Mobile virtual desktop

• US 20030222917A1
• Filed: 05/30/2002
• Published: 12/04/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Trantow, Wayne Douglas
• Granted Patent: US 7,519,918 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/778
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens

Abstract

A device includes a display screen a processor to render a display of a portion of a logical image on the screen. The logical image is larger than that which can be displayed on the display screen of the device. As the device is maneuvered through space, different portions of the logical image are displayed, and the user may interact with these portions as desired.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a display screen; and

a processor to render a display of a portion of a logical image on the screen.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a memory to store a dictionary of gestures.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a user input device.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the user input device further comprises one of the group comprised of:

a microphone, a stylus, a keyboard, numerical keypad, and a mouse.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is operable to act as a user input device.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the logical image is two-dimensional.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the logical image is three-dimensional.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is mounted on a watchband.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a separate eyepiece display.

10. A device, comprising:

a position determining circuit;

; and

a processor to interpret movement of the device based upon inputs received from the accelerometers and to determine an active application based upon the movement.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the device further comprises a user interface to allow the user to define a home coordinate for the device.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the position determining circuit further comprises a self-contained mechanism.

13. The device of claim 10 wherein the device further comprises a memory to store gestures and corresponding actions based upon those gestures.

14. The device of claim 10, wherein the device operates in a mode selected from the group comprises of:

device relative, user awareness, and room awareness.

15. The device of claim 10, wherein the device operates in room awareness mode only has access to objects specified as relevant for a particular room

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the objects specified as relevant for a particular room are in accordance with a company security policy.

17. The device of claim 10, wherein the device is in communication with a second device and the two devices share a common game space.

18. The device of claim 10, wherein the device further comprises a port to allow communication with other devices.

19. A method of translating information, the method comprising:

determining a current position of a mobile device in a mobile virtual desktop;

interpreting a gesture made with the mobile device on the mobile virtual desktop; and

translating the gesture from the mobile virtual desktop to at least one command for an operating system on the mobile device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises receiving a user input indicating a home position for the device.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein determining a current position further comprises determining a current position on two axes of movement.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein determining a current position further comprises determining a current position on three axes of movement.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein determining a current position further comprises deriving movement magnitude and direction from a home position.

24. The method of claim 19, wherein interpreting a gesture further comprises determining a movement and timing from a gesture made with the mobile device.

25. The method of claim 19, wherein translating the gesture further comprises accessing a database using movement and timing information as indexes, and determining a command from the movement and timing information.

26. An article including machine-readable code that, when executed, causes the machine to:

determine a current position of a mobile device in a mobile virtual desktop;

interpret a gesture made with a mobile device on the mobile virtual desktop; and

translate the gesture from the mobile virtual desktop to at least one command for an operating system on the mobile device.

27. The article of claim 26, wherein the code that, when executed, causes the machine to determine the position of a mobile device further comprises determining movement magnitude and direction from a home position.

28. The article of claim 26, wherein the article further includes code that, when executed, cause the machine to receive a user input indicating a home position.

29. A method of translating a gesture, the method comprising:

determining an initial position of a device;

receiving at least one signal indicating a movement of the device; and

executing a command corresponding to the movement signal.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the method further comprises receiving a user input indicating a home position of the device.

31. The method of claim 29, wherein the signal indicating a movement of the device further comprises a spatial direction signal and a timing signal.

32. The method of claim 29, wherein executing a command corresponding to the movement signal further comprises executing a command within an application identified by the initial position of the device.

33. An article including machine-readable code that, when executed, causes the machine to:

determine an initial position of a device;

receive at least one signal indicating a movement of the device; and

execute a command corresponding to the movement signals.

34. The article of claim 33, wherein the article further includes code that, when executed, cause the machine to receive a user input indicating a home position of the device.

35. The article of claim 33, wherein the signal indicating a movement of the device further comprises a spatial direction signal and a timing signal.