Patent Application
20140164988
Many users consume content, such as images, through computing devices (e.g., personal computers, mobile devices, tablet devices, etc.). In an example, a user may view, upload, organize, and/or share images through a social network website. In another example, a user may create a digital image album through a photo organization application. In another example, a user may browse images from various sources through a web search portal. Unfortunately, a user may be transitioned into and/or out of an immersive environment when switching between various classifications of images, such as images from different sources and/or images depicting different entities.
This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify key factors or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimed subject matter.
Among other things, one or more systems and/or techniques for immersive navigation between one or more views are provided herein. It may be appreciated that in an example, a view may correspond to an image (e.g., a photo of a national park, a digitally drawn scene of a beach, a scanned image of a document, a snapshot of a desktop environment, an image of a person, a zoomed-in state of (e.g., a portion of) an image and/or a variety of other digitalized imagery). The view may depict one or more entities, such as people, places, and/or things (e.g., a business, a tree, a person, a building, the sun, a beach, a national park, a business, a field, a car, etc.). As provided herein, immersive navigation between one or more views may be facilitated for an immersive view interface. The immersive view interface may selectively present one or more views based upon one or more entities that are depicted by such views. For example, responsive to a user indicating that a car entity is of particular interest to the user (e.g., a gesture, such as targeting user input, is received that selects the car entity within a first view), a second view that depicts the car entity (e.g., at a similar or different time, at a similar or different location and/or in a zoomed-in state) may be obtained and/or displayed through the immersive view interface. In this way, the user may navigate amongst one or more views depicting the first entity, such as the car entity (e.g., the user may navigate to a new view depicting Jim driving a sports car along a winding road), and may then navigate amongst one or more views depicting a second entity, such as a Jim entity, without leaving an immersive state, such as a substantially full screen mode (e.g., the user may navigate to a new view of Jim at the beach based upon second targeting user input expressing a change in interest from the sports car to Jim).
In an example of immersive navigation, a first view may be displayed within an immersive view interface (e.g., the first view may be displayed in a substantially edge-to-edge view mode to provide a user with an immersive experience). The first view may depict one or more entities (e.g., an image depicting a lifeguard tower, Jim, a water-body, and an ice-cream shop on a beach). In an example, responsive to a first targeting user input associated with a first entity within the first view (e.g., the lifeguard tower), the first entity may be selected, regarded, etc. as a pivot point (e.g., an entity around which one or more views may be pivoted) and/or the first view may be (e.g., optionally) transitioned into a zoomed-in state focused on the first entity. In another example, a default pivot point (e.g., a location entity, an object entity, a person entity, time, etc.) may be used as the pivot point where first targeting user input is not detected. Responsive to a first navigation input through a pivot control overlay (e.g., an input control associated with the immersive view interface, which may accept input without removing the user from the immersive experience), the immersive view interface may be transitioned from the first view to a second view (e.g., a different image depicting the lifeguard tower and a red truck at nighttime) based upon the second view depicting the first entity of the lifeguard tower. For example, the second view may be selectively obtained from an image repository based upon the second view depicting the first entity (e.g., a graph representing entities, views, and/or relationships may be traversed to identify the second view). In this way, the user may navigate through one or more views associated with the first entity without leaving the immersive experience.
In an example, the user may navigate from the second view (e.g., displayed based upon the second view depicting the first entity of the lifeguard tower) to a third view based upon the third view depicting a second entity (e.g., an image of the red truck on a farm), where the second entity is also depicted within the second view (e.g., the red truck at nighttime), without leaving the immersive experience. For example, responsive to a second targeting user input associated with the second entity depicted within the second view (e.g., the red truck at nighttime), the second entity may be selected, regarded, etc. as the pivot point and/or the second view may be (e.g., optionally) transitioned into a second zoomed-in state focusing on the second entity (e.g., a focus of the second view may be transitioned to the red truck). Responsive to a second navigation input through the pivot control overlay, the immersive view interface may be transitioned from the second view to the third view based upon the third view depicting the second entity (e.g., transitioned from the image of the red truck at nighttime to the image of the red truck on the farm). In this way, the user may explore various views without leaving the immersive state (e.g., the first view, the second view, and/or the third view may be displayed without taking the user out of an immersive state, such as a substantially full screen view mode, a substantially edge-to-edge view mode, a 3-D mode, etc.).
To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the following description and annexed drawings set forth certain illustrative aspects and implementations. These are indicative of but a few of the various ways in which one or more aspects may be employed. Other aspects, advantages, and novel features of the disclosure will become apparent from the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the annexed drawings.
The claimed subject matter is now described with reference to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals are generally used to refer to like elements throughout. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide an understanding of the claimed subject matter. It may be evident, however, that the claimed subject matter may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, structures and devices are illustrated in block diagram form in order to facilitate describing the claimed subject matter.
