Portable hand-held device for displaying oriented images

• US 9,124,736 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2012
• Issued: 09/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia
• Primary Examiner(s): GILES, NICHOLAS G
• Application Number:
  US13/621,005
• Publication Number:
  US 20130010173A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,081 Days
• Field of Search: 348/207.99, 348/207.1, 348/207.2, 348/222.1, 348/294, 348/208.2, 348/208.99, 348/208.4, 348/208.6, 348/333.01, 348/231.3, 348/231.6
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Abstract

A portable hand-held device is provided having a network interface for sharing images between the device and a network, an image display for displaying the shared images, an orientation sensor for sensing an orientation of the device, and a processor for processing the displayed images based on the sensed device orientation and outputting the processed images to the image display.

Claims

1. A portable hand-held device, comprising:

a memory;

a network interface for receiving an image from another device over a network;

an image display for displaying the image received over the network;

an orientation sensor for sensing an orientation of the device; and

a processor that includes;

a plurality of processing units for;

rotating the image received over the network based on the orientation of the device,

processing the image received over the network based on executing image processing instructions, and

outputting a processed image to the image display, and

an instruction input interface for receiving a signal based on a pattern, wherein the processor is configured to decode the signal into the image processing instructions.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the image display is configured as a user interface.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the image display is a liquid crystal display.

4. A device according to claim 3, wherein the liquid crystal display is a thin film transistor display.

5. A device according to claim 1, wherein the image display has a four inch diagonal display area.

6. A device according to claim 1, further comprising an image sensor for sensing images, wherein the processor is configured to output the images sensed by the image sensor to the image display.

7. A device according to claim 6, wherein the processor is configured to output the images sensed by the image sensor to the image display based on the orientation of the device.

8. A device according to claim 1, wherein the network interface comprises a USB (universal serial bus) interface.

9. A device according to claim 1, wherein the network interface comprises an infrared interface.

10. A system, comprising:

a first device; and

a portable hand-held device that includes;

a memory;

a network interface for receiving an image from the first device over a network;

an image display for displaying the image received over the network; and

an orientation sensor for sensing an orientation of the hand-held device;

a processor that includes;

a plurality of processing units for;

rotating the image received over the network based on the orientation of the portable hand-held device,

processing the image received over the network based on executing image processing instructions, and

outputting a processed image to the image display, and

an instruction input interface for receiving a signal based on a pattern, wherein the processor is configured to decode the signal into the image processing instructions.

11. A system according to claim 10, wherein the image display is configured as a user interface.

12. A system according to claim 10, wherein the image display is a liquid crystal display.

13. A system according to claim 12, wherein the liquid crystal display is a thin film transistor display.

14. A system according to claim 10, wherein the image display has a four inch diagonal display area.

15. A system according to claim 10, wherein the portable hand-held device further comprises an image sensor for sensing images, wherein the processor is configured to output the images sensed by the image sensor to the image display.

16. A system according to claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to output the images sensed by the image sensor to the image display based on the orientation of the portable hand-held device.

17. A system according to claim 10, wherein the network interface comprises a USB (universal serial bus) interface.

18. A system according to claim 10, wherein the network interface comprises an infrared interface.