METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING DIFFERENT IMAGE INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ANGLE OF A TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20120069052A1
• Filed: 09/06/2010
• Published: 03/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olaworks, Inc.
• Inventors: Choi, Young Il, Lee, Kyoung Suk, Ju, Chan Jin, Ryu, Jung Hee
• Granted Patent: US 8,884,986 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/633
• 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

Abstract

The present invention includes a method for providing different images by referring to angles of a terminal. The method includes the steps of: (a) if the angle falls under an angular range which includes 0 degree with respect to the horizontal plane, setting a content provided through the terminal to be map information, if the angle falls under an angular range which includes 90 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane, setting a content provided through the terminal to be preview image, and if the angle falls under an angular range which includes 180 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane, setting a content provided through the terminal to be weather; (b) acquiring information on the angle by using a sensor; (c) creating information on an image based on the set content; and (d) providing a user with the created information.

Claims

1. A method for providing different images by referring to angles of a terminal comprising the steps of:

(a) setting content provided through the terminal to be relevant to one of the following;

map information when the terminal is tilted within an angular range which includes a 0 degree horizontal plane or another reference plane in which a display screen of the terminal faces generally upward, a preview image when the terminal is tilted within an angular range which includes 90 degrees from the 0 degree horizontal plane, and weather information when the terminal is tilted within an angular range which includes 180 degrees from the 0 degree horizontal plane;

(b) acquiring information on the angle of the terminal tilted with respect to the horizontal plane or the certain reference plane by using a sensor(s);

(c) creating information on an image based on the set content corresponding to the acquired information on an angle of the terminal; and

(d) providing a user with the created information on the image.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, at the step (c), the information on the image is created in a form of augmented reality (AR) by referring to an image inputted through the terminal and information relating thereto.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the angle of the terminal is included in a specific angular range among the three angular ranges, the information on the image is created differently depending on whether the terminal is placed in portrait or landscape position in the specific angular range;

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the map information includes geographic information about a nearby area around a current location of the terminal and information of interest thereabout.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the information of interest includes at least one of recommended famous sites, train service, movies available now and real time traffic as information relating to the nearby area.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of computing the total of recommendation hits of users by each recommended famous site and the step of providing a user interface with which comments are posted by each certain recommended famous site having k or more recommendation hits grouped among the recommend famous sites, are included.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein, even if the angle of the terminal is changed, the created information on the image includes an icon for preventing the image currently provided from being converted to a different image.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the angle of the terminal is within an angular range which includes 90 degrees from the 0 degree horizontal plane or other reference plane, a step of sensing shaking of the terminal and a step of changing sorts of thumbnails including information relating to a specified area depending on a pattern of the shaking of the terminal if a landscape of the specified area is displayed as a preview are further included.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the angle of the terminal is within an angular range which includes 180 degrees from the 0 degree horizontal plane or other reference plane, comments inputted by users are additionally displayed in a form of flowing stream on the screen of the terminal.

19. A medium recording a computer readable program to execute the method of claim 1.

10. A terminal for providing information on different images by referring to angles thereof comprising:

a sensor for acquiring information on an angle thereof with respect to a horizontal plane or a certain reference plane;

a control part for creating information on an image based on the set content corresponding to the information on the angle thereof if the information on the angle thereof is acquired through the sensor, in a state of a content provided therethrough (i) being set to be relevant to map information if an angle thereof leaning to the horizontal plane or a certain reference plane falls under an angular range which includes 0 degree with respect to the horizontal plane or the certain reference plane, (ii) being set to be relevant to a preview image if image if the angle thereof leaning to the horizontal plane or the certain reference plane falls under an angular range which includes 90 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane or the certain reference plane, and (iii) being set to be relevant to weather if the angle thereof leaning to the horizontal plane or the certain reference plane falls under an angular range which includes 180 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane or the certain reference plane, provided that it is assumed that if the angle thereof leaning to the horizontal plane or the certain reference plane is 0 degree a screen of the terminal is deemed to face toward the ground; and

a display part for providing a user with the created information on the image.

11. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the control part creates the information on the image in a form of augmented reality (AR) by referring to an image inputted therethrough and information relating thereto.

12. The terminal of claim 10, wherein, if the angle thereof is included in a specific angular range among the three angular ranges, the control part creates the information on images differently depending on whether the terminal is placed vertically or horizontally in the specific angular range.

13. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the map information includes geographic information about a nearby area around a current location thereof and information of interest thereabout.

14. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the information of interest includes at least one of recommended famous sites, train service, movies available now and real time traffic as information relating to the nearby area.

15. The terminal of claim 14, wherein the control part includes a user interface driving part which computes the total of recommendation hits of users by each recommended famous site and provides a user interface with which comments are posted by each certain recommended famous site having k or more recommendation hits grouped among the recommend famous sites.

16. The terminal of claim 10, wherein, even if the angle thereof is changed, the created information on the image includes an icon for preventing the image currently provided from being converted to a different image.

17. The terminal of claim 10, wherein, if the angle thereof is within an angular range which includes 90 degrees from the 0 degree horizontal plane or other reference plane, the sensor senses shaking thereof and changes sorts of thumbnails including information relating to a specified area depending on a pattern of the shaking thereof if a landscape of the specified area is displayed as a preview.

18. The terminal of claim 10, wherein, if the angle thereof is within an angular range which includes 180 degrees from the 0 degree horizontal plane or other reference plane, the control part creates information on the image to additionally display comments inputted by users in a form of flowing stream on the screen thereof.