Mobile terminal and metadata setting method thereof

• US 9,477,687 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2011
• Issued: 10/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Choonsik, Nam, Younghun, Lee, Donghyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Perveen, Rehana
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wong, Huen
• Application Number:
  US13/152,103
• Publication Number:
  US 20120121187A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,972 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location

Abstract

A mobile terminal and metadata setting method thereof are disclosed, by which metadata of various types can be set. The present invention includes displaying an image including at least one object, selecting a specific object from the at least one object, extracting the specific object from the image, setting the metadata for the extracted specific object, and storing the metadata set for the specific object and an image including the specific object.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display;

a user input unit configured to receive inputs;

a memory configured to store information;

a camera configured to capture images;

a controller configured to;

cause the display to display a preview image received via the camera, wherein the preview image includes a specific object;

determine a real size of the specific object with reference to a preset standard object having an assigned standard size according to a type of the standard object from a plurality of types of the standard object each having a different assigned standard size;

determine an actual distance from the mobile terminal to the specific object based on the displayed preview image and the assigned standard size of the type of the standard object;

cause the display to display information of the actual distance;

cause the display to display a list comprising information of a plurality of related objects located within a predetermined distance from the specific object which is located within the actual distance from the mobile terminal in response to a first selection input to the specific object received via the user input unit;

set metadata information of a selected one of the plurality of related objects to metadata information of the specific object in response to a second selection input to the selected one of the plurality of related objects received via the user input unit;

acquire current position information of the mobile terminal and direction information of the specific object relative to the mobile terminal;

acquire position information of the specific object using the acquired current position information, the actual distance of the specific object from the mobile terminal, and the acquired direction information, wherein the direction information is acquired based on a direction faced by the mobile terminal;

set the acquired position information of the specific object to the metadata information for the specific object;

cause the memory to store the metadata information of the specific object;

search the memory for the stored metadata information of the specific object; and

cause the display to display information of the selected one of the plurality of related objects.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the controller is further configured to;

search the memory for the stored metadata information of the specific object, and

cause the display to display information of the selected one of the plurality of related objects.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

recognize an image region of the displayed image corresponding to the specific object; and

select the recognized image region to correspond to the selected specific object in response to the first selection input.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the memory to store the metadata information of the specific object and the displayed image in individual storage regions of the memory.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a wireless communication unit, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the wireless communication unit to transmit the metadata information of the specific object or the displayed image to an external server.

6. A method of setting metadata in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying, on a display of the mobile terminal, a preview image received via a camera of the mobile terminal, the preview image including a specific object;

determining a real size of the specific object with reference to a preset standard object having an assigned standard size according to a type of the standard object from a plurality of types of the standard object each having a different assigned standard size;

determining an actual distance from the mobile terminal to the specific object based on the displayed preview image and the assigned standard size of the type of the standard object;

displaying, on the display, information of the actual distance;

displaying a list comprising information of a plurality of related objects located within a predetermined distance from the specific object which is located within the actual distance from the mobile terminal in response to a first selection input to the displayed specific object received via the user input unit;

setting metadata information of a selected one of the plurality of related objects to metadata information of the specific object in response to a second selection input to the selected one of the plurality of related objects;

acquiring current position information of the mobile terminal and direction information of the specific object relative to the mobile terminal;

acquiring position information of the specific object using the acquired current position information, the actual distance of the specific object from the mobile terminal, and the acquired direction information, wherein the direction information is acquired based on a direction faced by the mobile terminal;

setting the acquired position information of the specific object to the metadata information for the specific object;

storing the metadata information of the specific object and the displayed image in a memory;

searching the memory for the stored metadata information of the specific object; and

displaying information of the selected one of the plurality of related objects.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

recognizing an image region of the displayed image corresponding to the specific object; and

selecting the recognized image region to correspond to the specific object in response to the first selection input, wherein the first selection input is to the image region.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising transmitting the metadata information of the specific object or the displayed image to an external server via a wireless communication unit.