Method and apparatus for rendering items in a user interface

• US 9,514,717 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2013
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Purayil, Sreejumon, Fulks, Mark, Ayyagari, Venkata, Jain, Pankaj, Drake, Jerry, Nava-Vazquez, Gabriel, Bamidele, Adetokunbo, Challa, Srikanth, Walker, Kenneth
• Primary Examiner(s): Buttram, Todd
• Application Number:
  US14/381,082
• Publication Number:
  US 20150049080A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3889 Transmission of selected map data, e.g. depending on route
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0464 Positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0492 Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2350/00 Solving problems of bandwidth in display systems
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/37 Details of the operation on graphic patterns G09G5/38 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/377 for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/38 with means for controlling the display position
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5681 Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 : Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

An approach is provided for rendering items in a user interface. The approach may, for instance, include: a pre-fetching and a caching of item information associated with one or more items for one or more determined categories based on location information associated with the device; a processing of a detected attitude change associated with the device and of an attitude change threshold to determine an intended orientation mode for the device; a modification of one or more representations, of one or more items, that are within a region, of a user interface, associated with a user interface object; a grouping, a de-overlapping, or a combination thereof of the one or more representations based on an overlapping of one or more rendering locations, of the one or more representations, in a three-dimensional model space.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining one or more items for rendering in a user interface;

causing, at least in part, a determination of one or more rendering locations in a three-dimensional model space for one or more representations of the one or more items based, at least in part, on location information associated with the one or more items;

sorting the one or more items by distance from a viewing angle such that a closest item is selected as an initial reference for an overlapping of the one or more rendering locations;

causing, at least in part, a grouping, a de-overlapping, or a combination thereof of the one or more representations based, at least in part, on the overlapping of the one or more rendering locations;

causing, at least in part, a rendering of the one or more representations in the user interface based, at least in part, on the grouping, the de-overlapping, or a combination thereof; and

causing, at least in part, a dynamic resizing of the one or more rendered representations based on the distance from the viewing angle.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the de-overlapping includes, at least in part, a horizontal displacement of the one or more rendering locations.

7. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining polar coordinates from the location information associated with the one or more items relative to the viewing angle;

mapping onto a predetermined surface for representing the one or more items based on the determined polar coordinates; and

causing, at least in part, the rendering of the one or more representations in the user interface based, at least in part, on the mapping.

3. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

determine one or more items for rendering in a user interface;

cause, at least in part, a determination of one or more rendering locations in a three-dimensional model space for one or more representations of the one or more items based, at least in part, on location information associated with the one or more items;

sort the one or more items by distance from a viewing angle such that a closest item is selected as an initial reference for an overlapping of the one or more rendering locations;

cause, at least in part, a grouping, a de-overlapping, or a combination thereof of the one or more representations based, at least in part, on the overlapping of the one or more rendering locations;

cause, at least in part, a rendering of the one or more representations in the user interface based, at least in part, on the grouping, the de-overlapping, or a combination thereof; and

cause, at least in part, a dynamic resizing of the one or more rendered representations based on the distance from the viewing angle.

4. An apparatus of claim 3, wherein the de-overlapping includes, at least in part, a horizontal displacement of the one or more rendering locations.

5. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the apparatus is a mobile phone further comprising:

user interface circuitry and user interface software configured to facilitate user control of at least some functions of the mobile phone through use of a display and configured to respond to user input; and

a display and display circuitry configured to display at least a portion of a user interface of the mobile phone, the display and display circuitry configured to facilitate user control of at least some functions of the mobile phone.

8. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

determine polar coordinates from the location information associated with the one or more items relative to the viewing angle;

map onto a predetermined surface for representing the one or more items based on the determined polar coordinates; and

cause, at least in part, the rendering of the one or more representations in the user interface based, at least in part, on the mapping.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer executable program code stored therein, the computer executable program code comprising program code instructions for:

determining one or more items for rendering in a user interface;

causing, at least in part, a determination of one or more rendering locations in a three-dimensional model space for one or more representations of the one or more items based, at least in part, on location information associated with the one or more items;

sorting the one or more items by distance from a viewing angle such that a closest item is selected as an initial reference for an overlapping of the one or more rendering locations;

causing, at least in part, a grouping, a de-overlapping, or a combination thereof of the one or more representations based, at least in part, on the overlapping of the one or more rendering locations;

causing, at least in part, a rendering of the one or more representations in the user interface based, at least in part, on the grouping, the de-overlapping, or a combination thereof; and

causing, at least in part, a dynamic resizing of the one or more rendered representations based on the distance from the viewing angle.

9. A computer-readable storage medium according to claim 6 wherein the computer executable program code further comprise program code instructions for:

determining polar coordinates from the location information associated with the one or more items relative to the viewing angle;

mapping onto a predetermined surface for representing the one or more items based on the determined polar coordinates; and

causing, at least in part, the rendering of the one or more representations in the user interface based, at least in part, on the mapping.