One embodiment of immersive navigation between one or more views is illustrated by an exemplary method 100 in
At 108, responsive to a first navigation input through the pivot control overlay, the immersive view interface may be transitioned, using the pivot point, from the first view (e.g., in the first zoomed-in state) to a second view based upon the second view depicting the first entity (e.g., a second image depicting the national forest lodge, Sue, and a bear), where the second view may or may not be in a zoomed-in state with regard to the first entity (e.g., the national forest lodge may or may not be focused on in the second view). In an example, the second view may be identified within an image repository (e.g., an image repository that may be similar or different than a source of the first view) based upon traversing a graph comprising one or more nodes (e.g., representing views and/or entities) and/or one or more edges (e.g., representing relationships between views and/or entities). In another example, a filter, such as a time filter (e.g., a year filter), a person filter (e.g., a Sue filter), a location filter (e.g., a forest filter), and/or an object type filter (e.g., a car filter) may be used to identify the second view. For example, the time filter may specify a 1 year time span, such that the second view may be identified based upon the second view having been created within 1 year from the first view. The user may perform various operations associated with the second view, such as a zoom-out operation that may transition the second view from a zoomed-in state to a zoomed-out state that may depict a third entity that was not depicted by the second view while in a zoomed-in state. In this way, the user may navigate through one or more views depicting the first entity, may see different views (e.g., images) depicting the first entity along with other entities (e.g., at different times, locations, etc.) and/or may navigate back to the first view based upon a cancel input.
In an example, the user may navigate from a current view displayed by the immersive view interface to a new view without leaving the immersive experience based upon the new view depicting a second entity that is depicted by the current view. For example, responsive to a second targeting user input associated with the second entity depicted within the second view (e.g., Sue depicted in the second image), the second entity may be selected as the pivot point and/or the second view may be (e.g., optionally) transitioned into a second zoomed-in state with regard to the second entity (e.g., Sue may be brought to a main focus of the second image). Responsive to a second navigation input through the pivot control overlay, the immersive view interface may be transitioned, using the pivot point (e.g., the second entity), from the second view in the second zoomed-in state to a third view based upon the third view depicting the second entity (e.g., a third image depicting Sue at school). The third view may or may not depict the first entity (e.g., the third image may not depict the national forest lodge) and the second entity may or may not be in a zoomed-in state in the third view. In this way, the user may navigate through one or more views depicting the second entity (e.g., by using the pivot control overlay) without leaving the immersive experience (e.g., a fourth view depicting Sue on a running trail). At 110, the method ends.
It may be appreciated that the pivot control overlay 302 may be used to pivot around various types of entities and/or dates. In an example, the pivot control overlay 302 may be used to transition the immersive view interface 202 from a first view of a scene depicting a desert during the day to a second view of the scene depicting the desert at night (e.g., pivot around time associated with the desert). Accordingly, a pivot point need not be limited to merely an explicit entity (e.g., person, car, etc.) but may be more comprehensive of a scene (e.g., scene of the desert). In this way, the immersive view interface 202 may be transitioned through various scenes depicting the desert at various times and/or dates. In another example, the pivot control overlay 302 may be used to transition the immersive view interface 202 from a first view of a first scene depicting a person entity to a second view of a second scene depicting the person entity at a later point in time (e.g., in a different location than a location of the first scene), such as a year later (e.g., pivot around time associated with the person entity based upon yearly time spans). In this way, the immersive view interface 202 may be transitioned through various scenes depicting the person entity over one or more years (e.g., the first view may depict the person entity on a 30th birthday, the second view may depict the person entity on a 31st birthday, a third view may depict the person entity on a 32nd birthday, etc.).
Still another embodiment involves a computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions configured to implement one or more of the techniques presented herein. An exemplary computer-readable medium that may be devised in these ways is illustrated in
Although the subject matter has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above. Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.
As used in this application, the terms “component,” “module,” “system”, “interface”, and the like are generally intended to refer to a computer-related entity, either hardware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. For example, a component may be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, and/or a computer. By way of illustration, both an application running on a controller and the controller can be a component. One or more components may reside within a process and/or thread of execution and a component may be localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or more computers.
Furthermore, the claimed subject matter may be implemented as a method, apparatus, or article of manufacture using standard programming and/or engineering techniques to produce software, firmware, hardware, or any combination thereof to control a computer to implement the disclosed subject matter. The term “article of manufacture” as used herein is intended to encompass a computer program accessible from any computer-readable device, carrier, or media. Of course, those skilled in the art will recognize many modifications may be made to this configuration without departing from the scope or spirit of the claimed subject matter.
