Method and apparatus for presenting panoramic photo in mobile terminal, and mobile terminal

• US 10,649,546 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2019
• Issued: 05/12/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Li, Xiaojuan, Gao, Wenmei
• Primary Examiner(s): Demeter, Hilina K
• Application Number:
  US16/266,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20190171300A1
• Time in Patent Office: 463 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for presenting a panoramic photo in a mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal. A trigger instruction that is used to instruct the mobile terminal to enter an immersive browsing mode is detected, where the immersive browsing mode is a browsing mode in which a panoramic photo moves as the mobile terminal rotates; and if the trigger instruction is detected, a rotation angle of the mobile terminal is detected and determined, and a panoramic photo that is presented in a normal mode in the mobile terminal is moved and presented according to the determined rotation angle. Using the present disclosure, complexity of panoramic photo browsing can be reduced, which makes it convenient for a user to browse a panoramic photo.

Claims

1. A method for presenting a panoramic photo using a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

photographing the panoramic photo while the mobile terminal is moving in a first direction;

receiving an instruction for entering an immersive browsing mode; and

performing the following operations in the immersive browsing mode;

displaying only a first part of the panoramic photo;

displaying an indication to prompt a user to rotate the mobile terminal;

detecting the mobile terminal rotating in the first direction;

displaying a second part of the panoramic photo in response to detecting the mobile terminal rotating in the first direction;

detecting the mobile terminal rotating in a second direction; and

displaying a third part of the panoramic photo in response to detecting the mobile terminal rotating in the second direction, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction, wherein the second part of the panoramic photo is different than the first part of the panoramic photo, and wherein the third part of the panoramic photo is different than the first part of the panoramic photo.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first direction is either from left to right or from right to left.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first part of the panoramic photo is either a leftmost part of the panoramic photo or a rightmost part of the panoramic photo.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first direction is from left to right, wherein the second part is to the right of the first part, and wherein the third part is to the left of the first part.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first direction is from right to left, wherein the second part is to the left of the first part, and wherein the third part is to the right of the first part.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the panoramic photo in a normal mode that is different than the immersive browsing mode;

displaying an icon in the normal mode;

detecting an input on the icon; and

entering the immersive browsing mode in response to detecting the input on the icon.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the immersive browsing mode is a mode in which the panoramic photo is displayed in a movable way in response to rotation of the mobile terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein rotation of the mobile terminal in either the first direction or the second direction is detected by a gyro sensor of the mobile terminal.

9. A mobile terminal, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the one or more processors and comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the mobile terminal to;

photograph a panoramic photo while the mobile terminal is moving in a first direction;

receive an instruction for entering an immersive browsing mode; and

perform the following operations in the immersive browsing mode;

displaying only a first part of the panoramic photo;

displaying an indication to prompt a user to rotate the mobile terminal;

detecting the mobile terminal rotating in the first direction;

displaying a second part of the panoramic photo in response to detecting the mobile terminal rotating in the first direction;

detecting the mobile terminal rotating in a second direction; and

displaying a third part of the panoramic photo in response to detecting the mobile terminal rotating in the second direction, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction, wherein the second part of the panoramic photo is different than the first part of the panoramic photo, and wherein the third part of the panoramic photo is different than the first part of the panoramic photo.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the first direction is either from left to right or from right to left.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the first part of the panoramic photo is either a leftmost part of the panoramic photo or a rightmost part of the panoramic photo.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the first direction is from left to right, wherein the second part is to the right of the first part, and wherein the third part is to the left of the first part.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the first direction is from right to left, wherein the second part is to the left of the first part, and wherein the third part is to the right of the first part.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the mobile terminal to:

display the panoramic photo in a normal mode that is different than the immersive browsing mode;

display an icon in the normal mode;

detect an input on the icon; and

enter the immersive browsing mode in response to detecting the input on the icon.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the immersive browsing mode is a mode in which the panoramic photo is displayed in a movable way in response to rotation of the mobile terminal.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 9, further comprising a gyro sensor coupled to the one or more processors and configured to detect rotation of the mobile terminal in either the first direction or the second direction.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a mobile terminal, cause the mobile terminal to:

photograph a panoramic photo while the mobile terminal is moving in a first direction;

receive an instruction for entering an immersive browsing mode; and

perform the following operations in the immersive browsing mode;

displaying only a first part of the panoramic photo;

displaying an indication to prompt a user to rotate the mobile terminal;

detecting the mobile terminal rotating in the first direction;

displaying a second part of the panoramic photo in response to detecting the mobile terminal rotating in the first direction;

detecting the mobile terminal rotating in a second direction; and

displaying a third part of the panoramic photo in response to detecting the mobile terminal rotating in the second direction, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction, wherein the second part of the panoramic photo is different than the first part of the panoramic photo, and wherein the third part of the panoramic photo is different than the first part of the panoramic photo.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the immersive browsing mode is a mode in which the panoramic photo is displayed in a movable way in response to rotation of the mobile terminal.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the first direction is either from left to right or from right to left.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the first part of the panoramic photo is either a leftmost part of the panoramic photo or a rightmost part of the panoramic photo.