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20090051705 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY MEMORIZING PICTURE ORIENTATION - A method for automatically memorizing a picture orientation is disclosed. In this method, picture data are activated to display a picture image, and then the picture image is rotated by a display angle. After a picture feature based on the picture data is obtained, a feature record comprising the display angle and the picture feature is created. When the picture data are activated again, the feature record is provided, and then the picture image is displayed according to the feature record. | 02-26-2009 |
20090058882 | Screen Display Device - The present invention is a screen display device ( | 03-05-2009 |
20090085933 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method is provided. The image processing method is used for using a stream of drawing as an input on an image displayed on a display. The image processing method includes steps of identifying the input as a non-closed region input and performing an image rotation operation. | 04-02-2009 |
20090184979 | Facilitating image-editing operations across multiple perspective planes - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates performing an image-editing operation across multiple perspective planes. During operation, the system receives a selection for a source area for the image-editing operation, wherein the source area spans one or more perspective planes. The system also receives a selection for a destination area for the image-editing operation, wherein the destination area spans one or more perspective planes. Next, the system defines one or more partial source areas for the one or more perspective planes spanned by the source area. The system also defines one or more partial destination areas for the one or more perspective planes spanned by the destination area. The system then applies the image-editing operation from each partial source area to each relevant partial destination area. | 07-23-2009 |
20090256861 | Device and Method for Managing the Orientation of Information Being Displayed on the Screen of a Device - A hand-held device and method for managing the orientation of information being displayed on the screen of a hand-held device is provided for devices having a two part slidable housing including a first housing and a second housing where the two housings are adapted to slide separately in multiple directions relative to one another along a corresponding path substantially parallel to a front facing of the device between an opened position and a closed position. The method takes into account a detected use mode, such as whether the device is engaged in a voice call communication, and a detected device configuration to determine the orientation of the information to be displayed on the device screen. When the first housing is slid relative to the second housing between a closed position and an opened position in a first direction, the information is displayed having a portrait orientation. The information is displayed having a landscape orientation, when the first housing is slid relative to the second housing between a closed position and an opened position in a second direction. When the hand-held device is in a voice call and the first housing is slid relative to the second housing between an opened position and a closed position, the information is displayed having a portrait orientation. When the hand-held device is not in a voice call and the first housing is slid relative to the second housing between an opened position and a closed position, the orientation of the information being displayed is not changed. | 10-15-2009 |
20090309899 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN VIDEO SOURCES - Method for switching from a first video source to a second video source, the first video source producing first video content being displayed to a user, and the second video source producing second video content, wherein a changing view of a polyhedron with first and second substantially rectangular surfaces is displayed starting with at least a view of the first surface and changing the direction under which the polyhedron is viewed until only the second surface is displayed; the first video content and the second video content are mapped on the first and second surfaces of the polyhedron, respectively, so that at least the first video content is displayed at least at the beginning of the changing view and the second video content is displayed at least at the end of the changing view. | 12-17-2009 |
20100002015 | ORIENTATION-FOLLOWING DISPLAY APPARATUS, ORIENTATION-FOLLOWING DISPLAY METHOD, AND ORIENTATION-FOLLOWING DISPLAY PROGRAM - A display device has a screen that can be positioned in arbitrary postures including a reference posture relative to a space having a reference horizontal orientation. The screen has an xyz orthogonal coordinate system, and the posture of the screen in the space is defined by z-x-z Euler angles α, β, and γ of the xyz orthogonal coordinate system. The screen displays an image to enable recognition of the reference horizontal orientation of the space. A control device derives a specific parameter α+γ as an angle by which the image is rotated so that the reference horizontal orientation recognized from the image follows the reference horizontal orientation of the space when the image is displayed on the screen at arbitrary postures. | 01-07-2010 |
20100013860 | Computer interface employing a manipulated object with absolute pose detection component and a display - A system that has a remote control, e.g., a wand, equipped with a relative motion sensor that outputs data indicative of a change in position of the wand. The system also has one or more light sources and a photodetector that detects their light and outputs data indicative of the detected light. The system uses one or more controllers to determine the absolute position of the wand based on the data output by the relative motion sensor and by the photodetector. The data enables determination of the absolute pose of the wand, which includes the absolute position of a reference point chosen on the wand and the absolute orientation of the wand. To properly express the absolute parameters of position and/or orientation of the wand a reference location is chosen with respect to which the calculations are performed. The system is coupled to a display that shows an image defined by a first and second orthogonal axes such as two axes belonging to world coordinates (X | 01-21-2010 |
20100026719 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a display unit displaying an image; an operation input receiving unit receiving a user's operation performed on the display unit; and a display control unit carrying out display control when the operation input receiving unit receives a predetermined operation, the display control allowing the state of the display on the display unit to transit from one of a first state of display in which an image is displayed as the front side of a card and a second state of display in which an additional information image including one or more pieces of additional information associated with the image is displayed as the rear side of the card to the other. | 02-04-2010 |
