System and Method to Navigate and Present Image Libraries and Images

• US 20100188429A1
• Filed: 01/29/2009
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Friedman, Lee G.
• Application Number:
  US12/362,115
• Publication Number:
  US 20100188429A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/661
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• 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: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440245 the reformatting operation being performed only on part of the stream, e.g. a region of the image or a time segment
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4728 for selecting a Region Of Interest [ROI], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region

Abstract

Methods and systems for navigating and presenting image libraries and images on a display screen are disclosed. A position on a display screen pointed to by a controller is determined. A movement of the controller that changes a distance between the controller and the display screen is detected. A display presented by the display screen is modified by performing a zoom operation related to the determined position on the display screen, where a change in the display based on the zoom operation is determined based on an amount the distance between the controller and the display screen is changed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining a position on a display screen pointed to by a controller;

detecting a movement of the controller that changes a distance between the controller and the display screen; and

modifying a display presented by the display screen by performing a zoom operation related to the determined position on the display screen, wherein a change in the display based on the zoom operation is determined based on an amount the distance between the controller and the display screen is changed.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising calibrating positions on the display screen with regard to positions of the controller.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a toggle status from the controller, wherein the position on the display screen is determined when the received toggle status has a first value.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a toggle status from the controller, wherein the movement of the controller that changes a distance between the controller and the display screen is determined when the received toggle status has a second value.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the modified display presented by the display screen comprises a portion of an image, and wherein determining the position on the display screen pointed to by the controller comprises selecting the portion of the image presented by the display screen.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the position on the display screen pointed to by the controller includes detecting positions of a first LED module and a second LED module relative to a detector along an x-axis and a y-axis substantially parallel to the display screen, wherein the x-axis is perpendicular to the y-axis.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the movement of the controller that changes a distance between the controller and the display screen comprises comparing a detected first position of a first LED module and a second LED module relative to a detector at a first time before the movement, and a detected second position of the first LED module and the second LED module relative to the detector at a second time after the movement, and determining based on the first position and the second position the amount the distance is changed, wherein the first LED module and the second LED module are a predetermined distance from each other.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first LED module and the second LED module are located at the controller.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the detector is located at the controller.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the display screen presents media content received from a set top box.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is performed at a set top box.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a focus region on the display screen based on the determined position on the display screen.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the focus region is indicated by a pointer displayed on the display screen.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the focus region comprises a highlighted image of a plurality of images displayed on the display screen.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the zoom operation enlarges the highlighted image.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the focus region comprises a highlighted rectangular region on the display screen and wherein the zoom operation enlarges the highlighted rectangular region on the display screen.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the display screen has a rectangular shape having a particular aspect ratio and wherein the highlighted rectangular region has an aspect ratio substantially the same as the particular aspect ratio of the display screen.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the display presented by the display screen comprises a first collection of selectable images prior to the zoom operation and wherein the display presented by the display screen comprises a second collection of selectable images after the zoom operation.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising retrieving the first collection of selectable images and the second collection of selectable images from an image library.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the display presented by the display screen comprising a first page of a sequence of pages and wherein the display presented by the display screen comprises a second page of the sequence of pages after the zoom operation.

21. A method comprising:

receiving a position on a display screen from a controller;

receiving from the controller an amount a distance between the controller and the display screen has changed; and

modifying a display presented by the display screen by performing a zoom operation related to the position on the display screen, wherein a change in the display based on the zoom operation is determined based on the amount the distance between the controller and the display screen has changed.

22. A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to:

determine a position on a display screen pointed to by a controller;

detect a movement of the controller that changes a distance between the controller and the display screen; and

modify a display presented by the display screen by performing a zoom operation related to the determined position on the display screen, wherein a change in the display based on the zoom operation is determined based on an amount the distance between the controller and the display screen is changed.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein determining the position on the display screen pointed to by the controller includes detecting positions of a first LED module and a second LED module relative to a detector along an x-axis and a y-axis substantially parallel to the display screen, wherein the x-axis is perpendicular to the y-axis.

24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, further comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to calibrate positions on the display screen with regard to positions of the first LED module and the second LED module along the x-axis and the y-axis.

25. A system comprising:

a detector to detect a position of a first LED module and a second LED module relative to the detector, wherein the first LED module and the second LED module are located at a controller and are a predetermined distance from each other;

a position-determining module to determine a position on a display screen pointed to by the controller based on the position of the first LED module and the position of the second LED module;

a movement-detection module to detect a movement of the controller that changes a distance between the controller and the display screen; and

a display module to modify a display presented by the display screen by performing a zoom operation related to the determined position on the display screen, wherein a change in the display based on the zoom operation is determined based on an amount the distance between the controller and the display screen is changed.