METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING A LOCATION-BASED USER INTERFACE

• US 20110279453A1
• Filed: 05/16/2010
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Castro, Brenda, Murphy, David Joseph
• Application Number:
  US12/780,913
• Publication Number:
  US 20110279453A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/420
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/00 Animation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/70 Denoising; Smoothing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

An approach is provided for enabling a pleasing lightweight transition between two more complete renderings of content associated with a location based service. A device is caused to present the first rendering of a graphical user interface based on location information of a three-dimensional model or models, panoramic image data, etc. corresponding to the starting location information. A change in rendering location is caused, leading to a series of transition renderings based in part on models and possibly image data associated with the intermediate locations, before finally the device presents the destination rendering similar to the starting rendering. The transition renderings provide a pleasing transition, which also allows the device time to fetch and process the heavier data associated with the final rendering.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request, at a device, to render a user interface of a location-based service, the request including location information;

causing, at least in part, presentation of a first rendering in the user interface based, at least in part, on a three-dimensional model corresponding to the location information; and

causing, at least in part, presentation of a second rendering in the user interface based, at least in part, on image data associated with the location information.

2. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a time associated with retrieving the image data;

causing, at least in part, transition of the user interface from the first rendering to the second rendering based, at least in part, on the determined time.

3. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining context information associated with the device, a user of the device, or a combination thereof.

4. A method of claim 3, further comprising:

causing, at least in part, rendering of the context information in the first rendering, the second rendering, or both.

5. A method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining whether to present in the user interface the first rendering or the second rendering based, at least in part, on the context information.

6. A method of claim 3, further comprising:

selecting the image data for the second rendering based, at least in part, on the context information.

7. A method of claim 3, wherein the context information includes weather, time, date, season, holiday, activity, or a combination thereof.

8. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an input for selecting the first rendering or the second rendering; and

causing, at least in part, rendering of the user interface based, at least in part, on the input.

9. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a change in the location information , the change causing a transition from the image data to another set of image data for the second rendering;

causing, at least in part, presentation of the first rendering in the user interface until the second rendering based, at least in part, on the another set of image data is complete.

17. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform:

determining a time associated with retrieving the image data;

causing, at least in part, transition of the user interface from the first rendering to the second rendering based, at least in part, on the determined time.

18. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform:

determining context information associated with the device, a user of the device, or a combination thereof.

19. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform:

causing, at least in part, rendering of the context information in the first rendering, the second rendering, or both.

20. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform:

determining whether to present in the user interface the first rendering or the second rendering based, at least in part, on the context information.

10. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

receive a request, at a device, to render a user interface of a location-based service, the request including location information;

cause, at least in part, presentation of a first rendering in the user interface based, at least in part, on a three-dimensional model corresponding to the location information; and

cause, at least in part, presentation of a second rendering in the user interface based, at least in part, on image data associated with the location information.

11. An apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine a time associated with retrieving the image data;

cause, at least in part, transition of the user interface from the first rendering to the second rendering based, at least in part, on the determined time.

12. An apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine context information associated with the device, a user of the device, or a combination thereof.

13. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, rendering of the context information in the first rendering, the second rendering, or both.

14. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine whether to present in the user interface the first rendering or the second rendering based, at least in part, on the context information.

15. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

select the image data for the second rendering based, at least in part, on the context information.

16. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

receiving a request, at a device, to render a user interface of a location-based service, the request including location information;

causing, at least in part, presentation of a first rendering in the user interface based, at least in part, on a three-dimensional model corresponding to the location information; and

causing, at least in part, presentation of a second rendering in the user interface based, at least in part, on image data associated with the location information.