20100060664 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH AN INCLINOMETER - A method is disclosed that includes detecting a change in an inclination at a panel of an electronic device. The panel has a display surface. The method also includes detecting a rotation of the panel from a first orientation to a second orientation. The method also includes automatically redrawing an image displayed at the display surface responsive to the rotation when the change in the inclination of the panel does not exceed a threshold during the rotation. | 03-11-2010 |
20100079493 | METHOD FOR SELECTING AND MANIPULATING A GRAPHICAL OBJECT IN AN INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM, AND INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM EXECUTING THE METHOD - A method for selecting a graphic widget displayed on a background of an interactive input system comprises tracking one or more touch points associated with the background, and in the event that one or more touch points coincide with a location of the graphic widget, associating the coinciding touch points with the graphic widget. | 04-01-2010 |
20100079494 | DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND EXTERNAL INPUT APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display system having a display apparatus and an external input apparatus, and a method of controlling the same. In the method an image is displayed on a display apparatus. A phase shift of an external input apparatus is detected. The detected phase shift is transmitted to the display apparatus, and the image displayed on the display apparatus is rotated based on the detected phase shift. | 04-01-2010 |
20100156939 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device having a display includes determining a first orientation of the portable electronic device, rendering a second screen on the display for a second orientation of the portable electronic device, and reconfiguring the display by rendering a first screen based on the first orientation of the portable electronic device if the portable electronic device is maintained in the first orientation. | 06-24-2010 |
20100164993 | Imaging Apparatus and Method of Controlling Imaging Apparatus - An imaging apparatus comprises a remote controller including no operating button and an imaging instrument including a display screen portion capable of displaying a first graphical user interface in association with movement of the remote controller. Selection item of the first graphical user interface is selected and determined on the basis of anteroposterior movement of the remote controller. | 07-01-2010 |
20100201710 | STABILIZING IMAGES - A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium provides the ability to stabilize a series of two or more still images (i.e., a clip). The clip of image data is obtained. The clip is then analyzed to produce a set of source curves that represent a global movement detected in the clip. Each of the source curves is filtered to compute result curves. The source and result curves are then exposed and displayed to the user who may modify/tweak the curves as desired. Automatically, without additional user input, and without reanalyzing the original clip, the result curves are recomputed based on the user's changes. The original clip is then transformed into a result clip/series based on the source and result curves. | 08-12-2010 |
20100265269 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND A DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal includes: a display unit configured to display data on a screen; a rotation detecting unit configured to detect rotation of the portable terminal; a touch detecting unit configured to detect touch of the screen of the display unit; and a display control unit configured to, when rotation is detected by the rotation detecting unit and touch is detected by the touch detecting unit, revolve display content displayed on the screen in conformity with the rotation of the portable terminal. | 10-21-2010 |
20100271398 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING DIGITAL IMAGES ON A COMPUTER DISPLAY - The present invention provides a user interface for manipulating digital images. The interface includes a display arranged to display at least one digital image. The at least one image has a front side and at least one opposing side displayable to a user, the front and each one of the opposing sides having at least one detection portion. The detection portion is arranged to detect a manipulation request by the user and, on detection of the request, initiate a routine whereby a displayed side is rotated from view and at least one opposing side is displayed. | 10-28-2010 |
20100277506 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING USER INTERFACE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system for adjusting user interfaces of electronic devices includes a sensor, a coordinate unit, a calculating unit, and a controlling unit. The sensor is operable to detect a rotation angle of the electronic device when the electronic device is rotated. After detecting the electronic device is rotated, the system further automatically adjusts the user interface of the electronic device by the coordinate unit, the calculating unit, and the controlling unit, so that at least two edges of the user interface are parallel to the horizon even if the electronic device is rotated. | 11-04-2010 |
20100295870 | MULTI-SOURCE MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM - This invention related to a clinical connectivity device coupled to a display. The clinical connectivity device comprises a user interface configured to select a display format; a controller configured to receive commands from the user interface and for controlling operation of the clinical connectivity device; and a selector coupled to the controller and an adjuster. The selector is configured to receive input signals of graphics, image, video, audio or data from devices in a clinical setting and is further configured to select a signal to be transmitted to an adjuster based on the input signal format. The adjuster is coupled to the controller and the display for matching the received signal format to the display format. The adjuster comprises a temporal combiner configured to combine synchronous and asynchronous received signals; a spatial combiner configured to place graphics, image, video or data; a scaler for geometric scaling and non-geometric scaling of graphics, image, video or data; and a rotation component configured to rotate graphics, image, video or data. | 11-25-2010 |
20100302277 | Image Modification for Web Pages - Provided is a method of providing a feature in a web browser that enables a user to adjust a downloaded image to correctly display on the user's computer screen. The disclosed technology provides a mechanism that enables a user to adjust images in a web page. The claimed subject matter provides “rotate” buttons, displayed in conjunction with the particular image, so that the user can rotate the image into an appropriate orientation. In addition, a “sizing” button or buttons are provided. Different web pages may display differently on different computer screens, depending upon both the size of the screen and the size of the window in which the web page is displayed. The disclosed technology enables a user to adjust, in addition to the rotation, the size of an image so that the image displays properly and completely on the user's screen and in the corresponding window. | 12-02-2010 |
