IMAGE SHARING SYSTEM AND USER TERMINAL FOR THE SYSTEM

• US 20130241854A1
• Filed: 03/05/2013
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
• Original Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
• Inventors: YOO, Chang-sik
• Application Number:
  US13/785,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20130241854A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0384 Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42209 for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic program guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control

Abstract

An image sharing system and a user terminal for the system are disclosed. The user terminal can include: a display unit configured to display an image; a sensing unit configured to sense a position of a touch means near the display unit; and an image information transmitting unit configured to transmit image information, which relates to an image displayed on the display unit, and position information, which relates to a position of the touch means near the display unit, to a receiving terminal, where an image corresponding to the image information and an image indicating a position of the nearby touch means are displayed on the receiving terminal. Certain embodiments of the invention provide the advantages of enabling image sharing between a user terminal and a different type of terminal and enabling a user to manipulate the user terminal while viewing another terminal.

Claims

1. A user terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display an image;

a sensing unit configured to sense a position of a touch means near the display unit; and

an image information transmitting unit configured to transmit image information and position information to a receiving terminal, the image information relating to an image displayed on the display unit and the position information relating to a position of the touch means near the display unit,

wherein an image corresponding to the image information and an image indicating a position of the nearby touch means are displayed on the receiving terminal.

2. The user terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a position image generation unit configured to show a position image on the display unit, the position image corresponding to a position of the touch means near the display unit.

3. The user terminal of claim 2, wherein the image information transmitting unit transmits the position information of the touch means by transmitting the image information of the display unit having shown therein the position image generated by the position image generation unit.

4. The user terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a position image information generation unit configured to generate the position information of the touch means near the display unit,

wherein the image information generation unit transmits the position information of the touch means together with the image information shown on the display unit.

5. The user terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a position image information generation unit configured to generate information regarding an image incorporating a position image indicating a position of the touch means,

wherein the image information transmitting unit transmits the information generated by the position image information generation unit.

6. The user terminal of claim 1, wherein the image indicating the position of the touch means is changed in form when shown over an event-executing object.

7. The user terminal of claim 1, wherein the image indicating the position of the touch means is changed in form when shown at a preset position.

8. The user terminal of claim 6, further comprising:

an information provider unit configured to provide information associated with the change in the image indicating the position of the touch means.

9. A user terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display an image;

a sensing unit configured to sense a position of a touch means touching the display unit; and

an image information transmitting unit configured to transmit image information and position information to a receiving terminal, the image information relating to an image displayed on the display unit and the position information relating to a position of the touch means touching the display unit,

wherein an image corresponding to the image information and an image indicating a position of the touch means are displayed on the receiving terminal.

10. The user terminal of claim 9, wherein the sensing unit senses at least one of a touch pressure and a touch area of the touch means, and the image indicating the position of the touch means is changed according to at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area of the touch means.

11. The user terminal of claim 10, wherein the image indicating the position of the touch means is not shown if at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area is within a particular level range.

12. The user terminal of claim 10, wherein the image indicating the position of the touch means is changed in form according to at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area of the touch means.

13. The user terminal of claim 10, wherein the image indicating the position of the touch means is changed in size according to at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area of the touch means.

14. The user terminal of claim 10, further comprising:

a setting unit configured to provide an interface for setting sensing level classes of the sensing unit and setting changes in a position image according to the sensing levels and configured to store settings information.

15. The user terminal of claim 10, further comprising:

a position image generation unit configured to show a position image on the display unit, the position image corresponding to a position of the touch means touching the display unit,

wherein the image information generation unit transmits the position information of the touch means by transmitting the image information of the display unit having shown therein the position image generated by the position image generation unit.

16. The user terminal of claim 10, further comprising:

a position image information generation unit configured to generate the position information of the touch means touching the display unit,

wherein the image information generation unit transmits the position information of the touch means together with the image information shown on the display unit.

17. A method for sharing an image, the method comprising:

(a) sensing a position of a touch means near a display unit; and

(b) transmitting image information and position information to a receiving terminal, the image information relating to an image displayed on the display unit and the position information relating to a position of the touch means near the display unit,

wherein an image corresponding to the image information and an image indicating a position of the nearby touch means are displayed on the receiving terminal.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

generating a position image corresponding to the position of the touch means near the display unit,

wherein said step (b) comprises transmitting the position information of the touch means by transmitting the image information of the display unit having shown therein the generated position image.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

generating position image information, the position image information comprising the position information of the touch means near the display unit,

wherein said step (b) comprises transmitting the position information of the touch means together with the image information shown on the display unit.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

generating position image information, the position image information comprising information regarding an image having incorporated therein a position image indicating the position of the touch means,

wherein said step (b) comprises transmitting the information regarding the image having the position image incorporated therein.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein the image indicating the position of the touch means is changed in form when shown over an event-executing object.

22. The method of claim 17, wherein the image indicating the position of the touch means is changed in form when shown at a preset position.

23. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

providing information associated with the change in the position image.

29. A recorded medium having recorded thereon and tangibly embodying a program of instructions for executing the method for sharing an image according to claim 17.

24. A method for sharing an image, the method comprising:

(a) sensing a position of a touch means touching a display unit; and

(b) transmitting image information and position information to a receiving terminal, the image information relating to an image displayed on the display unit and the position information relating to a position of the touch means touching the display unit,

wherein an image corresponding to the image information and an image indicating a position of the touch means are displayed on the receiving terminal.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein said step (a) comprises sensing at least one of a touch pressure and a touch area of the touch means, and the image indicating the position of the touch means is changed according to at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area of the touch means.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the image indicating the position of the touch means is not shown if at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area is within a particular level range.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the image indicating the position of the touch means is changed in form according to at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area of the touch means.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the image indicating the position of the touch means is changed in size according to at least one of the touch pressure and the touch area of the touch means.