IMAGE APPARATUS AND IMAGE CONTENTS SEARCHING METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. An image apparatus connected to an external device which stores image contents, the image apparatus comprising:
- a display unit which displays the image contents;
a pattern information storage unit which stores image pattern information according to a keyword; and
a controller which compares the image pattern information stored in the pattern information storage unit with the image contents in response to a searching request using the keyword, obtains an image pattern corresponding to the image pattern information according to the keyword from the image contents, and displays the image pattern on the display unit.
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Abstract
Disclosed are an image apparatus connected to an external device in which image contents are stored, and including a display unit on which the image contents are displayed, and an image contents searching method of the image apparatus, the image apparatus including: a pattern information storage unit which stores image pattern information corresponding to a keyword; and a controller which compares the image pattern information stored in the pattern information storage with the image contents in response to a searching request using the keyword, obtains an image pattern of the image contents corresponding to the image pattern information according to the keyword, and displays the certain image pattern on the display unit. A regular image pattern of the image contents is analyzed and compared to obtain and display a certain image pattern.
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13 Claims
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1. An image apparatus connected to an external device which stores image contents, the image apparatus comprising:
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a display unit which displays the image contents; a pattern information storage unit which stores image pattern information according to a keyword; and a controller which compares the image pattern information stored in the pattern information storage unit with the image contents in response to a searching request using the keyword, obtains an image pattern corresponding to the image pattern information according to the keyword from the image contents, and displays the image pattern on the display unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An image contents searching method of an image apparatus connected to an external device in which image contents are stored, the image contents searching method comprising:
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storing image pattern information in a pattern information storage unit of the image apparatus according to a keyword; receiving a searching request using the keyword; comparing the image pattern information stored in the pattern information storage unit with the image contents stored in the external device in response to the searching request using the keyword; and obtaining an image pattern corresponding to the image pattern information stored in the pattern information storage unit according to the keyword from the image contents stored in the external device; and displaying the obtained image pattern. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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