METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ICON VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF A CONNECTED DEVICE

• US 20070229535A1
• Filed: 03/28/2006
• Published: 10/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sakai, Ryutaro, Sakamoto, Manabu
• Application Number:
  US11/277,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20070229535A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A computerized method, in accordance with various embodiments, for visual notification comprising detecting a device that is newly in communication with a computer; determining a type information for the device; and outputting an animated visual representation or a large visual representation on a display device corresponding to the type information for the device that is newly in communication with the computer.

Claims

1. A computerized method for visual notification comprising:

detecting a device that is newly in communication with a computer;

determining a type information for the device; and

outputting an animated visual representation on a display device corresponding to the type information for the device that is newly in communication with the computer.

2. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1:

wherein the device that is newly in communication with the computer is an RFID tag; and

wherein the animated visual representation is of a device or object that the RFID tag is associated with.

3. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1 wherein the device is at least one chosen from the group consisting of a disc, a compact disc, a digital versatile disc, a camera, a camcorder, a removable memory, a memory stick, a personal digital assistant, a portable media player, a cellular telephone, a portable gaming machine, and an electronic device.

4. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the animated visual representation is translucent.

5. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1 wherein a size of the animated visual representation of the device is at least 30 percent the same size as the device.

6. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1 wherein the animated visual representation of the device is at least 2 percent the size of a display area on a display screen.

7. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1 wherein the animated visual representation of the device is at least 1500 pixels on the display screen.

8. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1 wherein the animated visual representation is a representation of at least one of a disc, a compact disc, a digital versatile disc, a camera, a camcorder, a removable memory, a memory stick, a personal digital assistant, a portable media player, a cellular telephone, a portable gaming machine and an electronic device.

9. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1 wherein the animated visual representation includes at least one of a moving sequence of images, an image that appears a disappears, and an image that fades in and fade out.

12. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1 wherein the device is at least one chosen from the group consisting of a disc, a compact disc, a digital versatile disc, a camera, a camcorder, a removable memory, a memory stick, a personal digital assistant, a portable media player, a cellular telephone, a portable gaming machine, and an electronic device.

13. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the animated visual representation is translucent.

14. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1 wherein a size of the animated visual representation of the device is at least 30 percent the same size as the device.

15. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1 wherein the animated visual representation of the device is at least 2 percent the size of a display area on a display screen.

16. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1 wherein the animated visual representation of the device is at least 1500 pixels on the display screen.

17. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1 wherein the animated visual representation is a representation of at least one of a disc, a compact disc, a digital versatile disc, a camera, a camcorder, a removable memory, a memory stick, a personal digital assistant, a portable media player, a cellular telephone, a portable gaming machine and an electronic device.

18. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1 wherein the animated visual representation includes at least one of a moving sequence of images, an image that appears a disappears, and an image that fades in and fade out.

19. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1 wherein the animated visual representation of the device is between 3 percent and 50 percent the size of a display area on a display screen.

20. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 1 wherein the animated visual representation of the device is between 5,000 and 1,000,000 pixels on the display screen.

10. A computerized method for visual notification comprising:

detecting a device that is newly in communication with a computer;

determining a type information for the device; and

outputting a large visual representation on a display device corresponding to the type information for the device that is newly in communication with the computer.

11. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 10 wherein the large visual representation is at least twice the size of a standard desktop icon displayed on a computer screen.

21. The computerized method for visual notification of claim 10:

wherein the device that is newly in communication with the computer is an RFID tag; and

wherein the large visual representation is of a device or object that the RFID tag is associated with.

22. A computer for visual notification comprising:

means for detecting a device that is newly in communication with a computer;

means for determining a type information for the device; and

means for outputting an animated visual representation on a display device corresponding to the type information for the device that is newly in communication with the computer.

23. A computer for visual notification comprising:

means for detecting a device that is newly in communication with a computer;

means for determining a type information for the device; and

means for outputting a large visual representation on a display device corresponding to the type information for the device that is newly in communication with the computer.