Camera control application

• US 10,171,720 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2012
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Lohan, Florin Cristian, Martin, John, Borovsky, Andrew, Oldfield, Graham Phillip, Collin, Richard Michael, Taivalsaari, Antero, Paimen, Lauri
• Primary Examiner(s): Peterson, Christopher K
• Application Number:
  US14/369,364
• Publication Number:
  US 20140375834A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,197 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0383 Remote input, i.e. interface arrangements in which the signals generated by a pointing device are transmitted to a PC at a remote location, e.g. to a PC in a LAN
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/52 Program synchronisation; Mutual exclusion, e.g. by means of semaphores
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/66 Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices

Abstract

An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: receive a user input; and based on the user input, provide an open instance of a first camera control application on a first apparatus as a corresponding open instance of an at least related camera control application on a second apparatus.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

receive an indication of a user input;

based on the user input, cause to provide an open instance of a first camera control application on a first device as a corresponding open instance of at least one related camera control application on a second device, wherein the apparatus is caused to provide the corresponding open instance by providing transient content of the first camera control application on the first device in the at least one related camera control application on the second device, the transient content of the corresponding open instance of the at least one related camera control application is provided to be editable at the at least one related camera control application on the second device, wherein the first camera control application and the at least one related camera control application are configured to control a camera comprised by the first device; and

cause to progressively display a proportion of the transient content of the corresponding open instance of the at least one related camera control application on the second device based on a characteristic of the received user input.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

provide a virtual user interface element on the corresponding open instance of the at least one related camera control application on the second device, the virtual user interface element based upon a physical element on the first device that is not present on the second device.

3. A method comprising:

receiving an indication of a user input;

based on the user input, causing to provide an open instance of a first camera control application on a first device as a corresponding open instance of at least one related camera control application on a second device, wherein providing the corresponding open instance comprises providing transient content of the first camera control application on the first device in the at least one related camera control application on the second device, the transient content of the corresponding open instance of the at least one related camera control application is provided to be editable at the at least one related camera control application on the second device, wherein the first camera control application and the at least one related camera control application are configured to control a camera comprised by the first device; and

causing to progressively display a proportion of the transient content of the corresponding open instance of the at least one related camera control application on the second device based on a characteristic of the received user input.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising selecting the second device from a plurality of devices based on the user input.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second device is selected based upon a direction of the user input, wherein the direction corresponds to relative locations of the first and second devices.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the user input is received by the first device.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the user input is received by the second device.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the proportion of the transient content of the open instance of the first camera control application on the first device and the proportion of the transient content of the corresponding open instance of the at least one related camera control application is correspondingly progressively displayed on the second device based on the characteristic of the user input.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein the characteristic of the user input comprises at least one of:

direction of the user input, speed of the user input, extent of the user input, or reversal of the user input.

10. The method of claim 3, further comprising continuing to display the open instance of the first camera control application on the first device after the corresponding open instance of the at least one related camera control application is displayed on the second device.

11. The method of claim 3, wherein the user input comprises a swipe across a touch-sensitive region of the first device or the second device, the swipe beginning at one edge of the touch-sensitive region of the first device or the second device.

12. The method of claim 3, further comprising providing the corresponding open instance of the at least one related camera control application on the second device by providing the same transient content as on the first camera control application on the first device in the at least one related camera control application on the second device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the transient content comprises at least one of:

a viewfinder view, a digital zoom level, or camera settings.

14. The method of claim 3, wherein the first camera control application and the at least one related camera control application provide a common level of functionality which is provided in the respective open instances of the first camera control application and the at least one related camera control application, and the common level of functionality comprises at least one of:

presenting to a user a viewfinder view of the camera, causing the camera to capture a static image, causing the camera to capture a video image, or changing a setting of the camera.

15. The method of claim 3, wherein the first camera control application and the at least one related camera control application are equivalent camera control applications provided using different operating systems of the respective first and second devices.

16. The method of claim 3, wherein the first camera control application and the at least one related camera control application are provided for use on the respective first and second devices by communication with at least one remote server.

17. The method of claim 3, further comprises considering at least one criteria in provision of the corresponding open instance of the at least one related camera control application on the second device, wherein the at least one criteria is based on a display of the first device and a display of the second device each having one or more of:

different display sizes, different display form factors, different display resolutions, and different display color schemes.

18. The method of claim 3, further comprising providing a virtual user interface element on the corresponding open instance of the at least one related camera control application on the second device, the virtual user interface element based upon a physical element on the first device that is not present on the second device.

19. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium which stores computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer-executable program code instructions for:

receiving an indication of a user input;

based on the user input, causing to provide an open instance of a first camera control application on a first device as a corresponding open instance of at least one related camera control application on a second device, wherein providing the corresponding open instance comprises providing transient content of the first camera control application on the first device in the at least one related camera control application on the second device, the transient content of the corresponding open instance of the at least one related camera control application is provided to be editable at the at least one related camera control application on the second device, wherein the first camera control application and the at least one related camera control application are configured to control a camera comprised by the first device; and

causing to progressively display a proportion of the transient content of the corresponding open instance of the at least one related camera control application on the second device based on a characteristic of the received user input.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the computer program code further comprises computer-executable program code instructions for:

providing a virtual user interface element on the corresponding open instance of the at least one related camera control application on the second device, the virtual user interface element based upon a physical element on the first device that is not present on the second device.