Arrangement for presenting information on a display

• US 8,629,904 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2004
• Issued: 01/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Vaha-Sipila, Antti
• Primary Examiner(s): TORRENTE, RICHARD T
• Application Number:
  US11/007,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20050206654A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,325 Days
• Field of Search: 348/135
• US Class Current: 348/135
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0284 Relative positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications

Abstract

The invention relates to a device with an image sensor for forming image information about the environment of the device, comprising at least one object, wherein the image information comprises an image of the object. The device also comprises a display for displaying a view of the environment of the device, positioning means for determining the position of the device, and at least one set of communication means that comprise a receiver for receiving information related to the one object (14), including the position of the object. The device comprises a control block (8) for determining the position of the image of the object from image information intended to be displayed by the display.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

an image sensor for forming real time image information of the environment of the apparatus, with at least one object, wherein the image information comprises an image of the object,

a display for displaying said real time image information of the environment of the apparatus,

a positioning receiver configured to determine the position of the apparatus, whereby the apparatus determines the position of the apparatus itself,

a receiver for receiving information relating to said at least one object from said at least one object, which information comprises at least information about the position of the object, and

a control block for

determining the direction and inclination of the image sensor;

determining the direction from the apparatus to the image of the object; and

determining the position of the image of the object based on the direction and inclination;

wherein the display comprises an optical viewfinder and displays at least a part of the information relating to said at least one object by adding the at least a part of the information relating to said at least one object into the image information displayed by the optical viewfinder in association with the image of the object prior to any recording of the image of the object.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a compass configured to determine the direction of viewing of the image sensor, wherein the direction of viewing is configured to be used, in addition to the position data of the apparatus and the object, to determine the position of the image of the object from the image information displayed by the display.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, comprising an inclination measuring block configured to determine the inclination of the image sensor, wherein the inclination data of the image sensor is configured to be used in addition to the position data of the apparatus and the object and the direction of viewing, for determining the position of the image of the object from the image information displayed on the display.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a viewfinder function, and that image information is updated substantially continually in connection with performing the viewfinder function.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image information with the information relating to said at least one object attached to it is displayed on the display.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said receiver requires permission from said at least one object to be able to receive said information relating to said at least one object.

7. A method comprising:

receiving real time image information about the environment of an apparatus, the environment comprising at least one object, wherein the image information comprises an image of the object,

determining the position of the apparatus by the apparatus itself, the position comprising the direction and inclination of the apparatus,

receiving information relating to said at least one object from said at least one object, the information comprising at least information about the position of the object,

determining the position of the object with respect to the apparatus by using said information relating to said at least one object and the direction and inclination of the apparatus, and

determining the position of the image of the object in the image information on the basis of the direction and inclination of the object, and

displaying on a display, at least a part of the information related to the object by adding the information relating to said at least one object into the real time image information, in association with the image of the object prior to any recording of the image of the object.

8. The method according to claim 7, comprising determining the direction of viewing of an image sensor, and using the direction of viewing, in addition to the position data of the apparatus and the object, for determining the position of the image of the object from the image information displayed by the display means.

9. The method according to claim 7, comprising performing a viewfinder function, and updating image information substantially continually in connection with performing the viewfinder function.