Samsung patents screen tool that extracts and edits text from videos
This filing describes a method for an electronic device to show a video in one part of the screen while pulling out specific written text into another area. It allows users to see the original image and the extracted text side-by-side, with the system automatically updating the text if the writing in the video changes.
In the filing’s own words
A control method for an electronic device includes displaying a video in a first area of a display; identifying a writing area, including at least one piece of writing information, from the video displayed in the first area; acquiring a first image corresponding to the identified writing area, so as to display the first image in a second area of the display; based on a change being detected in the at least one writing information, identifying a type of the change; and acquiring a second image formed by correcting a first image based on the type of the identified change, so as to display the second image in the second area.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A control method for an electronic device, the control method comprising: displaying an image in a first area of a display; obtaining at least part of the image; displaying the at least part of the image in a second area of the display; obtaining a text in the image; and displaying the text in a third area of the display while the at least part of the image is displayed in the second area of the display.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING AND MODIFYING IMAGES, AND CONTROL METHOD
- Publication number
- US20260268067A1
- Application number
- 19662523
- Filed
- Apr 29, 2026
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 40/166 Physics & computingG06F 3/04883 Physics & computingG06F 3/167 Physics & computingG06F 40/40 Physics & computingG06V 20/635 Physics & computingG10L 25/57 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AI & software
- Samsung patents tool to erase objects from photos using AI Sep 24, 2026
- Samsung patents drawing objects into photos with AI Oct 15, 2026
- Samsung patents AI that creates personalized exercise videos Sep 10, 2026
- Samsung patents AI summaries for paused TV shows based on your viewing habits Sep 24, 2026
- Samsung patents turning chat conversations into image prompts Oct 1, 2026
Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
Patent data and drawings: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USPTO.