FR3105498A1 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING DIGITAL CONTENT DISPLAYED BY AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a viewing method configured to allow the user to select visually altered content (311) to be revealed displayed on a screen (5) of an electronic device. Said viewing method being comprises a forming step performed to form a discovery area (52) of the screen (5) in which said visually altered content (311) is displayed; and a display step performed to display, in a display area (56) of the screen (5), only original digital content (31) which corresponds to said visually altered content (311). The display step performed in the display area (56) is performed according to the formation of the discovery area (52). Abstract figure: Figure 4

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIEWING DIGITAL CONTENT DISPLAYED BY AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

The present invention generally relates to a method and a system for viewing digital content displayed by an electronic device.

The invention relates more particularly to a method and a visualization system allowing the user to reveal altered digital content which is displayed by a screen of an electronic device.

State of the prior art

Current electronic/computer devices increasingly integrate display systems configured to display digital content, in the sense that said digital content includes data, for example in one of the following forms: texts, images, and videos, are displayed on a screen of an electronic device.

Nevertheless, there is no conventional viewing system that allows the user to reveal, according to his preference, at least part of a digital content displayed on the screen in an altered manner. For example, looking at the screen, the user sees a blurred photo, but the viewing system does not allow him to see the sharp version of said photo.

The present invention therefore aims to provide a system and a visualization method allowing the user to select visually altered content, to be revealed, displayed on a screen of an electronic device.

To achieve this result, the present invention relates to a visualization method configured to allow the user to select visually altered content to be revealed displayed on a screen of an electronic device. This visualization method comprises a forming step carried out to form a discovery area of the screen in which said visually altered content is displayed; a display step carried out to display, in a display area of the screen, only an original digital content which corresponds to said visually altered content. The display step performed in the display area is performed based on the formation of the discovery area.

According to one embodiment, the display step is performed only for a finite period of time in which only said original digital content is displayed in the display area.

In particular, after the end of the finite period of time, in said display area, said original digital content is no longer visible to the user.

According to one embodiment, said visually altered content is displayed on the screen so as to display a combination composed of the original digital content and an effect mask configured to create a visual effect on the original digital content .

According to an exemplary embodiment, the effect mask includes data configured to blur or cover the display of the original digital content when displaying the visually altered content.

In particular, said display zone is said discovery zone.

According to one embodiment, the visualization method further comprises a step of creating at least one opening in the effect mask, this creation step being carried out according to the formation of the discovery zone, the au least one aperture corresponding to the discovery area including no data configured to blur or cover the display of the original digital content in the display area.

According to one embodiment, at the step of forming the discovery zone: the user uses an input means to form on the screen a control zone which is in the form of a point or in the form of line segments or/and curves; the discovery area is formed based on said command area indicated by the user.

According to one embodiment, after the end of the finite time period, said original digital content displayed in the discovery area which is said display area, is replaced by the visually altered content.

According to one embodiment: if the control area is dot-shaped, the discovery area is formed as a disc-shaped area and around the control area; or, if the control area is a closed figure consisting of the line segments or/and the curves, the discovery zone is formed such that the line segments or/and the curves are edges of the discovery zone.

According to one embodiment, the finite time period is determined based on an indication period in which the closed point or figure is indicated by the input means.

According to one embodiment: the screen is a touch screen; the input means, being a stylus or one or more fingers of the user, allows the user to create said control zone which is a contact zone between the input means and the screen, the command is formed: by pressing exerted by the input means on the screen, said pressing being in the form of a point; by tactile gestures exerted by the input means on the screen, said tactile gestures being in the form of line segments and/or in the form of curves.

According to one embodiment, the input means is a pointing device allowing the user to create the command zone by pressing a cursor or by moving the cursor on the screen.

According to one embodiment, the visualizations method includes an access control step performed before performing the display step, in order to determine whether the user is authorized to reveal the visually altered content.

According to an exemplary implementation, the original digital content includes at least one type of the following data: texts, images, and videos.

The present invention also relates to a visualization system configured to allow the user to select visually altered content to be revealed displayed on a screen of an electronic device. Said visualization system comprises a calculation module configured to carry out the visualization method as briefly described above, in which an original digital content corresponding to the visually altered content is accessible by the visualization system.

