WO2007042301A2 - Outil de création de thème - Google Patents

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WO2007042301A2
WO2007042301A2 PCT/EP2006/009875 EP2006009875W WO2007042301A2 WO 2007042301 A2 WO2007042301 A2 WO 2007042301A2 EP 2006009875 W EP2006009875 W EP 2006009875W WO 2007042301 A2 WO2007042301 A2 WO 2007042301A2
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David De Leon
Staffan Hjort
Simon Winter
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Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ab
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Priority to US12/083,512 priority Critical patent/US8201092B2/en
Priority to BRPI0617233-4A priority patent/BRPI0617233A2/pt
Priority to JP2008534939A priority patent/JP2009512041A/ja
Publication of WO2007042301A2 publication Critical patent/WO2007042301A2/fr
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  • the present invention relates to the field of the appearance of the displays (themes) for portable electronic devices and to the provision of a theme creator in relation to portable electronic devices.
  • the background of the invention is mainly related to a portable electronic device in the form of a mobile phone.
  • this is not intended to limit the invention to such a particular device, it is only intended to better explain the object of the invention in an understandable way by a specific example of prior art.
  • theme editors available for a user via the web or through PC-based applications by means of which the user thereof can edit a theme, for instance including a photo, provided for changing the appearance of the display of the mobile phone.
  • PC-based editor is one also offered by SonyEricsson (though also many similar editors can be found for instance as shareware on the web).
  • the tool lets the user have total control of all different parts of the GUI (Graphical User Interface) that may have a specific image or colour specified.
  • GUI Graphic User Interface
  • a GUI for a mobile phone include many different user interface elements, together providing a particular appearance of the theme to a user. Examples of typical application areas for GUI:s are for instance in MP3 players and in the windows media player of a mobile phone.
  • the PC-based tool has a number of advantages, but similar improvements as described in relation to the web-based tool may have to be implemented.
  • the present invention is directed towards solving the problem to create a theme by means of the portable device itself.
  • One object of the present invention is thus to provide a theme editor that is provided by the portable device itself, and which makes it possible to create a theme without the use of an external editor.
  • this object is achieved by a theme creator for a portable electronic device, said theme creator being arranged to provide a selectable graphical user interface (GUI) in the form of a user controllable theme, said theme creator comprising : an input unit for selecting and/or activating the theme creator, a control unit arranged to control said theme creator, and arranged to receive image data, when the theme editor has been selected and/or activated, wherein the appearance of the graphical user interface (GUI) changes depending on the image data provided from the camera or already captured images, and wherein an image presentation device of the camera, such as a viewfinder, is arranged to present the appearance of the graphical user interface (GUI) in real time.
  • GUI selectable graphical user interface
  • any part of the graphical user interface may be affected by the use of camera viewfinder information, or already captured images.
  • a GUI for a mobile phone may include as many as hundreds such elements, which may typically be tailored by the use of bit-maps or by being colorized, without the need of an external editor.
  • a second aspect of the present invention is directed towards a theme creator including the features of the first aspect, wherein the graphical user interface (GUI) is arranged to be automatically updated and the appearance of the same changes when image data changes.
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • update and preview is instant and in real time.
  • the user can see the end result before capturing the image and thereby creating the theme.
  • a third aspect of the present invention is directed towards a theme creator including the features of the first or second aspect, wherein the control unit is further arranged to control effects, filter colour schemes etc depending on user input manipulation.
  • a fourth aspect of the present invention is directed towards a theme creator including the features of any one of the previous aspects, wherein the control unit is arranged to freeze the graphical user interface (GUI) after having received image data from the camera comprising motion detection or timer manipulation.
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • a fifth aspect of the present invention is directed towards a theme creator including the features of any one of the previous aspects, wherein the control unit is arranged to freeze the graphical user interface (GUI) after having received image data from the camera comprising shutter button manipulation.
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • a sixth aspect of the present invention is directed towards a portable electronic device comprising: a theme creator, said theme creator being arranged to provide a selectable graphical user interface (GUI) in the form of a user controllable theme, said theme creator comprising: an input unit for selecting and/or activating the theme creator, a control unit arranged to control said theme creator, and arranged to receive image data, when the theme creator has been selected and/or activated, wherein the appearance of the graphical user interface changes depending on the image data from the camera or already captured images and wherein an image presentation device of the camera, such as a viewfinder, is arranged to present the appearance of the graphical user interface (GUI) in real time.
  • GUI selectable graphical user interface
  • An eight aspect of the present invention is directed towards a portable electronic device that includes the features of the seventh aspect, in which it is a cellular phone.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for creating a theme for a portable electronic device.
  • this object is achieved by a a method of creating a theme for a portable electronic device, said method comprising the steps of:
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • the invention has the following advantages. By means of the invention, it is possible to instantly produce the look-and-feel of a theme. Moreover, it is also possible to use already captured and stored images and let them influence the GUI, such as the colouring of different items in the electronic device without the aid of external editors.
  • Fig. la-e schematically show the functioning of a theme creator according to a first embodiment of the invention, where the camera viewfinder is used to create a theme
  • Fig. 2 schematically shows the first embodiment of the theme creator for the portable electronic device of Fig. la-c, herein schematically illustrated as a block schematic
  • Fig. 3a-c schematically show a front view of a portable electronic device in the form of a mobile phone, in which a user has set a theme in the form of a slide-show comprising a photo (taken by the camera of the phone), an icon display mode and a time/date mode, respectively, and
  • Fig. 4 schematically shows a flow chart of a method for creating a theme corresponding to the first embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 5 shows how already stored images are used to create a theme.
  • the portable electronic device may be a portable electronic device of some other type, like a cordless phone, a communication module, a PDA, a digital camera or any other type of portable electronic device, communicating with or without radio waves.
  • scenario 1 is shown in Fig. la-e
  • scenario 2 is not shown in any drawing figure
  • scenario 3 is shown in Fig. 5.
  • Fig. 3a-c and Fig. 2 show a first embodiment of the present invention in the form of a phone 10 that includes a display 12, a keypad 13, and a camera 14, and a theme creator 15 communicating with an input unit, herein illustrated as a key 16 for selecting the theme creator 15, which key 16 will be used for the explanation of the present invention.
  • the keypad 13 includes several more keys, and the invention may be practised on some or all of them, instead of the special one 16 for selecting a theme editor.
  • the input unit (key 16) can be a so-called soft key or implemented in some other suitable way, provided a similar functioning as will be described below is fulfilled.
  • Fig. 2 schematically shows a front view of the structure of the first embodiment of the mobile phone 10 including the theme creator 15 according to the invention.
  • the theme creator 15 is arranged to receive image data transmitted by the camera 14, in this figure illustrated by a dashed line connecting the camera 14 (or received from another electronic device for instance) and a control unit 17 arranged to control said theme creator 15, and arranged to receive image data transmitted by the camera.
  • the theme creator 15 has to be selected and/or activated in some way (theme creation mode entered) for the control unit 17 to receive image data. It is not necessary that the camera 14 transmits an image, but also stored images, previously created by the camera 14 could be selected instead (scenario 3). This variation will be described more below.
  • the theme creator 15 is selected and/or activated by means of the user input unit 16 in dependence on manipulation by a user as described in the previous paragraph.
  • flash memories or the like though in practice required, are not illustrated since the function thereof is evident for a person skilled in the art, and since they are not explicitly connected to the invention.
  • scenario 1 describes a situation in which the camera viewfinder information is used to create a theme, where one of the main features is to in real time get a preview of the end result, before capturing the picture.
  • scenario 1 could be as follows:
  • the user starts the camera, and enters theme creating mode, step 101, Fig. Ia. Typically this is done by pressing the key 16, i. e. using the user input unit 16 to activate or enter theme creating mode as also disclosed above. This could be provided as schematically illustrated in Fig. Ia as selecting an item called "theme creator" from a pop up menu (in a way known per se) controlled by the control unit 17.
  • Fig. 3b This is illustrated as three fields separated by dashed lines in Fig. 3b, showing preview mode including preview of desktop, stand-by and list. Also this is controlled by the control unit 17.
  • far more items than desktop and stand by image as shown in Fig. Ib are affected.
  • a particular example may include hundreds of items that may be affected, even if not shown in this figure.
  • the user can set effects, filter colour schemes etc.
  • this option can be implemented as a "more" item being selectable in a menu table (in a way known per se).
  • the user sets the theme (the user has in the example also changed the background effect) having changed background desktop effect, step 104. This could be done for instance by selecting an item "set as theme” from a list of items (in a way known per se). Also controlled by the control unit 17.
  • Fig. 3a-c show yet another feature the invention may provide.
  • the user may be able to see a better preview of the created theme as the theme would turn out if set as the phone theme.
  • the invention is by no means limited to "time/date mode" as shown, since this is only intended to be an example of the type of user interface object (of the GUI) that could be affected by means of the invention.
  • the viewfinder information does not necessarily have to be included in the theme as stand-by image. It should be possible to enter a mode where the viewfinder is used only to find colour themes for the appearance of the GUI, and the picture itself is not used as part of the theme. This embodiment will make it much easier for the user to for instance create a greenish or pink style theme. Typically, the user in this mode will also use different surfaces such as clothing, desks etc, to find the colour match they are looking for.
  • the user browses a data folder (having a plurality of images stored) and decides to create a theme.
  • the invention has a number of advantages. Since no cellular phone application for creating themes exists according to our present knowledge, it is today impossible to create a theme with the cellular phone as the only tool by means of a conventional phone, contrary to what is now offered by the present invention.
  • preset themes also require memory space and are costly to develop.
  • the invention makes it very easy for the user to create his/her own theme such that a large number of preset themes could be avoided.
  • one or more further images is/are to be superposed onto the first desktop image in order to modify it, for instance in order to provide a mystic or decorative effect.

