METHOD, MEDIUM AND APPARATUS FOR BROWSING IMAGES

• US 20120154271A1
• Filed: 02/27/2012
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Chang-kyu, Lee, Kwang-hyeon, Kim, Yeun-bae, CHO, Sung-Jung
• Granted Patent: US 8,866,741 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• 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 1/1694 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 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• 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

A method, medium and apparatus browsing images is disclosed. The method browsing images includes sensing acceleration imparted to a portable digital device, and moving an image onto a display area in accordance with a tilt angle of the portable digital device if the sensed acceleration is greater than a first threshold value.

Claims

1. A method of browsing images, the method comprising:

sensing acceleration imparted to a portable digital device;

sensing a tilt angle of the portable digital device; and

moving an image onto a display area of the portable digital device based on the sensed acceleration and the tilt angle.