APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DATA IN PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20150379779A1
• Filed: 09/08/2015
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Sang-Min
• Granted Patent: US 10,102,786 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/02 by tracing or scanning a light beam on a screen

Abstract

An apparatus and method for displaying data in a portable terminal to control data displayed on a projection beam screen. The apparatus includes a beam projector unit for displaying data on a beam screen, at least one camera unit for capturing the data displayed on the beam screen, and a controller for extracting a differential region between data to be displayed on the beam screen and the displayed data captured by the camera unit and displaying the data on the beam screen according to a display screen region excluding the differential region therefrom.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a memory to store data; and

a controller operatively coupled with the memory, the controller configured to;

obtain one or more images including at least two objects via one or more camera units operatively coupled with the controller;

determine at least a part of the data based at least in part on the at least two objects; and

present the at least a part of the data in relation with positions of the at least two objects via one or more projection units operatively coupled with the controller.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least a part comprises first data corresponding to a first object of the at least two objects and second data corresponding to a second object of the at least two objects.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to:

present the first data associated with a first position corresponding to the first object; and

present the second data associated with a second position corresponding to the second object, respectively.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to:

present third data generated by associating the first data and the second data based at least in part on a determination that the first data and the second data is selected by at least one of the at least two objects.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least a part comprises at least one of a message, an e-mail, a schedule, a music, contact information, a social network service list, a menu, or an image.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:

obtain another one or more images including the at least a part and at least one of the at least two objects; and

identify an action of the at least one in relation with the at least a part based at least in part on the other one or more images.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to:

present another data corresponding to the at least a part based at least in part on a determination that the action corresponds to the at least a part.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to:

transmit the at least a part to an electronic device external to the apparatus based at least in part on a determination that the action is to select or move the at least a part, the electronic device corresponding to one of the at least two objects.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to:

determine a difference between at least two images selected from the one or more images or the other one or more images; and

identify the action based at least in part on the difference.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least a part comprises data received from an electronic device external to the apparatus, the electronic device being communicatively coupled with the apparatus.

11. A method comprising:

obtaining, at an electronic device, one or more images including at least two objects external to the electronic device via one or more camera units operatively coupled with the electronic device;

determining data based at least in part on the at least two objects; and

presenting the data in relation with positions of the at least two objects via one or more projection units operatively coupled with the electronic device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the data comprises first data corresponding to a first object of the at least two objects and second data corresponding to a second object of the at least two objects.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the presenting comprises:

presenting the first data associated with a first position corresponding to the first object; and

presenting the second data associated with a second position corresponding to the second object, respectively.

14. The method of claim 12, comprising:

presenting third data generated by associating the first data and the second data based at least in part on a determination that the first data is selected by the first object and the second data is selected by the second object.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the presenting comprises:

presenting, as the data, at least one of a message, an e-mail, a schedule, a music, contact information, a social network service list, a menu, or an image.

16. The method of claim 11, comprising:

obtaining another one or more images including the data and at least one of the at least two objects; and

identifying an action of the at least one in relation with the data based at least in part on the other one or more images.

17. The method of claim 16, comprising:

presenting another data corresponding to at least a part of the data based at least in part on a determination that the action is to select the at least a part of the data.

18. The method of claim 16, comprising:

transmitting another data to another electronic device corresponding to the at least one based at least in part on the determination that the action is to select or move at least a part of the data, the other data corresponding to the at least a part.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein at least a part of the data is received from another electronic device external to the electronic device.

20. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory operatively coupled with the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to;

obtain one or more images including at least two objects via one or more camera units operatively coupled with the processor;

identify data based at least in part on the at least two objects; and

present the data in relation with positions of the at least two objects via one or more projection units operatively coupled with the processor.