Interactive imaging for cellular phones

• US 20060073853A1
• Filed: 10/05/2004
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tamiras Per Pte Ltd LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: iSee-Media Inc.
• Inventors: Opala, Andrew, Cighir, Lucian, Petelycky, Ihor
• Granted Patent: US 7,529,552 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3833 Hand-held transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A method for interacting with imagery on a cellular phone, including rendering an image on a display for a cellular phone, detecting that a user has selected an active area of the display using an input device for the cellular phone, and automatically activating a function of the cellular phone corresponding to the active area of the display. A system and a computer readable storage medium are also described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method for interactive imaging on a cellular phone, comprising:

rendering an image on a display for a cellular phone;

detecting that a user has selected an active area of the display using an input device for the cellular phone; and

automatically activating a function of the cellular phone corresponding to the active area of the display.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the input device is a light pen.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the input device is a keypad.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the function of the cellular phone is a dialing function.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the function of the cellular phone is a display function.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the image is a portion of a panoramic scene.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the active area of the display is a rectangular area.

8. A system for interactive imaging, comprising:

a cellular phone, comprising;

a display housed on said cellular phone for displaying an image; and

a processor housed inside said cellular phone and coupled to said display for detecting that a user has selected an active area of said display using an input device for said cellular phone, and for automatically activating a -function of said cellular phone corresponding to the active area of said display.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the input device is a light pen.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the input device is a keypad.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein the function of the cellular phone is a dialing function.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein the function of the cellular phone is a display function.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein the image is a portion of a panoramic scene.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein the active area of the display is a rectangular area.

15. A computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing a computer to perform the steps of:

rendering an image on a display for a cellular phone;

detecting that a user has selected an active area of the display using an input device for the cellular phone; and

automatically activating a function of the cellular phone corresponding to the active area of the display.

16. A method for interactive imaging on a cellular phone, comprising:

determining whether or not a cellular phone is currently connected to the Internet;

if so, then;

requesting image data from a server computer;

receiving the requested image data;

rendering an image on a display for the cellular phone, based on local image data stored on the cellular phone and based on the requested image data;

else;

rendering an image on the display for a cellular phone based on local image data stored on the cellular phone;

detecting that a user has selected an active area of the display using an input device for the cellular phone; and

automatically activating a function of the cellular phone corresponding to the active area of the display.

17. A system for interactive imaging on a cellular phone, comprising:

a cellular phone, comprising;

a connection detector housed within said cellular phone for determining whether or not the cellular phone is currently connected to the Internet;

a transmitter housed within said cellular phone for requesting image data from a server computer;

a receiver housed within said cellular phone for receiving the requested image data;

a display on said cellular phone for displaying an image, using local image data stored on said cellular phone and using the requested image data; and

a processor within said cellular phone coupled with said connection detector, said transmitter, said receiver and said display, for detecting that a user has selected an active area of said display using an input device for said cellular phone, and for automatically activating a function of said cellular phone corresponding to the active area of said display.

18. A computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing a computer to perform the steps of:

determining whether or not a cellular phone is currently connected to the Internet;

if so, then;

requesting image data from a server computer;

receiving the requested image data;

rendering an image on a display for the cellular phone, based on local image data stored on the cellular phone and based on the requested image data;

else;

rendering an image on the display for a cellular phone based on local image data stored on the cellular phone;

detecting that a user has selected an active area of the display using an input device for the cellular phone; and

automatically activating a function of the cellular phone corresponding to the active area of the display.