Displaying image data and geographic element data

• US 20090040370A1
• Filed: 08/07/2007
• Published: 02/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Varanasi, Anantakrishna
• Granted Patent: US 8,994,851 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/376
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0264 for a camera module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera

Abstract

A mobile computing device includes a housing, a camera, a display, a memory, and a processing circuit. The housing is configured to be carried by a user while in use. The camera is configured to output image data. The memory is configured to store geographic element data representing one or more geographic elements. The processing circuit is configured to receive the geographic element data for the plurality of geographic elements. The processing circuit is configured to determine a camera orientation. The processing circuit is configured to concurrently display the image data and geographic element data for the plurality of geographic elements on the display.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device comprising:

a housing configured to be carried by a user while in use;

a camera configured to output image data;

a display;

a memory configured to store geographic element data representing a plurality of geographic elements; and

a processing circuit configured to receive the geographic element data for the plurality of geographic elements, to determine a camera orientation, and to concurrently display the image data and geographic element data for the plurality of geographic elements on the display.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the geographic element data comprises textual data.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to display a distinguishing indicia which distinguishes at least one of the geographic elements from another of the geographic elements.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine the camera orientation at least in part via an image processing algorithm.

5. The mobile computing device of claim 1, further comprising a telephony transceiver configured for telephony communication and an operating system configured to store personal information management applications and to synchronize personal information management data with a remote server.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 1, further comprising a position determination circuit configured to generate device position data, wherein the processing circuit is configured to select the geographic element data based at least in part on the device position data.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 6, wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine the camera orientation at least in part via the position determination circuit.

8. The mobile computing device of claim 6, wherein the position determination circuit comprises a global positioning system receiver.

9. The mobile computing device of claim 1, further comprising a user input device, wherein the plurality of geographic elements is displayed in a first mode, and in a second mode, the processing circuit is configured to enable a user to select geographic element data for one or more of the geographic elements for display concurrently with the image data.

10. A mobile computing device comprising:

a housing configured to be carried by a user while in use;

a camera configured to output image data;

a display;

a memory configured to store geographic element data representing one or more geographic elements; and

a processing circuit configured to receive the geographic element data for the one or more geographic elements, to determine a camera orientation, and to concurrently display the image data and geographic element data on the display, wherein as the camera orientation changes, the processing circuit is configured to move the geographic element data on the display in at least two dimensions.

11. The mobile computing device of claim 10, wherein the geographic element data comprises textual data.

12. The mobile computing device of claim 10, wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine the camera orientation at least in part via an image processing algorithm.

13. The mobile computing device of claim 10, further comprising a telephony transceiver configured for telephony communication and an operating system configured to store personal information management applications and to synchronize personal information management data with a remote server.

14. The mobile computing device of claim 10, further comprising a position determination circuit configured to generate device position data, wherein the processing circuit is configured to select the geographic element data based at least in part on the device position data.

15. A mobile computing device comprising:

a housing configured to be carried by a user while in use;

a telephony transceiver configured for telephony communication;

a camera configured to output image data;

a display;

a memory configured to store geographic element data representing one or more geographic elements; and

a processing circuit configured to receive the geographic element data for the one or more geographic elements, to determine a camera orientation, and to concurrently display the image data and geographic element data on the display.

16. The mobile computing device of claim 15, wherein the output data comprises textual data.

17. The mobile computing device of claim 15, wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine the camera orientation at least in part via an image processing algorithm.

18. The mobile computing device of claim 15, further comprising a telephony transceiver configured for telephony communication and an operating system configured to store personal information management applications and to synchronize personal information management data with a remote server.

19. The mobile computing device of claim 15, further comprising a position determination circuit configured to generate device position data, wherein the processing circuit is configured to select the geographic element data based at least in part on the device position data.