ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY ORIENTATION OF AN IMAGE ON A MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20100066751A1
• Filed: 04/14/2009
• Published: 03/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optis Cellular Technology LLC (Brevet Capital)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Moon Ju, Ryu, Hye Jin, Lee, Dongseok, Park, Junserk
• Granted Patent: US 8,564,618 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/581
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04101 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup

Abstract

A method of displaying a first image on a mobile terminal, the method comprising: displaying a first image and a second image overlaid on the first image on a display unit of the mobile terminal; and changing the orientation of the first image and the second image according to a variation in the orientation of the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a captured image on a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a captured image and a frame image overlaid on the captured image on a display unit of the mobile terminal; and

changing the orientation of the captured image and the frame image according to a variation in the orientation of the mobile terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the orientation of the frame image is continuously changed according to the variation in the orientation of the mobile terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the orientation of the frame image is discretely changed according to the variation in the orientation of the mobile terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the captured image is a preview image.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the captured image is a stored image.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

photographing the captured image on which the frame image having a changed orientation is overlaid;

combining the photographed captured image and the frame image; and

storing the combined image.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the captured image and the frame image overlaid on the captured image comprises:

displaying the captured image and a frame list including a plurality of frame images on the display unit of the mobile terminal;

selecting one of the frame images from the frame list; and

overlaying the selected frame image on the captured image.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the displaying the frame list displays a plurality of frame images corresponding to an image characteristic parameter of the captured image.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the color of the frame image is changed to be suited to the image characteristic parameter of the captured image.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the image characteristic parameter corresponds to at least one of the luminance, value, saturation, shade, hue and distinctness of the captured image.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the size and orientation of the frame image is controllable.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the size and orientation of the frame image are controlled through a plurality of touch signals which are simultaneously generated.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the position of the frame image is movable.

14. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit displaying a first image and a second image; and

a controller for displaying the second image such that the second image is overlaid on the first image and for changing the orientation of the second image according to a variation in the orientation of the mobile terminal.

15. A computing system implemented method comprising:

graphically applying a frame to an image displayed on a display of a mobile terminal such that the frame is overlaid on top of the image, wherein the frame has a border and an opening within said border through which a first portion of the image is displayed whiled a second portion of the frame is disguised under the border;

changing the orientation of the image in relationship with the display, in response to detecting a change in physical orientation of the mobile terminal, from a first orientation to a second orientation;

changing the orientation of the frame in relationship with the display, in response to detecting a change in physical orientation of the mobile terminal, from the first orientation to the second orientation; and

resizing the opening of the frame to adjust degree with which the first portion of the image is displayed through the opening of the frame, in response to user interaction with the mobile terminal.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the orientation of the frame in relationship with the display is changed to the same degree and in the same direction as the orientation of the image is changed in relationship with the display.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the orientation of the image or the frame in relationship with the display is changed when the difference in angle of rotation between the first orientation and the second orientation is greater than a first threshold.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the orientation of the image in relationship with the display is changed when the difference in angle of rotation between the first orientation and the second orientation is greater than a second threshold.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the orientation of the frame in relationship with the display is changed when the difference in angle of rotation between the first orientation and the second orientation is greater than a third threshold.