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La présente invention se rapporte à un outil de création de thème, à un dispositif électronique portatif contenant un tel outil de création de thème, et à un procédé de création d'un thème. L'outil de création de thème (15) selon l'invention comprend : une unité d'entrée (16), destinée à sélectionner et/ou à activer l'outil de création de thème (15), une unité de commande (17), adaptée pour commander ledit outil de création de thème (15) et pour recevoir des données d'image transmises par l'appareil photographique, lorsque ledit outil de création de thème (15) a été sélectionné et/ou activé, l'apparence du poste de travail et/ou de l'image de réserve étant modifiée en fonction des données d'image issues de l'appareil photographique et/ou de l'entrée utilisateur. L'invention permet à l'utilisateur de créer très facilement son propre thème, de façon à éviter la présence d'un grand nombre de thèmes prédéfinis, et à rendre inutile le recours à un éditeur de thème externe.
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US12/083,512 US8201092B2 (en) 2005-10-13 2006-10-12 Theme creator
BRPI0617233-4A BRPI0617233A2 (pt) 2005-10-13 2006-10-12 criador de tema para um dispositivo eletrÈnico portátil, dispositivo eletrÈnico portátil, e, método para criar um tema para um dispositivo eletrÈnico portátil
JP2008534939A JP2009512041A (ja) 2005-10-13 2006-10-12 テーマ生成器

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