Method for displaying a setting menu and corresponding device

• US 20110271235A1
• Filed: 04/09/2011
• Published: 11/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: Thiebaud, Sylvain, Doyen, Didier, Borel, Thierry
• Granted Patent: US 8,694,922 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/117 the virtual viewpoint locations being selected by the viewers or determined by viewer tracking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/128 Adjusting depth or disparity
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/183 On-screen display [OSD] information, e.g. subtitles or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/398 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for displaying a settings menu. In order to optimize the graphical representation of setting carried out by a spectator, the method comprises steps for:

• • displaying said settings menu comprising a three-dimensional graphical element of which one of the dimensions extends according to a depth direction (z),
  • displaying, on said graphical element, of at least one setting representative of at least one item of depth information.

Claims

1. Method for displaying a settings menu, wherein said method comprises steps for:

displaying said settings menu comprising a three-dimensional graphical element of which one of the dimensions extends according to a depth direction,

inputting of at least one setting representative of at least one item of depth information, said at least one setting being applied to the displaying of said graphical element according to the depth direction.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein it comprises a step of selection of at least a part of said graphical element, said at least one selected part being associated with said at least one setting.

3. Method according to claim 1, wherein it comprises a step of displaying of at least one three-dimensional image for which the depth depends on said at least one setting, the display of said at least one image being subsequent to the application of the at least one setting at the display of the graphical element.

4. Method according to claim 1, wherein it comprises a step of displaying of at least one three-dimensional image for which the depth depends on said at least one setting, the display of said at least one image being simultaneous with the application of the at least one setting at the display of the graphical element.

5. Method according to claim 1, wherein said at least one setting is representative of a first item of depth information corresponding to a minimum depth of an image to be displayed and of a second item of depth information corresponding to a maximum depth of said image to be displayed.

6. Method according to claim 1, wherein said at least one setting is representative of an item of depth information corresponding to the average depth of an image to be displayed.

7. Method according to claim 1, wherein it comprises a step of analysis of a user gesture, the result of the analysis being interpreted to control said at least one setting.

8. Method according to claim 7, wherein the analysis of said gesture comprises a step of determination of the distance separating two determined parts of the physique of the user, the determined distance being associated with said at least one setting.