20110007095 | Image Display Device | 01-13-2011 |
20110012927 | TOUCH CONTROL METHOD - A touch control method for operating a touch screen includes: obtaining a to-be-operated object according to user's operations; detecting coordinates A(X | 01-20-2011 |
20110057955 | Apparatus and method for changing screen status in portable terminal - An apparatus and method controls a screen change in a portable terminal to modify a status (e.g., a screen shift to a specific region or a screen rotation) of a screen being displayed by using a simple touch input. The apparatus includes a screen change unit for displaying a center point for a screen rotation if a touch input is released. | 03-10-2011 |
20110084985 | INPUT APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING AN INPUT FUNCTION, INPUT METHOD, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING AN INPUT FUNCTION - An input apparatus having an input surface touched by an object body at input time, the input apparatus includes: when a contact area of the object body on the input surface increases, an increase-direction detection section generating increase-direction information corresponding to the increase direction of the contact area; and when the contact area of the object body on the input surface is moved, a movement-direction detection section generating movement-direction information corresponding to the movement direction of the contact area. | 04-14-2011 |
20110102464 | METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTI-TOUCH GESTURES ON A SINGLE-TOUCH TOUCH SURFACE - Methods for activating multi-touch functionality by recognizing and processing multi-touch interactions on a touch surface of non-multi-touch computing devices. The computing device may detect a jump from the location of the first touch event to determine that a multiple touch gesture is being traced. Virtual touch events are detected and stored. Using mathematical formulae, parameters are calculated based on initial and subsequent virtual touch event locations. Based on these parameters the multi-touch functionality is determined, such as a zooming or rotating function. A transform factor may be determined and applied to the image display. | 05-05-2011 |
20110115820 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an operation input in a predetermined operation direction, and a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, first auxiliary information indicating the predetermined operation direction and second auxiliary information indicating a movement direction of display information with respect to the display unit, and to move the display information while moving the first auxiliary information in the movement direction in accordance with the operation input detected by the detection unit and moving the second auxiliary information in association with the movement of the first auxiliary information. | 05-19-2011 |
20110148929 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAY CONTROL THEREOF - An electronic device comprises a slide detector on a rim of the electronic device to detect a slide gesture. The electronic device determines a rotation command for the slide gesture. If the gesture is clockwise, the corresponding rotation is clockwise and vice versa. Each rotation is 90 degrees to interchange the electronic device between a landscape view and a portrait view. | 06-23-2011 |
20110164057 | NAVIGATING IN GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ON HANDHELD DEVICES - The invention relates to presenting and browsing in metadata on handheld display devices such as music/mp3 players mobile phones, PDA's, digital cameras. A graphical user interface (GUI) accesses metadata arranged in different categories and determines a hierarchical order of this. A metadata category is shown in a menu of category entries in a separate pane on the GUI. Rotation of the device is detected by a rotation sensor, and upon rotation the pane with the menu being browsed before rotation is maintained in the GUI, and at least one pane a menu representing a hierarchical super- or sub-category of the category being browsed before rotation is added or removed. This allows the user to expand or collapse metadata categories shown in the GUI by rotating the device. | 07-07-2011 |
20110227947 | Multi-Touch User Interface Interaction - Multi-touch user interface interaction is described. In an embodiment, an object in a user interface (UI) is manipulated by a cursor and a representation of a plurality of digits of a user. At least one parameter, which comprises the cursor location in the UI, is used to determine that multi-touch input is to be provided to the object. Responsive to this, the relative movement of the digits is analyzed and the object manipulated accordingly. In another embodiment, an object in a UI is manipulated by a representation of a plurality of digits of a user. Movement of each digit by the user moves the corresponding representation in the UI, and the movement velocity of the representation is a non-linear function of the digit's velocity. After determining that multi-touch input is to be provided to the object, the relative movement of the representations is analyzed and the object manipulated accordingly. | 09-22-2011 |
20110249030 | MAP DISPLAY DEVICE, MAP DISPLAY METHOD, MAP DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A map display apparatus includes a display that displays a map viewed at a given angle for bird's eye view with respect to the ground; a touch panel that is disposed on the display; a determining unit that determines strength of touch of an object on the touch panel; a display controller that controls a display format of the map displayed on the display, based on a result of determination by the determining unit, where the display controller scrolls the map when the strength of touch is at most a given strength, and changes the angle for bird's eye view when the strength of touch exceeds the given strength. | 10-13-2011 |
20110261076 | Image Display Device, Method For Controlling Image Display Device, And Information Storage Medium - Provided is an image display device capable of easily displaying an image depicting the deep side of a point of gaze when an operation to change a pitch angle of a viewpoint is performed by a user. The image display device displays an image rendering a scene viewed from a viewpoint in a virtual space in a line of sight, and performs at least one of a process of moving a position of the viewpoint and a process of changing the line of sight, according to a viewpoint moving operation performed by the user. The image display device also calculates a position of a pitch angle change center point which exists on a straight line extending from the viewpoint in the line of sight, changes the pitch angle of the viewpoint about the pitch angle change center point according to the pitch angle change operation performed by the user, and changes the line of sight so that the line of sight is directed to the pitch angle change center point from the position of the viewpoint with the pitch angle thus changed. | 10-27-2011 |
20120001942 | Display Device and Arrangement Method of OSD Switches - A display device in the invention comprises an OSP section and OSD switches | 01-05-2012 |
