Method and System for Displaying Multiple Synchronized Images

• US 20090040186A1
• Filed: 08/07/2007
• Published: 02/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Esenther, Alan W.
• Application Number:
  US11/835,068
• Publication Number:
  US 20090040186A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A primary image is displayed a touch sensitive surface while touches at a first location and a second location on the touch sensitive surface are sensed. A baseline between the first location and the second location is determined. The baseline has a length and orientation. A secondary image comparable to the primary image is displayed. The secondary image has a size and a point of view corresponding respectively to the length and orientation of the baseline. Multiple users can also interact with the primary image simultaneously.

Claims

1. A method for displaying images, comprising:

displaying a primary image on a touch sensitive surface;

sensing touches at a first location and a second location on the touch sensitive surface while displaying the primary image;

determining a baseline between the first location and the second location, the baseline having a length and orientation; and

displaying a secondary image comparable to the primary image, in which a size and a point of view of the secondary image correspond respectively to the length and orientation of the baseline.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sensing the touches while the first and second locations change;

displaying the secondary image while the first and second locations change.

3. The method of claim 1, in which a center of the secondary image corresponds to a center of the baseline.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising;

sensing a touching at a third location;

determining a distance between the third location and the baseline; and

displaying the secondary image, in which a tilt of the secondary image corresponds to the distance.

5. The method of claim 1, in which multiple users touch the touch sensitive surface while displaying the primary image, and further comprising:

identifying uniquely the touches with the multiple users;

determining the base line for each user; and

displaying a different secondary image for each user corresponding the baseline associated with each users.

6. The method of claim 1, in which the secondary image is displayed on a different display surface than the touch sensitive surface.

7. The method of claim 1, in which the primary image is static.

8. The method of claim 1, in which an order of initially touching the first and second locations resolve the orientation of the baseline.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

overlaying information related to the primary image on the secondary image.

10. The method of claim 1, in which the primary and secondary images display geographic information.

11. The method of claim 5, in which the primary image remains static while displaying the different secondary image.

12. The method of claim 5, in which each secondary image is displayed on a different display surfaces.

13. A system for displaying images, comprising:

a touch sensitive surface;

means for displaying a primary image on the touch sensitive surface;

means for sensing touches at a first location and a second location on the touch sensitive surface while displaying the primary image;

means for determining a baseline between the first location and the second location, the baseline having a length and orientation; and

means for displaying a secondary image comparable to the primary image, in which a size and a point of view of the secondary image correspond respectively to the length and orientation of the baseline.