Causing Specific Location of an Object Provided to a Device

• US 20140247207A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 09/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Pahud, Michel, Hinckley, Kenneth P., Buxton, William A.S., Greborio, Pierre P.N.
• Granted Patent: US 10,139,925 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• 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 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• 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

Techniques for causing a specific location of an object provided to a shared device. These techniques may include connecting the computing device with an individual device. The individual device may transmit the object to the shared device and displayed at an initial object position on a display of the shared device. The initial object position may be updated in response to movement of the individual device, and the object may be displayed at the updated object position on the display. The object position may be locked in response to a signal, and the object may be displayed at the locked object position.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for sharing an object, the method comprising:

receiving, by a display, an object from a computing device;

detecting a control position of the computing device using one or more cameras;

updating an object position of the object presented on the display in response to a change of the control position of the computing device detected by the one or more cameras; and

locking the object at the updated object position on the display in response to a triggering event.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing a connection with a computing device based on a distance between the display and the computing device or an orientation of a user operating the computing device in relation to the display before the receiving the object from the computing device; and

presenting the object at an initial position on the display.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the detecting the control position of the computing device comprises tracking, by the one or more cameras, the computing device or a user appendage associated with the computing device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the one or more cameras operate as a motion sensor to track the computing device.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the object position is updated until the triggering event occurs.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

editing the object based on movement of the computing device or gestures of a user appendage associated with the computing device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a mobile device, and the object is received by a shared device that is shared by one or more mobile devices.

8. One or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

transmitting from a computing device an object to a shared device; and

transmitting object location information to the shared device, the object location information including an object position of the object in relation to a reference feature of a display of the shared device.

9. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein the acts further comprise:

in response to a signal, transmitting a command to the shared device to lock the object at a particular location on a user interface.

10. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein the object location information is determined at least in part by a camera of the computing device.

11. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 10, wherein the object location information includes imagery captured by the camera overlaid with an image of the object to be positioned on the shared device.

12. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein the reference feature of the display of the shared device is determined based on objects shown on the display.

13. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein the reference feature of the display of the shared device is determined based on an appearance feature of the display.

14. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein the acts further comprise:

establishing a connection with the shared device; and

enabling presentation of the object at the object position on a user interface implemented by the shared device.

15. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein the acts further comprise updating the object position after a predetermined time period.

16. A computing device for sharing an object, the server comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory to maintain a plurality of components executable by the one or more processors, the plurality of components comprising;

a communication module that establishes a connection with a mobile device, and receiving an object form the mobile device,

a sensor module that detects a control position of the mobile device, and

a location module that updates an object position of the object presented on a display in response to a change of the control position of the mobile device, and locks the object at the object position presented on the display in response to a triggering event.

17. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the plurality of components further comprise a displaying module that presents the object at a initial location on the display after the object is received, and presents the object at the locked object position after the object is locked before the object is locked.

18. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the plurality of components further comprise an editing module that edits the object based on movement of the computing device or gestures of a user appendage associated with the computing device.

19. The computing device of claim 16, wherein the sensor module comprises tracking, the mobile device or a user appendage associated with the mobile device.

20. The computing device of claim 19, wherein the mobile device is tracked by a motion sensor associated with the shared device.