Description of the drawings

Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will become apparent on reading the description which follows. This is purely illustrative and should be read in conjunction with the attached drawings on which:

: FIG. 1 illustrates a display system according to one embodiment of the invention;

: FIG. 2 illustrates steps of a display method according to one embodiment of the invention;

: Figure 3 illustrates an example of an image displayed on the screen, the image comprising two parts displayed in two different ways;

: FIG. 4 illustrates a result obtained at the display step of the visualization method, according to an embodiment of the invention in which the discovery zone is different from the display zone; And

: FIG. 5 illustrates a result obtained at the display step, according to another embodiment of the invention in which the display zone is the discovery zone.

It should be noted that the figures expose the invention in detail to implement the invention, said figures can of course be used to better define the invention if necessary.

Figure 1 illustrates a display system 1 according to one embodiment of the invention. The display system 1, comprising a screen 5, a calculation module 10 and a data storage module 7, is configured to implement a display method 200 so as to allow the user to select visually altered content. (e.g. “311” in FIG. 4) to be revealed displayed on the screen 5. FIG. 2 illustrates steps 210 to 230 of the display method 200 according to one embodiment of the invention.

In a preferred embodiment, the screen 5 and the data storage module 7 are equipment of an electronic device 101 used by the user. Alternatively, the data storage module 7 is remote at the electronic device 101 and accessible by said electronic device 101. The electronic device 101 can be, but is not limited to, one of the following devices: a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a multifunction mobile telephone ("Smartphone" in English ), a connected bracelet (“Smartwatch” in English), and a touchscreen tablet.

According to a preferred embodiment, the screen 5 is a touch screen which combines the display functionalities of a screen and those of a pointing device such as a mouse. In this case, software interprets the contact and movements of the user's fingers or of a stylus used by the user on the screen 5. Alternatively, the screen 5 is a display screen without a pointing device.

The calculation module 10 can be a calculation module of the electronic device 101. Alternatively, the remote calculation module is accessible by the electronic device 101.

The invention is nevertheless not limited to the means used for the production of the screen 5, the data storage module 7 and/or the calculation module 10.

In a preferred embodiment, the display system 1 further comprises a transmission module 8 configured to perform data transmissions between at least two of the following elements: the screen 5, the data storage module 7 and the module 10. In an embodiment where the data storage module 7 is not electrically coupled to the calculation module 10, data transmissions between the calculation module 10 and the data storage module 7 can be carried out by the transmission module 8.

Preferably, the transmission module 8 is an existing piece of equipment in the electronic device 101, and is intended to perform the at least one data transmission, preferably in real time, in a chosen wireless communication mode, for example a Wi-Fi network. In other words, the transmission module 8 comprises at least one WiFi connection means. The invention is however not limited to the wireless connection means used. A transmission module using another wireless transmission technology can be used without departing from the scope of the present invention.

The screen 5, comprising one or more display zones, is configured to display display data preferentially generated by the calculation module 10 or alternatively received by the calculation module 10. The display data displayed in one of the display areas are generated according to the data of an original digital content (e.g. "original digital content 61" mentioned below), in particular in one of the following forms: texts, images, and videos . Preferably, said display data also includes coordinates (e.g. in two dimensions) of said display area. The original digital content is stored in the data storage module 7 or at least accessible by the display system 1.

The visualization system 1 is able to create a visual effect on the display of the original digital content on the screen 5. To this end, the calculation module 10 is configured to generate an effect mask (e.g. " effect mask 160” mentioned below) comprising data configured to create the visual effect on the original digital content when displaying the original digital content. Said visual effect may be, but is not limited to, one of the following visual effects: making the original digital content disappear by replacing it with a different visual presentation, blurring the original digital content, and transforming the digital content mosaic, etc.

When applying said effect mask, the original digital content is not visually present/displayed on the screen 5 in a clear and/or directly visible manner. On the other hand, a visually altered content (e.g. “visually altered content 611” in FIG. 3) is displayed on the screen 5 so as to display a combination composed of said original digital content and said effect mask. The display data which corresponds to the visually altered content and which is intended to be displayed in the display zone associated with said original digital content, is generated (preferably by the calculation module 10) according to the digital content of origin and effect mask.

