METHOD FOR PROVIDING OBJECT INFORMATION AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE APPLYING THE SAME

• US 20110043642A1
• Filed: 08/24/2010
• Published: 02/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Woo-yong, YU, Seung-dong, Park, Se-jun, Moon, Min-jeong
• Application Number:
  US12/862,406
• Publication Number:
  US 20110043642A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.1
• 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: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/70 Labelling scene content, e.g. deriving syntactic or semantic representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet

Abstract

A method for providing object information and an image pickup device applying the same are provided. An image is picked up. The picked-up image or pattern information of an object included in the picked-up image is transmitted to an external server. Information on the object included in the picked-up image is received from the external server. The received information is displayed on a screen. Accordingly, a user can be provided with information on the object by taking a picture of the object.

Claims

1. A method for providing object information, comprising the steps of:

picking up an image;

transmitting the picked-up image or pattern information of an object included in the picked-up image to an external server;

receiving information on the object included in the image from the external server; and

displaying the received information on a screen.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pattern information is transmitted to the external server when the pattern information of the object included in the picked-up image is extracted.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising transmitting the picked-up image to the external server when the external server cannot recognize the object by the pattern data of the object.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the picked-up image is transmitted to the external server when the pattern information of the object included in the picked-up image is not extracted.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the received information is displayed together with the picked-up image.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising displaying a category selection menu for selecting a category of the object included in the picked-up image.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising transmitting category information selected from the category selection menu to the external server.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a list of functions related to the object based on the information on the object; and

performing a function selected from the list.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising performing a function related to the object based on the information on the object.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising recognizing a state of the picked-up image based on the information on the object and performing a function related to the state of the picked-up image.

11. An image pickup device comprising:

an image sensor for picking up an image;

a communication unit communicably connected to an external server; and

a control unit that operates to transmit the picked-up image or pattern information of an object included in the picked-up image to the external server, to receive information on the object included in the picked-up image from the external server, and to display the received information on a screen.

12. The image pickup device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit operates to transmit the pattern information to the external server when the pattern information of the object included in the picked-up image is extracted.

13. The image pickup device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit operates to transmit the picked-up image to the external server when the external server cannot recognize the object by the pattern data of the object.

14. The image pickup device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit operates to transmit the picked-up image to the external server when the pattern information of the object included in the picked-up image is not extracted.

15. The image pickup device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit operates to display the received information together with the picked-up image.

16. The image pickup device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit operates to display a category selection menu for selecting a category of the object included in the picked-up image.

17. The image pickup device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the control unit operates to transmit category information selected from the category selection menu to the external server.

18. The image pickup device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit operates to display a list of functions related to the object based on the information on the object, and to perform a function selected from the list.

19. The image pickup device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit operates to perform a function related to the object based on the information on the object.

20. The image pickup device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit operates to recognize a state of the picked-up image based on the information on the object and to perform a function related to the state of the picked-up image.