Presentation of image on display screen with combination crop and rotation and with auto-resizing of crop field

• US 9,201,566 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2014
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Freyhult, Maria Christina Nathalie, Montan, Nils Johan Petter, Samvik, Rikard
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Matt
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shiberou, Mahelet
• Application Number:
  US14/168,184
• Publication Number:
  US 20140149928A1
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A portable electronic device, computer program product, and method of presenting image information on a display with combined cropping and rotation selection and auto-resizing of cropped portion of the displayed image. A processor accepts a selection of a portion of a displayed image in a selection rectangle frame over the displayed image, based on detecting a first gesture. The processor determines a request for rotation of the displayed selection rectangle frame based on detecting a second gesture. The processor then rotates the selection rectangle frame on the displayed image and resizes the selection rectangle frame while maintaining it within the outer boundaries of the displayed image.

Claims

1. A method of presenting image information on a display, comprising:

displaying an image in a display frame on the display;

receiving a selection of a portion of the displayed image in a selection rectangle frame over the displayed image, based on detecting a first gesture;

determining a request for rotation of the selection rectangle frame based on detecting a second gesture; and

based on the determined request for rotation, rotating the selection rectangle frame on the displayed image and resizing the selection rectangle frame while maintaining the selection rectangle frame within boundaries of the displayed image in the display frame.

2. The method of claim 1, where the rotating the selection rectangle frame on the displayed image further comprising:

while maintaining the selection rectangle frame within boundaries of the displayed image in the display frame, contemporaneously expanding the selection rectangle frame up to an original size of the selection rectangle frame displayed over the displayed image.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a request for crop of the portion of the displayed image in the displayed selection rectangle frame; and

based on determining the request for crop, cropping the portion of the displayed image in the displayed selection rectangle frame.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a request for setting a current displayed image filling the display frame on the display to the portion of the displayed image in the displayed selection rectangle frame;

based on determining the request for setting the current displayed image filling the display frame, setting the current displayed image filling the display frame on the display to the portion of the displayed image in the displayed selection rectangle frame;

based on detection of a third gesture in connection with the current displayed image, receiving a selection of a portion of the current displayed image in a selection rectangle frame over the current displayed image;

determining a second request for rotation of the displayed selection rectangle frame over the current displayed image based on detecting a fourth gesture; and

based on the determined second request for rotation, rotating the selection rectangle frame over the current displayed image and resizing the selection rectangle frame while maintaining the selection rectangle frame within boundaries of the current displayed image in the display frame.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the first gesture comprises detecting movement of two fingers apart over the displayed image in the display frame on the display.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the second gesture comprises at least one of:

detecting rotational movement of two fingers over and inside the selection rectangle frame on the displayed image; and

detecting rotational movement of one finger over, outside and in proximity to the selection rectangle frame on the displayed image.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the second gesture comprises at least one of:

detecting movement of two fingers, either closer together or farther apart, over and inside the selection rectangle frame on the displayed image; and

detecting linear movement of one finger over, outside and in proximity to the selection rectangle frame on the displayed image.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

based on determining a request for dragging the selection rectangle frame, moving the selection rectangle frame over the displayed image in the display frame following a determined movement of a finger swipe or drag in the selection rectangle frame, and resizing the selection rectangle frame while maintaining the selection rectangle frame within boundaries of the display frame.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is performed with a portable electronic device including a touchscreen display, the displayed image being displayed in a display frame on the touchscreen display, and the first gesture and the second gesture being detected with the touchscreen display.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the portable electronic device comprises at least one of:

a smart-phone, a cellular phone, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant, and a laptop PC.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first gesture and the second gesture are detected through using a trackpad, and the image is displayed in the display frame on the display located separate from the trackpad.

12. A computer program product for controlling presentation of image information on a display, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising instructions for performing a method comprising;

displaying, with at least one processor, an image in a display frame on the display;

receiving a selection of a portion of the displayed image in a selection rectangle frame over the displayed image, based on detecting a first gesture;

determining a request for rotation of the selection rectangle frame, based on detecting a second gesture; and

based on the determined request for rotation, rotating the selection rectangle frame on the displayed image and resizing the selection rectangle frame while maintaining the selection rectangle frame within boundaries of the displayed image in the display frame.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, where the rotating the selection rectangle frame on the displayed image further comprising:

while maintaining the selection rectangle frame within boundaries of the displayed image in the display frame, contemporaneously expanding the selection rectangle frame up to an original size of the selection rectangle frame displayed over the displayed image.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, the method further comprising:

determining a request for crop of the portion of the displayed image in the displayed selection rectangle frame; and

based on determining the request for crop, cropping the portion of the displayed image in the displayed selection rectangle frame.

15. The computer program product of claim 12, the method further comprising:

determining a request for setting a current displayed image filling the display frame on the display to the portion of the displayed image in the displayed selection rectangle frame;

based on determining the request for setting the current displayed image filling the display frame, setting the current displayed image filling the display frame on the display to the portion of the displayed image in the displayed selection rectangle frame;

based on detection of a third gesture in connection with the current displayed image, receiving a selection of a portion of the current displayed image in a selection rectangle frame over the current displayed image;

determining a second request for rotation of the displayed selection rectangle frame over the current displayed image based on detecting a fourth gesture comprising at least one of;

movement of two fingers over and inside the selection rectangle frame on the current displayed image, and

movement of one finger over, outside, and in proximity to the selection rectangle frame on the current displayed image; and

based on the determined second request for rotation, rotating the selection rectangle frame on the current displayed image and resizing the selection rectangle frame while maintaining the selection rectangle frame within the boundaries of the current displayed image in the display frame.

16. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein detecting the second gesture comprises at least one of:

detecting rotational movement of two fingers over and inside the selection rectangle frame on the displayed image; and

detecting rotational movement of one finger over, outside and in proximity to the selection rectangle frame on the displayed image.

17. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein detecting the second gesture comprises at least one of:

detecting movement of two fingers, either closer together or farther apart, over and inside the selection rectangle frame on the displayed image; and

detecting linear movement of one finger over, outside and in proximity to the selection rectangle frame on the displayed image.

18. The computer program product of claim 12, the method further comprising:

based on determining a request for dragging the selection rectangle frame, moving the selection rectangle frame over the displayed image in the display frame following a determined movement of a finger swipe or drag in the selection rectangle frame, and resizing the selection rectangle frame while maintaining the selection rectangle frame within boundaries of the display frame.

19. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a user input interface device for at least detecting gestures;

memory; and

at least one processor, communicatively coupled with the display, the user input interface device, and the memory, the at least one processor being configured with instructions for performing a method comprising;

displaying, with at least one processor, an image in a display frame on a display;

receiving a selection of a portion of the displayed image in a selection rectangle frame over the displayed image, based on detecting a first gesture;

determining a request for rotation of the selection rectangle frame, based on detecting a second gesture; and

based on the determined request for rotation, rotating the selection rectangle frame on the displayed image and resizing the selection rectangle frame while maintaining it within the boundaries of the displayed image in the display frame.

20. The portable electronic device of claim 19, the at least one processor being configured with instructions for performing the method further comprising:

determining a request for crop of the portion of the displayed image in the displayed selection rectangle frame; and

based on determining the request for crop, cropping the portion of the displayed image in the displayed selection rectangle frame.