From the user's perspective, what is displayed in the display area associated with the original digital content is the visually altered content that is different from the original digital content. By looking at screen 5 and with the presence of the visual effect, the user could not even make a link between the visually altered content and the original digital content.

An example of an image 30 displayed on the screen 5 in two different ways (sharp and altered) will be detailed below and in FIG. 3. The image 30 is displayed on the screen 5 in such a way that a portion of the image 30 is displayed in an altered manner whereas the rest (e.g. the part indicated by the reference “62” in FIG. 3) of said image 30 is displayed in a clear manner. The altered portion is a visually altered content 611 displayed on the screen 5. By looking at the screen 5, the user could have an overall idea of the image 30 thanks to the display of the rest of the image 30, but the visually altered content 611remains unknown because its details are not clearly visible to the user.

The visually altered content 611 and the rest of the image 30, being respectively displayed in a first display zone and in a second display zone of the screen 5, correspond respectively to a first original digital content 61 and to a second original digital content 62. The original digital content 61 and 62 each comprise part of the data of the image 30.

Said visually altered content 611 is displayed on the screen 5 so as to display a combination composed of the first original digital content 61 and an effect mask 160 configured to create a visual effect on the first original digital content 61 Preferably, the effect mask 160 comprises data configured to blur or to cover the display of the first original digital content 61 when displaying the visually altered content 611. Said data of the effect mask 160 can be generated in real time by the calculation module 10. Said data of the effect mask 160 is preferably stored in the data storage module 7.

Display data associated with the visually altered content 611 is generated based on the first original digital content 61 and the effect mask 160. Other display data intended to be displayed in the second display area of the screen 5 (i.e. the rest of the image 30), are generated according to the second original digital content 62. The rest of the image 30 is therefore displayed in said second display zone in a clear manner.

In an alternative embodiment, as mentioned earlier, the original digital contents may include data in other forms, such as text or video. The visually altered content 611 displayed on the screen 5 seems, partially or entirely, hidden by another visual presentation or blurred. In addition, the display system 1 allows the production of several visually altered contents on the screen 5. The invention is not limited to the number of visually altered contents or to the number of original digital contents.

When the user wishes to partially or entirely reveal the content visually 611 displayed on the screen 5, the display system 1 performs the display method 200 comprising the steps 210 to 230 described in detail below and in FIGS. 3 to 5. Thus, the desired result is displayed in a display zone 56 of the screen 5, as illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5.

When the user is interested in revealing a portion 311 of the visually altered content 611, a training step 210 is then carried out to allow the user to define a discovery zone 52 of the screen 5 in which said portion 311 is displayed. Said portion 311 that the user wishes to reveal is a visually altered content 311 which is displayed in said discovery area 52 and which belongs to the visually altered content 611. An original digital content 31 corresponding to the visually altered content 311 is a portion 31 of the original digital content 61 corresponding to the visually altered content 611. In other words, before the performance of the training step 210, said visually altered content 311 is displayed on the screen 5 so as to display a combination composed of the content original digital 31 and the effect mask 160 configured to create the visual effect on the original digital content 31.

The discovery zone 52 is preferably formed according to a command zone indicated by the user on the screen 5. In a preferred embodiment, the user uses an input means to form on the screen 5 the control zone which is either in the form of a point or defined by line segments and/or curves. The coordinates of the command zone are preferably sent to the calculation module 10.

In one embodiment where the screen 5 is simply a display screen without the functionalities of a touch screen, the input means is a pointing device allowing the user to create the command zone by pressing a cursor or by moving the cursor on the screen 5. The input means is then preferably a mouse.

In another embodiment where the screen 5 is a touch screen, the input means, preferably being a stylus or one or more fingers of the user, allows the user to create said command zone which is a contact zone between said input means and the screen 5. The control zone can be formed by a point-shaped support exerted by the input means on the screen 5. Alternatively, the control zone can be formed by tactile gestures exerted by the input means on the screen 5. Said tactile gestures are in the form of line segments and/or in the form of curves.

The calculation module 10 is configured to determine the discovery zone 52 as a function of at least the coordinates of said command zone. According to one embodiment, if said command zone is dot-shaped, the uncovering zone 52 is formed as a disk-shaped zone and around said command zone. The surface of the discovery zone 52 can either be predetermined (by the display system 1 or by the user), or determined in real time by the user.

