Method, a device and a computer program product for dynamically positioning of a pop-up window

• US 20070094612A1
• Filed: 10/24/2005
• Published: 04/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Nielsen, Peter, Kraft, Christian, Heinonen, Tomi
• Application Number:
  US11/258,597
• Publication Number:
  US 20070094612A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/808
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations

Abstract

A method, a device and a computer program product are shown for positioning of a pop-up window in a display of a mobile terminal device. In particular, the present invention relates to method, device and computer program product for dynamically positioning of the pop-up window in the display of the mobile terminal device.

Claims

1. A method comprising dynamically positioning of a pop-up window in a display of a mobile terminal device, said display showing changing pixels, wherein said mobile terminal device is for detecting an event to trigger appearance of said pop-up window on said display, said method further comprising:

analyzing a content of said display; and

determining a suitable area for said pop-up window, where said pop-up window can be positioned with minimum interference with said content.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said pop-up window is displayed for a certain period of time in said determined area after said detection.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said pop-up window is displayed transparently.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of analyzing is repeated in case the area in which the pop-up window is placed is affected by changing pixels.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein a size of said pop-up window is related to the size of said determined area and changes dynamically therewith.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein a position of said pop-up window is dependent on a position of said determined area and dynamically changes therewith.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said pop-up window does a rotational, translational or any randomly generated movement on said display.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein said event is a receipt of a message.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein a first pop-up window appears on said display upon triggering receipt of a message and whereby a further pop-up window appears on said display when a further message is received by said mobile terminal device.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein said pop-up window is removed from said display after a predetermined amount of time has elapsed or a user input is received.

12. The method according to claim 1 wherein said pop-up window is keeping its originally determined position until a user selects a new user-configurable position of said pop-up window on said display.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein said pop-up window keeps its position on said display, when said mobile terminal device is switched off.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein said pop-up window keeps its position and still is visible on said display, when the display is switched off.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein after said pop-up window appears for the first time on said display, when the mobile terminal device is switched on, a specific sound is actuated, said sound being user-configurable.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein a user can switch on or off said method, when the mobile terminal device is operating.

18. The method according to claim 1, wherein said mobile terminal device is a mobile TV phone.

31. The method according to claim 1, wherein said method uses motion vectors of macro-blocks.

32. The method according to claim 31, wherein with said motion vectors it is possible to estimate which 16×

16 blocks of a video content on said display have moved and in which direction.

39. The method according to claim 1, wherein said changing pixels are changing pixels of a displayed DVB-H stream.

40. The method according to claim 1, wherein said analyzing is for analyzing of face shaped structures in said changing pixels and is executed by an algorithm.

42. The method according to claim 1, wherein an algorithm for analyzing face shaped structures in said changing pixels is provided for said analyzing step.

2. A method comprising dynamically positioning of a pop-up window in a display of a mobile terminal device, said display showing changing pixels, wherein said mobile terminal device is for detecting an event to trigger appearance of said pop-up window on said display, wherein there is conducted an analyzing step to determine a suitable area, wherein said area comprises at least one of the following features:

the smallest amount of changing pixels for a predetermined period of time;

a minimum of difference in colour and/or intensity between the pixels of said area;

a specific shaped structure of a human body which is stationary for a predetermined period of time;

subtitles/text.

17. The method according to claim 2, wherein said smallest amount of changing pixels is determined by analyzing of pixels on said display.

19. The method according to claim 2, wherein said pop-up window is positioned in an area on the display on top of said subtitles/text, whereby said pop-up window does not cover said subtitles/text.

20. The method according to claim 2, wherein a position of said subtitles/text is recognized by a DVB-H software.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein said DVB-H software will input corresponding information for a pop-up software if said DVB-H software is for rendering said subtitles/text.

22. The method according to claim 20, wherein said DVB-H software or some other software analyzes video frames.

23. The method according to claim 20, wherein spatial high-frequency intensities with straight shapes are analyzed by said DVB-H software or some other software.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein after spatial high-frequency intensities with straight shapes are analysed corresponding information is input to a pop-up software.

25. The method according to claim 24, wherein said information is processed in a video decoder.

26. The method according to claim 24, wherein said information is processed in a video codec.

27. The method according to claim 20, wherein said DVB-H software is for recognizing said subtitles/text.

28. The method according to claim 19, wherein said display is for displaying said subtitles /text dynamically or fixed on said display.

29. The method according to claim 20, wherein said DVB-H software or some other software analyzes video frames to find textual content if said subtitles/text is fixed.

30. The method according to claim 25, wherein said video decoder is used for determining location of said pop-up window on said display.

33. The method according to claim 22, wherein said pop-up window is covering an area of changing pixels which is strongly changing, wherein a fixed area is not covered if a portion of said video frames is fixed and a background on said display is changing.

34. The method according to claim 22, wherein if a small portion of a video frame is changing while the rest of the frame is almost fixed said pop-up window covers said portion which is almost fixed.

35. The method according to claim 22, wherein if most of a video frame is changing while the rest of the frame is almost fixed said pop-up window covers said portion which is fixed.

36. The method according to claim 22, wherein said video frames are updated by a window server.

37. The method according to claim 22, wherein said video frames are updated by a display driver.

38. The method according to claim 2, wherein said pop-up window is displayed partly transparently.

41. The method according to claim 2, wherein an algorithm for analyzing face shaped structures in said changing pixels is provided for said analyzing steps.

43. A computer program product, comprising program code sections for carrying out operations, when said program is run on a processor-based device, a terminal device, a mobile terminal device, a network device, a portable terminal device, a consumer electronic device, or a mobile communication enabled terminal device, wherein a method for dynamically positioning of a pop-up window in a display of a mobile terminal device is used, said display showing changing pixels, wherein said mobile terminal device is for detecting an event to trigger appearance of said pop-up window on said display, said method comprising:

analyzing content of said display; and

determining a suitable area for said pop-up window, where said pop-up window can be positioned with minimum interference with said content.

44. The computer program product according to claim 43, wherein program code sections are stored on a machine-readable medium.

45. A mobile terminal device for dynamically positioning of a pop-up window in a display of a mobile terminal device, wherein said mobile terminal device comprises a display and a CPU-module and wherein said display is for showing pixels, wherein said mobile terminal device is for detecting an event to trigger appearance of said pop-up window on said display, comprising:

a module for analyzing content of said display; and

a module for determining a suitable area for said pop-up window, where said pop-up window can be positioned with minimum interference with said content.

46. The mobile terminal device according to claim 45, wherein the module for analyzing is configured for analyzing an area on said display, said area having

a smallest amount of changing pixels of said area for a predetermined period of time;

a minimum of difference in colour and/or intensity between the pixels of said area;

a specific part of a human body for a predetermined period of time;

subtitles/text;

and said CPU-module being configured for

displaying said pop-up window in said suitable area on said display as determined by said module for determining said suitable area.

47. The device according to claim 45, wherein said device is a mobile TV phone.

48. The device according to claim 45, wherein said device comprises a video decoder, which is connected to said display and said CPU-module, said video decoder configured for determining a location of said pop-up window on said display.

49. The device according to claim 45, wherein said device comprises a window server, which is connected to said display and said CPU-module, said window server configured for updating video frames.

50. The device according to claim 45, wherein said device comprises a display driver, which is connected to said display and said CPU-module, said display driver configured for updating video frames.