Graphical user interfaces and occlusion prevention for fisheye lenses with line segment foci

• US 8,350,872 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2012
• Issued: 01/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accessify, LLC (Ascend Innovation Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Noregin Assets N.V. LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Shoemaker, Garth B. D., Tigges, Mark H. A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Richer, Aaron M
• Application Number:
  US13/343,894
• Publication Number:
  US 20120098866A1
• Time in Patent Office: 369 Days
• Field of Search: 345661-665
• US Class Current: 345/665
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/047 Fisheye or wide-angle transformations
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/80 Geometric correction

Abstract

A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, comprising: establishing a lens for the region-of-interest, the lens having a magnified focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region having diminishing magnification, the focal region having a perimeter defined by a radius r from a line segment; receiving one or more signals to adjust at least one of the radius r and a length len of the line segment to thereby adjust the perimeter; and, applying the lens to the original image to produce the presentation.

Claims

1. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including a set of instructions for execution on one or more processors, wherein the set of instructions comprises:

application instructions for applying a lens to an image, wherein the lens includes;

an extent of the lens,

a focal region having a magnification and a perimeter shaped according to a radius of the focal region extending from a primitive, and

a shoulder region having a width between the focal region and the extent of the lens, wherein the shoulder region provides context for the focal region with respect to a portion of the image outside of an appearance of the lens by preserving visibility of information surrounding the focal region; and

determination instructions for determining at least one of;

a maximum value for the radius of the focal region based at least on a present value of the magnification of the focal region, or

a minimum value for the width of the shoulder region based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region.

2. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the primitive comprises a line having a length.

3. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the determination instructions include instructions for determining a maximum value for the length of the line based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region.

4. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 3, wherein the determination instructions include instructions for determining the maximum value for the length of the line based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region, a present value of the width of the shoulder region, and a present value of the radius of the focal region.

5. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 3, wherein the determination instructions include instructions for determining:

the maximum value for the radius of the focal region based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region, and

the minimum value for the width of the shoulder region based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region.

6. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 3, wherein the determination instructions include instructions for determining the minimum value for the width of the shoulder region based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region, a present value of the length of the line, and a present value of the radius of the focal region.

7. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the determination instructions include instructions for determining the maximum value for the radius of the focal region based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region and a present value of the width of the shoulder region.

8. A method comprising:

applying a lens to an image, wherein the lens includes;

an extent of the lens,

a focal region having a magnification and a perimeter shaped according to a radius of the focal region extending from a primitive, and

a shoulder region having a width between the focal region and the extent of the lens, wherein the shoulder region provides context for the focal region with respect to a portion of the image outside of an appearance of the lens by preserving visibility of information surrounding the focal region; and

determining at least one of;

a maximum value for the radius of the focal region based at least on a present value of the magnification of the focal region, or

a minimum value for the width of the shoulder region based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the primitive comprises a line having a length.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said determining step includes determining a maximum value for the length of the line based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said determining step includes determining the maximum value for the length of the line based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region, a present value of the width of the shoulder region, and a present value of the radius of the focal region.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein said determining step includes determining:

the maximum value for the radius of the focal region based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region, and

the minimum value for the width of the shoulder region based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein said determining step includes determining the minimum value for the width of the shoulder region based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region, a present value of the length of the line, and a present value of the radius of the focal region.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein said determining step includes determining the maximum value for the radius of the focal region based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region and a present value of the width of the shoulder region.

15. An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors together with one or more memories configured to;

apply a lens to an image, wherein the lens includes;

an extent of the lens,

a focal region having a magnification and a perimeter shaped according to a radius of the focal region extending from a line having a length, and

a shoulder region having a width between the focal region and the extent of the lens, wherein the shoulder region provides context for the focal region with respect to a portion of the image outside of an appearance of the lens by preserving visibility of information surrounding the focal region; and

determine at least one of;

a maximum value for the radius of the focal region based at least on a present value of the magnification of the focal region, or

a minimum value for the width of the shoulder region based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the one or more processors together with the one or more memories are configured to determine a maximum value for the length of the line based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors together with the one or more memories are configured to determine the maximum value for the length of the line based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region, a present value of the width of the shoulder region, and a present value of the radius of the focal region.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors together with the one or more memories are configured to determine:

the maximum value for the radius of the focal region based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region, and

the minimum value for the width of the shoulder region based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors together with the one or more memories are configured to determine the minimum value for the width of the shoulder region based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region, a present value of the length of the line, and a present value of the radius of the focal region.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the one or more processors together with the one or more memories are configured to determine the maximum value for the radius of the focal region based at least on the present value of the magnification of the focal region and a present value of the width of the shoulder region.