LARGE SIZE IMAGE BROWSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110037779A1
• Filed: 02/05/2010
• Published: 02/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.), MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd. (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.), MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd. (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: LIANG, HUI-WEI
• Application Number:
  US12/700,740
• Publication Number:
  US 20110037779A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/661
• 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 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• 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 2203/04806 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

Abstract

The present invention discloses a large size image browsing apparatus and a method thereof. The large size image browsing method according to the present invention comprises the following steps. First, a browsing apparatus is moved. Next, a sensing unit senses the force exerted on the browsing apparatus and calculates the displacement of the browsing apparatus to send out a displacement signal. Then, a processing unit sends out a control signal according to the displacement signal to update a part of the large size image on a display unit.

Claims

1. A large size image browsing apparatus comprising:

a display unit displaying a part of a large size image, wherein a size of the large size image is larger than a displayable size on the display unit;

a sensing unit sensing a force exerted on the browsing apparatus and accordingly calculating displacement of the browsing apparatus to send out a displacement signal; and

a processing unit sending out a control signal according to the displacement signal, so as to control the display unit to update the part of the large size image.

2. The large size image browsing apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising a switch, wherein the sensing unit sends out the displacement signal to the processing unit when the switch is turned on.

3. The large size image browsing apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the sensing unit is a gravity sensor.

4. The large size image browsing apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the sensing unit senses the forces exerted on the browsing apparatus on a first axis and a second axis and accordingly calculates the displacement of the browsing apparatus to send out the displacement signal that comprises movement information on the first axis and the second axis, wherein the first axis and the second axis are orthogonal to each other.

5. The large size image browsing apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein the sensing unit ignores the force on the first axis or the second axis when a fluctuation magnitude of the force on the first axis or the second axis is less than a force threshold, wherein the fluctuation magnitude of the force is an absolute value of difference between the force on the first axis or the second axis at a first predetermined time and the force on the first axis or the second axis at a second predetermined time.

6. The large size image browsing apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein the processing unit sends out the control signal according to the movement information on the first axis and the second axis, so as to control the display unit to shift, reduce or enlarge the part of the large size image.

7. The large size image browsing apparatus as defined in claim 6, wherein the sensing unit ignores the force on the first axis or the second axis when a fluctuation magnitude of the force on the first axis or the second axis is less than a force threshold, wherein the fluctuation magnitude of the force is an absolute value of difference between the force on the first axis or the second axis at a first predetermined time and the force on the first axis or the second axis at a second predetermined time.

8. The large size image browsing apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein the sensing unit ignores the force on the first axis when a ratio of a fluctuation magnitude of the force on the first axis to a fluctuation magnitude of the force on the second axis is less than a ratio threshold, wherein the fluctuation magnitude of the force on the first axis is an absolute value of difference between the force on the first axis at a first predetermined time and the force on the first axis at a second predetermined time, the fluctuation magnitude of the force on the second axis is an absolute value of difference between the force on the second axis at the first predetermined time and the force on the second axis at the second predetermined time.

9. The large size image browsing apparatus as defined in claim 8, wherein the sensing unit ignores the force on the first axis or the second axis when the fluctuation magnitude of the force on the first axis or the fluctuation magnitude of the force on the second axis is less than a force threshold.

10. The large size image browsing apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the display unit further comprising a three-dimensional dynamic display function displays the large size image moved in three-dimensional space according to a three-dimensional control signal from the processing unit in real time.

11. A large size image browsing method applied to a large size image browsing apparatus comprising a display unit displaying a part of a large size image, a sensing unit and a processing unit, a size of the large size image being larger than a displayable size on the display unit, the method comprising the following steps:

(A) moving the browsing apparatus;

(B) calculating displacement of the browsing apparatus by the sensing unit sensing a force exerted on the browsing apparatus so as to send out a displacement signal; and

(C) sending out a control signal by the processing unit according to the displacement signal, so as to control the display unit to update the part of the large size image.

12. The large size image browsing method as defined in claim 11, wherein the browsing apparatus further comprises a switch which is electrically connected to the sensing unit and the processing unit so that the method further comprises a step (A1) turning on the switch prior to the step (B).

13. The large size image browsing method as defined in claim 12, wherein the method further comprises a step (D) turning off the switch after the step (C).

14. The large size image browsing method as defined in claim 11, wherein the sensing unit is a gravity sensor.

15. The large size image browsing method as defined in claim 11, wherein the sensing unit senses the forces exerted on the browsing apparatus on a first axis and a second axis and accordingly calculates the displacement of the browsing apparatus to send out the displacement signal that comprises movement information on the first axis and the second axis, wherein the first axis and the second axis are orthogonal to each other.

16. The large size image browsing method as defined in claim 15, wherein the processing unit sends out the control signal according to the movement information on the first axis and the second axis, so as to control the display unit to shift, reduce or enlarge the part of the large size image.

17. The large size image browsing method as defined in claim 15, wherein the sensing unit ignores the force on the first axis or the second axis when a fluctuation magnitude of the force on the first axis or the second axis is less than a force threshold, wherein the fluctuation magnitude of the force is an absolute value of difference between the force on the first axis or the second axis at a first predetermined time and the force on the first axis or the second axis at a second predetermined time.

18. The large size image browsing method as defined in claim 15, wherein the sensing unit ignores the force on the first axis when a ratio of a fluctuation magnitude of the force on the first axis to a fluctuation magnitude of the force on the second axis is less than a ratio threshold, wherein the fluctuation magnitude of the force on the first axis is an absolute value of difference between the force on the first axis at a first predetermined time and the force on the first axis at a second predetermined time, the fluctuation magnitude of the force on the second axis is an absolute value of difference between the force on the second axis at the first predetermined time and the force on the second axis at the second predetermined time.

19. The large size image browsing method as defined in claim 18, wherein the sensing unit ignores the force on the first axis or the second axis when the fluctuation magnitude of the force on the first axis or the fluctuation magnitude of the force on the second axis is less than a force threshold.

20. The large size image browsing method as defined in claim 11, wherein the display unit further comprising a three-dimensional dynamic display function displays the large size image moved in three-dimensional space according to a three-dimensional control signal from the processing unit in real time.