Method and system for presenting information via a user interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016189405-A1
Application number	US-201414582487-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 24, 2014
Priority date	Dec 24, 2014
Publication date	Jun 30, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Various aspects of a method and system to present information via a user interface are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, the method includes detection of an orientation of an electronic device. The electronic device overlays one or more layers of information on the user interface displayed at the electronic device. Transparency of the overlaid one or more layers of information is dynamically adjusted based on the detected orientation of the electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for presenting information, the method comprising:
in an electronic device:
detecting an orientation of said electronic device, wherein one or more layers of information are overlaid on a user interface (UI) displayed at said electronic device; and
dynamically adjusting transparency of said overlaid one or more layers of information based on said detected orientation of said electronic device.

2 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising identifying one or more objects in a first view captured by said electronic device.

3 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said one or more layers of information correspond to one or more of: first information related to said identified one or more objects in said first view and/or second information related to other objects associated with said identified one or more objects, wherein said other objects are not in said first view.

4 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising dynamically updating said overlaid one or more layers of information when a second view is captured by said electronic device.

5 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising determining said one or more layers of information based on one or more functional services.

6 . The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said one or more functional services correspond to one or more of: a map service, an internet search service, a geospatial positioning service, a social network, an address book service, a domain-specific database service, a user profile information, and/or a sensor-based service.

7 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising dynamically generating a composite view comprising said overlaid one or more layers of information with said dynamically adjusted said transparency of each of said one or more layers of information.

8 . The method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising displaying said dynamically generated said composite view on said UI such that said overlaid one or more layers of information in said displayed composite view are synchronized with respect to each other.

9 . The method as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising dynamically switching said UI of said displayed composite view from a first mode to a second mode.

10 . The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein said first mode and said second mode corresponds to one of: an augmented reality (AR) view mode, a character recognition mode, a barcode recognition mode, and/or detailed information display mode.

11 . The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein said dynamic switching of said UI from said first mode to said second mode is based on one of: a detection of another orientation of said electronic device and a user input received via said UI.

12 . The method as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising determining metadata of said one or more layers of information based on said dynamic switching of said UI from said first mode to said second mode.

13 . The method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising modifying said displayed said composite view based on said determined metadata of said one or more layers of information.

14 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said one or more layers of information comprises one or more of: a map view layer, an information label layer, a light beam layer, a field-of-view layer, and/or a media content layer.

15 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said light beam layer comprises one or more light beams selectively highlighting one or more locations displayed at said map view layer.

16 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising selective sharing of media content from said media content layer displayed at a display screen of said electronic device when said display screen is synchronized with another display screen of another electronic device.

17 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising arranging said overlaid one or more layers of information at an angle with respect to a reference axis, wherein said arrangement is based on said detected orientation of said electronic device.

18 . A system for presenting information, the system comprising:
one or more processors in an electronic device, said one or more processors being operable to:
detect an orientation of said electronic device, wherein one or more layers of information are overlaid on a UI displayed at said electronic device; and
dynamically adjust transparency of said overlaid one or more layers of information based on said detected orientation of said electronic device.

19 . The system as claimed in claim 18 , wherein said one or more processors are further operable to identify one or more objects in a first view captured by said electronic device.

20 . The system as claimed in claim 19 , wherein said one or more processors are further operable to dynamically update said overlaid one or more layers of information when a second view is captured by said electronic device.

21 . The system as claimed in claim 19 , wherein said one or more processors are further operable to dynamically generate a composite view comprising said overlaid one or more layers of information.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Lyons Gary
• Young David
• Fredriksson Jenny
• Gunatilake Priyan
• Hsiao Eric
• Sampathkumaran Sriram

Classifications

• G06T11/10

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• G06F3/0304

  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 title

• G06T19/006

  Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00) · CPC title

• G06F2203/04804

  Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows · CPC title

• G06F1/1686

  the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera · CPC title