Display of a visual event notification

• US 9,947,080 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2014
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Nguyen, David, Desjardins, Audrey
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phu K
• Application Number:
  US14/914,800
• Publication Number:
  US 20160217769A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,309 Days
• Field of Search: 345418
• 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 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• 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 1/1694 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 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• 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 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• 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: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/60 Rotation of whole images or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/02 Improving the quality of display appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/06 Adjustment of display parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0626 for control of overall brightness
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 : Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/30 : Control of display attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/391 : Resolution modifying circuits, e.g. variable screen formats

Abstract

A method comprising entering a passive viewing state of an apparatus, determining occurrence of a software event, generating a visual event notification that is indicative of the software event based, at least in part, on the passive viewing state, causing display, on a display, of the visual event notification in conformance with an impaired-viewing display mode based, at least in part, on passive viewing state, receiving environmental sensor information, determining that the environmental sensor information indicates that the apparatus is actively viewed by a user, entering an active viewing state of the apparatus based, at least in part, on the determination that the environmental sensor information indicates that the apparatus is actively viewed by the user, and causing display, on the display, of different visual information in conformance with an unimpaired-viewing display mode based, at least in part, on the active viewing state is disclosed.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

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

entering of a passive viewing state of the apparatus;

determination of occurrence of a software event;

generation of a visual event notification that is indicative of the software event based, at least in part, on the passive viewing state;

causation of display, on a display, of the visual event notification in conformance with an impaired-viewing display mode based, at least in part, on passive viewing state, wherein the impaired-viewing display mode provides visual-impairment compensation for the visual event notification by way of at least one format restriction such that the visual event notification is more perceivable than visual information without visual impairment compensation;

receipt of environmental sensor information;

determination that the environmental sensor information indicates that the apparatus is actively viewed by a user;

entering of an active viewing state of the apparatus based, at least in part, on the determination that the environmental sensor information indicates that the apparatus is actively viewed by the user; and

causation of display, on the display, of different visual information in conformance with an unimpaired-viewing display mode based, at least in part, on the active viewing state.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory comprises computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform:

receipt of different environmental sensor information;

determination that the different environmental sensor information indicates that the apparatus is not actively viewed by the user; and

entering of the passive viewing state of the apparatus based, at least in part, on the determination that the different environmental sensor information indicates that the apparatus is not actively viewed by the user.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory comprises computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform:

determination of occurrence of another software event during the active viewing state;

generation of another visual event notification that is indicative of the software event based, at least in part, on the active viewing state; and

causation of display, on the display, of the other visual event notification in conformance with the unimpaired-viewing display mode based, at least in part, on the active viewing state.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the passive viewing state is an operational state in which information is caused to be displayed in conformance with the impaired-viewing display mode absent display of information in the unimpaired-viewing display mode.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the passive viewing state is characterized by a state in which the apparatus is configured in a manner that provides visual impairment compensation.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the active viewing state is characterized by a state in which the apparatus is configured in a manner that avoids visual impairment compensation.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the generation of the visual event notification based, at least in part, on the passive viewing state is performed such that content of the visual event notification conforms with the impaired-viewing display mode.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one format restriction comprises display resolution reduction.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises the display.

10. A method comprising:

entering a passive viewing state of an apparatus;

determining occurrence of a software event;

generating a visual event notification that is indicative of the software event based, at least in part, on the passive viewing state;

causing display, on a display, of the visual event notification in conformance with an impaired-viewing display mode based, at least in part, on passive viewing state, wherein the impaired-viewing display mode provides visual-impairment compensation for the visual event notification by way of at least one format restriction such that the visual event notification is more perceivable than visual information without visual impairment compensation;

receiving environmental sensor information;

determining that the environmental sensor information indicates that the apparatus is actively viewed by a user;

entering an active viewing state of the apparatus based, at least in part, on the determination that the environmental sensor information indicates that the apparatus is actively viewed by the user; and

causing display, on the display, of different visual information in conformance with an unimpaired-viewing display mode based, at least in part, on the active viewing state.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving different environmental sensor information;

determining that the different environmental sensor information indicates that the apparatus is not actively viewed by the user; and

entering the passive viewing state of the apparatus based, at least in part, on the determination that the different environmental sensor information indicates that the apparatus is not actively viewed by the user.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining occurrence of another software event during the active viewing state;

generating another visual event notification that is indicative of the software event based, at least in part, on the active viewing state; and

causing display, on the display, of the other visual event notification in conformance with the unimpaired-viewing display mode based, at least in part, on the active viewing state.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the passive viewing state is an operational state in which information is caused to be displayed in conformance with the impaired-viewing display mode absent display of information in the unimpaired-viewing display mode.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the passive viewing state is characterized by a state in which the apparatus is configured in a manner that provides visual impairment compensation.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the active viewing state is characterized by a state in which the apparatus is configured in a manner that avoids visual impairment compensation.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the generation of the visual event notification based, at least in part, on the passive viewing state is performed such that content of the visual event notification conforms with the impaired-viewing display mode.

17. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform:

entering of a passive viewing state of the apparatus;

determination of occurrence of a software event;

generation of a visual event notification that is indicative of the software event based, at least in part, on the passive viewing state;

causation of display, on a display, of the visual event notification in conformance with an impaired-viewing display mode based, at least in part, on passive viewing state, wherein the impaired-viewing display mode provides visual-impairment compensation for the visual event notification by way of at least one format restriction such that the visual event notification is more perceivable than visual information without visual impairment compensation;

receipt of environmental sensor information;

determination that the environmental sensor information indicates that the apparatus is actively viewed by a user;

entering of an active viewing state of the apparatus based, at least in part, on, the determination that the environmental sensor information indicates that the apparatus is actively viewed by the user; and

causation of display, on the display, of different visual information in conformance with an unimpaired-viewing display mode based, at least in part, on the active viewing state.

18. The medium of claim 17, further encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform:

receipt of different environmental sensor information;

determination that the different environmental sensor information indicates that the apparatus is not actively viewed by the user; and

entering of the passive viewing state of the apparatus based, at least in part, on the determination that the different environmental sensor information indicates that the apparatus is not actively viewed by the user.

19. The medium of claim 17, further encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform:

determination of occurrence of another software event during the active viewing state;

generation of another visual event notification that is indicative of the software event based, at least in part, on the active viewing state; and

causation of display, on the display, of the other visual event notification in conformance with the unimpaired-viewing display mode based, at least in part, on the active viewing state.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the passive viewing state is an operational state in which information is caused to be displayed in conformance with the impaired-viewing display mode absent display of information in the unimpaired-viewing display mode.