DIGITAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREFOR

• US 20150062293A1
• Filed: 11/27/2013
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: CHO, Eunhyung, CHUN, Sinae, KIM, Jongho, KIM, Jihwan
• Application Number:
  US14/092,373
• Publication Number:
  US 20150062293A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/39
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0123 comprising devices increasing the field of view
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture

Abstract

The present specification relates to a digital device and a method of controlling therefor, and more particularly, to a method of displaying a sensed image according to a photographing angle of a camera unit and a photographing angular speed of the camera unit.

Claims

1. A digital device, comprising:

a camera unit configured to sense an image;

a display unit configured to display the image sensed by the camera unit;

an angle sensing unit configured to sense a photographing angle of the camera unit; and

a processor configured to control the camera unit, the display unit, and the angle sensing unit,

wherein the processor is further configured to;

when the photographing angle of the camera unit corresponds to a first angle range, provide a first display mode for displaying a sensed image according to the photographing angle,

when the photographing angle of the camera unit corresponds to a second angle range,

if a change of the photographing angle of the camera unit exceeds a predetermined angular speed, provide the first display mode,

if the change of the photographing angle of the camera unit is within the predetermined angular speed, provide a second display mode for displaying a left/right reversed image of the sensed image according to the photographing angle,

if the change of the photographing angle of the camera unit changes from a speed less than the predetermined angular speed to the speed exceeding the predetermined angular speed, provide the second display mode.

2. The digital device of claim 1, wherein when the photographing angle of the camera unit corresponds to the second angle range indicates when the photographing angle of the camera unit changes from the first angle range to the second angle range.

3. The digital device of claim 1, wherein if the photographing angle of the camera unit changes from the second angle range to the first angle range, the processor is further configured to provide the first display mode.

4. The digital device of claim 1, wherein if the camera unit is capable of horizontally rotating, the processor is further configured to detect a horizontal rotation of the camera unit and map an angle to which the camera unit is horizontally rotated on the basis of a predetermined point to the photographing angle.

5. The digital device of claim 4, wherein when the change of the photographing angle of the camera unit is within the predetermined angular speed comprises when the horizontal rotation of the camera unit stops for a predetermined time.

6. The digital device of claim 4, wherein when the change of the photographing angle of the camera unit is within the predetermined angular speed comprises when at least a part of configuration element of the image sensed by the camera unit is maintained for a predetermined time.

7. The digital device of claim 4, wherein the predetermined point indicates one point in a direction at which the camera unit faces in a default state.

8. The digital device of claim 1, wherein if an view angle of the camera unit exceeds 180 degrees, the processor is further configured to sense an image via the camera unit, divide the view angle of the camera unit into at least one photographing angle, and map a part corresponding to the at least one photographing angle among the at least one photographing angle and the sensed image.

9. The digital device of claim 1, wherein the first display mode and the second display mode indicate providing an image preview interface of the image sensed by the camera unit.

10. The digital device of claim 9, wherein if the photographing angle of the camera unit provides the image preview interface in the second angle range, the processor is further configured to provide the second display mode.

11. The digital device of claim 10, wherein when the photographing angle of the camera unit provides the image preview interface in the second angle range indicates when the photographing angle of the camera unit does not provide the image preview interface in the first angle range.

12. The digital device of claim 1, wherein the digital device corresponds to a head mounted display (HMD).

13. The digital device of claim 12, wherein the photographing angle of the camera unit corresponds to an angle to which the camera unit horizontally rotates in a state that a user wears the HMD.

14. The digital device of claim 12, wherein when the photographing angle of the camera unit provides the image preview interface in the second angle indicates when the photographing angle of the camera unit indicates to recognize absence of a vision of a user wearing the HMD in the first angle range.

15. The digital device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to display an indicator indicating the photographing angle and the change of the photographing angle.

16. The digital device of claim 1, wherein the second angle range corresponds to an angle not within the first angle range.

17. The digital device of claim 1, wherein if the digital device corresponds to a foldable display device, the photographing angle of the camera unit indicates an internal angle of a first body and a second body and wherein the second body is equipped with the camera unit.

18. The digital device of claim 1, wherein if the image sensed by the camera unit is captured, the processor is further configured to capture an image provided by the first display mode irrespective of the photographing angle of the camera unit.

19. The digital device of claim 1, wherein if the image sensed by the camera unit is contiguously captured, the processor is further configured to capture a video provided by the first display mode irrespective of the photographing angle of the camera unit.

20. A method of controlling a digital device, comprising the steps of:

if a photographing angle of a camera unit corresponds to a first angle range, providing a first display mode for displaying a sensed image according to the photographing angle;

if the photographing angle of the camera unit corresponds to a second angle range,

providing the first display mode when a change of the photographing angle of the camera unit exceeds a predetermined angular speed;

providing a second display mode for displaying a left/right reversed image of the sensed image according to the photographing angle when the change of photographing angle of the camera unit is within the predetermined angular speed; and

providing the second display mode when the change of the photographing angle of the camera unit changes from a speed less than the predetermined angular a speed to the speed exceeding the predetermined angular speed.