Method and an apparatus for performing interaction between a mobile device and a screen

• US 20110169729A1
• Filed: 12/17/2010
• Published: 07/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Betten & Resch, NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Wagner, Matthias, Holleis, Paul
• Application Number:
  US12/928,743
• Publication Number:
  US 20110169729A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• 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: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion

Abstract

A method for performing an interaction between a mobile device and a screen having a plurality of NFC tags comprising data which can be read by said mobile device by using an NFC reader module of said mobile device to read a tag, wherein an image which is part of an application service is displayed on said screen such that one or more tags of the screen correspond to the indication of respective inputs or selections which the user may choose through his mobile phone when using said application service, wherein said image being displayed on said screen is controlled by a server on which said application service is running, said server being connected to said mobile phone of said user through a network link.

Claims

1. A method for performing an interaction between a mobile device and a screen having a plurality of NFC tags comprising data which is read by said mobile device by using an NFC reader module of said mobile device, wherein an image which is part of an application service is displayed on said screen such that one or more tags of the screen correspond to the indication of respective inputs or selections by markers which the user may choose through his mobile phone when using said application service, wherein said image being displayed on said screen is controlled by a server on which said application service is running, said server being connected to said mobile phone of said user through a network link, said method comprising:

selecting one NFC tag by the mobile phone of the user;

transmitting said selection to said server on which said application service is running;

in response to said selection, controlling said display on said screen such that there is displayed on said screen a graphical user interface offering a user to select an input;

receiving from an gesture detection module of said mobile device data which is generated in response to the user moving his mobile device and which is sensed by said gesture detection module and is then processed as an input to said graphical user interface to thereby perform the selection of said input by said user,

wherein

said graphical user interface is displayed on said screen if the granularity of said NFC tags is not sufficient so that one NFC tag corresponds to more than one selectable inputs on said screen,

said graphical user interface offering a user to select an input by moving the mobile device is displayed in response to the selection of a tag for which there are more than one options to be selected in the area of said tag so that the selection of the tag cannot uniquely identify the selection of an option,

wherein said graphical user interface comprises;

a graphical option indicator which indicates a plurality of possible option which may be chosen by the user;

a graphical selection indicator indicating the currently selected option of said plurality of options, wherein

when the user moves his mobile device said gesture detection module senses said movement and processes the resulting data such that a movement of the mobile device by said user results in the movement of the graphical selection indicator to a different selected option indicated by said graphical option indicator as being selected,

wherein said gesture conducted by said mobile device comprises;

rotating said mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein

said graphical option indicator is an arc or a circle which is divided into sections which correspond to different options;

or

said graphical option indicator is an arc or a circle which has different colours which correspond to different options, wherein

said graphical option indicator is an arc or a circle which in response to a movement of said mobile device moves such that the a graphical selection indicator indicating the currently selected option points to different selected options as said arc or circle moves,

and wherein said graphical selection indicator comprises one or more of the following;

an arrow pointing to the currently selected option among the options of said graphical option indicator;

a ball, a shaded section, a cross or any mark which points to or marks the currently selected option among said plurality of options indicated by said graphical option indicator.

3. The method claim 1, wherein the final selection of the currently selected option is made by one of the following:

tilting, or rotating the mobile device or making any sensible gesture;

quickly shaking the mobile device;

pressing a key on the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein as the arc or circle rotates or moves, new options are revealed on said arc or circle such that the option corresponding to a certain location of the moving arc or circle changes to reveal a new option.

5. The method of one of claims 1, wherein

said graphical option indicator is an arc or a circle, and wherein

multiple arcs or circles are provided to increase the number of displayable options, where the user may choose the currently active arc among the displayed ones.

8. A computer program product comprising computer program code which when being executed on a computer enables said computer to carry out a method according to claim 1.

6. An apparatus for performing an interaction between a mobile device and a screen having a plurality of NFC tags comprising data which is read by said mobile device by using an NFC reader module of said mobile device, wherein an image which is part of an application service is displayed on said screen such that one or more tags of the screen correspond to the indication of respective inputs or selections by markers which the user may choose through his mobile device when using said application service, wherein said image being displayed on said screen is controlled by a server on which said application service is running, said server being connected to said mobile device of said user through a network link, said apparatus comprising:

a module adapted to select one NFC tag by the mobile phone of the user;

a module adapted to transmit said selection to said server on which said application service is running;

a module adapted to control in response to said selection said display on said screen such that there is displayed on said screen a graphical user interface offering a user to select an input;

a module adapted to receive from a gesture detection module of said mobile device data which is generated in response to the user moving his mobile device and which is sensed by said gesture detection module and is then processed as an input to said graphical user interface to thereby perform the selection of said input by said user, wherein

said apparatus is adapted such that said graphical user interface is displayed on said screen if the granularity of said NFC tags is not sufficient so that one NFC tag corresponds to more than one selectable inputs on said screen,

said apparatus is adapted such said graphical user interface offers a user to select an input by moving the mobile device is displayed in response to the selection of a tag for which there are more than one options to be selected in the area of said tag so that the selection of the tag cannot uniquely identify the selection of an option, wherein said graphical user interface comprises;

a graphical option indicator which indicates a plurality of possible option which may be chosen by the user;

a graphical selection indicator indicating the currently selected option of said plurality of options, wherein

when the user moves his mobile device said gesture detection module is adapted to sense said movement and processes the resulting data such that a movement of the mobile device by said user results in the movement of the graphical selection indicator to a different selected option indicated by said graphical option indicator as being selected,

wherein said gesture conducted by said mobile device comprises;

rotating said mobile device.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein

said graphical option indicator is an arc or a circle which is divided into sections which correspond to different options;

or

said graphical option indicator is an arc or a circle which has different colours which correspond to different options, wherein

said graphical option indicator is an arc or a circle which in response to a movement of said mobile device moves such that the a graphical selection indicator indicating the currently selected option points to different selected options as said arc or circle moves,

wherein said graphical selection indicator comprises one or more of the following;

an arrow pointing to the currently selected option among the options of said graphical option indicator;

a ball, a shaded section, a cross or any mark which points to or marks the currently selected option among said plurality of options indicated by said graphical option indicator.