Method of controlling electric device
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1. A method for identifying food items received in a refrigerator, the method comprising:
- focusing on an area of a receipt in which images of a plurality of food items are located, using a camera;
displaying a recognition area defined by a line surrounding the images of the plurality of food items located in the focused area;
capturing a plurality of user captured images corresponding to the plurality of food items;
executing an information recognizing program and converting at least one letter recognized in each user captured image into text and generating a text listing including the converted text corresponding to the plurality of user captured images;
displaying the text listing including the converted text on a display, each item of the converted text corresponding to one of the plurality of items included in the receipt;
selecting texts of at least two lines corresponding to first and second items from the text listing displayed on the display, the texts of the at least two lines including a first text corresponding to the first item and a second text located below the first text and corresponding to the second item, the selecting texts of the at least two lines comprising;
maintaining contact with the display from a start point corresponding to an upper portion of the first text to an end point corresponding to a lower portion of the second text, using a selection device, andstoring the selected first and second texts corresponding to the first and the second items into a memory for processing, and thereby performing management of the first and the second items.
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A method for controlling an electronic device is provided. The method may include displaying, on a display, information related to at least one of a plurality of items to be managed or processed by the device, selecting at least one piece of item information displayed on the display, recognizing the selected piece of item information, and storing the recognized piece of item information into a memory as an object to be managed or processed by the device.
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1. A method for identifying food items received in a refrigerator, the method comprising:
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focusing on an area of a receipt in which images of a plurality of food items are located, using a camera; displaying a recognition area defined by a line surrounding the images of the plurality of food items located in the focused area; capturing a plurality of user captured images corresponding to the plurality of food items; executing an information recognizing program and converting at least one letter recognized in each user captured image into text and generating a text listing including the converted text corresponding to the plurality of user captured images; displaying the text listing including the converted text on a display, each item of the converted text corresponding to one of the plurality of items included in the receipt; selecting texts of at least two lines corresponding to first and second items from the text listing displayed on the display, the texts of the at least two lines including a first text corresponding to the first item and a second text located below the first text and corresponding to the second item, the selecting texts of the at least two lines comprising; maintaining contact with the display from a start point corresponding to an upper portion of the first text to an end point corresponding to a lower portion of the second text, using a selection device, and storing the selected first and second texts corresponding to the first and the second items into a memory for processing, and thereby performing management of the first and the second items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for identifying food items in a refrigerator, the method comprising:
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focusing on an area of a receipt in which images of a plurality of food items are located, using a camera; displaying a recognition area defined by a line surrounding the images of the plurality of food items located in the area; capturing a plurality of captured images corresponding to the plurality of food items; executing an information recognizing program and converting at least one letter recognized in each captured image into text and generating a text listing including the converted text corresponding to the plurality of captured images; displaying the text listing including the converted text on a display, each item of the converted text corresponding to a separate one of the plurality of items included in the receipt; selecting texts, from the displayed text listing, of at least two lines corresponding to first and second items, the texts of the at least two lines including a first text corresponding to the first item and a second text located below the first text on the display and corresponding to the second item, the selecting texts of the at least two lines comprising; maintaining contact with the display between a first point corresponding to an portion of the first text and a second point corresponding to a portion of the second text, and storing the selected first and second texts corresponding to the first and the second items into a memory for processing, and thereby performing management of the first and the second items. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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