ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD PROVIDING CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH IMAGE TO APPLICATION: abstract simplified (18208720)

• This abstract for appeared for patent application number 18208720 Titled 'ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD PROVIDING CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH IMAGE TO APPLICATION'

Simplified Explanation

This abstract describes an electronic device that includes a camera, memory, display, and processor. The processor is programmed to perform certain tasks when a camera application is executed. It can identify specific images taken within a certain range from the device's location, based on location information stored in the memory or an external device. It then selects one or more priority images from the identified images. While displaying a preview image from the camera on the device's display, it overlays a visual object containing thumbnail images corresponding to the selected priority images onto the preview image.

Original Abstract Submitted

An electronic device according to various embodiments includes a camera, a memory, a display, and a processor. The processor is configured to: based on an input for executing a camera application being received, identify first images shot within a region of a set range from a location of the electronic device from among a plurality of images, based on location information of the plurality of images stored in the memory or an external electronic device; select at least one second image from the first images, based on a priority of each of the first images; and, while displaying a preview image obtained through the camera on the display, display a visual object including a thumbnail image corresponding to the at least one second image on the display by overlaying the visual object on the preview image.