Multimedia user interface

• US 8,723,793 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2010
• Issued: 05/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2003
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.), Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: Smith, Gregory C., Quinn, Thomas S., Leftwich, James J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shankar, Vijay
• Application Number:
  US12/827,116
• Publication Number:
  US 20100265174A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,413 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-160, 345/169, 345173-184, 178 1801- 1809, 178 1901- 1906
• US Class Current: 345/157
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• 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 3/0354 with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/32 Remote control based on movements, attitude of remote control device
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 15/023 remotely controlled
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/025 'Virtual' control panels, e.g. Graphical User Interface [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42206 characterized by hardware details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording

Abstract

A user interface for multimedia centers advantageously utilizes hand-held inertial-sensing user input devices to select channels and quickly navigate the dense menus of options. Extensive use of the high resolution and bandwidth of such user input devices is combined with strategies to avoid unintentional inputs and with dense and intuitive interactive graphical displays.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a display of content, the method comprising the steps of:

determining a user gesture made with an input device in response to a movement of the input device, the user gesture being one of a plurality of defined gestures; and

controlling the display of content in response to the determined user gesture and a media navigation context of the displayed content wherein the control of the displayed content changes depending on the media navigation context of the displayed content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of controlling the display of content includes controlling a speed at which the content is displayed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of controlling the display of content includes controlling a time position at which the content is displayed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of controlling the display of content includes controlling a scrolling of displayed content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is a program.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is a program guide.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is elements in a program guide.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of using an intertial sensor to detect the at least one of the pitch, yaw and roll of the input device.

9. A device for controlling a display of content, the device comprising:

means for determining a user gesture made with an input device in response to a movement of the input device, the user gesture being one of a plurality of defined gestures; and

means for controlling the display of content in response to the determined user gesture and a media navigation context of the displayed content wherein the control of the displayed content changes depending on the media navigation context of the displayed content.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the means for controlling the display of content includes means for controlling a speed at which the content is displayed.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the means for controlling the display of content includes means for controlling a time position at which the content is displayed.

12. The device of claim 9, wherein the means for controlling the display of content includes means for controlling a scrolling of displayed content.

13. The device of claim 9, wherein the content is a program.

14. The device of claim 9, wherein the content is a program guide.

15. The device of claim 9, wherein the content is elements in a program guide.

16. The devices of claim 9, wherein the means for detecting is an inertial sensor.