Computing device

• US 9,798,464 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2014
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Thorne, Samuel John
• Primary Examiner(s): Henn, Timothy J
• Application Number:
  US15/036,935
• Publication Number:
  US 20160283106A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,036 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• 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: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/66 Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices

Abstract

A computing device including a touch sensitive screen to display a graphical representation of a user interface and a processor module configured to control the graphical representation in response to signals representing user interaction. The user interface includes an orbital touch control to move in angular and radial directions relative to a reference point in response to signals representing user interaction with the orbital touch control. The processor module further can generate, in response to the signals representing the user interaction with the orbital touch control, control signals controlling parameters associated with data received at the computing device. The control signals include an indication of a value of a first parameter dependent on an angular position of the orbital touch control relative to the reference point and a value of a second parameter dependent on a radial position of the orbital touch control relative to the reference point.

Claims

1. A computing device, comprising

a processor configured to execute program code to provide useable functions of the computing device, and

a touch sensitive screen formed from a touch sensing input device and a display and configured

to display a graphical representation of a user interface and

to provide the processor with signals representing

interaction with the touch sensitive screen, the processor being configured

to control the graphical representation of the user interface in response to the signals representing the interaction,

wherein the user interface includes an orbital touch control, the orbital touch control being displayed as part of the graphical representation of the user interface configured to move in an angular direction and in a radial direction relative to a reference point in response to signals representing a drag interaction with the orbital touch control, and the processor is configured to generate, in response to the signals representing the interaction with the orbital touch control, control signals for controlling parameters of at least two different functions of the computing device, the control signals including an indication of values of a first and of a second of the parameters, the value of the first parameter being dependent on an angular position of the orbital touch control relative to the reference point and the value of a second parameter being dependent on a radial position of the orbital touch control relative to the reference point.

2. A computing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein

images are captured by one or more image capturing devices and the parameters correspond to first and second parameters of the image capturing devices, the image capturing devices being configured to generate and to communicate to the computing device signals representing the captured images, and the computing device is configured to receive the signals representing the captured images and transmit the control signals to the image capturing devices, wherein the image capturing devices are configured to adjust the first and second parameters of the image capturing device dependent on the control signals.

3. A computing device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control signals

include an indication of a predetermined temporal period over which the parameters are to be adjusted.

4. A computing device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the user interface comprises a

second orbital touch control configured to move relative to the reference point, the angular position of the second orbital touch control relative to the reference point representing a pre-adjustment value of the first parameter and the radial position of the orbital touch control relative to the reference point representing a pre-adjustment value of the second parameter.

5. A computing device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the one or more images form one or more video streams.

6. A computing device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the processor is

configured to splice two video streams and the parameters are associated with the splicing of the two video streams.

7. A computing device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the reference point forms a central point of an aperture in the user interface and a portion of one of the one or more images is displayed within the aperture, the displayed portion having parameters adjusted in accordance the parameter values indicated in the control signals.

8. A computing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the processor is configured to adjust the first and second parameters of one or more images dependent on the control signals.

9. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the at least two different functions include at least two of a hue adjustment, a saturation adjustment, an aperture adjustment, and a focus adjustment.

10. A video processing system, comprising:

a video camera configured to generate video signals representing video captured by the video camera;

a computing device comprising a touch sensitive screen configured to display a graphical representation of a user interface and to provide a processor with signals representing user interaction with the touch sensitive screen, the processor module being configured to control the graphical representation of the user interface in response to the signals representing the interaction; and

a server configured to receive the video signals from the video camera and provide at least some of the video signals to the computing device for reproduction of at least some of the images on the touch sensitive screen

wherein the user interface includes an orbital touch control, the orbital touch control being displayed as part of the graphical representation of the user interface configured to move in an angular direction and in a radial direction relative to a reference point in response to signals representing interaction with the orbital touch control, and the processor is configured to generate, in response to the signals representing a drag interaction with the orbital touch control, control signals for controlling parameters of at least two different functions, the control signals including an indication of values of a first parameter and of a second parameter of the parameters, and the value of the first parameter being dependent on an angular position of the orbital touch control relative to the reference point and the value of a second parameter being dependent on a radial position of the orbital touch control relative to the reference point.

11. A video processing system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the computing device is

configured to transmit the control signals to the server, and the server is configured to adjust the parameters of the captured video dependent on the control signals and to provide an edited video stream to a client, the edited video stream including at least some of the captured video whose parameters have been adjusted.

