Portable device, photography processing method, and photography processing system having the same

• US 8,799,277 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2008
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Yong Gook, Kweon, Ji Hyeon, Kim, Hyun Jin, Yoo, Myung Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Richardson, James E
• Application Number:
  US12/260,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20090185763A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,106 Days
• Field of Search: 348/207.99, 348/231.3, 707/732, 707/733, 707/758, 707/768, 707/724, 715/768
• US Class Current: 707/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A portable device, a photography processing method, and a photography processing system having the same, the method including capturing a photo image; collecting identification (ID) information from neighboring devices; confirming ID information corresponding to the collected ID information; displaying one or more graphical user interface (GUI) elements corresponding to the confirmed identification (ID) information; and transmitting the captured photo image to a device having ID information corresponding to a selected GUI element. Furthermore, the photography processing method tags the identification information of the GUI element selected by the photographer to the captured image, stores the tagged image, performs a photo transmission and a tagging, improves user convenience, data management, and search efficiency, and quickly transmits the photo image of the target person without using additional navigation operations.

Claims

1. A method of processing a photo image in a portable device, the method comprising:

capturing, by the portable device, a photo image including a plurality of persons;

determining respective IDentifier (ID) information corresponding to each of a plurality of devices, and respective distances between the portable device and each of the plurality of devices;

associating each person from among the plurality of persons included in the captured photo image with respective contact information from an address book according to the determined respective ID information;

displaying the captured photo image and a plurality of Graphical User Interface (GUI) elements that respectively correspond to the respective contact information, the plurality of GUI elements being arranged in an order sorted according to the determined respective distances; and

transmitting the captured photo image to at least one device from among the plurality of devices corresponding to a GUI element from among the plurality of GUI elements based on the respective contact information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one device to which the captured photo image is transmitted is determined by a selection of a user from among the plurality of GUI elements.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the respective contact information comprises at least one of a phone number, a name, a nickname, and a mail address.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the captured photo image is transmitted to the at least one device using the contact information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the captured photo image is transmitted to the at least one device upon receiving an instruction by a user to transmit the captured photo image.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of GUI elements visually identifies one or more of the respective contact information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the captured photo image and at least one of the plurality of GUI elements are displayed on a touchscreen.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the address book is stored in the portable device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a confirmation that the captured photo image is transmitted.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a program for performing the method of claim 1 implemented using one or more computers.

11. A portable device to process a photo image, the portable device comprising:

a camera unit;

a display;

a transmitter, and

a controller configured to control the camera unit to capture the photo image including a plurality of persons, to determine respective IDentifier (ID) information corresponding to each of a plurality of devices and respective distances between the portable device and each of the plurality of devices, to associate each person from among the plurality of persons included in the captured photo image with respective contact information from an address book according to the determined respective ID information, to control the display to display the captured photo image and a plurality of Graphical User Interface (GUI) elements that respectively correspond to the respective contact information, and to control the transmitter to transmit the captured photo image to at least one device from among the plurality of devices corresponding to a GUI element from among the plurality of GUI elements based on the respective contact information,

wherein the plurality of GUI elements are arranged in an order sorted according to the determined respective distances.

12. The portable device of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to determine the at least one device to which the captured photo image is transmitted by a selection of a user from among the plurality of GUI elements.

13. The portable device of claim 11, wherein the respective contact information comprises at least one of a phone number, a name, a nickname, and a mail address.

14. The portable device of claim 11, wherein the captured photo image is transmitted to the at least one device using the respective contact information.

15. The portable device of claim 11, wherein the controller controls to transmit the captured photo image to the at least one device upon receiving an instruction by a user to transmit the captured photo image.

16. The portable device of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of GUI elements visually identifies one or more of the respective contact information.

17. The portable device of claim 11, wherein the display comprises a touchscreen.

18. The portable device of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to display a confirmation that the captured photo image is transmitted.

19. The portable device of claim 11, further comprising a memory in which the address book is stored.