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HTML

<script src="http://code.angularjs.org/1.0.1/angular-1.0.1.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<html ng-app>
    <head>
        <script>
            function MyCtrl($scope){
                $scope.firstName = "Frank";
                $scope.lastName = "Williams";
                
            }            
        </script>
    </head>
<body>
    <div id="settingsholder"  ng-controller="MyCtrl">
      <input ng-model="firstName" />
      <input ng-model="lastName" />
      <input type="button" id="btnToJson" value="Object To JSON" />
    </div>        
</body>
</html>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#btnToJson").click(function(){
       var theScope = angular.element($("#settingsholder")).scope(); 
       var inJson = angular.toJson(theScope);
       console.log(inJson);
    });
});