In an embodiment where the screen 5 is simply a display screen without the functionalities of a touch screen, the input means can be a mouse having a wheel. The user rolls the mouse wheel to determine the diameter as well as the surface of the discovery zone 52.

In another embodiment where the screen 5 is a touch screen, the input means (preferably being a stylus or one or more fingers of the user) allows the user to exert pressure in the form of a point on the screen 5. The surface of the discovery zone 52 is preferably proportional to the pressure exerted by the input means on the fulcrum.

Alternatively, if said command area is a closed figure consisting of line segments or/and curves, the discovery zone 52 is formed such that the line segments or/and the curves are edges of the discovery zone 52 .

Thus, the display system 1 is able to know that it will be the visually altered content 311, which is associated with the discovery zone 52, to be revealed and subsequently displayed in the display zone 56 of the screen 5. Another visually altered content 312 which also belongs to the visually altered content 611 and which is displayed outside said discovery zone 52 (as illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5), is preferably always displayed during the following steps 220 and 230. moreover, according to an alternative embodiment (not illustrated in the figures), if the user selects all the visually altered content 311 to be revealed, the discovery zone 52 completely covers said first display zone. In this case, there is no longer any visually altered content 312.

According to a preferred but non-limiting embodiment, the access control step 220 of the method 200 is carried out before the display step 230 is performed, in order to determine whether the user is authorized to reveal the content visually. altered 311. Preferably, the access control step 220 is performed at the training step 210 or after the training step 210. Advantageously, an authorization code, previously received by the user, is checked during this access control step 220. The user can be either the owner of the image 30, or a person other than the owner but authorized to have access to the original digital content 31.

If the authorization code is accepted by the display system 1, the next display step 230 is carried out. This access control step 220 is optional but preferable to improve data security. In another embodiment without carrying out the access control step 220, the display step 230 is carried out following the training step 210.

Then, the display step 230 of the method 200 is performed to display in the display area 56 of the screen 5 only said original digital content 31, as described in Figure 4. Figure 4 illustrates a result obtained at the display step 230 according to one embodiment of the invention. This display step 230 is carried out according to the formation of the discovery zone 52. The display data intended to be displayed in said display zone 56 during the display step 230, is generated according to of the original digital content 31 associated with the discovery zone 52 and, preferably also according to the coordinates of the display zone 56.

Preferably, the display step 230 is performed only during a finite period of time in which only the original digital content 31 is displayed in the display area 56. Said finite period of time is either predetermined (i.e. by the display system 1 or by the user), or determined according to an indication period in which the closed point or figure is indicated by said input means (e.g. finger(s) del user, a stylus, or a mouse as previously described). In the event that the finite time period is determined in real time based on the indication period, the end of the finite time period is when the input means leaves said control area. Preferably, said finite period of time may be extended by the user.

After the end of the finite time period (e.g. when the input means leaves said control area), in said display area 56 said original digital content 31 is no longer visible to the user. At this time, what is displayed in said display area 56 may be the visually altered content 311 or another visual presentation different from the original digital content 31.

The display zone 56 is a zone of the screen 5 predetermined by the display system 1 or by the user. The display zone 56 is preferably said discovery zone 52, as described below and in FIG. 5. Alternatively, the display zone 56 is a zone of the screen 5 different from said discovery zone 52, as described above and in Figure 4. It should be noted that the invention is not limited to shapes of the display areas (e.g. said first and second display areas, or the display areas 56 as mentioned above) or shapes of discovery areas (e.g. discovery area 52).

FIG. 5 illustrates a result obtained at the display step 230 of the visualization method 200 according to an embodiment of the invention in which the display zone is the discovery zone. In this case, the visualization method 200 preferably includes a step 231 for creating at least one opening 62 in the effect mask 160. This creation step 231 is carried out according to the formation of the discovery zone 52 and during the display step 230. The at least one opening 62 corresponding to the discovery zone 52 therefore does not include data configured to create the visual effect on the display of the original digital content 31 , such as the effect to blur or to cover the original digital content 31. Thus, during the performance of the display step 230, only said original digital content 31 is displayed in the discovery zone 52 ( which is the display area 56), while the visually altered content 312 (displayed outside of said discovery area 52) is still made according to the data of the mask 160.