20120007891 | HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE PRESENTING METHOD, HANDHELD DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A human-machine interface presenting method, a handheld device using the same, and a computer readable medium thereof are provided. The human-machine interface presenting method is adapted to the handheld device and includes following steps. A first content generated according to a first attribute set is displayed. When a change in the orientation of the handheld device is detected, a second attribute set is generated according to the change, and a second content different from the first content is displayed according to the second attribute set, where the first attribute set and the second attribute set contain at least an identical attribute. | 01-12-2012 |
20120026197 | Method and Apparatus for Viewing Content on a Mobile Computing Device - Methods and apparatus for changing the display of content on a mobile computing device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium, encoded with processor readable instructions to perform a method of changing a content display on a mobile computing device screen comprises operatively receiving and processing a first signal comprising visual content and displaying at least a portion of the visual content on screen. In additional a second signal is provided from at least one sensor and the mobile computing device is subsequently moved, the second signal is processed and the display of the at least a portion of the visual content on the mobile computing device screen is changed relative to the movement of the device. | 02-02-2012 |
20120032981 | Electronic Book With Configurable Display Panels - An electronic book capable of being configured of multiple display panels. Display panels having two-sided hinging capabilities—right and left sides of housing, wherein a user can add multiple display panels and hinge them together in various configurations. The display panels can be of various sizes and shapes, and are foldable upon each other when hinged together and being able to be rotated from 0° to 360°. Both images within the displays and the display panels themselves can be viewed and configured in a portrait orientation, or a landscape orientation, or an “Alarm Clock” orientation. Images can be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise depending upon signal input. Images can be also be “stretched” across multiple display panels. The electronic book is capable but not limited to the storing and presenting of electronic media such as, ebooks, ejournals, enewspapers, emagazines, video, and sound. Electronic book display panels can communicate over a network. | 02-09-2012 |
20120032982 | Manipulation of Graphical Objects - Methods of manipulating graphical objects are described. One or more graphical objects are displayed in a fixed orientation with reference to a sensed reference direction. Manipulation is achieved by fixing the orientation or position of a displayed graphical object with reference to an apparatus, such as the display itself or a proxy device, detecting a change in orientation of that apparatus and editing the orientation of the graphical object based on the detected change. | 02-09-2012 |
20120038674 | Multi-Touch User Input Based on Multiple Quick-Point Controllers - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving first input from a first quick-point controller in a keypad that comprises a plurality of keys; receiving second input from a second quick-point controller in the keypad; and rendering a multi-touch gesture on a display associated with the keypad based on the first and second input. | 02-16-2012 |
20120098863 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A FLEXIBLE USER INTERFACE - A method and apparatus for creating a flexible display for a user interface device is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes processing graphical icon information for the user interface device, wherein each graphical icon corresponds with at least one operation on the user interface device, coupling the graphical icon information with gravity information, wherein the each graphical icon maps to at least one gravitational attribute, wherein the at least one gravitational attribute corresponds with motion of the graphical icon relative to the user interface device and in response to an orientation change of the user interface device, generating the each graphical icon at a position determined by the at least one gravitational attribute. | 04-26-2012 |
20120113147 | METHOD OF OPERATING A DEVICE - A method of operating a device comprises defining a plurality of selectable menu options, causing the device to display an arrangement of a subset of the selectable menu options and causing the device to rotate the arrangement such that one or more of the plurality of selectable menu options forming part of the subset are ceased to be displayed and such as to cause the device to display one or more of the plurality of selectable menu options that do not form part of the subset of the selectable menu options. | 05-10-2012 |
20120162262 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes a display module, an acceleration detector, a knocking operation detector, a specifying module, and a processing module. The display module displays information. The acceleration detector detects acceleration generated in the information processor. The knocking operation detector detects that a knocking operation is performed on the information processor based on a detection result of the acceleration detector. The specifying module specifies, among sides of a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on the display screen of the display module, a side on which the knocking operation detected by the knocking operation detector is performed. The processing module performs a process associated in advance with the side of the GUI specified by the specifying module. | 06-28-2012 |
20120200603 | Pointer Tool for Touch Screens - Pointing tools for use in connection with touch screen displays are described. The pointing tools are provided with a visually offset pointer tip that can be rotated easily by user manipulation provided to the computing device through an interface. The pointing tools may include one or more buttons. The button(s) may be visually connected with the pointing tool on the display screen and/or logically associated therewith. The pointing tools described provide for accurate and precise inputs, and are useful in many applications, such as those where fine positioning and input within a touch screen environment is desirable. | 08-09-2012 |
20120200604 | MAP DISPLAY DEVICE, MAP DISPLAY METHOD AND MAP DISPLAY PROGRAM - The map display device may be a mobile terminal device, and a map is displayed on the display unit. The display unit may be a liquid crystal display device of touch-panel type, and detects the contact position of the contact body such as a user's finger, a touch pen or else. When plural contact bodies contact the display unit, the display mode is changed from the normal display mode to the map rotation mode based on the movement amounts of the contact bodies. In the map rotation mode, the displayed map is rotated and displayed based on the movement amount of the contact position of the contact body. When only one contact body is in contact with the display unit after the change to the map rotation mode, the displayed map is rotated and displayed based on the movement amount of the contact position of the one contact body. | 08-09-2012 |
