Tagging method and apparatus of portable terminal

• US 8,782,052 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2010
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Hyun Mi, Kim, Yu Ran, Kim, Dae Won
• Primary Examiner(s): Robinson, Greta
• Assistant Examiner(s): Weinrich, Brian E.
• Application Number:
  US12/718,590
• Publication Number:
  US 20100260421A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,593 Days
• Field of Search: 707/741, 707/737, 707/915, 707/921, 715/231
• US Class Current: 707/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

A tagging method and apparatus of a portable terminal in which, if particular content is edited, only second tag information corresponding to the edited content is extracted and then automatically tagged to the edited content. The second tag information is part of the first tag information corresponding to a photography subject contained in the particular content.

Claims

1. A tagging method for tagging content in a portable terminal, comprising:

detecting selection of a still image as particular content;

extracting first tag information contained in the still image, the first tag information containing a first plurality of tags corresponding to a respective first plurality of objects in the still image;

detecting selection of an area of the still image less than an entirety of the still image and creating edited content as a new still image including the selected area, in which a portion of the selected still image is removed;

extracting second tag information corresponding to the edited content automatically upon detecting the selection of the area, wherein the second tag information is part of the first tag information corresponding to the selected area, wherein tags corresponding to objects of the selected still image outside the selected area are excluded, and

automatically, tagging the edited content with the second tag information;

wherein extracting second tag information comprises;

recognizing feature information regarding an object included in the edited content via operation of a photography subject recognition program; and

comparing the feature information regarding a stored photography subject with that of the recognized object, and extracting the second tag information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the objects comprise persons.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the edited content tagged with the second tag information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

tagging the edited content with third tag information descriptive of the edited content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the edited content comprises:

cutting off an area of the still image in a polygon shape.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein extracting first tag information comprises:

recognizing feature information regarding an object included in the particular content via operation of a photography subject recognition program; and

comparing the feature information regarding a stored photography subject with that of the recognized object, and extracting the first tag information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

detecting selection of an area comprises detecting selection of a non-polygonal area coinciding with the user input; and

the new still image is created in a polygonal shape encompassing the selected non- polygonal area.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the area of the detected selection of the still image coincides with a detected user drag input on a display of the portable terminal.

9. A tagging apparatus of a portable terminal comprising:

a display unit for outputting a screen for editing a selected still image as particular content, the screen including a tag information display area; and

a tag manager for extracting first tag information contained in the still image, the first tag information containing a first plurality of tags corresponding to a respective first plurality of objects in the still image, the first tage information being displayed in the tag information display area;

a controller for detecting selection of an area of the still image, coinciding with a user input on the display unit, the area being less than an entirety of the still image, and for creating edited content as a new still image which is an enlarged version of a part of the selected still image that contains the selected area, in which a portion of the selected still image is removed;

wherein the tag manager further extracts second tag information corresponding to the created edited content automatically upon detecting the selection of the area, by recognizing feature information regarding an object included in the edited content via operation of a photography subject recognition program. and comparing the feature information regarding a stored photography subject with that of the recognized object; and

automatically tags the edited content with the second tag information,

wherein the second tag information is a subset of the first tag information and contains tags for objects within the selected area, while excluding tags of the first tag information for objects of the selected still image outside the selected area, and the extracted second tag information automatically replaces the first tag information in the tag information display area.

10. The tagging apparatus of claim 9, wherein the screen for editing comprises:

a content display area for displaying the particular content; and

the tag information display area is displayed in proximity to the content display area.

11. The tagging apparatus of claim 10, wherein the tag information display area comprises:

a tagging menu display area for tagging the edited content with third tag information.

12. The tagging apparatus of claim 9, wherein the objects comprise persons.

13. The tagging apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller cuts off the edited content in a predetermined polygonal shape.

14. The tagging apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a storage unit for storing the edited content tagged with the second tag information.

15. The tagging apparatus of claim 14, wherein:

the storage unit comprises a machine readable medium and stores executable software comprising a photography subject recognition program and feature information regarding a photography subject; and

the tag manager recognizes a photography subject, contained in the particular content and the edited content, using the photography subject recognition program, and extracts tag information.

16. The tagging apparatus of claim 11, wherein the third tag information is manually entered.

17. The tagging apparatus of claim 13, wherein the predetermined polygonal shape is rectangular.

18. The tagging apparatus of claim 9, wherein:

the detected selected area is a non-polygonal area coinciding with the user input; and

the new still image is created in a polygonal shape encompassing the selected non-polygonal area.

19. The tagging apparatus of claim 9, wherein the user input is a user drag input.