TERMINAL DEVICE

• US 20130162566A1
• Filed: 12/18/2012
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: YAJIMA, Chikashi
• Granted Patent: US 10,013,949 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/025 LAN communication management
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/006 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04

Abstract

An information processing apparatus that controls a display to display captured image at a first portion of the display; detects whether an image of a specific pattern exists in the captured image; controls the display to display an image corresponding to data in a second portion of the display; detects that a user input was received at a first position corresponding to the first portion of the display and a second position corresponding to the second portion of the display; and transmits data corresponding to an image displayed at the first position to another information processing apparatus corresponding to the captured image displayed at the second position.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display;

a position input unit stacked on or integrally formed with the display, the position input unit detecting a position of a received user input and outputting position information based on the detected position;

a wireless interface that performs wireless communication;

an image capturing unit that captures an image;

a storage unit configured to store data; and

a processor that

controls the display to display the captured image at a first portion of the display;

detects whether an image of a specific pattern exists in the captured image;

controls the display to display an image corresponding to data stored in the storage unit or data that exists in a network in a second portion of the display;

receives position information from the position input unit indicating that a user input was received at a first position corresponding to the first portion of the display and a second position corresponding to the second portion of the display; and

controls the wireless interface to transmit data corresponding to an image displayed at the first position to another information processing apparatus corresponding to the captured image displayed at the second position.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the position input unit is a touch panel that detects a touch input as the user input.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the image capturing unit captures subject light at a predetermined frame rate, photoelectrically converts the subject light and outputs an image signal obtained by the photoelectric conversion.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 3, wherein

the processor detects whether the image of the specific pattern exists in the captured image based on the image signal output from the image capturing unit.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the image of the specific pattern detected by the processor is an image transmitted in advance by the wireless interface to the another information processing apparatus.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein

the processor manages the image of the specific pattern in association with identification information of the another information processing apparatus to which the image of the specific pattern has been transmitted.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein

the identification information of the another information processing apparatus includes at least one of a Media Access Control (MAC) address and a Service Set Identifier (SSID).

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein

the processor controls the wireless interface to transmit data to the another information processing apparatus based on the association between the image of the specific pattern and the identification of the another information processing apparatus.

9. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the position information received from the position input unit indicates that the user input is a sliding movement in which the first position corresponds to a starting point of the sliding movement and the second input corresponds to an end point of the sliding movement.

10. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the processor sets image data associated with the data transmitted to the another information processing apparatus as the image of the specific pattern upon controlling the wireless interface to transmit the data to the another information processing apparatus.

11. The information processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein

the processor controls the display to move the image displayed at the first position so as to track the sliding movement corresponding to the user input.

12. The information processing apparatus of claim 11, wherein

the processor controls the display to change a color of a frame on a perimeter of the image displayed at the first position when the image reaches the second portion of the display as a result of the movement tracking the sliding operation.

13. The information processing apparatus of claim 11, wherein

the processor controls the display to change the captured image displayed at the second position to the image displayed at the first position upon completion of the sliding operation.

14. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the processor controls the display to apply a predetermined visual effect to the image displayed at the first position upon receiving the position information from the position input unit indicating that a user input was received.

15. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the information processing apparatus is one of a mobile phone, a personal computer, a tablet, a music player and a camera.

16. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

detecting a position of a received user input at a position input unit stacked on or integrally formed with a display and outputting position information based on the detected position;

capturing an image by an image capturing unit of the information processing apparatus;

controlling, by a processor of the information processing apparatus, the display to display the captured image at a first portion of the display;

detecting, by the processor, whether an image of a specific pattern exists in the captured image;

controlling, by the processor, the display to display an image corresponding to data stored in a storage unit or data that exists in a network in a second portion of the display;

receiving, by the processor from the position input unit, position information indicating that a user input was received at a first position corresponding to the first portion of the display and a second position corresponding to the second portion of the display; and

controlling, by the processor, a wireless interface of the information processing apparatus to transmit data corresponding to an image displayed at the first position to another information processing apparatus corresponding to the captured image displayed at the second position.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-program instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to perform a process comprising:

detecting a position of a received user input at a position input unit stacked on or integrally formed with a display and outputting position information based on the detected position;

capturing an image;

controlling the display to display the captured image at a first portion of the display;

detecting whether an image of a specific pattern exists in the captured image;

controlling the display to display an image corresponding to data stored in a storage unit or data that exists in a network in a second portion of the display;

detecting that a user input was received at a first position corresponding to the first portion of the display and a second position corresponding to the second portion of the display; and

controlling a wireless interface of the information processing apparatus to transmit data corresponding to an image displayed at the first position to another information processing apparatus corresponding to the captured image displayed at the second position.