12. A video processing system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the video camera

is configured for manual parameter adjustment by an operator, and the computing device is configured to transmit the control signals to the server, the server being configured to provide a change request representing the control signals to the video camera and the video camera is configured to present the change request to the operator via an operator interface.

13. A video processing system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the system

comprises a plurality of video cameras and the server is configured to receive video signals from the video cameras and provide at least some of the video signals to the computing device to reproduce at least some of the images on the touch sensitive screen and wherein the computing device is configured to transmit the control signals to the server, and the server is configured to adjust the parameters of the captured video of one or more of the plurality of video cameras dependent on the control signals and to provide an edited video stream to a client, the edited video stream including at least some of the captured video whose parameters have been adjusted.

14. A video processing system of claim 10, wherein the at least two different functions include at least two of a hue adjustment, a saturation adjustment, an aperture adjustment, and a focus adjustment.

15. A method of generating of control signals for adjusting a first parameter and a second parameter associated with data, the method comprising:

displaying a graphical representation of a user interface on a touch sensitive screen,

providing a processor with signals representing

interaction with the touch sensitive screen,

controlling the graphical representation of the user interface in response to the signals representing the interaction,

wherein the user interface includes an orbital touch control, the orbital touch control being displayed as part of the graphical representation of the user interface configured to move in an angular direction and in a radial direction relative to a reference point in response to signals representing a drag interaction with the orbital touch control, and the method including

generating, in response to the signals representing the interaction with the orbital touch control, control signals for controlling parameters of at least two different functions of the computing device, the control signals including an indication of values of a first and of a second of the parameters, and the value of the first parameter being dependent on an angular position of the orbital touch control relative to the reference point and the value of a second parameter being dependent on a radial position of the orbital touch control relative to the reference point.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least two different functions include at least two of a hue adjustment, a saturation adjustment, an aperture adjustment, and a focus adjustment.

21. A non-transitory computer readable medium including a computer executable computer program providing computer executable instructions, which when loaded onto a computing device causes the computing device to perform the method according to claim 15.

22. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the at least two different functions include at least two of a hue adjustment, a saturation adjustment, an aperture adjustment, and a focus adjustment.

17. Circuitry for a computing device, the circuitry comprising

processor circuitry configured to execute program code to provide useable functions of the computing device, and

touch sensitive screen circuitry formed from touch sensing input circuitry and display circuitry and configured

to display a graphical representation of a user interface and

to provide the processor circuitry with signals representing

interaction with the touch sensitive screen circuitry, the processor circuitry being configured

to control the graphical representation of the user interface in response to the signals representing the interaction,

wherein the user interface includes an orbital touch control, the orbital touch control being displayed as part of the graphical representation of the user interface configured to move in an angular direction and in a radial direction relative to a reference point in response to signals representing a drag interaction with the orbital touch control, and the processor circuitry is configured to generate, in response to the signals representing the interaction with the orbital touch control, control signals for controlling parameters of at least two different functions of the computing device circuitry, the control signals including an indication of values of a first and of a second of the parameters, the value of the first parameter being dependent on an angular position of the orbital touch control relative to the reference point and the value of a second parameter being dependent on a radial position of the orbital touch control relative to the reference point.

18. The circuitry of claim 17, wherein the at least two different functions include at least two of a hue adjustment, a saturation adjustment, an aperture adjustment, and a focus adjustment.

19. Circuitry for a video processing system, the circuitry comprising

video camera circuitry configured to generate video signals representing captured video,

computing device circuitry comprising touch sensitive screen circuitry configured to display a graphical representation of a user interface and to provide processor circuitry with signals representing user interaction with the touch sensitive screen circuitry, the processor circuitry being configured to control the graphical representation of the user interface in response to the signals representing the interaction

server circuitry configured to receive the video signals from the video camera circuitry and provide at least some of the video signals to the computing device circuitry for reproduction of at least some of the images by the touch sensitive screen circuitry

wherein the user interface includes an orbital touch control, the orbital touch control being displayed as part of the graphical representation of the user interface configured to move in an angular direction and in a radial direction relative to a reference point in response to signals representing a drag interaction with the orbital touch control, and the processor circuitry is configured to generate, in response to the signals representing the interaction with the orbital touch control, control signals for controlling parameters of at least two different functions of the computing device, the control signals including an indication of values of a first parameter and of a second parameter of the parameters, and the value of the first parameter being dependent on an angular position of the orbital touch control relative to the reference point and the value of a second parameter being dependent on a radial position of the orbital touch control relative to the reference point.

20. The circuitry of claim 19, wherein the at least two different functions include at least two of a hue adjustment, a saturation adjustment, an aperture adjustment, and a focus adjustment.