METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A VISUAL INDICATION OF A POINT OF INTEREST OUTSIDE OF A USER'S VIEW
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- during display of an image in a first orientation, identifying a point of interest outside of a user'"'"'s view;
causing at least a portion of the image to be repositioned to provide a visual indication to the user of the point of interest outside of the user'"'"'s view; and
after repositioning at least the portion of the image, causing at least the portion of the image to return to the first orientation.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to generate a visual indication to a user of a point of interest outside of the user'"'"'s view. In the context of a method, identifying a point of interest outside of a user'"'"'s view is identified during display of an image in a first orientation. The method also includes causing at least a portion of the image to be repositioned, such as by being tilted, to provide a visual indication to the user of a point of interest outside of the user'"'"'s view. After repositioning at least the portion of the image, the method further includes causing at least the portion of the image to return to the first orientation.
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1. A method comprising:
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during display of an image in a first orientation, identifying a point of interest outside of a user'"'"'s view; causing at least a portion of the image to be repositioned to provide a visual indication to the user of the point of interest outside of the user'"'"'s view; and after repositioning at least the portion of the image, causing at least the portion of the image to return to the first orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
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during display of an image in a first orientation, identify a point of interest outside of a user'"'"'s view; cause at least a portion of the image to be repositioned to provide a visual indication to the user of the point of interest outside of the user'"'"'s view; and after repositioning at least the portion of the image, cause at least the portion of the image to return to the first orientation. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions configured to:
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during display of an image in a first orientation, identify a point of interest outside of a user'"'"'s view; cause at least a portion of the image to be repositioned to provide a visual indication to the user of the point of interest outside of the user'"'"'s view; and after repositioning at least the portion of the image, cause at least the portion of the image to return to the first orientation. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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