Apparatus and method for performing capture in portable terminal

• US 9,939,979 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2012
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Sung, Yeul-Tak
• Primary Examiner(s): BARRETT, RYAN S
• Application Number:
  US13/570,051
• Publication Number:
  US 20130332878A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,071 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00427 using a menu list H04N1/00421, H04N1/00424, H04N1/00429 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00442 Simultaneous viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. using a mosaic display arrangement of thumbnails
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00461 marking or otherwise tagging one or more displayed image, e.g. for selective reproduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00474 outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3252 Image capture parameters, e.g. resolution, illumination conditions, orientation of the image capture device H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3261 of multimedia information, e.g. a sound signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3266 of text or character information, e.g. text accompanying an image H04N2201/3226 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3273 Display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/328 Processing of the additional information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters

Abstract

An apparatus and method for specifying a capture region, performing a picture capture for a specific region (partial region) on an output picture, and verifying contents of capture data copied to a clipboard. The apparatus includes a capture window setting unit configured to output a capture window specifying a region to be captured, and change a setting of the capture window. The apparatus also includes a data processing unit configured to acquire capture data for a region corresponding to the capture window when the setting of the capture window is completed.

Claims

1. An apparatus for performing a picture capture in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a memory element; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory element, the one or more processors configured to;

output a screen on a display, in response to a first user input;

display, on the screen, a capture window of a transparent layer type specifying a region of the screen, in response to a second user input;

change a size or a position of the displayed capture window, in response to a third user input;

acquire capture data for a changed region corresponding to the changed capture window, in response to a data-capturing command;

output the capture data and another capture data which has been previously captured from another screen distinct from the screen on a floating window while the screen is displayed;

output a menu superimposed on the floating window in response to a fourth input for selecting one of the capture data and the another capture data, the menu comprising a plurality of objects for editing the selected one; and

execute a function indicated by the object in response to a fifth input for selecting an object among the plurality of objects.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors is further configured to generate the floating window after acquiring the capture data for the changed region corresponding to the changed capture window, and output the acquired capture data on the floating window.

3. A method of performing a picture capture in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

outputting a screen on a display, in response to a first user input;

displaying, on the screen, a capture window of a transparent type specifying a region of the screen, in response to a second user input;

changing a size or a position of the displayed capture window, in response to a third user input;

acquiring capture data for a changed region corresponding to the changed capture window, in response to a data-capturing command;

outputting the capture data and another capture data which has been previously captured from another screen on a floating window while the screen is displayed;

outputting a menu superimposed on the floating window in response to a fourth input for selecting one of the capture data and the another capture data, the menu comprising a plurality of objects for editing the selected one; and

executing a function indicated by the object in response to a fifth input for selecting an object among the plurality of objects.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

generating the floating window after acquiring the capture data for the changed region corresponding to the changed capture window; and

outputting the acquired capture data on the floating window.

5. A portable terminal configured for performing a picture capture, the portable terminal comprising:

a display unit;

a memory element; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory element, the one or more processors configured to;

output a screen on the display unit, in response to a first user input;

display, on the screen, a capture window of a transparent layer type specifying a region of the screen, in response to a second user input;

change a size or a position of the displayed capture window, in response to a third user input;

acquire capture data for a changed region corresponding to the changed capture window, in response to a data-capturing command;

output the capture data and another capture data which has been previously captured from another screen distinct from the screen on a floating window while the screen is displayed;

output a menu superimposed on the floating window in response to a fourth input for selecting one of the capture data and the another capture data, the menu comprising a plurality of objects for editing the selected one; and

execute a function indicated by the object in response to a fifth input for selecting an object among the plurality of objects.

6. The portable terminal of claim 5, wherein the one or more processors is further configured to generate the floating window after acquiring the capture data for the changed region corresponding to the changed capture window, and output the acquired capture data on the floating window.