Causation of display of information on a see through display

• US 9,448,621 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Reponen, Erika, Jarvenpaa, Toni
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Md Saiful A
• Application Number:
  US14/137,036
• Publication Number:
  US 20150177825A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,005 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/007 combined with a calculator or computing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/20 Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/60 Memory management

Abstract

A method comprising receiving visual identification information from a separate apparatus, identifying the separate apparatus based, at least in part, on camera visual information and the visual identification information, determining that the separate apparatus is perceivable through a see through display, and causing display of program interaction information on the see through display such that the program interaction information corresponds with at least part of the separate apparatus viewable through the see through display based, at least in part, on the identification of the separate apparatus is disclosed.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

receipt, from a separate apparatus, of information that indicates a visual characteristic of the separate apparatus, wherein the information that indicates the visual characteristic comprises information that is being displayed on a display of the separate apparatus;

subsequent to the receipt of the information that indicates the visual characteristic, receipt of camera visual information from a camera module;

determination, based at least in part on the information that indicates the visual characteristic, that at least part of the camera visual information corresponds to the visual characteristic;

identification of the separate apparatus based, at least in part, on the determination that the camera visual information corresponds to the visual characteristic;

determination, based at least in part on the identification of the separate apparatus, that at least part of the separate apparatus is viewable through a see through display; and

causation of display, on the see through display, of program interaction information, such that the program interaction information corresponds with the at least part of the separate apparatus viewable through the see through display.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the separate apparatus is a watch apparatus that comprises a watch face, and the information that indicates the visual characteristic comprises information that is indicative of the watch face.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform transmission, to the separate apparatus, of a request for the information that indicates the visual characteristic of the separate apparatus.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform receipt, from the separate apparatus, of separate apparatus camera visual information recorded by a camera of the separate apparatus, wherein the program interaction information comprises at least part of the separate apparatus camera visual information.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform:

receipt, from the separate apparatus, of information that indicates a different visual characteristic of the separate apparatus;

subsequent to the receipt of the information that indicates the different visual characteristic, receipt of different camera visual information from the camera module;

determination that at least part of the different camera visual information corresponds to the different visual characteristic; and

identification of the separate apparatus based, at least in part, on the determination that the different camera visual information corresponds to the different visual characteristic.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform:

determination that the separate apparatus is no longer viewable through the see through display; and

causation of termination of display, on the see through display, of the program interaction information, based at least in part on the determination that the separate apparatus is no longer viewable through the see through display.

7. A method comprising:

receiving, from a separate apparatus, information that indicates a visual characteristic of the separate apparatus, wherein the information that indicates the visual characteristic comprises information that is being displayed on a display of the separate apparatus;

subsequent to the receipt of the information that indicates the visual characteristic, receiving camera visual information from a camera module;

determining, based at least in part on the information that indicates the visual characteristic, that at least part of the camera visual information corresponds to the visual characteristic;

identifying the separate apparatus based, at least in part, on the determination that the camera visual information corresponds to the visual characteristic;

determining, based at least in part on the identification of the separate apparatus, that at least part of the separate apparatus is viewable through a see through display; and

causing display, on the see through display, of program interaction information, such that the program interaction information corresponds with at least part of the separate apparatus viewable through the see through display.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the separate apparatus is a watch apparatus that comprises a watch face, and the information that indicates the visual characteristic of the separate apparatus comprises information that is indicative of the watch face.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising receiving, from the separate apparatus, separate apparatus camera visual information recorded by a camera of the separate apparatus, wherein the program interaction information comprises at least part of the separate apparatus camera visual information.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining that the separate apparatus is no longer viewable through the see through display; and

causing termination of display, on the see through display, of the program interaction information based at least in part on the determination that the separate apparatus is no longer viewable through the see through display.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising transmitting, to the separate apparatus, a request for the information that indicates the visual characteristic of the separate apparatus.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, from the separate apparatus, information that indicates a different visual characteristic of the separate apparatus;

subsequent to the receipt of the information that indicates the different visual characteristic, receiving different camera visual information from the camera module;

determining that at least part of the different camera visual information corresponds to the different visual characteristic; and

identifying the separate apparatus based, at least in part, on the determination that the different camera visual information corresponds to the different visual characteristic.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining that at least part of the camera visual information corresponds to the visual characteristic comprises identifying, in the camera visual information, the information that is being displayed.

14. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform:

receiving, from a separate apparatus, information that indicates a visual characteristic of the separate apparatus, wherein the information that indicates the visual characteristic comprises information that is being displayed on a display of the separate apparatus;

subsequent to the receipt of the information that indicates the visual characteristic, receiving camera visual information from a camera module;

determining, based at least in part on the information that indicates the visual characteristic, that at least part of the camera visual information corresponds to the visual characteristic;

identifying the separate apparatus based, at least in part, on the determination that the camera visual information corresponds to the visual characteristic;

determining, based at least in part on the identification of the separate apparatus, that at least part of the separate apparatus is viewable through a see through display; and

causing display, on the see through display, of program interaction information, such that the program interaction information corresponds with at least part of the separate apparatus viewable through the see through display.

15. The medium of claim 14, wherein the separate apparatus is a watch apparatus that comprises a watch face, and the information that indicates the visual characteristic comprises information that is indicative of the watch face.

16. The medium of claim 14, further encoded with instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform transmitting, to the separate apparatus, a request for the information that indicates the visual characteristic of the separate apparatus.

17. The medium of claim 14, further encoded with instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform:

receiving, from the separate apparatus, information that indicates a different visual characteristic of the separate apparatus;

subsequent to the receipt of the information that indicates the different visual characteristic, receiving different camera visual information from the camera module;

determining that at least part of the different camera visual information corresponds to the different visual characteristic; and

identifying the separate apparatus based, at least in part, on the determination that the different camera visual information corresponds to the different visual characteristic.

18. The medium of claim 14, further encoded with instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform:

determining that the separate apparatus is no longer viewable through the see through display; and

causing termination of display, on the see through display, of the program interaction information based at least in part on the determination that the separate apparatus is no longer viewable through the see through display.