After the end of the finite period of time, said original digital content 31 displayed in the discovery area 52 is then replaced by the visually altered content 311 or by another visual presentation different from the original digital content 31. Said content original digital 31 is therefore no longer visible to the user.

The invention thus allows the user to select visually altered content to be revealed displayed on a screen of an electronic device.

The invention is not limited to the embodiments described above but extends to any embodiment in accordance with its spirit.

Claims (16)

A viewing method (200) configured to allow the user to select visually altered content (311) to be disclosed displayed on a screen (5) of an electronic device (101); the visualization method (200) being characterized in that it comprises:
- a forming step (210) performed to form a discovery area (52) of the screen (5) in which said visually altered content (311) is displayed;
- a display step (230) carried out to display, in a display zone (56) of the screen (5), only an original digital content (31) which corresponds to said visually altered content (311);
wherein the step of displaying (230) performed in the display area (56) is performed based on the formation of the discovery area (52). A method of viewing (200) according to claim 1, wherein the step of displaying (230) is performed only during a finite period of time in which only said original digital content (31) is displayed in the display area. display (56). A method of viewing (200) according to claim 2, wherein after the end of the finite period of time, in said display area (56) said original digital content (31) is no longer visible to the user . A display method (200) according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said visually altered content (311) is displayed on the screen (5) so as to display a combination composed of the original digital content (31 ) and an effect mask (160) configured to create a visual effect on the original digital content (31). A visualization method (200) according to claim 4, wherein the effect mask (160) includes data configured to blur or cover the display of the original digital content (31) when displaying the content visually altered (311). A display method (200) according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein said display area (56) is said discovery area (52). Visualization method (200) according to claim 6 dependent on claim 4, further comprising a step of creating (231) at least one opening (62) in the effect mask (160), this step of creating ( 231) being carried out according to the formation of the discovery zone (52),
wherein the at least one aperture (62) corresponding to the discovery area (52) does not include data configured to blur or cover the display of the original digital content (31) in the display area ( 56). Visualization method (200) according to any one of claims 1 to 7, in which, at the step of forming (210) the discovery zone (52):
- the user uses an input means to form on the screen (5) a control zone which is in the form of a point or in the form of line segments and/or curves;
- the discovery zone (52) is formed according to said control zone indicated by the user. A method of viewing (200) according to claim 8 when dependent on claim 6 or 7 and claim 2 or 3, wherein after the end of the finite time period said original digital content (31) displayed in the discovery area (52) which is said display area (56), is replaced by the visually altered content (311). Display method (200) according to any one of Claims 8 to 9, in which:

• if the control area is dot-shaped, the uncovering area (52) is formed as a disc-shaped area and around the control area; Or
• if the command area is a closed figure consisting of the line segments or/and the curves, the discovery region (52) is formed such that the line segments or/and the curves are edges of the discovery region ( 52).

A visualization method (200) according to any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein the finite time period is determined based on an indication period in which the closed point or figure is indicated by the means of entry. Display method (200) according to any one of Claims 8 to 11, in which:

• the screen (5) is a touch screen;
• the input means, being a stylus or one or more fingers of the user, allows the user to create said control zone which is a contact zone between the input means and the screen (5), the command zone is formed:

• by pressing exerted by the input means on the screen (5), said pressing being in the form of a point,
• by tactile gestures exerted by the input means on the screen (5), said tactile gestures being in the form of line segments and/or in the form of curves.

Display method (200) according to any one of Claims 8 to 11, in which the input means is a pointing device allowing the user to create the command zone by pressing a cursor or by moving of the cursor on the screen (5). Display method (200) according to any one of Claims 1 to 13, comprising an access control step (220) carried out before the performance of the display step (230), in order to determine whether the user is permitted to reveal visually altered content (311). A visualization method (200) according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the original digital content (31) comprises at least one type of the following data: texts, images, and videos. Viewing system (1) configured to allow the user to select visually altered content (311) to be disclosed displayed on a screen (5) of an electronic device (101); the display system (1) being characterized in that it comprises a calculation module (10) configured to carry out the display method (200) according to any one of claims 1 to 15, in which an original digital content (31 ) corresponding to the visually altered content (311) is accessible by the display system (1).