20120212510 | USER INTERFACE PANEL - The present disclosure provides a method of modifying a user interface on a display relative to a user, comprising: detecting a position of a user's eyes relative to a user interface (UI) viewing surface, wherein the detecting includes sensors selected from the group consisting of proximity sensors, web cams, and face recognition scanners; wherein the detecting further includes detecting the position of the user's eyes relative to the user interface; adjusting the UI's viewing surface for altered viewing based on the position of the user's eyes; and, wherein the adjusting comprises a software algorithm for switching on and off semi-transparent pixels in the UI viewing surface for viewing the UI by the user at a viewing angle from about 20 degrees to about 90 degrees. | 08-23-2012 |
20120256960 | DEFINING MOTION IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - Some embodiments of the invention provide a method that defines movement in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer system. This method detects an interaction between a cursor and a first object in the GUI. Based on this interaction, the method moves a second object in the GUI. In some embodiments, the movement of the second object is a rotational movement within the GUI. In other embodiments, the second object's movement is a translation movement, such as a rectilinear translation movement or a curvilinear translation movement. Also, in some embodiments, the second object relates to a special effect that is applied to another object in the GUI. For instance, in some embodiments, the second object is a shadow of a third object in the GUI. | 10-11-2012 |
20120274662 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE BASED ON TOUCH PRESSURE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A method for providing a User Interface (UI) based on a touch pressure and an electronic device using the same are provided. The UI providing method of the electronic device detects a touch pressure of a single touch input through a touch screen of the electronic device, and controls the electronic device based on the touch pressure. Since various UIs can be provided based on the touch pressure applied by the user in the touch screen, user convenience and entertainment can be improved. | 11-01-2012 |
20130016126 | DRAWING AID SYSTEM FOR MULTI-TOUCH DEVICESAANM Wang; TaoAACI ShanghaiAACO CNAAGP Wang; Tao Shanghai CNAANM Brown; Hans-FrederickAACI MontrealAACO CAAAGP Brown; Hans-Frederick Montreal CA - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product/article of manufacture provide the ability to enable and use a tool implement on a multi-touch device. The tool implements may be activated and deactivated using the borders of touch-sensitive region of a multi-touch device. The tool implement can be positioned in the display area (e.g., by dragging grips of the tool) and then used (in combination with a touch gesture to perform an operation. The tool implement may be a drawing aid tool that is used to remap a user's stroke gesture to a defined stroke that is displayed. | 01-17-2013 |
20130027433 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A USER INTERFACE STATE BETWEEN A LOCKED STATE AND AN UNLOCKED STATE - A user interface for an electronic device and method for managing a state between a locked state and an unlocked state of a user interface having a touch sensitive display are provided. The user interface has a controller including a state change module for switching the state of the user interface between the locked state and the unlocked state, when the state change module detects each of at least one display element in a respective unlock position, wherein the respective unlock position includes a placement within a respective predetermined area and a rotational direction in a respective predetermined orientation. In at least some instances, while in a locked state, a display element in a lock position can be transitioned to an unlock position and a display element in an unlock position can be transitioned to a lock position. | 01-31-2013 |
20130083074 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS UTILIZING HOVERING, IN PART, TO DETERMINE USER INTERFACE ORIENTATION - An apparatus for providing a user-friendly and reliable manner for orienting a user interface may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including detecting at least one pointer in association with one or more portions of a display. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to determine a location(s) of the pointer in relation to a user interface and analyze data of an image of the pointer at the location corresponding to the user interface to determine an orientation of a user in relation to the user interface. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to orient the user interface to display the user interface in an orientation that matches or corresponds to the determined orientation of the user in relation to the user interface. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 04-04-2013 |
20130093791 | TOUCHSCREEN SELECTION VISUAL FEEDBACK - Various embodiments are described for systems and methods for providing visual feedback indicating a touch selection of an element on a touch-sensitive display. In one example, the method may include displaying the element in a first orientation on the display. A rotation scaling factor may be established that is based on a distance between an element, point of reference and a display point of reference. Based on the rotation scaling factor, a rotation amount of the element is determined. When a touch selection of the element is received, the method includes rotating the element by the rotation amount to a second orientation, and displaying the element in the second orientation on the display. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093792 | Organizational Tools on a Multi-touch Display Device - A process for enabling objects displayed on a multi-input display device to be grouped together is disclosed that includes defining a target element that enables objects displayed on a multi-input display device to be grouped together through interaction with the target element. Operations are invoked that establish a relationship between a particular displayed object and a position on the target element and that causes transformations applied to the target element also to be applied to the particular displayed object while maintaining the relationship between the particular displayed object and the position on the target element. | 04-18-2013 |
20130120459 | Display Device, Corresponding Systems, and Methods for Orienting Output on a Display - A display system includes a display and a control circuit operable with the display. The display is configured to provide visual output having a presentation orientation. When user input is received, the control circuit can alter the presentation orientation from an initial orientation in response to user input. When non-user events or device events are detected, the control circuit can revert the presentation orientation to the initial orientation in response to the non-user event or device event. Where the presentation orientation has a user input configuration associated therewith, the user input configuration can either be altered with the presentation orientation or retained in an initial disposition. | 05-16-2013 |
