Patent ID: 9247142
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: F24F,G06K,G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing operation state of an external device, comprising: displaying a preview image of a camera; identifying an external device displayed on the preview image; generating an indicator corresponding to the operation state of the external device; and displaying the indicator by matching the indicator to an area in the preview image to which a component related to the operation state belongs, wherein identification of the external device consists of identifying a product name of the external device and identifying the component prepared inside the external device, wherein the indicator includes an image corresponding to the component, wherein the image corresponding to the component is displayed in an area of the preview image, where the component is located, wherein the indicator includes a plurality of the component images, which are overlapped and thus not displayed, and wherein, when the indicator is touched and dragged in some direction, the component images are displayed in various view angles with the operation state of the component.