DISPLAYING AN IMAGE

• US 20120194415A1
• Filed: 07/19/2011
• Published: 08/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: De Mers, Robert E., Plocher, Tom
• Application Number:
  US13/186,003
• Publication Number:
  US 20120194415A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• 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 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0338 with detection of limited linear or angular displacement of an operating part of the device from a neutral position, e.g. isotonic or isometric joysticks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/045 Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/34 for rolling or scrolling

Abstract

Devices, methods, and systems for displaying an image are described herein. One or more device embodiments include a user interface configured to display an image, a motion sensor configured to sense movement of the device, and a processor configured to convert the movement of the device to a corresponding movement of the display of the image.

Claims

1. A device for displaying an image, comprising:

a user interface configured to display an image;

a motion sensor configured to sense movement of the device; and

a processor configured to convert the movement of the device to a corresponding movement of the display of the image.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the corresponding movement of the display of the image is a movement in an opposite direction of the movement of the device.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the corresponding movement of the display of the image is a movement in a same direction of the movement of the device.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein a distance of the corresponding movement of the display of the image has an approximately one-to-one correspondence with a distance of the movement of the device.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein a distance of the corresponding movement of the display of the image does not have a one-to-one correspondence with a distance of the movement of the device.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein a distance of the corresponding movement of the display of the image corresponds to a speed of the movement of the device.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor includes:

a camera; and

an image processor.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor includes at least one of:

a gyroscope; and

an accelerometer.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the motion sensor is configured to provide data representing the sensed movement of the device to the processor; and

the processor is configured to convert the data representing the sensed movement of the device to the corresponding movement of the display of the image.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the device includes a motion activation mechanism; and

the processor is configured to;

convert the movement of the device to a corresponding movement of the display of the image while the motion activation mechanism is engaged; and

not convert the movement of the device to a corresponding movement of the display of the image while the motion activation mechanism is not engaged.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to fix the display of the image while the motion activation mechanism is not engaged.

12. A method for displaying an image, comprising:

displaying an image on a user interface of a device such that a portion of the image is displayed on the user interface;

sensing a movement of the device with respect to a fixed point; and

moving the display of the image on the user interface such that a different portion of the image is displayed on the user interface, wherein the movement of the display of the image corresponds to the movement of the device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein:

the sensed movement of the device is in a horizontal plane with respect to the fixed point; and

the movement of the display of the image is in a horizontal plane with respect to the display of the image.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the different portion of the image displayed on the user interface was not previously displayed on the user interface while the portion of the image was displayed on the user interface.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein:

the sensed movement of the device is in a vertical plane with respect to the fixed point; and

the movement of the display of the image is a magnification or demagnification of the image.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the method includes:

sensing an additional movement of the device with respect to the fixed point; and

moving the display of the magnified or demagnified image on the user interface such that a different portion of the magnified or demagnified image is displayed on the user interface, wherein the movement of the display of the magnified or demagnified image corresponds to the additional movement of the device.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the different portion of the image displayed on the user interface includes a magnified portion of the image displayed on the user interface.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the different portion of the image displayed on the user interface includes a non-magnified portion of the image displayed on the user interface.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein:

the sensed movement of the device is a tilting of the device with respect to the fixed point; and

the movement of the display of the image is a tilting of the image.

20. A device for displaying an image, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to;

display an image on a user interface of the device; and

move the display of the image on the user interface, wherein the movement of the display of the image corresponds to a movement of the device.