20130162683 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRANSITIONS BETWEEN SCREENS - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are described that provide a visual transition from an origin screen to a destination screen by applying a graphical effect to the origin screen based on a user input that is received. The graphical effect includes a translation aspect and a rotational aspect. The rotational aspect may have an angle of rotation that is defined based on characteristics of the input received, such as an initial or instantaneous position of receipt of the input or a speed of movement of the input. Thus, the graphical effect simulates a physical reaction of the origin screen to the input (for example, giving the appearance that the origin screen is a physical object that is reacting to the user input as an applied force in the real world). | 06-27-2013 |
20130162684 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCKING THE ORIENTATION OF A DISPLAY ON A MOBILE - An orientation sensor in a mobile electronic device senses a change in the orientation of the device, e.g., from a landscape orientation to a portrait orientation. The system and method of the present invention takes advantage of the time required for reformatting to display an orientation lock icon on the screen while reflow processing is taking place. The lock icon is a virtual button the user can tap to allow or disallow the information on the display to change orientation as the user rotates the device from landscape to portrait orientation or vice versa. Once the reflow processing is complete and the information has been redrawn in the new orientation, the lock icon is removed. | 06-27-2013 |
20130194308 | REVERSIBLE USER INTERFACE COMPONENT - A method of configuring a widget and a tactile user interface which displays the widget are disclosed which enable menu-setting operations with minimal touch gestures and occupation of screen space. The interface includes a touch sensitive display device and memory which stores instructions for displaying the widget and a set of graphic objects together on the display device. The widget has two or more virtual sides, each of the sides being associated with a respective functionality. The widget is flipped, in response to a recognized touch gesture, from a first of the sides to a second of the sides, whereby the functionality of the widget is changed. The graphic objects are associated, in memory, with respective items having attributes. The graphic objects exhibit a response to the widget functionality of a currently displayed one of the sides of the widget based on the attributes of the respective items. | 08-01-2013 |
20130215153 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING A MULTIFACETED GRAPHICAL OBJECT AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A DISPLAY SWITCHING OPERATION - A mobile terminal includes a display unit to display a first surface of a multifaceted graphical object, a motion detecting unit to detect a motion of the mobile terminal, and a control unit to switch the displayed first surface to a second surface of the multifaceted graphical object based on the detected motion. A method for switching a display surface of a multifaceted graphical object includes displaying a first surface of the multifaceted graphical object on a mobile terminal, detecting a motion of the mobile terminal, and switching the displayed first surface to a second surface of the multifaceted graphical object based on the detected motion. | 08-22-2013 |
20130229436 | DRAG HANDLE FOR APPLYING IMAGE FILTERS IN PICTURE EDITOR - The present disclosure provides for dynamic application of image filters in picture editor applications. A selected filter is dynamically applied to a portion of an image displayed on a screen as a drag handle is moved across the image, the portion of the image to which the selected filter is applied being changeable in size with motion of handle across the image and determined by a position of the handle on the screen. Changes to the portion of the image caused by application of the selected filter are dynamically displayed as the handle is moved across the image displayed on the screen. | 09-05-2013 |
20130257909 | TERMINAL DEVICE - A terminal device is disclosed. The terminal device includes a display unit, an acceleration sensor, a display controller and an operation unit. The acceleration sensor senses an acceleration of a body of the terminal device when the body is being tilted. The display controller displays a vertical screen on the display unit when the body is in a vertical orientation. The display controller also displays a horizontal screen on the display unit when the body is in a horizontal orientation. The display controller further switches between the vertical screen and the horizontal screen based on an output from the acceleration sensor. The operation unit accepts a setting of a sensitivity of the acceleration sensor. The display controller controls switching based on the sensitivity and the acceleration. | 10-03-2013 |
20130328934 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a display device and a control method thereof. The display device includes first and second display units each configured to output an image, a sensor unit configured to generate orientation state information by measuring relative positions and/or directions of the first and second display units and to generate position change information including a movement direction and movement distance of the first or second display unit by measuring whether the first or second display unit is changed in position, and a controller configured to detect a user command with respect to the first or second display unit using the orientation state information and the position change information, and to control the first or second display unit in response to the user command. The display device and the control method thereof provide an intuitive user interface configured to assist a user in more efficiently controlling a plurality of display units. | 12-12-2013 |
20140022285 | HANDHELD DEVICE WITH ERGONOMIC DISPLAY FEATURES - A handheld device with ergonomic display features, and method there for, are provided. Data is provided at a rectangular touchscreen display. When the touchscreen display is in a landscape orientation, at least one taskbar is provided along at least a portion of one or more short edges of the touchscreen display. When the touchscreen display changed to a portrait orientation: the at least one taskbar is moved to a bottom one of the short edges, when no virtual keyboard is provided, the at least one taskbar is moved to a top one of the short edges when the virtual keyboard is provided at the bottom one of the short edges. Hence, ergonomic access is provided to controls most likely to be used when he touchscreen display is held towards the bottom. | 01-23-2014 |
