Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Terminal, Information Processing Method and Computer Program

• US 20120075348A1
• Filed: 09/14/2011
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kasahara, Shunichi, Miyashita, Ken, Yamamoto, Kazuyuki, Yamano, Ikuo, Mizunuma, Hiroyuki
• Application Number:
  US13/232,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20120075348A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/671
• 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 1/1639 the display being based on projection
• 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 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• 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

An apparatus, method, and computer-readable storage medium for processing image data are provided. The apparatus includes an output unit configured to project a first image on a projection surface, a detection unit configured to detect movement of the apparatus, and a processor configured to change the first image to a second image based on the detected movement.

Claims

1. An apparatus for processing image data, comprising:

an output unit configured to project a first image on a projection surface;

a detection unit configured to detect movement of the apparatus; and

a processor configured to change the first image to a second image based on the detected movement.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the detection unit is configured to detect a horizontal component of the movement.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the detection unit is configured to detect a vertical component of the movement.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the detection unit is configured to detect a circular component of the movement.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the detection unit comprises a sensing unit configured to detect at least one of an angular speed or acceleration corresponding to the movement.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the detection unit is configured to determine a distance between the apparatus and the projection surface.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first image includes a plurality of objects and the processor is configured to execute a scrolling of the objects based on the detected movement.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first image includes a plurality of objects and the processor is configured to execute a continuous scrolling of the objects when the detected movement is greater than a threshold.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to change the first image to the second image, based on the detected movement, by enlarging the first image to generate the second image.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first image includes a plurality of objects and the processor is configured to change the first image to the second image, based on the detected movement, a number of objects in the second image being less than a number of objects in the first image.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to change the first image to the second image, based on the detected movement, by providing a granularity of the second image which is different from a granularity of the first image.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first image includes a hierarchy of objects including a first level and a second level.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to change the first image to the second image, based on the detected movement, by eliminating, in the second image, display of objects displayed in the first image.

14. A device-implemented method for processing image data, comprising:

projecting, by a projector including in the device, a first image on a projection surface;

detecting movement of the device; and

changing the first image to a second image based on the detected movement.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising detecting at least one of a horizontal component, a vertical component, or a circular component of the movement.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising detecting at least one of an angular speed or an acceleration corresponding to the movement.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining a distance between the device and the projection surface.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising changing the first image to the second image by performing at least one of enlarging the first image or changing a granularity of the first image, to generate the second image.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising executing a scrolling operation based on the detected movement, wherein the scrolling operation includes scrolling through a plurality of objects included in the first image.

20. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, which when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform a method of processing image data, the method comprising:

projecting a first image on a projection surface;

detecting movement of a device, the processor being included in the device; and

changing the first image to a second image based on the detected movement.