LENS-DEFINED ADJUSTMENT OF DISPLAYS

• US 20090284542A1
• Filed: 02/09/2009
• Published: 11/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accessify, LLC (Ascend Innovation Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Noregin Assets N.V. LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Lochner, Timothy, Baar, David J. P., Jetha, Zeenat, Skiers, Andrew, Carlisle, Andrew, Shoemaker, Garth B.D.
• Granted Patent: US 9,760,235 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/589
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• 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: G09G 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/045 Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

In an implementation, an image is distorted for display on a display device to give an appearance of a lens being applied to the image. A brightness level of the appearance of the lens for display on the display device is adjusted such that the brightness level of the appearance of the lens differs from a brightness level of the portion of the image that surrounds the appearance of the lens.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

distorting an image for display on a display device to give an appearance of a lens being applied to the image; and

adjusting a brightness level of the appearance of the lens for display on the display device such that the brightness level of the appearance of the lens differs from a brightness level of the portion of the image outside the appearance of the lens.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting is performed by decreasing the brightness level of the portion of the image outside the appearance of the lens.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting causes the display to consume less power to display the image.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting is performed in response to interaction with one or more icons in a graphical user interface.

5. The method of claim 4, where the one or more icons are a slide bar.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a graphical user interface (“

GUI”

) on the display for adjusting the appearance of the lens.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the appearance of the lens includes a focal region that is surrounded by at least a portion of the image.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the appearance of the lens includes a base region that surrounds the focal region, the base region having a magnification that varies from a magnification of the focal region to provide a continuous transition from the focal region to the portion of the image outside the appearance of the lens.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the focal region has a size and a shape and further comprising receiving one or more signals for adjusting at least one of the size, the shape, or a magnification of the focal region.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more signals for adjusting at least one of the size, the shape, or the magnification of the focal region are received via a graphical user interface (GUI).

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the GUI includes at least one of:

a slide bar icon for adjusting the magnification for the appearance of the lens;

a slide bar icon for adjusting a degree of scooping for the appearance of the lens;

a bounding rectangle icon with at least one handle icon for adjusting a size or a shape for the focal region;

a bounding rectangle icon with at least one handle icon for adjusting a size or a shape for the base region;

a move icon for adjusting a location for the appearance of the lens on the boundary;

a pickup icon for adjusting a location for the base region within the original image;

or

a fold icon for adjusting a location for the focal region relative to the base region.

12. A method comprising:

distorting an image for display on a display device to give an appearance of a lens being applied to the image; and

adjusting a contrast level of the appearance of the lens for display on the display device such that the contrast level of the appearance of the lens differs from a contrast level of a portion of the image outside the appearance of the lens.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the adjusting is performed by decreasing the contrast level of the portion of the image outside the appearance of the lens.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the adjusting causes the display to consume less power to provide the display of the image as compared to a display of the image without the appearance of the lens.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the adjusting is performed in response to interaction with one or more icons in a graphical user interface.

16. The method of claim 15, where the one or more icons are a slide bar.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising displaying a graphical user interface (“

GUI”

) on the display for adjusting the appearance of the lens.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the appearance of the lens includes a focal region that is surrounded by at least a portion of the image.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the appearance of the lens includes a base region that surrounds the focal region, the base region having a magnification that varies from the focal region to provide a continuous transition from the focal region to the portion of the image outside the appearance of the lens.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the focal region has a size, a shape, and a magnification and further comprising receiving one or more signals for adjusting at least one of the size, the shape, or the magnification of the focal region.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the one or more signals for adjusting at least one of the size, the shape, or the magnification of the focal region are received via a graphical user interface (GUI).

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the GUI includes at least one of:

a slide bar icon for adjusting the magnification for the appearance of the lens;

a slide bar icon for adjusting a degree of scooping for the appearance of the lens;

a bounding rectangle icon with at least one handle icon for adjusting a size or a shape for the focal region;

a bounding rectangle icon with at least one handle icon for adjusting a size or a shape for the base region;

a move icon for adjusting a location for the appearance of the lens on the boundary;

a pickup icon for adjusting a location for the base region within the original image;

or

a fold icon for adjusting a location for the focal region relative to the base region.

23. An article of manufacture including a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform a method comprising:

determining a region-of-interest for an image for display on a display by a data processing system using gaze tracking capabilities; and

establishing an appearance of a lens, by the data processing system, for the region-of-interest in the image, the appearance of the lens at least partially surrounded by the image.

24. The article of manufacture of claim 23, wherein the method further comprises displaying the image having the appearance of the lens such that power consumed by the display is reduced as compared to display of the image without the appearance of the lens.

25. The article of manufacture of claim 23, wherein at least one of the gaze tracking capabilities involves a position input.

26. The article of manufacture of claim 23, wherein at least one of the gaze tracking capabilities involves GPS-based lens control.

27. A data processing system comprising one or more modules that are configured to reduce power consumption of a display by distorting an image for display on the display to give an appearance of a lens being applied to the image.

28. The data processing system of claim 27, wherein the one or more modules are executable to reduce the power consumption by providing improved visibility within the appearance of the lens and reduced visibility of a portion of the image outside the appearance of the lens.

29. The data processing system of claim 27, wherein the one or more modules are executable to reduce the power consumption by reducing a brightness level of the portion of the image that is outside the appearance of the lens as compared to a brightness level of the appearance of the lens.

30. The data processing system of claim 27, wherein the one or more modules are executable to utilize gaze tracking capabilities to determine where the appearance of the lens is to be applied to the image.

31. A data processing system comprising one or more modules that are configured to determine where an appearance of a lens is to be applied to an image, for display on a display device, using gaze tracking capabilities.

32. The data processing system of claim 31, wherein at least one of the gaze tracking capabilities involves a position input.

33. The data processing system of claim 32, wherein the position input is provided by a remote control.

34. The data processing system of claim 31, wherein at least one of the gaze tracking capabilities involves GPS-based lens control.