20140028725 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PRODUCT CATALOG - A method which provides for the display of a product catalog on a display screen of an electronic device. A current image of a scene in front of the electronic device is captured by an image capturing unit of the electronic device, and a face detected in the current image. A necessary rotational movement of the electronic device is first determined by detecting any apparent movement of a detected face. Then, the necessary movement of the device is carried out by a driver to follow any apparent movement of a user. | 01-30-2014 |
20140085340 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING SCALE OR ROTATION OF GRAPHIC ON DISPLAY - Provided are a method and electronic device for simply manipulating a scale or rotation of a graphic on a display. The method is performed by any electronic device that includes a display, a processor, a memory and a program, or by any storage medium that can be read by a computer storing commands executable in an electronic device. This program may display a graphic on the display when executed by the processor. A user can simply scale up/down or rotate a graphic through a two-step manipulation of a touch and a touch-and-drag. | 03-27-2014 |
20140111548 | SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD OF TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for controlling display mode switching based on the rotation pattern of a portable terminal prevents unwanted orientation changes in the display for certain movements. The display mode switching control method of the present invention includes extracting a rotation pattern including pitch, roll, and yaw angles of the terminal; determining whether the rotation pattern is a valid rotation pattern based on the angles; and switching, when the rotation pattern is the valid rotation pattern, from a current display mode to other display mode. | 04-24-2014 |
20140253596 | PROJECTION APPARATUS, PROJECTION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CORRECTING A PROJECTION STATE BEING PROJECTED ONTO CURVED SURFACE - A chart generation unit generates an adjustment chart, and a projection unit projects the adjustment chart onto a circular cylinder. A parameter acquiring unit acquires 12 parameters in total, relating to the positions of four corners and middle points of a top side and a bottom side of a chart and lateral expansion of the chart, the chart being input by a user through manipulations of an operation unit. A transform function determination unit calculates, from the total of 12 parameters, an accurate transform function for projecting an image onto the circular cylinder. An image conversion unit applies geometric transformation to the image based on the calculated transform function. | 09-11-2014 |
20140285524 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a detection section adapted to detect a pointing direction of a pointing body, and a rotation section adapted to rotate an image based on the pointing direction detected by the detection section. | 09-25-2014 |
20140333670 | Mobile Device Applications - Electronic devices, interfaces for electronic devices, and techniques for interacting with such interfaces and electronic devices are described. For instance, this disclosure describes an example electronic device that includes sensors, such as multiple front-facing cameras to detect orientation and/or location of the electronic device relative to an object and one or more inertial sensors. Users of the device may perform gestures on the device by moving the device in-air and/or by moving their head, face, or eyes relative to the device. In response to these gestures, the device may perform operations. | 11-13-2014 |
20140347397 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING SCREEN ORIENTATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and system for adjusting a screen orientation of a mobile device is provided in the embodiments of the present invention. The method includes obtaining a face image of a user. The method includes extracting location information of two eyes from the face image. The method includes determining a direction vector of a face in the face image according to the location information of the two eyes in the face image. The method includes determining a location relationship between the direction vector and the mobile device in a plane in which a screen of the mobile device is located. Finally, the method includes adjusting the screen orientation of the mobile device according to the location relationship. The embodiments of the present invention provide a technique for making the screen orientation of the mobile device suitable for the user to watch. | 11-27-2014 |
20140354695 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display part to display video content on a screen, a rotation angle detection part to detect a rotation angle of the screen, a display formation determination part to determine a display formation of video content at any rotation angle of the screen or during transition of the rotation, and an image processing part to perform an image processing in accordance with the display formation determined by the display formation determination part such that the video content is conformed to the screen which is tilted by the rotation angle detected by the rotation angle detection part. | 12-04-2014 |
20150022558 | Orientation Control For a Mobile Computing Device Based On User Behavior - The present disclosure involves a method of orientation control. Media content is displayed via a screen of a mobile computing device. The media content is displayed in a first orientation mode. A first satisfaction of a predefined condition is detected. In response to the detected first satisfaction of the predefined condition, the media content is displayed in a second orientation mode different from the first orientation mode. One of the first and second orientation modes is portrait, the other one of the first and second orientation modes is landscape. A second satisfaction of the predefined condition is detected immediately after the media content has been displayed in the second orientation mode. In response to the detected second satisfaction of the predefined condition, the media content is displayed in the first orientation mode. Thereafter, the predefined condition is adjusted in a manner so that it is more difficult to satisfy. | 01-22-2015 |
20150029225 | Technique to Reverse Automatic Screen Content Rotation - Often when a user rotates a mobile computing device such as a smart phone, a tablet computer or other multifunction computing device, the orientation of the information displayed on the screen of the device is also rotated. In the technique described herein, the user can reverse the orientation of screen content with a simple action, such as a gesture. In one embodiment, once rotation of the screen of a mobile computing device is detected a hint can be displayed to a user using the mobile device to revert screen content rotation using some type of an action. The user then performs the action/gesture and the user's action or gesture is detected. The screen content rotation is then reversed based on the detected user action. Once the rotation is reversed the orientation of the content can be locked. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029226 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES - A system, method, and computer program product for displaying representative images within a collection viewer is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a notification indicating a new orientation for the collection viewer, computing a current animation state for a current animation sequence associated with the collection viewer, identifying representative images to render in an animation frame, and generating an animation frame by rendering one or more rendered representative images in place, according to the animation state. | 01-29-2015 |