Although not required, embodiments are described in the general context of “computer readable instructions” being executed by one or more computing devices. Computer readable instructions may be distributed via computer readable media (discussed below). Computer readable instructions may be implemented as program modules, such as functions, objects, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), data structures, and the like, that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Typically, the functionality of the computer readable instructions may be combined or distributed as desired in various environments.
In other embodiments, device 812 may include additional features and/or functionality. For example, device 812 may also include additional storage (e.g., removable and/or non-removable) including, but not limited to, magnetic storage, optical storage, and the like. Such additional storage is illustrated in
The term “computer readable media” as used herein includes computer storage media. Computer storage media includes volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions or other data. Memory 818 and storage 820 are examples of computer storage media. Computer storage media includes, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, Digital Versatile Disks (DVDs) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used to store the desired information and which can be accessed by device 812. Any such computer storage media may be part of device 812.
Device 812 may also include communication connection(s) 826 that allows device 812 to communicate with other devices. Communication connection(s) 826 may include, but is not limited to, a modem, a Network Interface Card (NIC), an integrated network interface, a radio frequency transmitter/receiver, an infrared port, a USB connection, or other interfaces for connecting computing device 812 to other computing devices. Communication connection(s) 826 may include a wired connection or a wireless connection. Communication connection(s) 826 may transmit and/or receive communication media.
The term “computer readable media” may include communication media. Communication media typically embodies computer readable instructions or other data in a “modulated data signal” such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and includes any information delivery media. The term “modulated data signal” may include a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal.
Device 812 may include input device(s) 824 such as keyboard, mouse, pen, voice input device, touch input device, infrared cameras, video input devices, and/or any other input device. Output device(s) 822 such as one or more displays, speakers, printers, and/or any other output device may also be included in device 812. Input device(s) 824 and output device(s) 822 may be connected to device 812 via a wired connection, wireless connection, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment, an input device or an output device from another computing device may be used as input device(s) 824 or output device(s) 822 for computing device 812.
Components of computing device 812 may be connected by various interconnects, such as a bus. Such interconnects may include a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), such as PCI Express, a Universal Serial Bus (USB), firewire (IEEE 1394), an optical bus structure, and the like. In another embodiment, components of computing device 812 may be interconnected by a network. For example, memory 818 may be comprised of multiple physical memory units located in different physical locations interconnected by a network.
Those skilled in the art will realize that storage devices utilized to store computer readable instructions may be distributed across a network. For example, a computing device 830 accessible via a network 828 may store computer readable instructions to implement one or more embodiments provided herein. Computing device 812 may access computing device 830 and download a part or all of the computer readable instructions for execution. Alternatively, computing device 812 may download pieces of the computer readable instructions, as needed, or some instructions may be executed at computing device 812 and some at computing device 830.
Various operations of embodiments are provided herein. In one embodiment, one or more of the operations described may constitute computer readable instructions stored on one or more computer readable media, which if executed by a computing device, will cause the computing device to perform the operations described. The order in which some or all of the operations are described should not be construed as to imply that these operations are necessarily order dependent. Alternative ordering will be appreciated by one skilled in the art having the benefit of this description. Further, it will be understood that not all operations are necessarily present in each embodiment provided herein.
Moreover, the word “exemplary” is used herein to mean serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any aspect or design described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as advantageous over other aspects or designs. Rather, use of the word exemplary is intended to present concepts in a concrete fashion. As used in this application, the term “or” is intended to mean an inclusive “or” rather than an exclusive “or”. That is, unless specified otherwise, or clear from context, “X employs A or B” is intended to mean any of the natural inclusive permutations. That is, if X employs A; X employs B; or X employs both A and B, then “X employs A or B” is satisfied under any of the foregoing instances. In addition, the articles “a” and “an” as used in this application and the appended claims may generally be construed to mean “one or more” unless specified otherwise or clear from context to be directed to a singular form. Also, at least one of A and B and/or the like generally means A or B or both A and B.
Also, although the disclosure has been shown and described with respect to one or more implementations, equivalent alterations and modifications will occur to others skilled in the art based upon a reading and understanding of this specification and the annexed drawings. The disclosure includes all such modifications and alterations and is limited only by the scope of the following claims. In particular regard to the various functions performed by the above described components (e.g., elements, resources, etc.), the terms used to describe such components are intended to correspond, unless otherwise indicated, to any component which performs the specified function of the described component (e.g., that is functionally equivalent), even though not structurally equivalent to the disclosed structure which performs the function in the herein illustrated exemplary implementations of the disclosure. In addition, while a particular feature of the disclosure may have been disclosed with respect to only one of several implementations, such feature may be combined with one or more other features of the other implementations as may be desired and advantageous for any given or particular application. Furthermore, to the extent that the terms “includes”, “having”, “has”, “with”, or variants thereof are used in either the detailed description or the claims, such terms are intended to be inclusive in a manner similar to the term “comprising.”
