IMAGE BROWSING METHOD AND IMAGE BROWSING APPARATUS THEREOF

• US 20090066701A1
• Filed: 11/08/2007
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hi-Touch Imaging Technologies Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hi-Touch Imaging Technologies Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Ying, Chen-Yang, Kao, Chih-Hung, Huang, Kuan-Chih
• Application Number:
  US11/937,478
• Publication Number:
  US 20090066701A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/473
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

An image browsing method includes: detecting a movement corresponding to a user input to generate a detecting variation; checking if the detecting variation is greater than a predetermined threshold value; when the detecting variation is greater than the predetermined threshold value, displaying an animation indicative of completely turning a page for showing a target image instead of a current image in order to allow browsing of the target image; and when the detecting variation is not greater than the predetermined threshold value, displaying the current image for browsing of the current image.

Claims

1. An image browsing method, comprising:

detecting a movement corresponding to a user input to generate a detecting variation;

checking if the detecting variation is greater than a predetermined threshold value;

when the detecting variation is greater than the predetermined threshold value, displaying an animation indicative of completely turning a page for showing a target image instead of a current image in order to allow browsing of the target image; and

when the detecting variation is not greater than the predetermined threshold value, displaying the current image for browsing of the current image.

2. The image browsing method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the movement corresponding to the user input to generate a detected moving direction;

wherein the step of displaying the animation indicative of completely turning the page for showing the target image instead of the current image in order to allow browsing of the target image further comprises;

determining the target image and the animation indicative of completely turning the page according to the detected moving direction.

3. The image browsing method of claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the current image for browsing of the current image further comprises:

displaying an animation indicative of incompletely turning the page.

4. The image browsing method of claim 3, further comprising:

detecting the movement corresponding to the user input to generate a detected moving direction;

wherein the step of displaying the current image for browsing of the current image further comprises;

determining the animation indicative of incompletely turning the page according to the detected moving direction.

5. The image browsing method of claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the animation indicative of completely turning the page for showing the target image instead of the current image in order to allow browsing of the target image further comprises:

outputting a sound of turning the page while displaying the animation indicative of completely turning the page.

6. An image browsing apparatus, comprising:

a displaying unit;

a detecting unit, for detecting a movement corresponding to a user input to generate a detecting variation; and

a controlling unit, for checking if the detecting variation is greater than a predetermined threshold value;

wherein when the controlling unit determines the detecting variation is greater than the predetermined threshold value, the controlling unit controls the displaying unit to display an animation indicative of completely turning a page for showing a target image instead of a current image in order to allow browsing of the target image and when the controlling unit determines the detecting variation is not greater than the predetermined threshold value, the controlling unit controls the displaying unit to display the current image for browsing of the current image.

7. The image browsing method of claim 6, wherein the displaying unit is further utilized for detecting the movement corresponding to the user input to generate a detected moving direction, and when the controlling unit determines the detecting variation is greater than the predetermined threshold value, the controlling unit determines the target image and the animation indicative of completely turning the page according to the detected moving direction.

8. The image browsing apparatus of claim 6, wherein when the controlling unit determines the detecting variation is not greater than the predetermined threshold value, the controlling unit controls the displaying unit to display an animation indicative of incompletely turning the page.

9. The image browsing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the displaying unit is further utilized for detecting the movement corresponding to the user input to generate a detected moving direction, and when the controlling unit determines the detecting variation is not greater than the predetermined threshold value, the controlling unit determines the animation indicative of incompletely turning the page according to the detected moving direction.

10. The image browsing apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

a sound outputting unit;

wherein when the controlling unit determines the detecting variation is greater than the predetermined threshold value, the controlling unit controls the sound outputting unit to output a sound of turning the page while displaying the animation indicative of completely turning the page.