Apparatus for controlling three-dimensional images
View Patent ↗A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, computer-readable storage medium having computer instructions to receive from a media processor one or more scaling characteristics of a three-dimensional (3D) image, present a user interface (UI) for controlling a presentation of the 3D image at a presentation device communicatively coupled to the media processor, wherein the UI is adapted to the scaling characteristics of the 3D image, detect a manipulation of the UI, and transmit to the media processor instructions for adapting the presentation of the 3D image at the presentation device according to the detected manipulation of the UI. Other embodiments are disclosed.
1. A server comprising:
a memory that stores instructions; and
a controller coupled to the memory, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, the controller performs operations comprising:
providing an application for presentation at a presentation device coupled to the server, wherein presentation of the application comprises presentation of a three-dimensional image;
transmitting to a communication device a scaling characteristic of the three-dimensional image;
receiving instructions from the communication device to adapt the presentation of the three-dimensional image, wherein the communication device presents a user interface to control the presentation of the three-dimensional image according to the scaling characteristic and detects a manipulation of the user interface, and wherein the instructions to adapt the presentation of the three-dimensional image are according to the manipulation of the user interface; and
adapting the presentation of the three-dimensional image responsive to the instructions.
2. The server of claim 1 , wherein the application comprises a gaming application, and wherein the adapting comprises controlling an initialization state of the presentation of the three-dimensional image to facilitate engaging in a game.
3. The server of claim 2 , wherein the initialization state is a desired initialization state defined by a user of the communication device.
4. The server of claim 2 , wherein the manipulation is performed by a user of the communication device prior to engaging in the game with another user or with an automated player.
5. The server of claim 1 , wherein the communication device comprises a touch-screen display for presenting the user interface.
6. The server of claim 1 , wherein the communication device receives three-dimensional motion data associated with detected motion of the communication device, and wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving instructions from the communication device to adapt the presentation of the three-dimensional image according to a space dimension of the three-dimensional motion data.
7. The server of claim 1 , wherein the scaling characteristic comprises a dimension of the three-dimensional image, a two-dimensional perspective of the three-dimensional image, a three-dimensional perspective of the three-dimensional image, a shading characteristic of the three-dimensional image, a color scheme of the three-dimensional image, or a combination thereof.
8. The server of claim 1 , wherein the manipulation of the user interface comprises a sliding movement of a finger to control presentation of the three-dimensional image on an x-axis, a y-axis, or a z-axis.
9. The server of claim 1 , wherein the adapting is performed in real-time with respect to the presentation of the application at the presentation device.
10. A user interface comprising:
an x-axis with a slidable first object, a y-axis with a slidable second object, and a z-axis with a slidable third object, and
selectable areas for selecting the x-axis, the y-axis, and the z-axis respectively;
wherein the user interface is presented at a communication device coupled to a server to control presentation of a three-dimensional image at a presentation device,
wherein the user interface is presented at a touch-screen display for receiving a stimulus corresponding to a sliding movement of a finger on the touch screen display,
wherein manipulation of the user interface responsive to the stimulus corresponds to an instruction to the server to adapt the presentation of the three-dimensional image at the presentation device, and
wherein the user interface is adapted to a scaling characteristic of the three-dimensional image.
11. The user interface of claim 10 , wherein the selectable areas comprise toggle buttons corresponding to the x-axis, the y-axis, and the z-axis respectively.
12. The user interface of claim 10 , wherein the user interface is scaled based on a screen resolution of the touch screen display with respect to a resolution of the user interface.
13. The user interface of claim 10 , wherein the scaling characteristic comprises a dimension of the three-dimensional image, a two-dimensional perspective of the three-dimensional image, a three-dimensional perspective of the three-dimensional image, a shading characteristic of the three-dimensional image, a color scheme of the three-dimensional image, or a combination thereof.
14. The user interface of claim 10 , wherein the server provides a gaming application for presentation at the presentation device coupled to the server, wherein the presentation of the gaming application comprises presentation of the three-dimensional image.
15. The user interface of claim 14 , wherein the manipulation of the user interface controls calibration or initialization of the presentation of the three-dimensional image to a user-defined state prior to engaging in a game.
16. The user interface of claim 10 , wherein the manipulation of the user interface causes the three-dimensional image to zoom in, zoom out, rotate, change perspective, or a combination thereof.
17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage device, comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
providing an application for presentation at a presentation device coupled to the processor, wherein presentation of the application comprises presentation of a three-dimensional image;
transmitting to a communication device a scaling characteristic of the three-dimensional image;
receiving instructions from the communication device to adapt the presentation of the three-dimensional image,
wherein the communication device presents a user interface to control the presentation of the three-dimensional image according to the scaling characteristic and detects a manipulation of the user interface,
wherein the instructions to adapt the presentation of the three-dimensional image are according to the manipulation of the user interface, and
wherein the manipulation of the user interface controls calibration or initialization of the presentation of the three-dimensional image.
18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 17 , wherein the scaling characteristic comprises a dimension of the three-dimensional image, a two-dimensional perspective of the three-dimensional image, a three-dimensional perspective of the three-dimensional image, a shading characteristic of the three-dimensional image, a color scheme of the three-dimensional image, or a combination thereof.
19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 17 , wherein the application comprises a gaming application, and wherein the manipulation is performed by a user of the communication device prior to engaging in a game with another user or with an automated player.
20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 17 , wherein the adapting is performed in real-time with respect to the presentation of the application at the presentation device.