20150062180 | SELF-ORIENTING DISPLAY - A self-orienting display senses the characteristics of an object and automatically rote CS and reformats a display image in accordance with those characteristics. In one embodiment, the object is the display device, such as a hand held device, that provides the display image. As the display device is rotated, the display image is automatically oriented to either a landscape orientation or a portrait orientation. Characteristics may be sensed by mechanical sensors, electrical sensors, optical sensors, acoustic sensors, gyroscopic sensors, or a combination thereof. Sensors may be positioned on the display device, a person, or a combination thereof. The display images may include graphic display images, textual display images, videos display images, and functional control buttons (e.g., functional displayed representations of control buttons such as play, rewind, stop, scroll). The self-orienting display may also include an authenticator that authenticates a user. | 03-05-2015 |
20150116362 | System and Method for Positioning an Application Window Based on Usage Context for Dual Screen Display Device - An information handling system includes a primary integrated display device and a second integrated display device attached via a hinge and a processor. The processor determines a first relative orientation of the primary integrated display device to the second integrated display device from orientation sensors. The processor further determines a working software application context by detecting at least a first software application running on the information handling system wherein the working software application context further includes an operating state rank of the first software application relative to other software applications. | 04-30-2015 |
20150130843 | LENS VIEW FOR MAP - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for providing a lens view associated with a map canvas. The map canvas may depict an area comprising one or more locations associated with imagery of such locations (e.g., a map of a shopping district may comprise a toy store associated with imagery of the toy store). Accordingly, the map canvas may be populated with a lens view depicting a location within the map canvas (e.g., depicting imagery of the toy store). A correspondence between a lens heading of the lens view and a map heading of the map canvas may be maintained. For example, responsive to rotation of the map canvas changing a current map heading of the map canvas to a rotated map heading, a current lens heading of the lens view maybe modified to a rotated lens heading corresponding to the rotated map heading. | 05-14-2015 |
20150145893 | MODAL CHANGE BASED ON ORIENTATION OF A PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE - In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at a portable multifunction device with a rectangular touch screen display that includes a portrait view and a landscape view. The method includes detecting the device in a first orientation, and while the device is in the first orientation, displaying an application in a first mode on the touch screen display in a first view. The method also includes detecting the device in a second orientation, and in response to detecting the device in the second orientation, displaying the application in a second mode on the touch screen display in a second view. The first mode of the application differs from the second mode of the application by more than a change in display orientation. | 05-28-2015 |
20150301727 | MAP INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, MAP INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a map information display device including an operating tool detector for, on a display panel where map information MI and view image information VI are displayed, detecting a position and a pointing direction of an operating tool M in touch with an area corresponding to the map information; and a display controller for controlling display of the view image information in accordance with a view point on the map information indicated by the position of the operating tool and a line-of-sight direction on the map information indicated by the pointing direction of the operating tool. | 10-22-2015 |
20160027150 | MOBILE TERMINAL, DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A display device including an interface unit configured to be connected to a mobile terminal having a first display unit displaying a mobile screen image; a second display unit for displaying a monitor window having two orientation directions; and a controller configured to display the monitor window in a first orientation direction for displaying a monitor screen image corresponding to the mobile screen image on the second display unit; receive a user command relating to a modification of the mobile screen image; transmit a control signal relating to the user command to the mobile terminal; and display a modified monitor screen image in response to the user command on a second orientation direction of the monitor window. | 01-28-2016 |
20160035065 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR IMAGE CROPPING - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, are described for combining the crop function with zoom, pan and straighten functions as part of a single cropping environment, such that a user can select a portion of an image for cropping, apply zoom, pan and straighten transformations to the selected image portion and then crop the transformed image portion in a single utility. In one aspect, the methods include the actions of receiving user input defining a crop region within a displayed image. The methods also include the actions of displaying a user interface including a cropping panel that is configured to display a subset of the image corresponding to the defined crop region. Further, the methods include the actions of receiving user input requesting to perform at least one of a zoom, rotate or translate operation on the crop region displayed in the cropping panel. | 02-04-2016 |
20160077592 | Enhanced Display Rotation - Enhanced display rotation techniques are described in which arrangement of on-screen elements and user interfaces may be controlled based upon a combination of inputs from a sensor system of a device indicative of positional relationships. Output positions for elements are controlled in dependence upon a calculated position of a user in relation to the device and alignment of the device with a magnetic direction. The position and alignment may be derived based on sensor data, including at least a camera to obtain eye tracking data and a compass used to determine an alignment of the device. Other factors may also be considered such as data from an accelerometer, facial tracking by the camera, gaze detection, a proximity sensor, and other sensor data. Responsive to manipulation of the device, rotation and/or location of the elements may be controlled in accordance with the positional relationships that are ascertained. | 03-17-2016 |