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Terminal and time collocation method thereof

A terminal and time technology, applied to change the direction of time indication, electronic timer, instrument, etc., can solve the problems that the terminal does not have networking function, many operation steps, and inconvenient button operation, etc., and achieves quite entertaining effects

Active Publication Date: 2009-03-25
HUAWEI DEVICE CO LTD
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[0003] In the process of implementing the present invention, the inventors found that at least the following problems exist in the prior art: the method of configuring time through menu operation not only has many operation steps, but also has poor user experience for terminals with inconvenient button operations. This is especially true when the menu content is not familiar enough
As for the way of correcting the time by synchronizing with a network time server through networking, etc., this method cannot be realized when the terminal does not have a networking function, or does not have a mechanism to support different time and a network time server.

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[0021] This embodiment provides a time configuration method for a terminal with a camera or an external camera device. Part or all of the steps of the method can be completed by computer software instructions and related hardware, and the program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Among them, such as ROM / RAM, disk, CD, etc.

[0022] In this embodiment, the camera (or an external camera) of the terminal (such as a mobile phone, a digital camera, a PDA, etc.) is used to obtain image information such as clocks and watches, and the current time indicated on the clocks and watches is extracted through image recognition, and then this time is saved in the In the terminal, the terminal time can be automatically modified and configured.

[0023] like figure 1 As shown, the method includes the following steps:

[0024] Step 101, acquire a clock image, that is, acquire a picture containing the clock image.

[0025] Point the camera at the clock (analog clock) from w...

Embodiment 2

[0037] In the embodiment of the present invention, the clocks and watches in the terminal screen are not analog, but digital (for example: electronic watches, electronic clocks, time information displayed on the screens of mobile phones, computers or other terminals). At this time, the difference from Embodiment 1 is that, when performing image recognition in step 102, what is analyzed and searched for is not a pointer, but a number. According to the arrangement order of the identified numbers, the current time value can be easily identified, and it can also be identified whether it is the time in the morning or the time in the afternoon. Because if it is a 24-hour display, it is enough to recognize the time number; if it is a 12-hour display, then recognize the words "AM", "PM" or "morning" and "afternoon".

[0038] In this embodiment, time information can be identified from a picture containing a digital clock image to configure the terminal time, which is not only simple, c...

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[0040] In Embodiment 1, the still image is recognized, but in this embodiment, the pointer is recognized through dynamic recognition of the image, and the time information is obtained. like figure 2 , the steps of this embodiment are as follows:

[0041] Step 201, acquire clock images.

[0042] Point the camera at the clock (analog clock) from which the time needs to be obtained, so that the clock image can be clearly seen on the display screen of the terminal. Enter the interface for modifying the time. At this time, the image captured by the camera is displayed on the screen, as well as a shortcut menu or button, such as the "Extract Time" button.

[0043] Press the "extract time" operation button, and the image recognition software in the terminal will store two pictures containing clock images at a certain time interval (the time interval is the set time interval or the default time interval, such as a few seconds) for still images.

[0044] Step 202, image recognitio...

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Abstract

The present invention provides a terminal and a time configuration method thereof. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring at least one frame which comprises a clock image; identifying the time corresponding to the clock image; and configuring the current time based on the identified time. Accordingly, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a terminal for applying the method. The time configuration of the terminal is carried out according to the time information identified from the image containing a clock pattern. The terminal not only is simple, convenient and novel, but also is funny.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the time configuration of the terminal, in particular, to a terminal and a method for configuring the time. Background technique [0002] For existing handheld or small mobile terminals such as mobile phones and digital cameras, the method of configuring (including modifying) time is generally that the user enters a specific menu through the menu directory to manually modify, or synchronizes the time from the network server. [0003] In the process of realizing the present invention, the inventors found that there are at least the following problems in the prior art: the method of configuring the time through menu operation not only has many operation steps, but also has poor user experience for terminals with inconvenient button operations, and the user is very concerned about the operation. This is especially true when the menu table of contents is not familiar enough. As for the way of correcting the time by synchro...

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IPC IPC(8): G04G5/00G06K9/00
Inventor 危自强
Owner HUAWEI DEVICE CO LTD
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