognized on the screen image.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the link information comprises a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), an email address or a phone number.