Viewing device having a touch pad

• US 8,552,988 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2005
• Issued: 10/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Battles, Amy E., Pyle, Norman Conrad, Bianchi, Mark John, Byrne, Daniel J., Li, Shanshan
• Primary Examiner(s): Mengistu, Amare
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, PREMAL R
• Application Number:
  US11/262,584
• Publication Number:
  US 20070097086A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,899 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 345/156, 345/159, 345/163, 345/184, 345/622, 345/719, 345/810, 725/38, 348/207.99, 348/208.15, 348/333.01, 358/474, 705/9, 707/104.1
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera

Abstract

Viewing devices are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a viewing device is a digital camera having at least one function. And embodiment of the digital camera comprises a touch pad, wherein in which a stylus that is moved relative to the touch pad is detectable by the digital camera. The speed at which the function is performed corresponds to the speed that the stylus is moved relative to the touch pad.

Claims

1. A method of rotating an image displayed on a display device, said method comprising

displaying a reference line disposed at an angle selected by a user on the display;

and

moving a stylus relative to an annular touch pad located on said display device, wherein the amount of movement corresponds to the amount of rotation of said image.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said image is rotated in a first direction when said stylus is moved in a first direction relative to said touch pad and wherein said image is rotated in a second direction when said stylus is moved in a second direction relative to said touch pad.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said image is rotated a preselected amount if the speed of said stylus relative to said touch pad is greater than a preselected speed.

4. The method of claim 1 and further comprising displaying at least one axis line on said display.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rotating said image into a desired alignment with said reference line.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

moving said reference line into a desired alignment with said image.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

maintaining said desired alignment of said reference line; and

rotating at least one second image according to said desired alignment.