Systems and methods for providing interactivity for panoramic media content

• US 10,521,099 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2015
• Issued: 12/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Salituri, Andrew Gavin, Handte, Winston Felix Popowicz, O'Beirne, Michael Coleman
• Primary Examiner(s): Weng, Pei Yong
• Application Number:
  US14/839,794
• Publication Number:
  US 20170060372A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,586 Days
• 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 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

In some cases, a panoramic media content item to be displayed can be acquired. An interface including a viewable area for displaying at least a portion of the content item can be generated. Based on a size of the content item, a scroll bar can be generated, within the interface, for scrolling the content item. Based on a size of the viewable area, a scroll element can be generated, within the scroll bar, to be movable based on user interactions to scroll the content item. In some cases, at least a first portion of the content item can be automatically scrolled through such that the viewable area displays, over time, at least a second portion of the content item. In some cases, a leftmost or rightmost edge of the content item is displayable via the viewable area. A transitional animation associated with the leftmost or rightmost edge can be performed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

acquiring, by a computing system, a panoramic still image to be displayed in a feed;

generating, by the computing system, an interface including a viewable area displaying a first portion of the panoramic still image in the feed, wherein the panoramic still image includes a second portion;

acquiring, by the computing system, size information associated with the panoramic still image;

adjusting, by the computing system, an automatic scroll speed for the panoramic still image based on the size information, wherein a larger panoramic still image causes the automatic scroll speed to be faster than a smaller panoramic still image;

automatically, by the computing system, scrolling through the panoramic still image from the first portion to the second portion based on the automatic scroll speed such that the viewable area displays, over time, the second portion;

ceasing, by the computing system, automatic scrolling of the panoramic still image based on detection of one or more user interactions associated with manual scrolling of the panoramic still image; and

after ceasing automatic scrolling of the panoramic still image, scrolling, by the computing system, the panoramic still image in response to the one or more user interactions associated with manual scrolling of the panoramic still image.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein

the one or more user interactions are performed with respect to the first portion or the second portion of the panoramic still image, and

the method further comprises:

scrolling the panoramic still image, based on the one or more user interactions, such that the viewable area displays a third portion of the panoramic still image; and

automatically scrolling through the third portion of the panoramic still image when the one or more user interactions have ceased.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the one or more user interactions are associated with at least one of:

a mouse hover operation, a mouse click operation, or a touch gesture operation.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the automatically scrolling through the third portion of the panoramic still image when the one or more user interactions have ceased comprises:

detecting that the one or more user interactions have ceased;

determining a movement direction with which the one or more user interactions had most recently been associated; and

automatically scrolling through the third portion of the panoramic still image in the movement direction.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the second portion depicts one or more points of interest, and the one or more points of interest are associated with at least one of a tagged object, a detected object, or a recognized object.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the tagged object includes at least one of a tagged location or a tagged entity, wherein the detected object includes a detected face object identified using a face detection process, and wherein the recognized object includes at least one of an object identified using an image classification process or a recognized face object identified using a face recognition process.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the interface is associated with a post within a social networking system, wherein the feed is associated with at least one of a newsfeed or a timeline of the social networking system, and wherein the post is presented via the at least one of the newsfeed or the timeline of the social networking system.

8. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform a method comprising;

acquiring a panoramic still image to be displayed in a feed;

generating an interface including a viewable area displaying a first portion of the panoramic still image in the feed, wherein the panoramic still image includes a second portion;

acquiring size information associated with the panoramic still image;

adjusting an automatic scroll speed for the panoramic still image based on the size information, wherein a larger panoramic still image causes the automatic scroll speed to be faster than a smaller panoramic still image;

automatically scrolling through the panoramic still image from the first portion to the second portion based on the automatic scroll speed such that the viewable area displays, over time, the second portion;

ceasing automatic scrolling of the panoramic still image based on detection of one or more user interactions associated with manual scrolling of the panoramic still image; and

after ceasing automatic scrolling of the panoramic still image, scrolling the panoramic still image in response to the one or more user interactions associated with manual scrolling of the panoramic still image.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein

the one or more user interactions are performed with respect to the first portion or the second portion of the panoramic still image, and

the instructions cause the system to further perform:

scrolling the panoramic still image, based on the one or more user interactions, such that the viewable area displays a third portion of the panoramic still image; and

automatically scrolling through the third portion of the panoramic still image when the one or more user interactions have ceased.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the automatically scrolling through the third portion of the panoramic still image when the one or more user interactions have ceased comprises:

detecting that the one or more user interactions have ceased;

determining a movement direction with which the one or more user interactions had most recently been associated; and

automatically scrolling through the third portion of the panoramic still image in the movement direction.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the panoramic still image includes one or more points of interest.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more user interactions are associated with at least one of:

a mouse hover operation, a mouse click operation, or a touch gesture operation.

17. The system of claim 8, wherein the second portion depicts one or more points of interest, and the one or more points of interest are associated with at least one of a tagged object, a detected object, or a recognized object.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the tagged object includes at least one of a tagged location or a tagged entity, wherein the detected object includes a detected face object identified using a face detection process, and wherein the recognized object includes at least one of an object identified using an image classification process or a recognized face object identified using a face recognition process.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method comprising:

acquiring a panoramic still image to be displayed in a feed;

generating an interface including a viewable area displaying a first portion of the panoramic still image in the feed, wherein the panoramic still image includes a second portion;

acquiring size information associated with the panoramic still image;

adjusting an automatic scroll speed for the panoramic still image based on the size information, wherein a larger panoramic still image causes the automatic scroll speed to be faster than a smaller panoramic still image;

automatically scrolling through the panoramic still image from the first portion to the second portion based on the automatic scroll speed such that the viewable area displays, over time, the second portion;

ceasing automatic scrolling of the panoramic still image based on detection of one or more user interactions associated with manual scrolling of the panoramic still image; and

after ceasing automatic scrolling of the panoramic still image, scrolling the panoramic still image in response to the one or more user interactions associated with manual scrolling of the panoramic still image.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein

the one or more user interactions are performed with respect to the first portion or the second portion of the panoramic still image, and

the instructions cause the computing system to further perform:

scrolling the panoramic still image, based on the one or more user interactions, such that the viewable area displays a third portion of the panoramic still image; and

automatically scrolling through the third portion of the panoramic still image when the one or more user interactions have ceased.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the automatically scrolling through the third portion of the panoramic still image when the one or more user interactions have ceased comprises:

detecting that the one or more user interactions have ceased;

determining a movement direction with which the one or more user interactions had most recently been associated; and

automatically scrolling through the third portion of the panoramic still image in the movement direction.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the panoramic still image includes one or more points of interest.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the one or more user interactions are associated with at least one of:

a mouse hover operation, a mouse click operation, or a touch gesture operation.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the second portion depicts one or more points of interest, and the one or more points of interest are associated with at least one of a tagged object, a detected object, or a recognized object.