US 11,867,904 B2
Method and electronic device for providing augmented reality environment
Yeeun Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Harkjoon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sangyoon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Donghee Kang, Suwon-si (KR); and Yungjeong Ji, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/540,906.
Application 17/540,906 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/016763, filed on Nov. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0178677 (KR), filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0197028 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 16/78 (2019.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01)
CPC G02B 27/017 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 16/7867 (2019.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06V 20/47 (2022.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device that is wearable on a body part of a user, the electronic device comprising:
a camera;
a display;
a memory; and
a processor operatively connected to the camera, the display, and the memory,
wherein the memory stores one or more instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to:
based on a first user input of the user, obtain a plurality of consecutive images by using the camera,
identify an external object from an image obtained by using the camera,
identify a specific area on the external object specified by a second user input of the user from the image,
extract at least one image from the plurality of consecutive images and associate the at least one image with the specific area, and
in response to receiving a third user input of the user corresponding to the specific area, display the at least one image associated with the specific area in augmented reality on the display, and
wherein the at least one image comprises at least one image obtained from the plurality of consecutive images from an input time point of the second user input to a predetermined end time point.