Method and apparatus for managing an album

• US 8,687,089 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2010
• Issued: 04/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Jae-joon
• Primary Examiner(s): Ye, Lin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Morehead, III, John H
• Application Number:
  US12/959,537
• Publication Number:
  US 20110134276A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,215 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 348/231.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00148 Storage information retrieval G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00161 Viewing or previewing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00198 Creation of a soft photo presentation, e.g. digital slide-show
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8233 the additional signal being a character code signal

Abstract

In a method and an apparatus for managing an album, when a user inputs a desired album title, texts of the desired album title are recognized and arranged, and a folder corresponding to the album title is automatically generated. Thus, convenience of the user is improved.

Claims

1. A method for managing an album in a portable digital photographing apparatus, comprising:

displaying one or more pictures on a display screen of the portable digital photographing apparatus;

displaying an input window for inputting album names of the one or more pictures on the display screen of the portable digital photographing apparatus;

recognizing texts which are input through the input window; and

sorting the one or more pictures according to the recognized texts;

wherein the input window is displayed to overlap with the displayed one or more pictures, the input window having a background that is at least partially transparent to show portions of the one or more pictures that are overlapped by the input window.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating two or more folders that correspond to the recognized texts and comprise the sorted pictures and displaying the two or more folders along with the displayed one or more pictures.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the two or more folders are displayed on a bottom of the display screen.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the displayed one or more pictures are dragged and dropped into the two or more folders.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing stored values corresponding to the recognized texts in an EXchangeable Image File (EXIF) of corresponding pictures, and

generating albums according to the stored values.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the input window is displayed on a bottom of the displayed one or more pictures.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more pictures are displayed as thumbnail images.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the input window is displayed in a center of the displayed thumbnail images.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating two or more folders that correspond to the recognized texts and comprise the sorted pictures,

displaying the generated two or more folders;

displaying unsorted one or more pictures; and

including one of the unsorted one or more pictures to one folder of the displayed two or more folders.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program executable by a processor for performing a method for managing an album in a portable digital photographing apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying one or more pictures on a display screen of the portable digital photographing apparatus;

displaying an input window for inputting album names of the one or more pictures on the display screen of the portable digital photographing apparatus;

recognizing texts which are input through the input window; and

sorting the one or more pictures according to the recognized texts;

wherein the input window is displayed to overlap with the displayed one or more pictures, the input window having a background that is at least partially transparent to show portions of the one or more pictures that are overlapped by the input window.

10. An apparatus for managing an album in a portable digital photographing apparatus, comprising:

a display which displays one or more pictures on a display screen of the portable digital photographing apparatus;

a controller which controls the display to display an input window for inputting album names of the one or more pictures on the display screen of the portable digital photographing apparatus;

a text recognizer which recognizes texts input through the input window; and

an album manager which sorts and stores pictures according to the recognized texts,

wherein the controller controls the display to display the input window so that the input window overlaps with the displayed one or more pictures, the input window having a background that is at least partially transparent to show portions of the one or more pictures that are overlapped by the input window.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller generates two or more folders which correspond to the recognized texts and which comprise the sorted pictures, and wherein the controller stores the two or more folders in the album manager wherein the controller controls the display to display the two or more folders along with the displayed one or more pictures.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller controls the display to display the two or more folders on a bottom of the display screen.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller drags and drops the displayed one or more pictures into the two or more folders.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller stores stored values corresponding to the recognized texts in an EXIF of corresponding pictures and generates albums according to the stored values.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller controls the display to display the input window on a bottom of the displayed one or more pictures.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller controls the display to display the one or more pictures as thumbnail images.