CAMERA CONTROL APPLICATION

• US 20140375834A1
• Filed: 12/26/2012
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Martin, John, Borovsky, Andrew, Collin, Richard Michael, Taivalsaari, Antero, Paimen, Lauri, Lohan, Florin Cristian, Field, Graham Phillip
• Granted Patent: US 10,171,720 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/211.99
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0383 Remote input, i.e. interface arrangements in which the signals generated by a pointing device are transmitted to a PC at a remote location, e.g. to a PC in a LAN
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/52 Program synchronisation; Mutual exclusion, e.g. by means of semaphores
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/66 Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices

Abstract

An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: receive a user input; and based on the user input, provide an open instance of a first camera control application on a first apparatus as a corresponding open instance of an at least related camera control application on a second apparatus.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

receive a user input; and

based on the user input, provide an open instance of a first camera control application on a first apparatus as a corresponding open instance of an at least related camera control application on a second apparatus.

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29. A method comprising:

receiving a user input; and

based on the user input, providing an open instance of a first camera control application on a first apparatus as a corresponding open instance of an at least related camera control application on a second apparatus.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the first and at least related camera control applications are configured to control a camera comprised by the first apparatus.

31. The method of claim 29 further comprising selecting the second apparatus from a plurality of apparatuses based on the user input.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the second apparatus is selected based upon a direction of the user input, wherein the direction corresponds to the relative locations of the first and second apparatuses.

34. The method of claim 29, wherein the user input is received by the first apparatus.

35. The method of claim 29, wherein the user input is received by the second apparatus.

37. The method of claim 29, further comprising progressively displaying the proportion of the corresponding open instance of the at least related camera control application on the second apparatus based on at least a characteristic of the received user input.

39. The method of claim 37, wherein the proportion of the open instance of the first camera control application is progressively removed from display on the first apparatus and the proportion of the corresponding open instance of the at least related camera control application is correspondingly progressively displayed on the second apparatus based on the at least a characteristic of the user input.

40. The method of claim 37, wherein the characteristic of the user input comprises at least one of:

the direction of the user input, the speed of the user input, the extent of the user input, and the reversal of the user input.

41. The method of claim 29, further comprising continuing to display the open instance of the first camera control application on the first apparatus after the corresponding open instance of the at least related camera control application is displayed on the second apparatus.

42. The method of claim 29, wherein the user input comprises a swipe across a touch-sensitive region of the first apparatus or the second apparatus, the swipe beginning at one edge of the touch sensitive region of the apparatus.

46. The method of claim 29, further comprising providing a corresponding open instance by providing one or more of the same data content as on the first camera control application on the first apparatus in the at least related camera control application on the second apparatus.

47. The method of claim 29, further comprising providing a corresponding open instance by providing one or more of the same transient content as on the first camera control application on the first apparatus in the at least related camera control application on the second apparatus.

48. The method of claim 47, wherein the transient content comprises at least one of:

a viewfinder view, a digital zoom level, and camera settings.

50. The method of claim 29, wherein the first camera control application and the at least related camera control application provide a common level of functionality which is provided in the respective open instances of the first and the at least related application, and the common level of functionality comprises at least one of presenting to a user a viewfinder view of a camera, causing the camera to capture a static image, causing the camera to capture a video image, and changing a setting of the camera.

51. The method of claim 29, wherein the first application and the at least related application are equivalent applications provided using different operating systems of the respective first and second apparatuses.

52. The method of claim 34, wherein the first application and the at least related application are provided for use on the respective first and second apparatuses by communication with at least one remote server.

53. The method of claim 29, wherein a display of the first apparatus and a display of the second apparatus each have one or more of:

different display sizes, different display form factors, different display resolutions, and different display colour schemes and the method further comprises considering at least one of these criteria in the provision of the corresponding open instance on the second apparatus.

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54. A non-transitory computer-readable medium which stores computer program code, which when executed, causes an apparatus to perform at least the following:

receiving a user input; and

based on the user input, providing an open instance of a first camera control application on a first apparatus as a corresponding open instance of an at least related camera control application on a second apparatus.

55. (canceled)