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| 345651000 | Alignment functions (e.g., snapping, gravity) | 13 |
| 20080259094 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE ADAPTED TO CHANGE OPERATION MODE - A portable electronic device adapted to change its operation mode is disclosed. When a rotation of the portable electronic device is detected, the operation mode is changed according to the angle of rotation, and a user interface corresponding to the changed operation mode is output by a display unit. This method intuitively changes the mode based on a rotation of the device without requiring a complicated and unnecessary key input, and provides a more convenient and faster user interface. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20110164058 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface with Interactive Popup Views - A method of operating a multifunction device includes: displaying a respective view of a first application on the touch screen display, detecting a first touch gesture within the respective view, and in response to detecting the first touch gesture, displaying a popup view of the first application partially covering the respective view of the first application. The popup view corresponds to a full-screen-width view in a corresponding first application on a second multifunction device having a touch screen display with lower resolution than the touch screen display of the first multifunction device. The method further includes: detecting one or more second touch gestures within the popup view, and in response to detecting the one or more second touch gestures within the popup view, performing an action in the first application that updates a state of the first application. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120062598 | IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - The image displaying apparatus of the present invention provides a first display mode in which a first display region for one screen image is formed in a display screen, with the short side direction of the display screen aligned with the vertical direction; and a second display mode in which a first display region and a second display region for two screen images are formed in the display screen, with the long side direction of the display screen aligned with the vertical direction, and the first display region and the second display region formed such that they are arranged up and down. According to this configuration, when images are displayed in a double screen, each image can be displayed as large as possible. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120081402 | VIRTUAL LEVEL FOR A DIGITAL CAMERA - A method of and apparatus for generating a reference line or a virtual level enables tilt correction of an image. A user is able to utilize the reference line to see how an image should be oriented for the objects within the image to be level. The user is able to then correct the tilt of the image as desired using the reference line for assistance. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120313970 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND OPERATION INTERVAL SETTING METHOD - A disclosed portable terminal includes: an inclination measurement unit that measures an inclination of the portable terminal; a change unit that change a display direction of contents to be displayed on a display screen of the portable terminal according to a state of a user holding the portable terminal; an operation interval setting unit that sets an operation interval of the change unit based on change of the inclination over time, which was measured by the inclination measurement unit; and an operation controller that causes the change unit to operate at intervals that were set by the operation interval setting unit. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130100167 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF ORIENTATION OF INFORMATION PRESENTED BASED UPON DEVICE USE STATE - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to enable the provision of a mechanism by which an orientation of information presented may be maintained based upon a use state of a device, regardless of a physical display orientation. A method may include determining a physical orientation, determining whether the physical display orientation warrants a change of orientation of information presented, and determining whether a use state precludes a change of the orientation of the information presented based upon the physical display orientation. The method may further maintain the orientation of the information presented in response to a physical display orientation that warrants a change of the orientation of the information presented in an instance in which the use state is determined to preclude the change of the orientation of the information presented based on the physical display orientation. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130155114 | CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a control method and an electronic apparatus. The control method is applied to an electronic apparatus that includes an array of image display components and an array of image collecting components. The method includes displaying a first window by the array of image display components; obtaining the position of a first region in the first window; turning on the image collecting components corresponding to the first region in the first window in the array of image collecting components according to the position of the first region, wherein the number of the image collecting components corresponding to the first region is less than or equal to the number of the image collecting components in the array of image collecting components; and obtaining a first image by the image collecting components corresponding to the first region. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130229437 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING A MOBILE DEVICE USER INTERFACE WITH A DIRECTIONAL SENSING DEVICE - An electronic mobile device includes a display for displaying a graphical element. A tilt sensor is configured to sense first and second tilt angles of the mobile device. A processor is coupled to the display and the tilt sensor and configured to move the graphical element relative to the display in a first direction based on the first tilt angle, and to move the graphical element relative to the display in a second direction based on the second tilt angle. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130321468 | CORNER DETECTION - A computing device detects an orientation of a computing device and selects a corner of the computing device based on the orientation of the computing device. The computing device determines a height and width for each digital media item in a plurality of digital media items. The computing device displays a first digital media item of the plurality of digital media items in a portrait orientation when the height of the first digital media item is greater than the width of the first digital media item and displays a second digital media item of the plurality of digital media items in a landscape orientation when the width of the second digital media item is greater than the height of the second digital media item. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130328935 | Multi-Stage Device Orientation Detection - In general, in one aspect, a method includes receiving data from one or more motion sensors of a mobile device and calculating, after the period of time, a statistical measurement of the motion sensor data. The method also includes comparing the calculated statistical measurement to one or more threshold values, and, based on the comparing, determining a dynamic state of the mobile device. The method also includes, based on the determined dynamic state, determining an orientation of the mobile device. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140098139 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED IN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An example information processing apparatus determines whether an orientation of a display unit capable of being held by a user is in a first state or in a second state. If it has been determined that the orientation of the display unit is in the first state, the information processing apparatus sets, in a predetermined area, a display range to be displayed in the display unit, in accordance with the orientation of the display unit. If it has been determined that the orientation of the display unit is in the second state, the information processing apparatus sets the display range, regardless of the orientation of the display unit. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140160167 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND OPERATION INTERVAL SETTING METHOD - A disclosed portable terminal includes: an inclination measurement unit that measures an inclination of the portable terminal; a change unit that change a display direction of contents to be displayed on a display screen of the portable terminal according to a state of a user holding the portable terminal; an operation interval setting unit that sets an operation interval of the change unit based on change of the inclination over time, which was measured by the inclination measurement unit; and an operation controller that causes the change unit to operate at intervals that were set by the operation interval setting unit. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20160124609 | Methods and Systems for Displaying Vehicle Data Parameter Graphs in Different Display Orientations - Methods and system pertaining to displaying vehicle data parameters (VDP) are described. A vehicle service tool (VST) with a display can receive vehicle data messages or signals from a vehicle to receive the VDP. Some of the VDP can be associated with a PID. The VST can display VDP thresholds and indicators when a received VDP has breached a VDP threshold. The VST can determine being changed from a landscape orientation to a portrait orientation or vice versa and responsively change the presentation of VDP graphs displayed by the display. The display can receive various inputs such as a drag-and-drop or pinch-and-expand input to alternatively change the presentation of the VDP graphs being displayed. Changing a VDP presentation of graphs can include resizing or repositioning one or more VDP graph windows including a VDP graph. | 05-05-2016 |
