Image display apparatus and method of displaying image for displaying 360-degree image on plurality of screens, each screen representing a different angle of the 360-degree image

• US 10,349,046 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2017
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Kil-soo, Kim, Young-il
• Primary Examiner(s): McDowell, Jr., Maurice L.
• Application Number:
  US15/634,063
• Publication Number:
  US 20180035105A1
• Time in Patent Office: 742 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/003 Navigation within 3D models or images
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/045 Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/398 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4728 for selecting a Region Of Interest [ROI], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/816 involving special video data, e.g 3D video
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2624 for obtaining an image which is composed of whole input images, e.g. splitscreen

Abstract

An image display apparatus and an image display method are provided. The image display apparatus for displaying a 360-degree image includes a display; a memory comprising at least one instruction; and a processor, by executing the at least one instruction stored in the memory, is configured to control the display to display at least a part of a 360-degree image on a plurality of screens in which each of the plurality of screens represents images corresponding to different angles of view of the 360-degree image, to change display properties of one or more other screens of the plurality of screens in response to receiving an input that moves an angle of view on one of the plurality of screens, and to control the display to display at least a part of the 360-degree image on the one or more other screens having the changed display properties.

Claims

1. An image display apparatus configured to display a 360-degree image, the image display apparatus comprising:

a display;

a memory comprising at least one instruction; and

a processor, by executing the at least one instruction stored in the memory, configured;

to control the display to display at least a part of a 360-degree image on a plurality of screens in which each of the plurality of screens represents images corresponding to different angles of view of the 360-degree image,

to change display properties of other screens of the plurality of screens in response to receiving an input to move an angle of view on one of the plurality of screens, and

to control the display to display at least a part of the 360-degree image on the other screens having the changed display properties, wherein the display properties comprise at least one of locations, sizes, transparency, and an on/off state of the one or more other screens.

2. The image display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor, by executing the at least one instruction stored in the memory, is configured to move the other screens of the plurality of screens in a direction opposite to a predetermined direction in response to an input to move the angles of view of the 360-degree image in the predetermined direction on the one of the plurality of screens.

3. The image display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor, by executing the at least one instruction stored in the memory, is configured to reduce sizes of the other screens of the plurality of screens in response to an input to move the angles of view of the 360-degree image on the one of the plurality of screens.

4. The image display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor, by executing the at least one instruction stored in the memory, is configured to change transparency of the other screens of the plurality of screens in response to an input to move the angles of view of the 360-degree image on the one of the plurality of screens.

5. The image display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor, by executing the at least one instruction stored in the memory, is configured to control the display to not display the other screens of the plurality of screens while receiving an input to move the angles of view of the 360-degree image on the one of the plurality of screens.

6. The image display apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor, by executing the at least one instruction stored in the memory, is configured to control the display to display again the other screens of the plurality of screens that have not been displayed since receiving of the input to move the angles of view of the 360-degree image ends and a predetermined time elapses.

7. The image display apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor, by executing the at least one instruction stored in the memory, is configured to control the display to display again the other screens of the plurality of screens that have not been displayed in response to an input that selects the other screens since receiving of the input to move the angles of view of the 360-degree image ends.

8. The image display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an input device comprising input circuitry configured to receive an input to move the angles of view of the 360-degree image.

9. The image display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor, by executing the at least one instruction stored in the memory, is configured to change angles of view of the other screens of the plurality of screens, in response to the receiving of the input to move the angle of view on the one of the plurality of screens.

10. A method of displaying a 360-degree image, the method comprising:

displaying at least a part of a 360-degree image on a plurality of screens in which each of the plurality of screens represents images corresponding to different angles of view of the 360-degree image;

changing display properties of other screens of the plurality of screens in response to receiving an input to move an angle of view on one of the plurality of screens; and

displaying at least a part of the 360-degree image on the other screens having the changed display properties,

wherein the display properties comprise at least one of locations, sizes, transparency, and an on/off state of the other screens.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the changing of the display properties of the other screens comprises:

moving the other screens of the plurality of screens in an opposite direction to a predetermined direction in response to an input to move the angles of view of the 360-degree image in the predetermined direction on the one of the plurality of screens.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the changing of the display properties of the other screens comprises:

reducing sizes of the other screens of the plurality of screens in response to an input that moves the angles of view of the 360-degree image on the one of the plurality of screens.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the changing of the display properties of the other screens comprises:

changing transparency of the other screens of the plurality of screens in response to an input to move the angles of view of the 360-degree image on the one of the plurality of screens.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the changing of the display properties of the other screens comprises:

controlling the other screens of the plurality of screens to not be displayed when receiving an input to move the angles of view of the 360-degree image on the one of the plurality of screens.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

displaying again the other screens of the plurality of screens that have not been displayed since receiving of the input to move the angles of view of the 360-degree image ends and a predetermined time elapses.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

displaying again the other screens of the plurality of screens that have not been displayed in response to an input that selects the other screens since receiving of the input to move the angles of view of the 360-degree image ends.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving an input to move the angles of view of the 360-degree image.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method of displaying a 360-degree image of claim 10.