System and method for adjusting presentation of moving images on an electronic device according to an orientation of the device

• US 8,493,323 B2
• Filed: 08/01/2007
• Issued: 07/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Griffin, Jason
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Quan-Zhen
• Assistant Examiner(s): MA, CALVIN
• Application Number:
  US11/832,074
• Publication Number:
  US 20080034321A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,183 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-158, 345/619
• US Class Current: 345/158
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1688 the I/O peripheral being integrated loudspeakers
• 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 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention relates to a system, method and device for changing a notional viewing location for a moving image on a device, depending on an orientation of the device. For the moving image management system, it comprises: a sensor; a movement detection module connected to the sensor providing movement data registering a notable signal from the sensor; and a moving image adjustment module determining a new viewing location of the moving image utilizing the movement data and generating a replacement moving image for the moving image representing the moving image as viewed from the new viewing location.

Claims

1. A moving image management system for a moving image displayed in a screen on a display of an electronic device, comprising:

a sensor for sensing at least changes in orientation of the electronic device;

a microprocessor connected to said sensor and configured to receive data related to the electronic device;

a moving image processing module, executed by the microprocessor, configured to receive a plurality of video streams each representing a different viewing location for a moving image, including at least a first video stream, and to cause display of the first video stream as the moving image;

a movement detection module, executed by the microprocessor, providing movement data registering a notable orientation change signal from said sensor; and

a moving image adjustment module, executed by the microprocessor, determining a new viewing location of said moving image utilizing said movement data and generating a replacement moving image using stereoscopic data relating to said plurality of video streams and said movement data based on the new viewing location determination,

wherein said moving image adjustment module further shifts a static background image associated with said moving image in said screen reflecting said new viewing location.

2. The moving image management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said replacement moving image is generated only if said movement data is within a predetermined shift range.

3. The moving image management system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said sensor provides positional pitch data about a new movement.

4. The moving image management system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said sensor further provides positional yaw data about said new movement.

5. The moving image management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said moving adjustment module reverts said replacement moving image to a default viewing location associated with said first video stream after a predetermined amount of time has passed with no notable further orientation change of said device.

6. The moving image management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plurality of video streams utilize computer generated imagery.

7. The moving image management system as claimed in claim 6, wherein:

said sensor is an accelerometer.

8. A method for adjusting a presentation of a moving image in a screen on a display of an electronic device, comprising:

sensing at least changes in orientation of the electronic device;

receiving a plurality of video streams each representing a different viewing location for a moving image, including at least a first video stream;

displaying the first video stream as the moving image;

monitoring for a notable orientation change of said electronic device based on said sensing;

when said notable orientation change has been detected, determining, using a microprocessor of said electronic device, a new viewing location for said moving image utilizing orientation data relating to said notable orientation change and generating a replacement moving image using stereoscopic data relating to said plurality of video streams and said orientation data based on the new viewing location determination; and

shifting a static background image associated with said moving image in response to said orientation data.

9. The method for adjusting presentation of elements displayed in a screen as claimed in claim 8, further comprising reverting said new viewing location to a default viewing location associated with said first video stream when a predetermined amount of time has passed with no notable further orientation change of said electronic device being detected.

10. The method for adjusting presentation of elements displayed in a screen as claimed in claim 8, wherein said plurality of video streams utilize computer generated imagery.

11. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a sensor for sensing at least changes in orientation of the electronic device;

a display;

a moving image processing module configured to receive a plurality of video streams each representing a different viewing location for a moving image, including at least a first video stream;

software generating a moving image on said display based on said first video stream;

a movement detection module connected to said sensor providing orientation data registering a notable orientation change signal from said sensor;

an image adjustment module determining a new viewing location of said image utilizing said orientation data and generating a replacement moving image using stereoscopic data relating to said plurality of video streams and said orientation data based on the new viewing location determination,

wherein said image adjustment module shifts a static background element associated with said image in said screen by a predetermined number of pixels in response to said orientation data.

12. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 11, wherein said sensor is an accelerometer detecting a change in pitch in orientation of said device.