ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING IMAGE FORMAT OBJECT TO TEXT FORMAT OBJECT

• US 20140333632A1
• Filed: 04/09/2014
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Geon-Soo
• Granted Patent: US 9,857,966 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/467
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/10 Character recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1456 based on user interactions

Abstract

An electronic device and a method for converting an image format object to a text format object are provided. The method includes selecting a region within an object displayed on a first screen; converting an image format object included inside the selected region to a text format object; and displaying the converted text format object on a second screen as an object that is inputtable to an input window of the second screen.

Claims

1. A method in an electronic device for converting an image format object to a text format object, the method comprising:

selecting a region within an object displayed on a first screen;

converting an image format object included inside the selected region to a text format object; and

displaying the converted text format object on a second screen as an object that is inputtable to an input window of the second screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein converting the image format object comprises:

performing optical character recognition of the image format object included inside the selected region, and

wherein the method further comprises;

storing the recognized image format object in a set region;

ending display of first screen and displaying the second screen; and

initiating a call to a destination indicated by the converted text format object.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein storing the image format object in the set region comprises, when displaying at least one storage region on the first screen, dragging and moving the image format object to one of the displayed at least one storage region.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein storing the image format object in the set region comprises, when no storage regions are displayed on the first screen, dragging and moving the image format object to the set region.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein converting the image format object included inside the selected region to the text format object comprises:

determining a number of fields of the input window displayed on the second screen;

deleting, upon determining that the number of fields of the input window is more than one, a separator included in the image format object; and

separating the image format object according to the determined number of fields and converting the separated image format object to an editable text format.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the converted text format object on the second screen so that the text format object is inputtable to the input window of the second screen comprises:

displaying the text format such that the text format object does not overlap at least one of the input window, a pop-up window, and a keypad window displayed on the second screen.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

dragging the image format object to the input window of the second screen;

releasing the dragged image format object on the input window of the second screen; and

inputting, when the image format object is released on the input window of the second screen, the converted text format object to the input window of the second screen.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

converting the image format object to the text format object before the image format object is released on the input window of the second screen; and

moving the text format object to the second screen in place of the image format object.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting, when the second screen is a screen of an application capable of requesting call transmission and the text format object comprises a number, a call transmission to the number.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a second region among a text format object displayed on the second screen;

dragging a second text format object included inside the selected second region to the second screen;

releasing the dragged second text format object on the input window of the second screen; and

inputting, to the input window of the second screen, the second text format object released on the second screen.

11. An electronic device for converting an image format object to a text format object, the electronic device comprising:

a touchscreen for selecting a region within an object displayed on a first screen, and displaying a converted text format object on a second screen as an object that is inputtable to an input window of the second screen; and

a processor module for converting an image format object included inside the selected region to a text format object.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor module recognizes the image format object included inside the selected region using an optical character recognition function, stores the recognized image format object in a set region, the touchscreen ends display of the first screen and displays the second screen, and initiates a call to a destination indicated the converted text format object.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein when displaying at least one storage region on the first screen, the processor module drags and moves the image format object to one of the displayed at least one storage region.

14. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein when no storage regions are displayed on the first screen, the processor module drags and moves the image format object to the set region.

15. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor module determines a number of fields of the input window displayed on the second screen, deletes, upon determining that number of fields of the input window is greater than one, a separator included in the image format object, and separates the image format object according to the determined number of fields to convert the separated image format object to an editable text format object.

16. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the touchscreen displays the text format object such that the text format object does not overlap at least one of the input window, a pop-up window, and a keypad window displayed on the second screen.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor module drags the image format object to the input window of the second screen, releases the dragged image format object on the input window of the second screen, and inputs, when the image format object is released on the input window of the second screen, the converted text format object to the input window of the second screen.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the processor module converts the image format object to the text format object before the image format object is released on the input window of the second screen, and the text format object is moved to the second screen in place of the image format object.

19. The electronic device of claim 11, further comprising:

a communication module for requesting, when the second screen is a screen of an application capable of requesting call transmission and the text format object comprises a number, call transmission to the number.

20. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the touchscreen selects a second region among a text format object displayed on the second screen, and the processor module drags a second text format object included inside the selected second region to the second screen, releases the dragged second text format object on the input window of the second screen, and inputs, to the input window of the second screen, the second text format object released on the second screen.