Media device

• US 11,150,745 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2016
• Issued: 10/19/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Benjamin Bloch, Glenn Kreisel
• Original Assignee: Benjamin Bloch, Glenn Kreisel
• Inventors: Kreisel, Glenn, Bloch, Benjamin
• Primary Examiner(s): Edwards, Mark
• Application Number:
  US15/270,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20170010694A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,855 Days
• Field of Search: 345156
• 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 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/38 with means for controlling the display position
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing

Abstract

A device can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a planar display operatively coupled to the processor where the planar display includes an axis normal to the planar display; media circuitry operatively coupled to the processor; motion sensing circuitry operatively coupled to the processor; and processor-executable instructions to instruct the device to, responsive to sensed rotational motion of the device about the axis that corresponds to a rotational reference frame, render video media to the display in a stationary reference frame.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a processor;

memory operatively coupled to the processor;

a planar display operatively coupled to the processor wherein the planar display comprises an axis normal to the planar display;

media circuitry operatively coupled to the processor;

motion sensing circuitry operatively coupled to the processor wherein the motion sensing circuitry generates revolution speed data; and

processor-executable instructions to instruct the device to, responsive to revolution speed data of sensed rotational motion of the device about the axis that corresponds to a rotational reference frame, based at least in part on the revolution speed data, render video media to the display in a stationary reference frame wherein the rendered video media and the stationary reference frame are centered on the axis.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the device comprises a network interface and wherein the video media comprises video media of a video media stream received by the device via the network interface.

3. The device of claim 1 comprising communication circuitry operatively coupled to the processor wherein the communication circuitry is operable for cellular calls that comprise video media and wherein the processor-executable instructions to render the video media render video media of a cellular call.

4. The device of claim 1 comprising a smart phone.

5. The device of claim 1 comprising processor-executable instructions that render information to the planar display in the rotational reference frame while video media is rendered to the display in the stationary reference frame.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the axis normal to the display is substantially aligned with gravity.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein the revolution speed data of sensed rotational motion of the device is substantially sensed rotational motion in a plane defined by the planar display.

8. The device of claim 1 wherein the revolution speed data of sensed rotational motion comprises revolution speed data generated by clockwise rotational motion with respect to a viewer facing the planar display.

9. The device of claim 1 wherein the revolution speed data of sensed rotational motion comprises revolution speed data generated by counter-clockwise rotational motion with respect to a viewer facing the planar display.

16. The device of claim 1 wherein the axis is a mass centered axis.

17. The device of claim 1 wherein the axis is a geometric centered axis.

18. The device of claim 1 wherein the axis is a mass centered and geometric centered axis.

10. A method comprising:

for a device that comprises a processor, memory operatively coupled to the processor, a planar display operatively coupled to the processor wherein the planar display comprises an axis normal to the planar display, media circuitry operatively coupled to the processor, and motion sensing circuitry operatively coupled to the processor, sensing rotational motion of the device about the axis that corresponds to a rotational reference frame wherein the motion sensing circuitry generates revolution speed data; and

during the sensing of the rotational motion of the device about the axis by the motion sensing circuitry that generates revolution speed data, based at least in part on the revolution speed data, rendering video media to the planar display in a stationary reference frame wherein the rendered video media and the stationary reference frame are centered on the axis.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the sensing of the rotational motion of the device comprises sensing clockwise rotational motion of the device, with respect to a viewer facing the planar display.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the sensing of the rotational motion of the device comprises sensing counter-clockwise rotational motion of the device, with respect to a viewer facing the planar display.

13. The method of claim 10 wherein the sensing of the rotational motion of the device comprises sensing counter-clockwise rotational motion of the device, and sensing clockwise rotational motion of the device, with respect to a viewer facing the planar display.

14. The method of claim 10 comprising rendering information to the planar display in the rotational reference frame during rendering of the video media in the stationary reference frame.

15. The method of claim 10 wherein the rendering video media comprises rendering video media streamed during a cellular call to the device.

19. The method of claim 10 wherein the axis is a mass centered axis.

20. The method of claim 10 wherein the axis is a geometric centered axis.