Tagging method and apparatus of portable terminal

摘要

A tagging method and apparatus of a portable terminal in which, if particular content is edited, only second tag information corresponding to the edited content is extracted and then automatically tagged to the edited content. The second tag information is part of the first tag information corresponding to a photography subject contained in the particular content.

主权项

1. A tagging method for tagging content in a portable terminal, comprising:
detecting selection of a still image as particular content; extracting first tag information contained in the still image, the first tag information containing a first plurality of tags corresponding to a respective first plurality of objects in the still image; detecting selection of an area of the still image less than an entirety of the still image and creating edited content as a new still image including the selected area, in which a portion of the selected still image is removed; extracting second tag information corresponding to the edited content automatically upon detecting the selection of the area, wherein the second tag information is part of the first tag information corresponding to the selected area, wherein tags corresponding to objects of the selected still image outside the selected area are excluded, and automatically, tagging the edited content with the second tag information; wherein extracting second tag information comprises: recognizing feature information regarding an object included in the edited content via operation of a photography subject recognition program; and comparing the feature information regarding a stored photography subject with that of the recognized object, and extracting the second tag information.